I OWN The Theater, BITCH...:)

[bloodrayne]

So...What if you did?...What would you show?...How much would you charge for tickets? How would you operate?



I would show ONLY horror movies...

I would have 10 screens...On 3 screens I would show classics, from old Hammer Films, to the Original Night Of The Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday The Thirteenths, Nightmare On Elm Streets, May, Dog Soldiers and everything in between

On 3 screens I would show movies that people might have just missed that past year, all the way up to the week before...I just missed The Village, dammit:mad:

On the other 4 screens, I would show all of the currently running Horror movies

I would charge $5 for ALL tickets...Adults and Kids...That would keep it simple

I would NOT gouge the hell out of people for popcorn, candy and soft drinks...Have you any idea how fucking cheap popcorn actually IS?!...It should NOT cost $50 for 2 adults and 2 kids (average family) to go see ONE damned movie!...I swear, it's fucking ridiculous...OH, and I would have a pizza parlor INSIDE the lobby....Beat THAT!:cool: :D

[bloodrayne]

Hmm..I'd have to think of a really good horror related name for it, too........House Of Horrors?.....Pit Of Putrefaction?....Macabre Matinee?.....Theater Of Death?......Shock Cinema?.....Hmm...

[urgeok]

no way would i just show horror ..
I'd show anything that was good (by my standards)

The best of all genres .. foreign art house, comedys, cult, whatever.

These films are just as imprtant to horror ..

in the same way a hockey player can be a better player by figure skating, horror filmmakers could learn a lot and apply styles from other genres. The better ones do of course.

and then there are the others ...

anyway .. in a horror only theatre you'd either be repeating yourself a lot or showing some pretty bad crap.

I dont think there are that many good horror films out there .. and you have 365 days in the year to show them ! :)

[The STE]

it'd be a huge 35 screen multiplex, with carpeted floors that are regularly cleaned, and seats that recline slightly with cupholders in the movable arms. There would be a portion of the screens for the best of every genre of movies out at the time, arthouse sized release or otherwise, and a section that shows movies that are no longer in theaters. The extra 5 screens would show Taxi Driver, Casablanca, 12 Angry Men, The Godfather, and Memento. Exclusively. Forever.

[newb]

All your suggestions are very good, but there is one thing I don't see mentioned.


Where's the beer. C'mon...nothing goes better with a horror than a six pack.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by urgeok
anyway .. in a horror only theatre you'd either be repeating yourself a lot or showing some pretty bad crap.

I dont think there are that many good horror films out there .. and you have 365 days in the year to show them ! :) No way...Think about what you're saying...There are only 52 weeks in a year, each movie would run for AT LEAST a week, and I would hold the most popular ones over for a second week if they were really bringing in the people...And, 'repeating' the old stuff?...First of all, there are WAAAY more older movies than new ones, and the new ones will BECOME old before I could even get through 20% of the old ones...Anyway, if I DID repeat, and they still brought people in, so what?

...To be honest, I actually think that my 'old' screens, would do a hell of a lot better than my 'new' screens :cool:



Originally posted by The STE
The extra 5 screens would show Taxi Driver, Casablanca, 12 Angry Men, The Godfather, and Memento. Exclusively. Forever. LOL...And I know that you're serious, too:)


@Newb...I'd keep chicken salad available, just for you;) ...lol

[newb]

Originally posted by bloodrayne



@Newb...I'd keep chicken salad available, just for you;) ...lol

I'm there.


I'll just sneak the beer in, been there,done that.

[Sara-Monster]

I've fantasied before about having a theater of my own..Maybe just like a cheap drive-in to show B movies & cult classics..During intermissions there could show trailers for upcoming flicks.

I would NOT gouge the hell out of people for popcorn, candy and soft drinks...Have you any idea how fucking cheap popcorn actually IS?!

i actually read somewhere before that theaters make 80% of their profits from confessions, so it IS a big deal for them (remember if you wanna run a theater, you'll need to make some cash otherwise no $ = no paying studios for the rights to run their movies)

[newb]

Originally posted by Sara-Monster



i actually read somewhere before that theaters make 80% of their profits from confessions, so it IS a big deal for them (remember if you wanna run a theater, you'll need to make some cash otherwise no $ = no paying studios for the rights to run their movies)

Confession....did somebody say confession.

http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/magan2/teo/heriter/images/confession.jpg

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by newb
I'm there.


