The Monsters Are Due On Seneca Road

Universal Monster Mash IX
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
This event has felt a little bittersweet since it was moved to the last full weekend of the season.  I enjoy it because I love classic horror and most of our friends come out for this event.  At the same time, I don't look forward to it because it means that my nights at the drive-in for the year are coming to a close.

This weekend was the last meeting of the season for the Mahoning Book Club.  We read and discussed a biography about the woman who created the head of the costume for The Creature From The Black Lagoon.  Her name was Milicent Patrick and the book is called The Lady From The Black Lagoon.  I'm not a big fan of this one.  While I agree that the subject of this biography has an impressive resume, I found her not to be all that terrific of a human being.  Also, while she has quite a few impressive accomplishments in her career, none of them really felt interesting enough to fill a 368 page book.  It's not a terrible, but it didn't hold my interest and definitely wasn't my cup of tea.

The special concession item for the weekend was tasty enough to make an exception for my diet.  It's called the Monster Mash, and it's a beef hamburger topped with mashed potatoes and gravy.  You can get it with cheese, but I decided to leave off those extra calories.

Louie and Shannon brought a board game for the hours before showtime.  I was working the front gate with Dave for most of the day so I missed out on the game, but I'm pretty sure it's the same one that I played with them earlier this season; can't remember what it's called though.

Before I discuss the movies, there was a cartoon shown during the first intermission on both nights of Universal Monster Mash IX.  It's a 1968 Woody Woodpecker cartoon called One Horse Town.  This was part of Jeff's collection of classic animation on 35mm, so it gets played quite a bit at the drive-in.  No matter how many times I see it, it's always a very cool experience.

 

The first movie on Friday night was the 1944 film House Of Frankenstein.  

Next up was the 1945 film House Of Dracula.  

The final film of Friday night was the 1958 film Monster On The Campus.  

Saturday night began with the 1935 film Werewolf Of London.  

 

The second film on Saturday was the 1955 Creature From The Black Lagoon sequel, Revenge Of The Creature.  

Last up was the Spanish language version of the original 1931 Dracula film.  

And that's a wrap on Universal Monster Mash IX.  If it's not obvious from the lack of detail on any of the films and the long delay in this post being published, I'm feeling kind of burnt out with the blog.  I'm not giving up on it, but I've been at it for a quarter century and there are days when it feels more like an obligation than a hobby.  I'm sure it'll pass.