Monster/Horror Movies You've Seen in the Theater or Drive-in

[Wolfman]

Planet of the Apes.

JP

[Arlyn1122334456]

I saw Up From The Depths
Terror
Battle Star Galactica

     Right now that is all I remember


John Woodcox

[MDG]

I saw lots of horror movies in theaters and drive ins in the late 70s and early 80s, but the most memorable was seeing a double feature of The Crazies and Martin at the Harold Clurman theater in NYC on 42nd between 9th and 10th Ave. Not so much for the movies, but for the experience of walking up 42nd on a hot summer friday after midnight at the dawn of the crack era.

[Arlyn1122334456]

I saw Beware The Blob at the drive in
I also watched a lot of Godzilla movies at the drive in too


John Woodcox

[jerod]

Somehow we got mom to take us to the Albion, Nebraska drive-in to see The Thing in 1982. I would have been 12 and my brother 16 ( unless we left sis home alone she'd have been 8 ). Don't think the movie was quite what mom was expecting. As a young horror-kid I relished in the gory FX; mom not so much.

   

[Dr.Cyclops]

Beneath the Planet Of the Apes/Battle For the Planet Of the Apes (double bill)
The Land That Time Forgot
Jaws
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
Sinbad & the Eye Of the Tiger
Alien
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dawn Of the Dead (Three times)
Phantasm
Raiders Of the Lost Ark
The Howling
The Fog
The Shining
American Werewolf in London
The Thing (1982)
Prom Night

[Hepcat]

Good list!

[marsattacks666]

Dr. Cyclops, really awesome list. Plus, great viewing of some cool films.

[horrorhunter]

My cousins and I saw Zombie on a very cold winter night around 1980. We all got hot dogs and cokes at the snack bar. It was so cold in my junky car we brought blankets but ended up using the hot dogs as hand warmers until they got cold, too. My cousin Jeff ended up holding his until the "splinter through the eye" scene and got so queasy he couldn't even eat it. Classic case of "use it or lose it". 'Course, he might have lost it anyway.

[Dr.Cyclops]

Dr. Cyclops, really awesome list. Plus, great viewing of some cool films.

Thanks,I missed quite a few.
These ones I saw with my Dad/Parents(I was just a kid):
Beneath the Planet Of the Apes/Battle For the Planet Of the Apes (double bill)
The Land That Time Forgot
Jaws
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
Sinbad & the Eye Of the Tiger
Close Encounters
Raiders Of the Lost Ark
Star Wars/Empire/Jedi
These one I saw with my older brother and his friends:
Earthquake
Towering Inferno
Poseidon Adventure
Rollerball
Billy Jack and the Born Losers(Elizabeth James=my 1st crush)
These ones I saw with my best Bud Paul in an old Grindhouse all before I turned 16:
Alien
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The nightmares I had from this one )
Dawn Of the Dead (Three times)
Phantasm
The Howling
The Fog
The Shining
American Werewolf in London
The Thing (1982)
Prom Night
Nightwing

I know there's more I'll post when I remember.

[DrBo]

Real fun to read your drive-in classics!

I'm a 1980's kid (born 1976) but did catched some fun double bill in my youth at the theater:
Star Wars double bill with Empire Strike Back
Krull double bill with La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster (1983)
Also saw Gremlins and E.T. on their first run.

My first horror movie at the theater would be later in my teen:
Leprechaun (1993)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Even later for the drive-in:
Dawn of the Dead (2004) as second feature
The Final Destination (2009) double bill with Orphan (2009)

In revival house I did saw:
A matinee of  It Came from Outer Space (1953) and House of Wax (1953) in 3d
Las momias de Guanajuato (1972) - french dub at midnight screening
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Jason and the Argonauts followed by a q&a with Ray Harryhausen
Metropolis - 145 min 2010 restored edition with a live orchestra
A Jess Franco all night triple bill: The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), Al otro lado del espejo (Le miroir obscène / Inside a Drak Mirror) (1973) and Faceless (1987)

[dlhenderson]

My first was Forbidden Planet.
Others I remember seeing first run are:

- Black Sunday
- Jason and the Argonauts
- Twice Told Tales
- The Absent-Minded Professor (a precursor to my eventual career!)
- Comedy of Terrors
- The Raven
- King King vs. Godzilla (drive-in)
- Mysterians
- First Man into Space
- Fabulous World of Jules Verne
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Journey to the Center of the Earth

That last one was hosted on stage by our local horror movie host, Bestoink Dooley. Talk about audience participation; it was pandemonium.
Free Popsicles for all, so the packed theater was hopped up on sugar. When the duck died, It seemed like the angry crown of kids would rush the stage!

