Photo from the Mitchell Dvoskin collection
MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 FAVORITE CLASSICS AND CULT CLASSICS I SAW AT NJ’s LEGENDARY ORITANI THEATER!
The first flick where Jason wears the hockey mask and ironically the last flick MZNJ saw at the Oritani Theater before it sadly closed its doors!
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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 15 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!
Kurt Russell as legendary movie anti-hero Snake Plissken in Escape From New York!
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