2025 Patreon Screening #3
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
The Patreon screenings have all been a big hit this season, and June was no exception.
The movie of the night was the sequel to the 1958 horror classic The Blob. Son Of Blob (aka: Beware! The Blob) was released in 1972, and it's the very definition of bizarre cinema. The timing is pretty great because it fits perfectly with the tone of Schlock-O-Rama, which kicks off tomorrow night. Parts of this movie looked familiar to me, so I think that I may have seen it (or parts of it) when I was a kid, but I can't say for sure. Either way, I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to see it on 35mm at the drive-in.
The story on how this film came to be screened is pretty interesting as well. Another patron of the drive-in has a son who got ahold of his parents credit card and ordered a bunch of things without permission. One of the things that he ordered was a 35mm print of this film. The family weren't able to return it, so they were kind enough to bring it down to the drive-in for a Patreon screening. The print was a little red, but it was otherwise in excellent shape, and it made for a very fun night.
