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Cry rooms were an amenity movie theaters had starting in the 1940s. These were small areas at the back of a theater where those with unruly kids could continue to watch the film. The presence of these rooms declined greatly by the 1970s due to the rise of multiplex theaters.
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Nickelodeon is named after the first theater in the world exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures. Opened on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nickelodeon’s name was concocted from nickel (the cost of admission) and the ancient Greek word odeion, a roofed-over theater.
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In the early 1800s they had laughing gas theaters where people enjoyed a show after inhaling nitrous oxide. This was a few years before they figured out it can be used for anesthesia.
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Have you ever had a really bad experience at the movies?
A time that was so bad it made you never want to go back?
Well, we’re about to read a whole bunch of stories from folks who had really bad movie theater experiences.
Are you ready?
Let’s dive into some stories from AskReddit users about their worst movie theater experiences.
“Was watching Aquaman with my sister and there was a couple behind us. The girl was clearly unaware of superhero films.
During the fight scenes she asked him very loudly where Ironman was. And when it was the intermission, she asked him angrily when Spiderman was making an appearance.
Turns out she was into Tom Holland and her boyfriend told her he was in Aquaman to get her to come along. They fought for a while.”
“Saw Cats.
My friend group decided that we’d see it as a joke and Jesus Christ I swear we left within the first five minutes.
We wanted to gouge out our eyes.”
“I was watching “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” with my mum and sister. To make the movie viewable to most audiences, my city’s censor board had cut off scenes.
So all the throat slashing was cut off and it was annoying as hell. They replaced those scenes with random shots from the same scene. So the lip syncing was off at most places. They didn’t even show any blood.
And sitting a little away from us was a group of young teens who got annoyed every time a song began. They would tut and make sounds and ask things like “why are there so many songs” or “another song?” and my sister at one time was so frustrated that she yelled back saying “It’s called a musical for a reason.””
“It was in the middle of the movie, people starting yelling at some guy for sneezing to loud and the person above me turned around too fast and spilled a bunch of pop on my head.
I finished the movie and they guy gave me money to get something because he felt bad.
Best worst day ever.”
“First time at the cinema with my boyfriend – he talked more to the stranger next to him than to me – before, during AND after the movie.
Sh*tty experience for me… If I hadn’t been in a foreign country I would’ve gotten up and left before the movie even started!”
“I was on a first date with a guy I really liked. Towards the last quarter of the movie, I had to pee very badly.
So I get up and start trotting towards the exit, but when I’m halfway across the theatre, LITERALLY FRONT ROW CENTRE, the heel of one of my shoes broke.
I went sprawling face first onto the floor. In front of the ENTIRE (pretty packed) movie theatre. There was no second date.”
“As a teen, I went on a double date with this guy who kept asking me out. My sister’s BF insisted that he’s really a nice guy when you get to know him.
We saw “Shampoo” the Warren Beatty film. It was really raunchy and inappropriate for teens. Adults were walking out indignantly with their young children (you guessed it, there were no warnings then or rating system).
I was mortified because he kept laughing at the worst times, and slapping his knees and all that. My sis and I wanted to leave, so we ended up leaving early.
Needless to say, I never went out with this guy again.”
“Once I went to a movie with my sister and my friend. We were seated next to a woman and her ex-husband.
She spent almost the entire movie complaining to him about how he never posted anything on Facebook about her anymore, and that he always tagged his new girlfriend in his posts. The poor guy stayed pretty quiet the entire time while she cried and whined.
I’m not surprised he divorced her.”
“Years back sitting in the theater and saw a flicker of light off to my right in the row behind me. Guy had tossed his cigarette butt and it rapidly took off in the theater floor litter.
Everyone got out OK but it was exciting for a bit.
Seems weird now but people used to smoke everywhere.”
“I was in a movie theater once with my family and little nephew and we were watching Monsters Inc.
Around 20 minutes into the movie, we started hearing some strange noises that were reminiscent of moans. We tried to ignore it but they became louder and I got up to see what was happening when someone yelled “OH GOD YES”.
Needless to say when I got down there I discovered a man and a woman, engaging in s*xual intercourse in the middle of a children’s movie.
Mike and Sully did not approve and we never visited the theater again…”
“I was 15 and dating a guy whose family collected vintage cars and drove them in parades etc. He picked me up in a Model T pickup truck.
It was cool and exciting. He took me to the drive-in where we watched Deliverance. Midway through the movie, my date absolutely freaked out, went hysterical, thrashed around and finally jumped out of the vehicle, leaving me totally confused and clueless.
