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This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at various Blu-ray compilations of movie trailers and TV spots, most notably Umbrella Entertainment's Drive-In Delirium series and Garagehouse Pictures' Trailer Trauma series. Today's review details Drive-In Delirium (2): Maximum '80s Overdrive. Read on to find out more...

As the title implies, this release contains trailers from the 1980s, with the main focus being films in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres. Unlike the previous release, there are a lot more mainstream Hollywood motion pictures represented here, along with lots of B-movie VHS fare, so I suspect that there's more for everyone to like here. As with the other releases, there is a great amount of nudity and mature content, which would garner this disc a R rating, if it were rated in the U.S. None of the blue/green/red "bands" are included before the trailers, which is fine with me. I couldn't imagine sitting through them before each and every trailer.

The trailers are not shown alphabetically or chronologically. I'm really not sure what the order is, though some similar-themed films are kept together. For the most part, there is one trailer per chapter. However, some trailers are grouped together under one chapter, and those are noted with forward slashes in the trailer/chapter lists that follow this review. All of the movie years come from the IMDB and are assumed to be correct. Most of the trailer lists included inside the cases of these Blu-ray releases don't list the years, or they may give one that differs from the IMDB. I looked EVERYTHING up in the IMDB and used that.

The image and sound quality is very good, with 95% of the trailers being in great shape. There are only a few that were sourced from film prints with scratches and dirt in them.

All of the vintage TV and theater ads shown in the Pre/Post Show and Intermission segments are framed inside a black round-edged border or on a drive-in theater screen. They are not shown fullscreen like the trailers.

-- SPECIFICATIONS --

The total (Play All) trailer runtime is 3:47:05, though they are also available in two themed "parts". The full chapter/trailer list is below, following this review. All content is presented in English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo. There are no subtitles, but were you really expecting any?!? All trailers and posters are shown in full 1920x1080 high definition, with various aspect ratios per each film. Although this is an Australian import, the disc is region-free and plays fine on U.S. Blu-ray players.

-- SPECIAL FEATURES --

There's a Poster Gallery (5:18) (detailed below, after the review) and a Drive-In Delirium Trailer (1:18), which covers the '60s & '70s Savagery and Maximum '80s Overdrive releases. The posters are on screen for 2-3 seconds each and are not individually chaptered. There are 108 posters in the slideshow gallery, one for almost every film that has a trailer, and in the same order. The eight films that don't have a poster are: 52 Pick-Up (1986), The Thing (1982), Christmas Evil (1980), Just Before Dawn (1981), Phantasm II (1988), Waxwork (1988), Death Spa (1989), and Shocker (1989).


-- PACKAGING --

The single disc comes inside a standard 14mm blue Blu-ray case, which is slightly thicker than what's typically used here in America (aside from Criterion and PlayStation 3 games). The reverse/inside of the case artwork is a trailer/chapter list on the left side and on the right, under the disc, is the case artwork without the taglines and logos on it done in the style of a VHS box. There isn't a list specifically for the posters, though that follows the same order as the trailers and has nearly all of the same movies.

-- CONCLUSION --

A most excellent compilation, especially for those of us who grew up in the 1980s. At least 75% of the films I have, at least, heard of, though most of those I've also seen. There are also a few comedies represented, which was nice. Yeah, there are some obvious exclusions -COUGH-Ghostbusters-COUGH-, but overall, well worth a watch.

• Drive-In Delirium (1): '60s & '70s Savagery
• Drive-In Delirium (2): Maximum '80s Overdrive
• Drive-In Delirium (3): The New Batch
• Drive-In Delirium (4): Dead By Dawn
• Drive-In Delirium (5): With A Vengeance
• Drive-In Delirium (6): The Final Conflict
• Drive-In Delirium: The Ultimate Dusk-Till-Dawn-Till-Dusk Trailer Marathon (contains all six discs in one set)

The Blu-ray set was purchased with my own money and was NOT provided to me by anyone involved in the production or distribution of it.

