The first Drive-in I went to was the Warwick Drive-In Theatre in Warwick, NY. Now that I live in Tampa, FL, I’ve yet to visit the Fun-Lan, which is very close to my apt. The lot also serves as a flea market on the weekends. I’m originally from NJ and I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t visit more NJ locations, being that there is only one functioning drive-in in the state (the Delsea), and that the first drive-in theater was opened in NJ in 1933.
Saw Terminator 2 in the main theater there when it premiered. By that time they had tried to renovate it again and the other two side theaters were like private screening rooms, with the screens the size of big screen plasma TVs. It was a nearby cinema from where I lived that we alternated with General Cinemas Essex Green II-III. That whole block became a bunch of hoity-toity overpriced shops.
I like this theater strictly for the old school feel of it. When I first saw a movie there last year, I felt like I went back to 1985. If there’s a first run movie that I might have missed, I can go to the Britton and watch it for $5. Everything about the theater is outdated, they don’t even accept credit or debit cards (ATM inside), and the sound system is terrible. Nevertheless, it’s a fun place to catch a flick when you have nothing better to do.
When exactly did this theater stop showing movies? I was born in Jersey City and I remember seeing Evil Dead II (1987) in one of the two theaters in Journal Square. I thought it might have been the Loew’s Jersey Theatre, which I had gone to before (I clearly remember Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on the marquee), but they closed in 1986, so it must have been at the State. Now it’s a 99ยข store…for shame.
The first Drive-in I went to was the Warwick Drive-In Theatre in Warwick, NY. Now that I live in Tampa, FL, I’ve yet to visit the Fun-Lan, which is very close to my apt. The lot also serves as a flea market on the weekends. I’m originally from NJ and I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t visit more NJ locations, being that there is only one functioning drive-in in the state (the Delsea), and that the first drive-in theater was opened in NJ in 1933.
Saw Terminator 2 in the main theater there when it premiered. By that time they had tried to renovate it again and the other two side theaters were like private screening rooms, with the screens the size of big screen plasma TVs. It was a nearby cinema from where I lived that we alternated with General Cinemas Essex Green II-III. That whole block became a bunch of hoity-toity overpriced shops.
I like this theater strictly for the old school feel of it. When I first saw a movie there last year, I felt like I went back to 1985. If there’s a first run movie that I might have missed, I can go to the Britton and watch it for $5. Everything about the theater is outdated, they don’t even accept credit or debit cards (ATM inside), and the sound system is terrible. Nevertheless, it’s a fun place to catch a flick when you have nothing better to do.
When exactly did this theater stop showing movies? I was born in Jersey City and I remember seeing Evil Dead II (1987) in one of the two theaters in Journal Square. I thought it might have been the Loew’s Jersey Theatre, which I had gone to before (I clearly remember Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on the marquee), but they closed in 1986, so it must have been at the State. Now it’s a 99ยข store…for shame.