Haven Theatre
80-16 Jamaica Avenue,
Woodhaven,
NY
11421
80-16 Jamaica Avenue,
Woodhaven,
NY
11421
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I think it was a subconscious decision on my part! I highly recommend you rent the “Zombie” DVD. Then imagine what it would have been like at the Haven! Kids now-a-days will never know what it’s like to catch a double-feature at a neighborhood theater. Then walk home with a bag of fresh zeppoles and by the time you get home your hands are sticky and powdery!
Bway, the Haven WAS on the right side of Jamaica Ave if headed to Jamaica. It was most definitely on the SOUTH side of Jamaica Avenue.
Thanks for posting your movie memories here, Adrian Collazo ! I am 53 years old, like you, a horror movie fan, and saw many films at both the Haven and the Ridgewood. I remember the posters in the subway for “Zombie” in the summer of 1980, though I did not go to see it. I can see it in my mind’s eye as I write this. I modified the Stones' single “Emotional Rescue” to be about “Zombie” :
I’M COMING NOW, TO KILL AND EAT YOU !
I’LL COME TO YOUR EMOTIONAL RESCUE !
Did you DELIBERATELY walk home on the (north) cemetery side, of Jamaica Avenue, to scare yourself sh*tless ?
I have SUCH fond memories of the Haven. I’m now 40 years old, so I went to see all those exploitation Horror movie double features in the early 80s as a teenager. If it wasn’t the Haven, then it was the Ridgewood. I’ll NEVER forget the time I saw “Zombie” (I was about 13 years old) at the Haven filled with screaming teenagers. This movie was notoriously graphic and I LOVED all those Italian horror flicks. The kids had NO idea what they had gotten themselves into. Some of them ran out of the theater. The rest settled in for a gory fun-fest! Nothing like wild screaming kids having the time of their lives. Unforgettable. I would peek through my fingers practically the whole time. Then the best part. On my way home, walking down Jamaica Ave., pitch dark, right along-side the cemetary. I was scared sh*tless. I’ll never forget it. I will always remember the Haven with fondness. My 2nd favorite Haven memory was seing “The Evil Dead”. To this day – one of the defining movie-going experiences of my childhood. My appreciation for 70s-80s horror movies came from the Haven.
I think the address may be wrong. I always thought the Haven was on the right side of Jamaica Ave if headed to Jamaica….but if I am not mistaken, the even numbers are that side.
Thanks, Lost Memory.
Does anyone know when this theater closed?
If you have any others from the Haven, I would love to see them.
Yes I have all the Cinemart bookings from the 80’s until 1995 I will dig them out and start posting them. I think I might have some of the Drakes also.
You know I used to go to the Haven all then time and remember many of those films.THANKS FOR POSTING THE LIST , IT BRINGS BACK FUN TIMES.Do you have anything from the cinemart up on METROPOLITAN AVE?
What else do you have in those files? I’m interested.
Wow, I actually remember going to most of those films. I also remember checking what film was playing every Friday afternoon to see if The Empire Strikes Back was ever billed.
01/15/82 Saturday the 14th (first run) & Fort Apache the Bronx
01/22/82 Neighbors & Stir Crazy
01/29/82 Ghost Story & Halloween 2
02/05/82 Time Bandits & 9 to 5
02/12/82 Sharkeys Machine & Altered States
02/19/82 Taps
02/26/82 Evilspeak (first run) & Friday the 13th
03/05/82 Venom & The Fan
03/12/82 Ragtime
03/19/82 Amin the Rise & Fall (first run)
04/12/82 Silent Rage (first run)
04/19/82 Silent Rage & Stripes
04/16/82 Raiders of the Lost Ark (reissue)
04/23/82 Death Wish 2
04/30/82 Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip & Neighbors
05/07/82 Deathtrap
05/14/82 Dr Butcher & Hell Night
05/21/82 Quest for Fire
05/28/82 Missing & American Werewolf in London
06/04/82 Clash of Titans (reissue)
06/11/82 Porkys
06/25/82 Monty Python Live at Hollywood Bowl (first run)
07/02/82 Conan the Barbarian
07/09/82 Grease 2 & Grease
07/16/82 Firefox
07/23/82 The Challenge (first run)
07/30/82 Raiders of the Lost Ark (reissue)
08/06/82 Poltergeist
08/20/82 Rocky 3
08/27/82 Rocky 3 & Eye of the Needle
09/03/82 Annie
09/10/82 Things are Tough All Over & Up in Smoke
09/17/82 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas & Cannonball Run
09/24/82 Road Warrior & Sharkeys Machine
10/01/82 Star Trek & Alien
10/08/82 Legend of Lone Ranger & Flash Gordon (reissue)
10/19-10/11 matinees Secret of Nimb
10/15/82 Concrete Jungle (first run) & Goin' All the Way
10/22/82 Fast Times at Ridgemont High & Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
10/29/82 Pink Floyd the Wall & American Pop
11/05/82 The Burning (first run) & Final Conflict
11/12/82 Slumber Party Massacre (first run) & Maniac Killer
11/19/82 Funeral Home & Zombie
11/24/82 Horror Planet (first run) & Screamers
12/03/82 Nurses for Sale & Forbidden Pleasures
12/10/82 Trick or Treats & Alone in the Dark
12/12/82 E.T.