Of course, I saw many more later, but I decided to keep it to the ones I saw early on. I'll probably recall a few more after I post this.
My older brother saw EVERYTHING. He once described the big fake grasshoppers in the lobby as ballyhoo for The Beginning of the End.

[horrorhunter]

That last one was hosted on stage by our local horror movie host, Bestoink Dooley. Talk about audience participation; it was pandemonium.
Free Popsicles for all, so the packed theater was hopped up on sugar. When the duck died, It seemed like the angry crown of kids would rush the stage!

When I was around 3 or 4 we lived in Athens Ga. in the early '60s. I loved to watch monster movies on Bestoink Dooley's show. In 2001 when I went to my first Monster Bash I was talking to Dennis Druktenis and Kent Daluga (the Kookster) and Kent asked me who I grew up watching. Well, of course I mentioned Dr. Shock (Tom Reynolds) from Chattanooga, but also I told them about Bestoink Dooley from the Atlanta area. To my surprise they knew about Bestoink and Kent later mailed me a copy of the movie Bestoink did called Demon Hunter. It was filmed around Stone Mtn. Ga. (I think) sometime in the '60s or '70s, but not released until the '80s. Man, it was great to see Bestoink Dooley again. I wish some footage of his show would surface, maybe some kinescopes.

Good memories. Thanks for mentioning Bestoink dlhenderson. BTW, I'm a little fuzzy on the actual title of the show he hosted since I was so young. Was it Shock Theater, Science Fiction Theater, or something else?

[dlhenderson]

Hi horrorhunter. It's great to hear from someone who remembers Bestoink Dooley!
The show was called BIG MOVIE SHOCKER. I remember how hard it was to stay awake for some of the presentations. Sometimes it would be delayed by a high school football game or something (that seemed to go on forever). Bestoink (George Ellis) was an "intellectual" horror movie host. He used practically non-existent sets to create a minimalist humor that was really unique. I recall the very first BIG MOVIE SHOCKER. It opened with the camera trained on a cardboard box. It just stayed there. Finally a muffled voice could be heard from inside. Eventually, after a couple of station breaks, Bestoink emerged from the box. He wore a long scarf (like early Dr. Who) a flower in his lapel, and a derby hat.
In the late 60s he opened a little repertory cinema called the Film Forum. He sat there selling tickets every weekend. I went almost every Saturday no matter what was playing. He had the greatest voice and a deep chuckle. Most of the films were "art house". That's where I got educated on world cinema. Interestingly, I remember him showing Black Orpheus on BIG MOVIE SHOCKER, so his interest in "art house" stuff was evident even then. Those are treasured memories.

Yea, I would love to see any of that. I wonder if any of it is in the vaults over at channel 2 (or was it 5?). I'd also love to see that title card again with the drippy lettering on black...

[horrorhunter]

Hi horrorhunter. It's great to hear from someone who remembers Bestoink Dooley!
The show was called BIG MOVIE SHOCKER. I remember how hard it was to stay awake for some of the presentations. Sometimes it would be delayed by a high school football game or something (that seemed to go on forever). Bestoink (George Ellis) was an "intellectual" horror movie host. He used practically non-existent sets to create a minimalist humor that was really unique. I recall the very first BIG MOVIE SHOCKER. It opened with the camera trained on a cardboard box. It just stayed there. Finally a muffled voice could be heard from inside. Eventually, after a couple of station breaks, Bestoink emerged from the box. He wore a long scarf (like early Dr. Who) a flower in his lapel, and a derby hat.
In the late 60s he opened a little repertory cinema called the Film Forum. He sat there selling tickets every weekend. I went almost every Saturday no matter what was playing. He had the greatest voice and a deep chuckle. Most of the films were "art house". That's where I got educated on world cinema. Interestingly, I remember him showing Black Orpheus on BIG MOVIE SHOCKER, so his interest in "art house" stuff was evident even then. Those are treasured memories.

Yea, I would love to see any of that. I wonder if any of it is in the vaults over at channel 2 (or was it 5?). I'd also love to see that title card again with the drippy lettering on black...

Big Movie Shocker! Wow, I've been wondering about that for years. Thanks for the info. In that Demon Hunter movie he did Bestoink was great. It was EXTREMELY low budget, but charming the way cheap monster toys are. There was a lot of him running around the park from the monster, which actually didn't look too bad. It was kinda white and furry with weird tentacles hanging off. Dooley wore white spats, which really showed up in the dark scenes. What years was Big Movie Shocker on? Any idea what George Ellis did after that?

Thanks for bringing back some great memories dlhenderson.