Shudder Releases Key Art & Trailer for Season 5 of ‘The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Springtime is a special time for horror fans these days, simply because Shudder has managed to help horror fans everywhere take part in a new tradition. Specifically, this is a time when fans of guts and gore can settle around the television with a cold one in hand, to enjoy the wonder that is The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. For springtime tends to be when Joe Bob brings forth a new season of his beloved show and this spring is no exception to that rule.
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For next Friday will see the debut of season five of this magnificent show, wherein we will once again be treated to the unique insights that Joe Bob Briggs brings to the table regarding horror films, and special guests and everything in between. Including the wondrous musings of Darcy the Mail Girl, and well to celebrate its return and to pump us up to head back to the Drive-In, Shudder was nice enough to release some key art and a trailer for season five, alongside some surprise details regarding this new year of horror viewing. All of which you can enjoy below, alongside that trailer (courtesy of Shudder), as we begin the countdown to another wonderful season of one of the finest horror shows around.

‘Shudder released today the trailer and key art for season five of The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs, which will premiere Friday, April 21 at 9pm ET live on Shudder TV, and for the first time, live on AMC+ TV as well. Following the live airings, fans can also watch on demand on Shudder and AMC+ the following Sunday.
 
On The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Bob Briggs hosts eclectic horror movie double features, expounding upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema. Join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mail Girl, surprise guests, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they ring in an all-new fifth season, which for the first time ever will be split into two parts, with the first half of the season premiering on Friday, April 21 and the final half returning mid-June, rounding out the horror-viewing experience. 

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings.

About Shudder 
AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. For a 7-day, risk-free trial, visit www.shudder.com.  
 
About AMC+  
AMC+ is the company’s new premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from AMC, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV and full access to targeted streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as A Discovery of Witches, Creepshow, and Boyhood. The service features a continually refreshed library of commercial-free content, with iconic series from the AMC Networks portfolio including Mad Men, Halt & Catch Fire, Hell on Wheels, Turn: Washington’s Spies, Rectify, Portlandia, and series from The Walking Dead Universe, among many others. The service also offers a growing slate of original and exclusive series including Gangs of London, This is Going to Hurt, Dark Winds, and the first two series in a new Anne Rice universe, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. With new movies released every Friday, AMC+ is the newest destination for exclusive film premieres direct from theaters all year long. AMC+ is available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Korea, and Spain and is available in the U.S. through AMCPlus.com, the AMC+ app, and a number of digital and cable partners.’

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