Triple-feature and strawberry warlocks!
A lover of movies like me (some rightly say I am addicted) will be naturally attracted to New Jersey's only remaining drive-in, in Delsea. So about five weeks ago, my daughter and I made the hour's drive to the place for a triple-feature of Iron Man, Indiana Jones 4, and Penelope.Last time I saw a drive-in movie, they might well still have been showing trailers for a Russ Meyer exploitation film. LOL This place has the same look and feel: the bumpy dirt parking lot, the (apparently) small concession stand, the docking stations for speakers you'd mount in your car window. But the days of speakers are long past, as probably they are too easy to break off the docking stations. Nowadays a drive-in theatre would come with its own FM radio station, broadcasting the sound for the movie with the approximate coverage range of a walkie-talkie. So if you don't park close enough to the screen for Iron Man to reach you with a chirp, you will pick up interference from a more serious Christian radio station 25 miles away.
That's it for the complaints.
You can watch two movies, sometimes three, for $8/ticket. And as is the case for indoor theaters, these guys make their money from concessions, not tickets, so they don't want you bringing in food from outside -- unless you pay for the privilege, at $7 per carload. If you bring four people in your car, that can be economical. BUT... it must be said that their concession stand is a highlight. It isn't just popcorn and soda. They offer, among other things, pierogies (potato filled) with sour cream, stir-fried asparagus (!!!), and chocolate-covered strawberries -- the one here being compared in length to my daughter's index finger. Hence the term "warlock," which she applied as a nod to the movie Superbad.Labels: diversions
posted by Ron @ 6:37 PM
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