PART ONE: THE CRACKDOWN (1:54:24) [nothing on chapter 1] 02. Pre Show - Title / Australian Village Drive-In Theater Restaurant / Countdown / Prevues of Coming Attractions / Rated R. 03. Shogun Assassin (1980) 04. Raw Force (1982) 05. Chained Heat (1983) 06. 9 Deaths of the Ninja (1985) 07. Stripped to Kill (1987) 08. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 09. Code of Silence (1985) 10. Invasion U.S.A. (1985) 11. Black Moon Rising (1986) 12. Biggles (1986) 13. Used Cars (1980) 14. Wacko (1982) 15. Up the Creek (1984) 16. Dressed to Kill (1980) 17. Road Games (1981) 18. Blow Out (1981) 19. Blood Simple (1984) 20. 52 Pick-Up (1986) 21. Crimes of Passion (1984) 22. The Exterminator (1980) 23. Ms .45 (1981) 24. Death Wish II (1982) 25. Class of 1984 (1982) 26. Vigilante (1982) 27. Escape from the Bronx (1983) 28. The New Barbarians (aka Warriors of the Wasteland) (1983) 29. Dead End Drive-In (1986) 30. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) 31. The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar) (1984) 32. Zone Troopers (1985) 33. Eliminators (1986) 34. Sorceress (1982) 35. Saturn 3 (1980) 36. The Thing (1982) 37. Space Raiders (1983) 37. The Terminator (1984) 39. Ice Pirates (1984) 40. Robocop (1987) 41. Miracle Mile (1988) 42. They Live (1988) 43. Food of the Gods II (Gnaw: Food of the Gods II) (1989) 44. Breakin' (1984) 45. Zombi Holocaust (aka Doctor Butcher M.D.) (1980) 46. Nightmare City (1980) 47. Cannibal Holocaust (1980) 48. Contamination (1980) 49. The Beyond (1981) 50. The Black Cat (1981) 51. The New York Ripper (1982) 52. Demons (aka Demoni) (1985) 53. Demons 2 (aka Demoni 2) (1986) 54. Intermission - Coca-Cola "Country" Intermission Ad / Clint Eastwood Anti-Drug "Crack" PSA / Smokey The Bear "Sexy Woman" PSA.

PART TWO: STALK N' SLASH (1:52:40) 01. Pre Show - And Now On With The Show. 02. Maniac (1980) 03. The Children (1980) 04. Friday the 13th (1980) / Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) / Friday the 13th Part III (1982) 05. King Cobra (aka Jaws of Satan) (1981) 06. Prom Night (1980) 07. Terror Train (1980) 08. To All a Goodnight (1980) 09. Christmas Evil (1980) 10. Don't Answer the Phone! (1980) 11. Don't Go in the Woods (1981) 12. Just Before Dawn (1981) 13. Schizoid (1980) 14. Mother's Day (1980) 15. Graduation Day (1981) 16. My Bloody Valentine (1981) 17. Halloween II (1981) 18. Nightmare (1981) 19. The Burning (1981) 20. Madman (1981) 21. Pieces (1982) 22. The Final Terror (1983) 23. Curtains (1983) 24. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1982) 25. Sorority House Massacre (1986) 26. Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) 27. Nightmare Weekend (1986) 28. Chopping Mall (1986) 29. Blood Diner (1987) 30. The Stepfather (1987) 31. Venom (1981) 32. Macabra (aka Demonoid) (1981) 33. Mutant (aka Night Shadows) (1984) 34. Creepshow 2 (1987) 35. Evil Dead II (1987) 36. The Blob (1988) 37. Day of the Dead (1985) 38. The Monster Club (1981) 39. Fright Night (1985) 40. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 41. Night of the Creeps (1986) 42. Night of the Demons (1988) 43. The Monster Squad (1987) 44. Bride of Re-Animator (1990) 45. Death Ship (1980) 46. The Fog (1980) 47. The Nesting (1981) 48. Deadly Blessing (1981) 49. Scanners (1981) 50. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 51. Christine (1983) 52. The Horror Star (aka Frightmare) (1983) 53. Amityville 3-D (1983) 54. Children of the Corn (1984) 55. Cat's Eye (1985) 56. Night Train to Terror (1985) 57. Nomads (1986) 58. Prison (1987) 59. Bad Dreams (1988) 60. Child's Play (1988) 61. Phantasm II (1988) 62. Waxwork (1988) 63. Death Spa (1989) 64. Shocker (1989) 65. Post Show - Theater Clean-Up & Please Replace Speaker / Drive-In Delirium Trailer.

