Retro Horror Film Marathon at Pike Drive-In Theater to Include House of Dark Shadows & House by the Lake

In about one month, horror hounds will gather in the glow of the silver screen at Vandergrift, PA's Drive-In Super Monster-Rama, but the celluloid celebration doesn't stop there. The following weekend, about three hours north of Vandergrift in the town of Montgomery, PA, another retro horror show is taking place at the Pike Drive-in Theater.

Held on September 19th and 20th, four old-school horror films will play in 35mm color at the Pike Drive-In Theater, highlighted by an extremely rare and high quality 35 mm print of 1970's House of Dark Shadows, which will make it the first time in decades that the vampire movie based on Dan Curtis' Dark Shadows TV show has played at a drive-in theater. Also included in the film lineup is a rare, uncut 35 mm print of 1976's UK horror flick, The House by the Lake, aka Death Weekend, as well as the 1966 cult favorite War Between the Planets. Capping off the show is 1973's Don't Look in the Basement, the first in the Don't series.

Horror fans who are drive-in enthusiasts have an added incentive to attend, as most profits are going toward a fundraiser to help the Pike Drive-in Theater afford digital equipment so that it can reopen next season. The gates open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:30pm with vintage horror shorts and trailers playing before the movies begin rolling. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 6 – 12 years old. Camping is available on the drive-in grounds.