The Commack Drive-IN seemed to specialize in horror movies. Almost any movie that has a cult reputation today got shown on the big screen there. Black Christmas, Premature Burial, Mad Doctor Of Blood Island, Beast Of Blood, Dracula Vs. Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, House That Dripped Blood, and the lsit goes on and on. I am in total envy of Bloop who has a piece of the marquee and explored the drive-in ruins when there was more standing. The DRACULA AD 1972 flier is just the ad mat framed in a Commack Drive-In logo. I will try to scan and post on here along with the pics.
Saw BRAIN OF BLOOD and VAMPIRE PEOPLE at the Commack Drive-In in 1971 among countless other horror films. My dad was great about taking me, usually on a Friday night. Remember huge disappointment pulling up to box office to see DRACULA AD 1972 and CRESCENDO but was told too much fog was obscuring the screen. However, the week before I grabbed a pile of fliers printed by the Commack Drive-In from their consession stand for DRACULA AD 1972 and still have them. Lastly, several years ago I visited the abandoned site of the Commack drive-in. The busted-up marquee was still standing and it was just an open over-grown lot with only the gravel pavement still intact. I took some photos (along with shots of the abandoned RKO TWIN in Commack) and went to the elevated spot on the drive-in grounds where we normally parked our car. I dug out a hand-sized piece of the gravel concrete as a souvenir. The NEXT WEEK (!!!) the entire site was leveled and a bunch of stores were being built! What great timing! I am so glad I visited the ruins that particular day and now have a chunk of history from this remarkable place that I loved so much as a kid!!
The Commack Drive-IN seemed to specialize in horror movies. Almost any movie that has a cult reputation today got shown on the big screen there. Black Christmas, Premature Burial, Mad Doctor Of Blood Island, Beast Of Blood, Dracula Vs. Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, House That Dripped Blood, and the lsit goes on and on. I am in total envy of Bloop who has a piece of the marquee and explored the drive-in ruins when there was more standing. The DRACULA AD 1972 flier is just the ad mat framed in a Commack Drive-In logo. I will try to scan and post on here along with the pics.
Saw BRAIN OF BLOOD and VAMPIRE PEOPLE at the Commack Drive-In in 1971 among countless other horror films. My dad was great about taking me, usually on a Friday night. Remember huge disappointment pulling up to box office to see DRACULA AD 1972 and CRESCENDO but was told too much fog was obscuring the screen. However, the week before I grabbed a pile of fliers printed by the Commack Drive-In from their consession stand for DRACULA AD 1972 and still have them. Lastly, several years ago I visited the abandoned site of the Commack drive-in. The busted-up marquee was still standing and it was just an open over-grown lot with only the gravel pavement still intact. I took some photos (along with shots of the abandoned RKO TWIN in Commack) and went to the elevated spot on the drive-in grounds where we normally parked our car. I dug out a hand-sized piece of the gravel concrete as a souvenir. The NEXT WEEK (!!!) the entire site was leveled and a bunch of stores were being built! What great timing! I am so glad I visited the ruins that particular day and now have a chunk of history from this remarkable place that I loved so much as a kid!!