Despite “The Last Drive-In” ending suddenly, Briggs says he’ll only look back on the experience with affection.
“I can’t thank Shudder enough,” he says. “They propelled me into the forefront of the horror world. Everywhere I go, I’m asked to speak, whether that’s a convention or a show or somebody else’s show or whatever. We had at our live jamboree, and we had Roger Corman and John Carpenter back-to-back for the Lifetime Achievement Awards. I can’t thank Shudder enough for the time there, because the fan base I was able to develop is incredible, it was amazing.
“All of the old people came back, but then we had all these new people,” he continues. “And the closeness to the fans was just incredible. I have officiated at people’s weddings. People share their entire lives with me. They tell me things that you would only tell a close friend. When we were selecting the mail for the final shows, two different people have written to tell me that their loved one, the most important person in their life, spent their last night alive watching ‘The Last Drive-In,’ usually in a hospital bed. We raised $1 million for the charities that we support at Christmas. Everything about the show was wonderful, so I don’t have any complaints.”
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