Photo from the Mitchell Dvoskin collection
If you’ve been visiting this site for a while you’ve probably heard me mention more than once, The Oritani Theater in Hackensack, N.J. The Oritani was a grind house, that presented badly dubbed martial arts movies, horror flicks, and raunchy low budget comedies during the late seventies and early 80s. I lived only a town away, so this was a go-to theater on a Friday and Saturday night for my friends and I, who shared a love of B-Movie horror and sci-fi. I decided to compose a list of 12 favorite flicks that I saw there, which are now regarded as classics, cult classics, or fan favorites. Some of these were seen when first released and a few of the older titles were at revivals or midnight shows there!
Click on the titles here to go to the review page for the corresponding movie!
- Escape From New York
- Galaxy of Terror
- Humanoids from the Deep
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Night of the Living Dead
- Scanners
- Mad Max
- The Boogens
- Shogun Assassin
- The Incredible Melting Man
- Laserblast
- Without Warning
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