Drive-In Nights

About the Book

Drive-In Nights is a look backward to the time when drive-in movie theaters lined almost every highway and filmmakers like Roger Corman and William Castle were grinding out stinkers like Teenage Caveman and The Tingler. J.D. Guilfoyle has put together a collection of pieces that celebrate his bond with the trash cinema and beyond, ranging from critiques of classic howlers like Attack of the Killer Shrews, including an interview with star James Best, to profiles of cinema’s last great Dracula, Christopher Lee.

Funny, nostalgic and informative, Drive-In Nights is a valentine to big cars, B movies and misspent youth.

About the Author

J.D. Guilfoyle was born in Chicago, Illinois. He holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from The American University in Washington, D.C. While completing work on his M.B.A., he taught elementary school in the D.C. suburbs. During this period, he began writing song lyrics and poetry under the pseudonym F. Scott Free. For the next 25 years, Mr. Guilfoyle served as a human resources executive for several industrial manufacturers throughout Maryland. He was also a member of the faculty of Howard Community College from 1977 until he retired in 2001. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and daughter. Drive-In Nights is his first book.