I'll just sneak the beer in, been there,done that. Hmm...I would have to consider how to deal with offenses such as this, too....There is so much to think about when operating a business...*looks around for my whip*... :D



@Sara-Monster...I would also have a pizza parlor, AND I would make massive profits due to volume...Because, EVERYONE would love my theater...lol

[Sara-Monster]

sorry, meant: confections

[DarkwingMantis]

Hmmmmm.... Ive actuall considered owninmy own theatre. It wouldbe a intimate 3 screen. showing cheap faily mvies during theday for mom and the kids. Later at night I woul show whatever is good anddoing well (as i at to mak SOME money) and I woul have midnight Matinees ofCilt Classics Lik OTLD, Toxic Avenger, F13, Halloween, Godfathr, Ed Wood etc..

And once a month I wouldhave all day or allnight Marathons o Series Like all 6 Sta Wars, The Romero Dead Films ad I would showEVERY Tromafilm tha comes out!!!!!

[newb]

Originally posted by Sara-Monster
sorry, meant: confections

I know.....just busting:D

[bloodrayne]

OH!...I just thought of something else...My theater would operate 24 hours a day...Just like ME;) :D :cool:

[The STE]

Originally posted by Sara-Monster
sorry, meant: confections

or, perhaps, concessions?

[The STE]

I thought of something else, too: the porn section

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by The STE
I thought of something else, too: the porn section LOL...I can't believe that it took you THIS long

[The STE]

it took me this long to get my keyboard unstuck (I was trying a particularly demanding recipe)

[urgeok]

wait a sec .... I DO have my own theatre ...

and it has the one feature thats the best of all ..
I only invite people I like ..

and you CAN drink a beer there ..
and the movies can be paused if said beer is causing the need for a pee break ...

[meetthecreeper]

13 screens of course what better number than that

3 screens of old school pre 1970s horror

3 screens pre 1990s horror

3 screens of new stuff

1 screens of classics like STE said, you have to have those films

1 screen for foreign films horror or otherwise (STE have you seen Hero yet?)

1 screen for Indie films

and 1 screen actually would be a stage for live performances of horror something like the Rocky Horror picture show but 10 times better

The lobby of course would have concessions and a restaurant kind of like Jack Rabbit Slims (pulp fiction) only horror related, you eat at coffin tables and are served by Zombies, vampyres, werewolves and such. Sorry no twist contest, but maybe the monster mash:p

Also in the lobby would be a freak show, showing world oddities and things of that nature, there would also be a murder ride (AKA Captain Spauldings Murder Ride) and we have buckets of fried chicken.

The parking lot looks like a cemetary and the outside of the building looks like The Munsters house.


And every now and then patrons are subject to a murder mystery, not sure if it would be real or not being that murder is against the law and all.

[jay o2 waster]

Troma
Guinea Pig
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
Lucky Sky Diamond
H.G. Lewis
Salo
Isla She Wolf of the SS
Various Naziploitation films
House on the Edge of the Park
Last House on the Left
Orgy of the Dead and other Ed Wood Films
Dead Alive
I spit on your Grave
Lucio Fulci Films
Dario Argento Films
Mario Bava Films
Sexploitation
Violent Shit 1, 2, 3, 4

[filmmaker2]

It would be weird movies all the time, the movies that don't run on cable and that you can't find in the video stores. I would run a lot of 70's horror (because it's the best). A certain number of comedies, maybe some Peter Bogdanovich. Some Jacques Tati, because I enjoyed watching his stuff at revival theatres in the 80's. "Dawn of the Dead" would be shown only once, at a midnight show, for purposes of opening the place.

No, wait: A double bill of Jacques Tati's "Traffic" and Romero's "Dawn of the Dead." Can you see it? All those idiot film students crowding in there with their upscale chocolate bars and their Starbucks cups? Oh yeah, and there would be NO Starbucks stuff for sale inside the theatre, or within five miles of the theatre. We would only have GOOD coffee. If you want Starbucks, you have to bring it in, and since it's at least five miles away, it'll be cold! That'll teach 'em.

