Thad Michaels was
the owner of the Starlight Drive In or at least he was the entire time I worked
there. I think he still owns the place even though it’s been closed for years
now and yeah don’t buy any of that crap that it’s still open. The last time I
drove by it there are weeds growing everywhere, the whole place is falling
apart, it’s pretty sad but drive in movie theaters are dead sure there are
still a few around but they're the ones that just don’t know they’re dead yet.
There
were a lot of funny things about Thad, don’t get me wrong, he was really a
great guy to work for, I mean he paid great for a movie theater, I still can’t
believe how much he paid me and no I ain’t going to tell you plus he helped me
get some great pieces of tail more than once. Still he was a bit weird. The
oddest thing about him was that, he always looked the same. He was one of those
guys that never looked older. I worked for him for twenty years and he looked
just the same as the first day I met him, his weight always seemed to be the
same too, he looked like a slim jock. Sometimes he talked strange stuff about
reality not being real for much longer or some crazy talk like that but hey he
was still a pretty cool guy and if you own a haunted drive in you’re bound to
be a little weird and that place was haunted for sure, I saw some of the ghosts
myself.
Thad
sure could pick the flicks. He hand picked most of the movies we ran and he got
us all sorts of exclusive deals which kept the place packed every night we were
open. Our lot was only empty at closing time even when it was pouring out. He
got us some great flicks like Vampire Hookers from Outer Space, it had some
pretty hot vampire babes in it and Thad hired some gorgeous chicks to walk around
the lot dressed like vampires, he even hooked me up with one and it was
awesome, he was the best boss I ever had.
We showed that
movie, Satan’s Sister it wasn’t really good but there were so many topless
broads in it that people loved it, I hated that stupid love song that was in
it, think it was called, Into the Sky it was a hit I guess.
He hooked us up
with some weird flicks too like that one Attack of the Prehistoric Beast, I
couldn’t figure out if it was a comedy or just two movies spliced into one.
Undead Kiss was
pretty out there too, there was almost no dialogue, just all sorts of
psychedelic music and messed up sounds.
I
don’t know how or where he found the Burning Witch but I’m pretty sure we were
one of the only places in the world that showed that flick. I heard the rumors
about a women getting burned alive at the stake in it but it didn’t look like a
snuff movie to me.
Vincent “Vin” Breen
Former
projectionist for the Starlight Drive In Movie Theater
