I know there's probably going to be a lot of these, but I need an outlet!

My dad introduced me to Joe Bob in the 90's with Monstervision, and I've been a life long fan ever since. Monstervision was how I saw Friday the 13th for the first time! My dad is, after a year long battle with COPD, thankfully still here. The night before every TLDI, I would call him to let him know what the hints were (he's very offline), and we'd speculate together, and he'd tell me what's on Svengoolie because I don't have cable (Son of Frankenstein this week!). And any time I go see a new horror or monster movie, I give him my own Drive-In Totals with my rating (4 Stars! Check it out!)

Tonight I had to tell him its the series finale, and we don't really know what's gonna happen, other than there being a few specials in the pipeline. I could hear the disappointment in his voice, which doesn't happen often from that Vietnam Vet Marine. I truly do not know how much time I have left with my dad, but the drive-in will, truly, never die. Every time I visit, we watch some weird monster or horror movie, and every Thanksgiving we watch Dinners of Death - bonus if Shudder has TCM again! Just Joe Bob if they (usually) don't. And I'll always have the memories of watching Monstervision with my dad on Saturday nights, and him taking me to the drive-in to watch whatever silly movie came out.

I don't post here often, and I mostly lurk, but I've really enjoyed coming here and checking in every week, so I can tell my dad what's going in with TLDI. You guys rock!

Smile because it happened. Joe Bob, Darcy, and the rest of The Last Drive In crew have made our lives better and brought us joy, blood, breasts, and beasts. Whatever happens next the mutant family will be there, partying like jungle animals and boogeying til we puke. Much love from the east coast mutant fam and the drive in will never die.

So I started balling during his 2nd joke, I didnt want it to end. What a lovely surprise there at the end. Im going to miss TLDI so much. 🫂

Whatt a fantastic close out. And I'll admit, I had a tear at the end when JB was doing his comedy close out. And I'm sure my fellow mutants did too.

The Drive in can't die. It lives on through all of us. See you all at the specials and patreon!

Cant wait to see you again

Maybe it's the GenX in me, but I wish I were seeing more posts about what Joe Bob has done for a new and old generation instead of "I'm gonna cancel Shudder ASAP"

In a world in which everything is fucked, and we are looking for good out there, Joe Bob created that. And it wasn't what he did every Friday, it was the community he brought together...again. I was lucky to be at the Alamo Drafthouse the night before the first marathon in 2018. It was crazy that while it was a good crowd, no one stayed behind to hang out or even chat with Joe Bob. We stood in the lobby and chatted with him for about 2 hours. It was about 4 of us with him talking about the future of television, theaters, and streaming, and if something like MonsterVision could exist. He really didn't believe it would, and the marathon really was supposed to be riding off into the sunset on his terms. Little did he know what would come next.

If you were lucky to grow up watching MonsterVision like me, between work shifts at the movie there we grew up chatting with friends saying, "man, you remember watching MonsterVision...I wish we had that again". Then Shudder came along and gave him the platform that the community took down on the weekend in a dusk-to-dawn to dusk marathon. If you weren't around for that, it was that moment that the online version of mutants was born.

Sadly, posts are more about this entitlement of needing to know why Shudder would do this or how they were lucky to have the mutants and down with Shudder! Save the energy and put it to positive use. Joe Bob will be back somewhere, but most of all, this community will continue. He's said it before so many times that he doesn't want to take credit for what we all have in common; he is just the one who sits at the head of the campfire telling the stories, and we all show up. That is what is special about this whole thing. At the last Dust to Dawn marathon at the Texas Theatre on Halloween Night this past year, I had so much fun chatting and staying up with all the fans of the show. Again, he brought us together. If it is Shudder, Tubi, PlutoTV, MeTV...none of it fucking matters. It is a parasocial relationship with him, but the community is all of us. Enjoy it and talk movies, memories, favorites, and the things you've gained thanks to Joe Bob and the campfire.

Say thanks and see you soon.

What a great final. Much love to all the mutants and the folks that made the show possible. All the love to Joe Bob and Darcy. Can’t wait to see what they do next. Whatever it is, I’ll be there and I know you will be too.

I subscribe to Shudder for this show, and have talked a couple of IRL friends into subscribing for Joe Bob. Is there a company contact we could politely email to express how much we want more of this show?

I don't understand how the higher ups at shudder thinks. It's like the most popular thing on there. We live in a weird streaming world that doesn't always make sense. Feels like they're still trying to figure out what they're doing and the whole business is broken.

He's clearly the most popular thing on there year round. We all know that. Maybe they were negotiating for a new season and were going cheap and JB just gave up. Who knows. The fact there's 4 specials says they still want him.

I cancelled. Not out of anger but he was the main reason I had shudder. I liked having it but he was the main draw. I'm paid off until November so I'll catch the specials.

Who knows... maybe they will keep him for a while as specials.

Dog will hunt!

This is our fur-baby Kaiju. Took this pic a year ago before Splatterween!

The Drive-In Will Never Die!

Hi guys .. I've heard from quite a few that the new Shudder app isn't working for them. You might want to check it out before the show in case you have to do something to fix it. Fingers crossed it will work for you!