My ideal movie house would be kinda snooty! Cats would live in the back alleys, looking for crunchy popcorn in the dumpster. They would constantly be trying to get into the theatre, where it is warm.

[The STE]

Originally posted by meetthecreeper
13 screens of course what better number than that


a bigger number. If you've got that small a number, then you can't give the proper attention to artsy type unconventional stuff (if it deserves it) like the Decalogue.

[meetthecreeper]

I dont know about that, I dont really care for films based in religion although I have heard it may be an interesting watch.

I suppose we could run films on the restroom monitors:D

Did I mention the sushi bar?? and pistol range???

[The STE]

well, the plots of the individual movies aren't based on religion

[bloodrayne]

Damn...You guys have some excellent ideas....But...I, personally, would probably leave out the sushi bar;) :D

[jay o2 waster]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Damn...You guys have some excellent ideas....But...I, personally, would probably leave out the sushi bar;) :D maybe we could open a sushi bar across the street

[urgeok]

i thought the gun range and sushi bar made a lot of sense ...
you could shoot your own fish and know they'd be fresh.

there would be more incentive for better marksmanship .. if you hit the slimy little sucker in the eye you dont waste as much meat !

[meetthecreeper]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Damn...You guys have some excellent ideas....But...I, personally, would probably leave out the sushi bar;) :D

It sounded like a good idea at the time, how else do you get the snobs in???

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by meetthecreeper
It sounded like a good idea at the time, how else do you get the snobs in??? Who the hell WANTS the 'snobs in?


Okay...I just had another idea...A HUGE sign that says "NO SNOBS ALLOWED".....lol...



Actually...Snobs wouldn't like MY theater anyway ;)

[The_Return]

This should be fun...:D

Ok, Id have a HUGE arcade as soon as you walk in the door. It'd have any and all types of arcade games, from classics [Smash TV], to more modern stuff [All the Mortal Kombats]. From there, you'd enter the lobby. Concession stands would include all the basic items [Popcorn, Pop, Candy, Hotdogs, Nachos] plus many other deleciables, such as various deserts, and entres such as pizza and pasta, incase you want dinner and a movie and dont want to go 2 different places.. Now on to the movies....

19 Screens. 6 would be reserved for Horror movies of all sorts, but primarily those that have changed the genre, wether It was for the better or worse [TCM, NotLD, Scream]. 6 more would be the movies currently making money at the box office. Another 6 for classics of other genres, leaving 1 screen. This screen would be a special treat for the viewer. They would have no way of knowing what movie would be showing. They'd buy a ticket for slightly less than regular cost, and see a movie specificly selected by myself. They would include my personal favourites from all genres, however horror would be the most prominent.

That was fun!

[The STE]

oddly enough, there's a really good sushi bar accross the street from the Landmark Tivoli (local arthouse type theater) over here

[wufong]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
So...What if you did?...What would you show?...How much would you charge for tickets? How would you operate?



I would show ONLY horror movies...

I would have 10 screens...On 3 screens I would show classics, from old Hammer Films, to the Original Night Of The Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday The Thirteenths, Nightmare On Elm Streets, May, Dog Soldiers and everything in between

On 3 screens I would show movies that people might have just missed that past year, all the way up to the week before...I just missed The Village, dammit:mad:

On the other 4 screens, I would show all of the currently running Horror movies

I would charge $5 for ALL tickets...Adults and Kids...That would keep it simple

I would NOT gouge the hell out of people for popcorn, candy and soft drinks...Have you any idea how fucking cheap popcorn actually IS?!...It should NOT cost $50 for 2 adults and 2 kids (average family) to go see ONE damned movie!...I swear, it's fucking ridiculous...OH, and I would have a pizza parlor INSIDE the lobby....Beat THAT!:cool: :D
i'd let kids i knew for sure came from poor famlies in for free, that way the ywouldn't feel left out, when their friends whos parents have more money went to the movies

