Day 42, total films watched: 48

Drive In -Bootleg DVD- ****

This is one of those DVDs I bought at the horror convention. I don't have absolute proof that this isn't a legitimate copy... but I have my suspicions. For starters: the box has no back cover, just 2 front covers. And the DVD menu looks like the same one my DVD recorder produce. Also, the movie has the logo bug for some cable channel in the bottom corner.
My experience with this film goes back a couple years. For starters, I had always wanted to see this film. It was directed by Gilligan's Island vet Rod Amateau an it's about one of my favorite subjects in the world: the drive in!
I ordered a copy from some shady lady off eBay a few years ago. When I opened up the package, there was no DVD. Just an empty case.
So, I sent it back and I received a new DVD that just didn't work at all. I sent that back and received a new DVD. That one didn't work either (no kidding.) Once again I sent it back and I got a new one. I put it in the machine and it played for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Then it froze. It did this on every machine I tried it on.
Not wanting to pay for shipping the DVD back a third time (which would have made the shipping price substantially higher than the DVD itself, I just up.
I figured I would never see this film.
After buying it again this past weekend, I decided to give it another spin. I loved it. The first 70 minutes (that I had seen before) were great, again. Plus the ending was better than I imagined.