001. Shogun Assassin (1980) 002. Raw Force (1982) 003. Chained Heat (1983) 004. 9 Deaths of the Ninja (1985) 005. Stripped to Kill (1987) 006. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 007. Code of Silence (1985) 008. Invasion U.S.A. (1985) 009. Black Moon Rising (1986) 010. Biggles (1986) 011. Used Cars (1980) (4 posters on 2 screens) 012. Wacko (1982) 013. Up the Creek (1984) 014. Dressed to Kill (1980) 015. Road Games (1981) 016. Blow Out (1981) 017. Blood Simple (1984) 018. Crimes of Passion (1984) 019. The Exterminator (1980) 020. Ms .45 (1981) 021. Death Wish II (1982) 022. Class of 1984 (1982) 023. Vigilante (1982) 024. Bronx Warriors 2 (aka Escape from the Bronx) (1983) 025. Warriors of the Wasteland (aka The New Barbarians) (1983) 026. Dead End Drive-In (1986) (2 posters on 1 screen) 027. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) 028. The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar) (1984) 029. Zone Troopers (1985) 030. Eliminators (1986) 031. Sorceress (1982) 032. Saturn 3 (1980) 033. Space Raiders (1983) 034. The Terminator (1984) 035. Ice Pirates (1984) 036. Robocop (1987) 037. Miracle Mile (1988) 038. They Live (1988) 039. Gnaw: Food of the Gods II (1989) 040. Breakin' (1984) 041. Doctor Butcher M.D. (aka Zombi Holocaust) (1980) 042. City of the Walking Dead (aka Nightmare City) (1980) 043. Cannibal Holocaust (1980) 044. Alien Contamination (aka Contamination) (1980) 045. The Beyond (1981) 046. The Black Cat (1981) 047. Lo Squartatore Di New York (aka The New York Ripper) (1982) 048. Demons (aka Demoni) (1985) 049. Demoni 2 (aka Demons 2) (1986) 050. Maniac (1980) 051. The Children (1980) 052. Friday the 13th (1980) 053. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) 054. Friday the 13th Part III 3-D (1982)

055. Jaws of Satan (aka King Cobra) (1981) 056. Prom Night (1980) 057. Terror Train (1980) 058. To All a Goodnight (1980) 059. Don't Answer the Phone! (1980) 060. Don't Go in the Woods (1981) 061. Schizoid (1980) 062. Mother's Day (1980) 063. Graduation Day (1981) 064. My Bloody Valentine (1981) 065. Halloween II (1981) 066. Nightmare (1981) 067. The Burning (1981) 068. Madman (1981) 069. Pieces (1982) 070. The Final Terror (1983) 071. Curtains (1983) 072. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1982) 073. Sorority House Massacre (1986) 074. Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) 075. Nightmare Weekend (1986) 076. Chopping Mall (1986) 077. Blood Diner (1987) 078. The Stepfather (1987) 079. Venom (1981) 080. Demonoid: Messenger of Death! (aka Macabra) (1981) 081. Mutant (aka Night Shadows) (1984) 082. Creepshow 2 (1987) 083. Evil Dead II (1987) 084. The Blob (1988) 085. Day of the Dead (1985) 086. The Monster Club (1981) 087. Fright Night (1985) 088. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 089. Night of the Creeps (1986) 090. Night of the Demons (1988) 091. The Monster Squad (1987) 092. Bride of Re-Animator (1990) 093. Death Ship (1980) 094. The Fog (1980) 095. The Nesting (1981) 096. Deadly Blessing (1981) 097. Scanners (1981) 098. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 099. Christine (1983) 100. The Horror Star (aka Frightmare) (1983) 101. Amityville 3-D (1983) 102. Children of the Corn (1984) 103. Cat's Eye (1985) 104. Night Train to Terror (1985) 105. Nomads (1986) 106. Prison (1987) 107. Bad Dreams (1988) 108. Child's Play (1988)

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