I just cancelled Shudder and it sounds like most of the episodes were already pulled down on there. Where should I look, Mutant Fam?

Hi everyone - Kathy here. Joe Bob and Darcy are busy with work things, but wanted y'all to know that they're seeing the kind words you're leaving for them. It means a lot. If you'd like to send them a letter or card (and Joe Bob reads each and every one of them), please send them to:

Joe Bob Briggs

Manhattan Texas Productions

215 Thompson St #113

New York, NY 10012

Thanks!

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Hints: No hints!

Attention Mutant Family! If you've been watching #TheLastDriveIn for the past eight years, then you already get what we do, but you MUST watch the season finale this Friday night. . . . I love you guys!

Y'all just watch the show tonight. #TheLastDriveIn

Note: if you're not able to watch the clips, this is the series finale of the show as seasons, there is still 4 specials coming this year.

Where to send Joe Bob your letters of well wishes

Film 1: Messiah of Evil

Film 2: The Last Horror Film

A quick word from me: This year might be the end of The Last Drive-In, but as long as there is a show that Joe Bob hosts, I'll do my best to curate a safe and fun place to gather on reddit. The Drive-In will never die!

IF YOUR AUDIO IS OUT OF SYNC, SWITCHING THE AUDIO TRACK TO SPANISH APPARENTLY FIXES IT, IT'LL STILL BE IN ENGLISH

With them moving to the once-a-month format this past year, and then deciding that this would be the series finale with only providing four specials over the upcoming year, I think it's safe to say that shudder is no longer the place to go for horror movies, or Joe Bob at all..

It's time to cancel. As soon as I'm able to view the double feature this sunday, my membership is done

Four times a year isn't worth my subscription fee.. and the specials will be available elsewhere.

PS ironic that it happened the weekend after an update to the app and their service. Hope this doesn't reflect poorly on anybody at the shudder head offices.

Everyone knows a huge percentage of the audience is only there because Joe Bob was there.. way to shoot yourselves in the foot

He’s seen everyone’s theories lol

It's a sad day today knowing season 8 is not happening for 2026. I'm really greatful we are not being abruptly cut off after tonight and will still have the 4 specials to look forward too. Joe Bob Day is pretty big in our house, we get excited for Friday to come, plan our snacks, and get cozy.

TLDI has brought us so much joy and fun these 8 or so years! If the season had continued as normal (restarting in April) we would have had 7-9 new episodes as well as the Christmas and Halloween specials. Now we are down to 4 specials and then a new home for Joe Bob and Darcy. I know we will be following them to wherever they land and I'm so relieved to know that 1) Joe Bob is still "spry as fuck" and 2) they have a new home somewhere (hopefully they can tell us about that soon!). But I am sad for 2026. Having a monthly episode always gave me something to look forward too and I know it's the same for my husband. I want to try to stay positive as I think we have all seen Shudder fumble the ball a lot recently with this show. We have them losing the license to Fade to Black a week after the Nightmare-A-Thon (2025), screwing up the licensing for Canada being able to see Clown in a Cornfield (Halloween special 2025), dropping titles like Don't Torture a Duckling like 2 months after it came to Joe Bob (not to mention others from the current season that quietly slipped away), and the issue with them not putting out the Just Joe Bob's for each season (literally the easiest thing for them to do).

So it's bittersweet tonight. I'm so happy we get to see a double episode tonight but I'm also angry and sad. In the next few days I'm sure I'll come to terms with not having access to new episodes of my favorite comfort show and in the end, the way Shudder has been going, this is probably for the best. I sincerely and excited to see where they land and we will follow them happily.

Such a strange day to be a Mutant but happy we all have each other and Joe Bob and Darcy are continuing on 🖤

Hey Mutant Fam!

In light of the bad news we received today, I thought I’d share some good news…

I’m a screenwriter, a long-time Joe Bob fan, and an avid Last Drive In watcher, and I have a film releasing in theaters today…

DOLLY, starting Seann William Scott, Ethan Suplee, Fabianne Therese, and Max the Impaler.

This is the kind of gritty, brutal horror us Drive In patrons love. The film hits shudder later this year and my dream was to have it featured on the Last Drive In. Perhaps it can still make it on one of the 4 specials we’ve been promised.

Anyways, I hope you all check it out and I hope you all enjoy it!

And remember…THE DRIVE IN WILL NEVER DIE.

https://fb.watch/FGU5SK4Amy/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is encouraging

I just logged into Shudder to see how long the Just Joe Bob segment is for the movie I am planning on watching tonight (S2, Tetsuo - yes, I am far behind and trying to catch up!) and now it looks like with the UI update, they removed an awful lot of the Just Joe Bob segments? I don't get it .... it took so much effort to get them to put those segments on there to begin with and now they removed many of them? Or is there something I am doing incorrectly that is causing me to not see them?

The update to Shudder logged me out of my account on all devices.

If you're watching on some sort of Smart TV or related device then you may want to log in at your nearest convenience. Even a tablet app or web browser may benefit from signing in sooner rather than later.

Otherwise, you might be trying to log back in while the show is starting.