Exploring a Creepy Abandoned Movie Theater

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
  • Join me for a trip to the movies! But whats playing? Nothing! This theater has sat abandoned for almost two decades. Join me for an urbex adventure as I explore this decaying ruin that was once a place of silver screens and neon dreams!

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  • @puffbread
    @puffbread 4 месяца назад +8

    Seeing theaters abandoned like this makes me sad. I thoroughly enjoy going to see movies, something about getting lost in a movie at the theater just makes my heart happy. I hope theaters don't become a thing of the past!

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +4

      Me too! They just have a particular vibe

    • @newbleppmore7855
      @newbleppmore7855 3 месяца назад

      makes me sad too i haven't been since before 2020 i went so much as a kid teen and young adult now some reason not anymore, loved it so much just no one to go with anymore i guess

  • @littlescavengercoyote173
    @littlescavengercoyote173 4 месяца назад +8

    Definitely feels like there's an empty spot beside rt 9 andvthe parkway now. Saw quite a few films here before it was closed. It was a favorite haunt of my mom and her best friend. I still remember the lobby and can confirm the neon lights looked really cool.
    It's crazy to see how much theaters have changed their set up. Now we have stadium style seating and much bigger rooms and screens. Those long, narrow rooms with level seats hold such good memories (unless someone tall sat in front of you lol)!
    Friendly suggestion to wear a respirator or decent quality face mask in places like these. Lots of these places have debris/mold floating about that you don't want to breathe in.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +3

      I agree, it is so weird to not see it there anymore

  • @Kantoh22
    @Kantoh22 4 месяца назад +5

    I went to this theater back in 2002 and 2005. The last movie I saw there was Star Wars 3. 2002 was 8 Mile. My wife and I still go to the movies when something we want to see comes out, regardless of being able to watch it at home once its released for streaming. Its the experience we go for, and another way to have time for us, from the kids. 😊 Thank you for this!

  • @MoviemaniaNick
    @MoviemaniaNick 4 месяца назад +10

    This is so sad to see a Movie Theater just left abandoned to rot like this. I still go to the Movie theater to this day. Just to get that Theater experience than staying at home to watch it but I know that will change in the future unfortunately.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +6

      Yeah I miss the theater experience. I should try and go more often

    • @cynthiaj.simmons870
      @cynthiaj.simmons870 4 месяца назад

      ​@RayOutThere I always go quite a bit with my twin son Blake even though he doesn't drive he has his own money and he doesn't drive and I always got to drive but he's always asking every month which movies I like and his Dad likes to see and either we go along with my husband if he's off from work or it'll be just me and my son going to see a movie. The last movie we seen at the movie was in November after my 59th birthday on November 8th we went on November 10th and seen "Miss Marvel." And in 2022 my husband Terry and I went to this multiplex 40 miles away from us in Elgin, Illinois to see this movie with actor Ryan Phillippe because I'm a super huge fan of his I had to see this movie called "Collide," which was an excellent movie but the theater had reclining seats and heated too if it was winter we seen this movie olin August of 2022 But in general what I'm relating to the subject is that we go the the movies quite often!!! 🤗🎞🧈📽🍿🎬❤️

    • @cynthiaj.simmons870
      @cynthiaj.simmons870 4 месяца назад

      @RayOutThere "Great video I loved it!!!" 🤗🎞📽🎬🍿🧈❤️

  • @TeknBolt
    @TeknBolt 4 месяца назад +6

    Hey there Ray, your video was fantastic! It's crazy how we all remember driving by that old movie theater on the Garden State Parkway, but you actually went inside and explored it, which is super cool. It's sad that the cost of going to the movies has risen so much, but I still find value in the special experience of watching a film on the big screen.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +2

      I miss the experience of going to the movies. I went to the theater recently to see the new Godzilla and I had a blast. I should really try and go more often

  • @chrissasandlin8344
    @chrissasandlin8344 4 месяца назад +2

    The footage looking down on the theater seats just made my stomach drop. Good to see the door duct-taped to make a railing. I wonder if the sinking foundation would have been obvious to the patrons before the building closed.

  • @sm-jones5911
    @sm-jones5911 4 месяца назад +2

    used to pass this place all the time a while back. My dad went here as a kid. sad to see it in this state.

  • @MuneageDaydream
    @MuneageDaydream 3 месяца назад +2

    I worked in a similar movie theater in high school, even as a projectionist. Can confirm those old projectors are junk now because what’s left of the movie biz has gone digital. One shot showed the “platters”. Films would arrive in cans on reels; you spliced them together with yellow tape to mark the reel change and wound them onto the platters. Then you would take the beginning of the film from the middle and thread it through pulleys and into the projector and back onto another platter. It was complex but I could start a movie in under 5 minutes. A lost art for sure.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  2 месяца назад +1

      That mustve been so interesting to do something like that! It really is a lost art

  • @MuneageDaydream
    @MuneageDaydream 3 месяца назад +1

    I still love going to movies, but there’s hardly anyone else there anymore even at this massive AMC I go to. It’s unsustainable, and I predict more theater closures coming.

