![]() ![]() They became unsafe because of the crack epidemic. If the movie disappointed them, they’d throw things at the screen…. People wanted to get the most bang for their buck. ![]() Certain theaters, like The Ankle, which was across from Port Authority, catered to a more criminal element…. It was a very egalitarian form of entertainment that attracted all sorts - kids cutting school, people on dates, inner-city people escaping the cold or heat. A shoebox theater catered to the adult audience, seated eighty to 200, usually on one floor, and was shaped like a rectangular shoebox…. They seated several hundred people and played all kinds of films, across genres. Grind houses were opulent, old-style movie palaces with chandeliers, opera seats and huge screens. Films like Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, Cannibal Holocaust, Shogun Assassin and 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy became part of what is now referred to as grindhouse cinema. One where movie houses were aplenty and showed everything possible in order to get people in. Reed, the death of Landis in December 2008 marked the end of a chapter in underground movie history. ![]() Noted for his Sleazoid Express zine, as well as biographies of directors Kenneth Anger and Joel M. ![]() Several people have documented this period in their own way. Both a warzone and a utopia for misfits, this period gave us punk rock, no wave, hardcore as well as experimental fiction, underground comics and grindhouse cinema that emanated from the ruins of the city. ![]()
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