3rd Annual World Drive

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Bloody Disgusting has learned this week that the 3rd annual World Drive-In Movie Festival and Jamboree moves to Las Vegas this year, being held October 6 – October 8, 2023.

This year's event features three days of outdoor movies, music, live on-stage programming, vendors, dusk-to-dawn sleepovers, camping, barbecues, celebrity guests, cast reunions, and group walking tours led by Joe Bob Briggs, the world's most famous drive-in movie critic.

The Jamboree will be held October 6-8 at the West Wind Las Vegas Drive-In, known for its famous neon archway entrance on Carey Avenue, that opened in 1966 with a Doris Day/Burt Lancaster double feature and eventually expanded to six screens that can accommodate almost a thousand cars.

Tickets went up for grabs today, and you can grab yours here!

Founded by Briggs in 2021, the Jamboree has previously been held at the Mahoning Drive-In in eastern Pennsylvania and the Malco Summer Drive-In in Memphis, but this year's Executive Director Diana Prince, better known as "Darcy the Mail Girl" on the Shudder streaming series "The Last Drive-In," said "It was time to bring the celebration out west and kick things up a notch."

"This is a huge drive-in, and that's enabled us to slash admission prices for fans and have a much bigger party in the city known for its parties," said Prince. "We’ll be announcing guests and programming throughout the summer, but anyone purchasing tickets prior to June 22 will get an early-bird discount rate. We want to fill up the West Wind with the most fanatic drive-in lovers in America."

Winners in the World Drive-In Movie Festival will be screened opening night, Friday, October 6, and presented with Joe Bob's coveted "Hubbie," inscribed on a vintage Chevy hubcap. Submissions for the film festival are free, and will be accepted beginning today, May 22, and continuing through July 14. Rules for the competition, and instructions for on-line submission, are at https://filmfreeway.com/WorldDriveInMovieFestival.

Saturday will be the traditional live double feature in the style of "The Last Drive-In," with celebrity guests and ongoing commentary by Joe Bob and Darcy, but in keeping with the tradition of the show, the movie titles aren't being announced in advance.

Sunday is the Sleepaway Camp 40th Birthday Party with a cast and crew reunion of the 1983 cult classic, followed by a dusk-to-dawn marathon of all four Sleepaway Camp movies.

Vendor tents and celebrity signing areas will be on-site this year.

For more information go to https://www.joebobsjamboree.com.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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As we first heard last week, brand new character "Carmella Creeper" is joining the General Mills Cereal Monsters lineup this Halloween, and today brings the official announcement.

The General Mills Monster Cereals have been an annual staple of Halloween since the early 1970s, with Boo Berry, Franken Berry and Count Chocula coming back each year. And then there's Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy, two additional characters whose cereals have come and gone over the years. We haven't gotten a new character since Yummy Mummy's arrival back in 1988, which makes Carmella Creeper the first new Halloween mascot in 35 YEARS!

The zombie-themed character will be the first female cereal monster in the history of the brand, and she brings a caramel apple-flavored, green-colored cereal into our lives.

General Mills details, "Carmella Creeper is the long-lost cousin of Franken Berry as well as a zombie DJ with an edgy sound who is always the life of the party. Complete with a fierce attitude and looks to match, Carmella is ready to shake things up at the Monsters’ haunted mansion with her limited-edition cereal featuring caramel-apple-flavored pieces with colored Monster marshmallows."

Additionally this Halloween, "The gang is even coming together for the launch of Monster Mash Remix Cereal: A mix of all six Monsters Cereals flavors (Carmella Creeper, Frute Brute, Count Chocula, Boo Berry, Franken Berry and Yummy Mummy)."

This year's full Monsters Cereals line-up includes Carmella Creeper, Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Monster Mash Remix Cereal for five different ways to enjoy their frightful deliciousness. Cereal lovers can snag Monsters Cereals at retailers nationwide for $3.99 (regular) and $4.93 (family size) beginning later this summer, and more information about Carmella Creeper and the rest of the Monsters is available at monsterscereal.com.