[LilMissScareAll]

A Horror only theater is a great idea! That would be my kind of theater. :D I'd probably wanna show comedies too though...I like horror & comedy. I'd probably just show whatever sounded good to me, no matter what genre it was. :p I'd get all the horror & suspense/thrillers though. And I'd charge about $3 or $4...and maybe have special nights on occasion where people only had to pay $1 or $2 per ticket. And I'd also cut back on the price of food...it's ridiculous. Me, my mom & dad sneak in M&M's and water or pop & things like that sometimes, because we refuse to pay the theater's prices. :o

[Hate_Breeder]

I would keep it to myself and only play the best of movies that came out. No crap. And then i would everybodys face that tried to come in. And eat popcorn and makeout with women all day.

BEAT THAT!

[bloodrayne]

I'm bumping this old thread so that some of you guys who weren't around then could share YOUR ideas on this, too

[filmmaker2]

Well MY theatre would have CONCEPTIONS, how about that. How cool is THAT.

My theatre would also have seven or eight cute little kitties allowed to roam free. There would be bowls of cat food here and there, and there would be a special kitty poo poo area. How cool is THAT!!

And the people selling the popcorn would be violent and they will throw you inside the popcorn machine if you complain about the prices. But those will be reasonable. $1.25 for a drink, $2.00 for popcorn, $2.00 for a candy bar. Very reasonable and most of the money will go into film rentals, so the more crap food you buy, the more movies we rent. Everyone wins.

I would try to have a screening room for each decade, so there would be at least ten rooms.

Tickets would be sold by robots.

[Posher778]

I don't want a theater, just a tv station, and I would show only horror movies and sci fi.

[knife_fight]

If I owned my own theatre, I wouldn't have to do anything to it, b/c I would just buy one of the locals.

It has a flat floor with tables and chairs and they have waitresses who roller skate around to the tables and take food and beverage orders. They also have alcohol, which makes the old horror movies which everyone has seen even more fun.
The movies they show are the only thing I would change. While they show lots of matinees (complete with gimmicks!) and old cult favorites, they show mostly films that are in that dollar-movie limbo between the theatre and video release.

It's only one screen, but I would only show stuff I liked; nothing too serious b/c it gets kinda loud in there sometimes and I'm too uptight to be able to take a bunch of drunks being loud during my favorite dramas or horror flicks. Basically I would show the stuff I love but that I don't take too seriously.

[knife_fight]

Originally posted by Posher778
I don't want a theater, just a tv station, and I would show only horror movies and sci fi.

kinda like the sci-fi channel??? (only better, I assume)

[Posher778]

Originally posted by knife_fight
kinda like the sci-fi channel??? (only better, I assume)

Way better;)

[The Flayed One]

Well, I worked in a 16 screen theater in Seattle for 3.5 years. Let me tell you something, a theater that big is a HUGE pain in the ass. I can't imagine running a bigger one.

I'd definately keep it simple. No more than six screens. Probably only three. Remember, the more screens you have, the smaller they end up being because of limited space (unless we're going just all out, fantasy unlimited resources type of theater.)

The large number of screens are also why most theater chains are filing bankruptcy right now. Theaters make NOTHING on movie tickets. That's why a large bag of popcorn is over $5.00. Granted, the popcorn itself only costs about $.03 a bag to make. Consider though, you have to pay an employee to sell tickets and make nothing back on them. You also have to pay the eployee to stand at the door, tear the ticket and clean the theater. So really, that's another employee you're paying who makes you nothing.

Then of course, there's the concession guy you have to pay. Not to mention theaters use a phenomenal amount of electricity, water and such. The bigger you get, the more of that there is. Not to mention you'll need more people to sell and tear tickets, run concession, etc.

I think I'd have four screens, ideally. Then you can time your movies out to have the minimum amount of employees. That way you're constantly busy, but with not a lot of down time where they're standing around doing nothing. I'd have three screens of retro and one for the new Indy stuff that came out. I'd also make sure to have lot's of anime in the rotation.

[ItsAlive75]

My theatre would be filled with blind people, just to make it as difficult an experience as possible.