Sunday, October 23, 2005

"SI's scarriest haunted house"

went last night to check out "SI's scarriest haunted house" (their spelling, not mine)...and although it's in a tent and kinda small, It was cool...they have at least 7-8 animatronic dummies in various scenes. My fave is a demented guy in clown make-up (chuckles) just sitting and giggling/shaking in the corner. There was also a cool looking chick (screaming Nancy) covering her face and then screaming to reveal some kinda acid-burns or somthin'...It's worth checking out-only took like 5 minutes to see everything, though. It was at "Green Side Up" nursery, 5050 Hylan Blvd.
They usually go all out at this house on Caswell Ave. I will check it out next weekend...Last year was kinda crowded, but there's lots of crazy "horrific" action.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

movies at the St. george---psyche!

very disappointing. went to see the "abbott & costello" flick, and not only was it a dvd video projection, the portable screen (set up in front of the closed theater screen) was about 15' wide. Audio was unintelligable at times. looks like slightly over 100 people paid $8.50 each to see this. I can only hope things will change in the future. Perhaps she's doing well with Jackie Mason shows for $72.50 a pop, but as a movie venue, this was embarassing. Looks like I'm off to Loew's jersey city to see REAL classic film projected on a REAL screen...done by REAL movie buffs whom CARE about presentation.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

travis theater closing

I see the UA theater in Travis is closing (turning into a gym?)...and I was just getting re-aquainted with it!. Too bad, as it was easier to get good seats, and they showed some limited-release films that the one in the Harbor did not.
Damn! I like the regular kind of movie theater seats! You know, the "non-stadium" type. It reminds me of the old days of going to the movies and LOOKING UP at the screen in awe and wonder. The movies truely were "Larger than life!"...
With "stadium seating" most people in the theater "look down" on the movie. (Something one should never do) and forget about negotiating those stairs in the dark. Ever come into a darked theater from out side and try to find a seat while climbing stairs? Only owls and bats could, methinks.
One great place with the correct seating is lowesjersey.org
They are showing Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove and many other flicks "old-school" style. That means in a fantastic big old theater, no commercials, regular seats, and cheap admission! The on-screen dialog wonderfully booms and echoes just like the old days!
Brings a tear to me eyes, it does...