Back On The Lot

2025 Patreon Screening #1
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
After 23 weeks, we are back at our happy place to kick off our fifth year coming to the Mahoning Drive-In Theater.

They're have been a few changes made over the winter.  Sandy has a brand new shed outside of the concession building where t-shirts and other merchandise will be sold.  For reasons known only to her, Sandy seems gets upset when people call it a "shed" or a "shack" and prefers that people call it the Mahoning Merch Market, so I'll do my best to pretend that it's not a shed when I refer to it in the future.

The snack bar has also had a few changes, including the removal of the large table under the tv and the addition of a large drinks cooler near the register.  The VHS wall has also now been split with half of it now dedicated to sealed VHS tapes.  Some of these are new old stock.  Others are more recent releases, including some of the films on VHS that have been released by Shudder over the past few years.

Our first 35mm film of the season was the 1983 Filipino action flick: The One Armed Executioner.  I loved every minute of this movie.  It a film that tries like hell to be a Hollywood-style action blockbuster, and the sincerity behind it makes the cheesy acting performances that much better.  I'm hesitant to say that it falls into the "so bad it's good", not because it isn't good but because it's too well made to dismiss it as a bad movie.  This easily makes my top five movies that I've seen on the lot for a Patreon screening.

This isn't a movie that I'd recommend to everyone, but I thought it was great.  If you're interested, you can stream it on YouTube and Tubi.  The copy that has been uploaded to YouTube is more crisp, but it has a large "for preview purposes only" watermark at the top of the screen throughout the film.

If you want a much more competent review of The One Armed Executioner, it has been covered by Quentin Tarantino on his Video Archives Podcast.  Click play above to listen.