Ridge Cinema

As a young impressionable teenager, this was my cinema palace.

It’s where I first saw “Back To The Future,” “Die Hard,” “Weird Science,” “La Bamba,” “Young Guns,” “Adventures In Babysitting,” “Aliens,” and a plethora (yeah, I said it) of classic 80s movies.

Per FB:

“Ridge Cinema, 1510 Eastridge Road, Henrico, Virginia.

This theater was originally built in the 1970’s and was owned by Neighborhood Theatre Inc., Cineplex Odeon Corp., Neighborhood Entertainment Inc. and lastly by Regal Entertainment Group.

The two-story building had a huge, open lobby. On the second floor were three auditoriums, several offices which were used by the Regal District Management, and a concession stand. The first floor had two giant auditoriums with full stages, one with 750 seats and the other with 550. These two large auditoriums were originally the only two in the theater and were used for various types of live entertainment.

When it closed in September 2002, the now seven-screen theater showed foreign and independent films as well as first-run commercial fare. Regal decided to sell the old Ridge Theater and the surrounding land and it was demolished in early-2004.”

It’s now a Kroger.