Southland Cinema

12615 W. Dixie Highway,
North Miami, FL 33161

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awe4one
awe4one on December 22, 2007 at 2:29 am

Southland Theater was my home away from home from the late-70s to early 80s. Used to go there nearly every week. $1 for a double feature…you couldn’t beat it. Saw more bad slasher films after Halloween came out (saw it there as well) than I care to admit. What was even better was the owner didn’t card for R movies so parents needn’t know what movies their kid was seeing.

Must have seen 100s of movies there. Superman, Phase IV, Boogey Man, Saturday Night Fever, Hard Times, Great Waldo Pepper, All the President’s Men, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Porky’s, Demolition Alley…hell I could go on for a couple pages.

Wonderful theater and miss it greatly…

Simon Overton
Simon Overton on August 14, 2007 at 9:06 pm

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on August 14, 2007 at 6:48 pm

The North Miami circa 1958.

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pierdaawg
pierdaawg on August 27, 2006 at 1:55 am

I went there as a small child when it was a neighborhood movie theater. Admission was $.14. First movie I saw there was original War of the Worlds. I’m surprise it is stil there.

Harvey
Harvey on August 9, 2006 at 11:58 pm

I spent so much time at this theatre as a kid it was ridiculous. Saw STREETS OF FIRE everyday for a week. At one time in the mid-80’s, double features were 75 cents. 75 cents for a double feature of CHUD and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP. You can’t beat that.

My uncle worked here in the early 70’s and talked about a really long run of BILLY JACK.

Saw PURPLE RAIN and PENITENTIARY 2 double feature on what I considered a date, but I don’t think she did. Smelled pot for the first time here,too

Philip Michael Thomas bought it and renamed it the MiamiWay. Upon opening, he played movies from the 70’s he was in like SPARKLE and STIGMA.

Drove by it in February of 2005 while I was in town and it still stands. Funny how small the outside it looks now.

spiderman2000s
spiderman2000s on April 15, 2006 at 3:13 pm

Never will forget this theatre. I remember this theatre was packed when a low budget film called “Camp Sleepaway” scared the living crap out of me and showed a surprise ending. Here’s what I know abou t the theatre. Back in the Miami Vice era in the mid 80’s, actor Phillip Michael Thomas bought the property and turned into a recording studio.