I’m like “WHAT??” and he finally gasped out “SPIDER!” Yeah, first date was last date…”
“It was my first time in a movie theatre (not counting those crappy ones that schools say are movies) and I was with my friends. It was a new film and we were all really pumped to see it.
Well… Turns out it was a 3D movie and we had to wear those glasses. Which is fine, except for one flaw… I wore glasses myself and those 3D ones did not fit so I had to sit in a movie theatre with one hand holding my glasses up to see the actual screen.
Then someone bumped into me while I was holding a Slushee (I think) and it spilled. Aaaaand then there was a thunderstorm so the power went out for half an hour.”
Okay, now it’s time for YOU to entertain US.
In the comments, share your absolute worst movie theater experience.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
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Remember going to a movie?
It would sure be a lot of fun to do that again, wouldn’t it…? Hopefully, we can do it again sometime soon.
But until then, we have to hunker down in our houses and watch everything on our own TVs. Sure, things could be a lot worse, but it would be wonderful to go to the theater, grab a snack and a drink, and see some movie magic on the big screen.
People recently took to Twitter to share their favorite experiences from watching movies in the theater.
It’s a lot of fun, let’s check it out!
Erupted with laughter.
They’re promoting the Titanic anniversary rerelease before a movie my wife and I were seeing. The trailer editors include the line, “I’ll promise I’ll never let go!” My wife loudly exclaims “LIAR!” and the theater erupts with laughter. This introvert was proud.
— Jeff Salyer (@JeffSalyer) June 26, 2020
That guy got ’em with a zinger!
I saw Inception on opening night. Leo crawls out of the water and a man behind me yells “holy f***, he survived Titanic.” The whole theater was wheezing.
— Jules Zane (@juleszane) June 27, 2020
It never gets old!
Jaws I was 9, went with my dad, the whole packed cinema completely transfixed. I saw it again a couple of years ago and even though my dad passed a long time ago I could feel him sat next to me. The power of cinema
— Con O’Neill (@cononeilluk) June 27, 2020
There goes the popcorn!
Age 15, went to see the Sixth Sense shortly after it came out. The lady in front of me was so startled when Mischa Barton reached out from under the bed and grabbed Haley Joel Osmont’s ankle that she launched all of her popcorn in the air
— Kristen Kurtis (@kristenkurtis) June 27, 2020
Ritalin should cure her head from spinning around, right?
Watching the re-release of THE EXORCIST in 2000 with an audience that had mostly never seen it and how when the doctor suggests Regan be prescribed Ritalin everyone burst into laughter
— Parker (@jeffparker) June 27, 2020
Do your research!
I went to see Sweeney Todd and it was PACKED with groups of guys. I checked the description and realised the cinema hadn’t included it was a musical so it just read “serial killer takes over London.”
After two songs one guy said out loud “I think they’re going to keep singing” https://t.co/sM0xIjJv3N— natalie tran (@natalietran) June 28, 2020
And so are the movies!
Watched Harry Potter The Sorcerer’s Stone the first weekend it was in theatres. During the scene where they first reveal the Gryffindor dorm, the little girl next to me whispered to her mom, “It’s exactly like I imagined.” And that’s why books are awesome.
— Steph H. (@StephH_AZ) June 27, 2020
Wonder Woman to the rescue!
Watching Wonder Woman: during the establishing scene of Diana as a little girl watching the Amazonians train & mimicking their fight moves; in that moment, a little girl in our row leapt out of her seat & minicked young Diana mimicking the women, & my wife & I burst into tears. pic.twitter.com/ujENQ8gQj1
— Samuel Snoek-Brown (@SnoekBrown) June 26, 2020
People got fired up!
When the Emperor attacked Luke in our local RETURN OF THE JEDI premiere, the whole audience spontaneously STOOD UP and shouted at Vader.
For the last time in their lives, the fans had no idea what would happen. When he chose, the house nearly came down.
An unrepeatable moment. https://t.co/L0KvK8kua3 pic.twitter.com/pahBZ9huDX
— John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) June 27, 2020
What a great flick!
Aliens
Ridley is revealed in the loader.
The place erupted like I’ve never heard before or since pic.twitter.com/hV7OwrwPAe
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) June 26, 2020
Right? Right?!?!
Watching “Snakes on a Plane” with an opening night crowd that made fun of everything. At a quiet moment when two characters reconcile and shake hands, somebody screams “HANDSHAKES ON A PLANE!”
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 27, 2020
Followed by…this…
When Spock died in Star Trek II, there was horrified silence and some crying in the audience, and then somebody in the back said, “He’s dead, Jim.”
— MZS (@mattzollerseitz) June 26, 2020
Now we’d like to hear from you.