Came across a few boxes of old Haven files in my attic thought everyone would enjoy some of the second run fare.
06/26/81 Cheech and Chongs Nice Dreams
07/10/81 Clash of the Titans
07/17/81 Flash Gordon & Popeye
07/24/81 Dragonslayer & Airplane
07/31/81 Stripes (reissue)
08/07/81 For Your Eyes Only
08/14/81 Wolfen
08/21/81 Great Muppet Caper & Incredible Shrinking Woman
08/28/81 Escape From NY & Scanners
09/04/81 Superman II
09/11/81 Endless Love & Xanadu
09/18/81 Under the Rainbow & Private Benjamin
09/25/81 Private Lessons & American Gigolo
10/02/81 American Werewolf in London & Motel Hell
10/09/81 Dead & Buried & The Fog
10/16/81 Blowout & Dressed to Kill
10/23/81 Carbon Copy & Up in Smoke
10/30/81 So Fine & Any Which Way You Can
11/06/81 Mommie Dearest
11/13/81 All the Marbles & Thief
11/20/81 Demonoid (first Run) & The Hand
11/25/81 Halloween 2 & Legend of Lone Ranger
12/04/81 Body Heat
12/11/81 Prince of the City
12/18/81 Kentucky Fried Movie & Airplane
12/25/81 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Yes, Panzer65. I haven’t had much to say about movie theaters recently.
Appreciate the invite Baby Boomer, Hello PKoch..been a while!
Thanks, BabyBoomer !
Anyone who wants to find old friends,meet new friends or remember what it was like growing up in Woodhaven we started a family friendly group on Yahoo.Although you must join to access the group you can choose to have the messages sent to you or just read them when you want from the site.Simply go to the Yahoo home page and click on groups. Then type in “woodhaven-nyc"and you will get to or site.Check us out….If there isn’t anyone you know chances are someone knows where your friends are today and you can share your memories of growing up in the best neighborhood in New York……Enjoy !!!
You’re welcome, Panzer65.
Thanks PKoch,
Pretty sure it was “Women’s Prison Massacre”.
“Women’s Prison Massacre” was indeed released in the USA in 1985.
Here’s the link to the IMDb page, if you wish to read it, to perhaps jog your memory :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085250/
I think it played on a double bill with “Reform School Girls”.
Thanks, Panzer65.
“Women’s Prison Massacre”, perhaps ? That title comes quickly to mind, along with “Reform School Girls”, from 1985 or so.
PKoch ,
I can remember four movies I saw there:
“Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
"King Kong” (1976)
“Superman 2"
Some women’s jail movie, cant remember the name.
Excuse me : that should have been “Forty Carats”, srarring Deborah Raffin, that I saw at the Haven, along with “The Conversation”, at the Haven, late August 1974.
Gene Hackman also starred in “I Never Sang With My Father”, in which older long-time star Melvyn Douglas played his father.
I also saw “Five Easy Pieces” at the Haven, early 1971, perhaps on a double bill with “I Never Sang With My Father”, because both share the theme of children coming home to aid or be with ailing parents.
Rustler’s Rhapsody : release date Friday 10 May 1985.
Brewster’s Millions : release date Wednesday 22 May 1985.
No, Panzer65, I’ve never visited the retail store that now occupies the former Haven Theatre. I’ve only glimpsed it from the Jamaica el. Even at a glance, it’s obvious that it was once a movie theater. There are two friends I have at work from Woodhaven I could ask about the store that was once the Haven, though.
ken mc : Coincidence ? Should we cue Harry Lubin’s eerie theme for “One Step Beyond” ?
www.imdb.com