I remember some of the bizarre bills at the 53. For example, around 1980, I remember seeing a major Hollywood blockbuster (can’t recall which one) on a bill with H.G. Lewis' “Blood Feast,” “2000 Maniacs,” and “Color Me Blood Red”! In 1980!!!! I also remember being there until almost dawn watching up to 5 movies like “Last House on the Left” and “Don’t Look in the Basement.” Plus the midnight XXX feature (for only $1 a carload more) was always fun. They also stayed open all winter, so you could sit there with huge snowbanks around your car during the nasty midwestern winter weather. Going to the 53 was a truly unique experience, which is unfortunately gone forever.
I remember some of the bizarre bills at the 53. For example, around 1980, I remember seeing a major Hollywood blockbuster (can’t recall which one) on a bill with H.G. Lewis' “Blood Feast,” “2000 Maniacs,” and “Color Me Blood Red”! In 1980!!!! I also remember being there until almost dawn watching up to 5 movies like “Last House on the Left” and “Don’t Look in the Basement.” Plus the midnight XXX feature (for only $1 a carload more) was always fun. They also stayed open all winter, so you could sit there with huge snowbanks around your car during the nasty midwestern winter weather. Going to the 53 was a truly unique experience, which is unfortunately gone forever.