Do you remember your favorite memories from going to the movies?
Tell us your stories in the comments.
Please and thank you!
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Would you go see a movie anytime soon? It seems so strange that just a couple of months ago, it wouldn’t be weird to go see a flick with a friend in a crowded theater and load up on snacks. But now…well…
In the meantime, though, movie theaters are using their marquee signs to help make folks laugh and I think they’re doing a pretty damn good job. Here are some good signs that we think will bring a smile to your face.
Enjoy.
Only dance with yourself right now?
Do it at home with some good movies!
Zoom it up, folks!
But it’ll be over at some point!
Let’s all get outside and play..at a safe distance.
But, it is what it is.
At least, not for now.
We need movie theaters in our lives!
Hey, thanks a lot!
Love this local theatre, which is using its marquee to comment on movies it’s not showing pic.twitter.com/U2X3xWlyTf
— Dr. Esther AT LEAST WEAR A MASK Choo (@choo_ek) May 5, 2020
Going stir crazy…
I can’t wait until this ramps back up.
And posted by Michael J. Fox himself!
Funny stuff, right?
Have you seen any good signs from businesses during the shutdown? If so, please tell us about them and share a photo in the comments if you have them.
Please and thank you!
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I’ve been praying for a black Icee to come along for almost my entire life, and now here it is!
I guess you could say this is my personal peak. Is that sad? I’ll let you be the judge.
But I digress: in honor of the new animated version of The Addams Family that hits theaters on October 11, AMC will sell a black cherry Icee that is totally jet black. Boom!
It's creepy, cooky, altogether ooky, just like Addams Family Movie. Try the Spooky Black Cherry Icee at participating…
Posted by AMC Theatres on Sunday, September 29, 2019
The Spooky Black Cherry Icee will be available at the concession stand at AMC Theaters, and you know what the really good news is? It’s gonna turn your tongue black when you drink it so you can run around the lobby after the movie is over and creep out people waiting in line!
Going to the movies has never been so much fun.
If you’re a youngin’, let me fill you in with a brief history of The Addams Family. The characters are based on a comic strip by artist Charles Addams that ran in The New Yorker from 1938-1988. There was a live-action version of The Addams Family on TV in the 1960s (in glorious black and white) and then the early 1990s saw a revival of the characters with two feature films.
Posted by Ashley Slone on Saturday, September 7, 2019
AMC released a similar black Icee drink this summer for the release of Men in Black: International, and I’m sure there were a whole lot of black tongues at those showings as well.
Here’s the trailer for the new film that comes out on October 11.
See you at the theater with my black Icee in hand!
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This is what I’m talking about! And I have a feeling I’m not alone.
In fact, I’m willing to bet that armies of millions are lined up behind me in their overwhelming excitement about this news: there’ is now a movie theater where $15 buys you a ticket to the show and you can bring your dog with you. Oh, and you get unlimited wine or four whiskeys with that ticket.
Boom!
K9 Cinemas in Plano, Texas, is the name of the joint, and it opened in late 2018. There are only three rules people need to follow at the cinema: no more than two dogs per person (it costs $5 to bring an extra pup), you need to bring valid papers from your dog’s vet the first time you visit, and you need to clean up after your best friend. Also, you can buy snacks for yourself (obviously) and treats for your furry friend, too.
Eric Lankford, who founded K9 Cinemas, said, “I can’t believe we are breaking ground with a new niche nobody has done before — dogs and movies! We are excited to spread the smiles across your whole families faces, furry included, at a K9C near you coming soon!”
Lankford said about the business and beloved dog, Bear:
“Little did Bear and I know we would soon be published in every major publication you can name both nationally and worldwide. Turns out when you start a passion project with a decade of experience building businesses and turn that experience on to something you sincerely love, something special happens. I simply want to make other people as happy as Bear makes me. When our customers come through our doors it’s nothing but smiles and laughter.”
The theater doesn’t show first-run films yet, but instead screens one-off movies and hosts theme nights. And, of course, you better believe the theater has hosted Game of Thrones viewing parties.
Genius idea! I smell a franchise brewing…
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Although being a giant box office success, movie theater business was less enthused about the movie “A Quiet Place” because the ambiance of the movie was such that any type of loud eating was shamed leading to people not buying any food. Cinemas normally earn more from food than tickets.
Despite some claims to the contrary, drive-in movie theaters in the United States are not making a comeback. In 2017 there exist about 330 operating drive-in theaters in the United States, down from a peak of about 4,000 in the late 1950s. In 1980, there were over 2400. Back in 1960s, there used to be […]
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