  • @StantonsJourneys
    @StantonsJourneys 4 месяца назад +2

    Very sad to see 😢 and that movie equipment could have been saved. Definitely looked like an end of days when you were in there. Thanks for sharing Ray

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +1

      This place felt like the apocalypse!

  • @joshuasloan6240
    @joshuasloan6240 4 месяца назад +3

    Saw movies there when I was a kid

  • @Ram2253spd
    @Ram2253spd 4 месяца назад +2

    I always wanted to check it out but never got a chance. Went here often as a kid. Great video.

  • @Jones22_
    @Jones22_ 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow really cool video once again, it is sad to see a movie theater in that condition, i remember as a kid always going to movie theaters and having a great time

  • @dvk1895
    @dvk1895 4 месяца назад +2

    So cool you got in there. I just drove by the other day. Looked to my left heading south and it was just a flat piece of land. Place had all types of squatter issues. Very sad. I never got a chance to explore. Another iconic location that just closed was the Mahwah Sheridan. Try to get in there it was the star of North Jersey.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад

      Easier said than done, but I appreciate the tip!

  • @TimurD1905
    @TimurD1905 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video Ray! I don't remember the last time I been to a movie theater but sadly I don't think a lot of people go to the theaters much. Seems like a thing of the past like going to the mall, like you said. There is a redevelopment plan for the vacant space now, so it might turn into commercial retail or a housing project in the near future

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +1

      Its sad, everything cool is disappearing

  • @markkenny2001
    @markkenny2001 4 месяца назад

    It reminds me of a video that I watched about ODEON Stack in Dundee, Scotland that was opened from 1993 to 2001, the movie theatre was abandoned for 21 years and it was eventually demolished.

  • @KandGaming
    @KandGaming 4 месяца назад +2

    It’s sad to see what once was a loved movie theater look like this, but this really makes me want to go exploring abandoned places again. I’m in Pennsylvania though and I don’t know of any

  • @ThomasDrish
    @ThomasDrish 4 месяца назад +2

    These abandoned movie theater videos make me so sad, but I’m drawn to the nostalgia. I have to know when the theater opened, when they closed, and what were the final films played there. I also like to know the problems and challenges that caused them to close in the first place. Great video!

  • @user-iamRobinV68
    @user-iamRobinV68 4 месяца назад +2

    Spoooooky ! Your braver than me going in that place. Yikes!!!!😊😊😊

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +2

      Exploring abandoned places is fun!

  • @markhickman5988
    @markhickman5988 4 месяца назад +2

    I never really went to the theaters that much, but the last movie I saw was The Woman In Black.

  • @dylansousa5571
    @dylansousa5571 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video it's sad to see this movie theater just left abandoned and the movie theater in my city was closed for 20 years Just 5 years ago they opened a new one It's very nice

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад

      I'm glad they at least opened up a new one, it would be a shame if you didn't have one at all

  • @foyo30
    @foyo30 4 месяца назад +1

    Fine work Raymond. You should be very proud

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +2

      Not as proud as I am of you

  • @joshuasloan6240
    @joshuasloan6240 4 месяца назад +2

    I like going to the movies i go regularly

  • @Melissa2087
    @Melissa2087 4 месяца назад +2

    I wanted to check out this place sooooo bad. I actually drove past it a few days ago and its all gone 😞

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад

      I wish I went sooner than I did

  • @TheRetroManRandySavage
    @TheRetroManRandySavage 4 месяца назад +1

    My favourite cinema to go to in my town as a kid was at the canon (formerly ABC cinema).
    It closed down in the early 90s due to competition from the local odeon and Warner bros cinema, and it has remained empty ever since. The building still stands. Such a shame to be empty 30+ year's later.
    I've seen a few video's of it on RUclips, thanks to urban explorer's.

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage 4 месяца назад

      Last time I went to the cinema was for Ghostbusters afterlife, I think.🤔
      Most modern movies are rubbish, imho.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +1

      Its so sad to see places we have fond memories of close down

  • @charlestonpinballarcade
    @charlestonpinballarcade 4 месяца назад +1

    Good vid Ray! I used to pass by this theater many times through my childhood and early adulthood. My theaters were movie city 5 in east Brunswick on 18 and also the freehold raceway cinemas

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +2

      I miss going to the theaters back in the day. It seemed more magical back then

  • @user-ko7md2kx9q
    @user-ko7md2kx9q 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi ray happy new year! another great video! My sister worked here back in the 70"s it was a great place never thought I would ever see it this way some time ago they considered making this place an indoor flea market but the town would not approve it

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +1

      I guess the sinkhole was too much of a problem

    • @user-ko7md2kx9q
      @user-ko7md2kx9q 4 месяца назад

      @@RayOutThere yes that was the problem but they kept it secret for a long time

  • @danielfoster3642
    @danielfoster3642 4 месяца назад +1

    Creepy.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 4 месяца назад +1

    I haven't seen a movie in theaters in over 15 years. Great place to get sick, & they never steam clean those disgusting seats, plus video games replaced movies as preferred entertainment. Speaking of which, if I was going to vandalize a condemned building, I'd paint The Freezer from Saints Row 2, the Shadow Man from LSD Dream Emulator, a mannequin from Voices of the Void, & the Umbrella Man from Half-Life 2 instead of words.

    • @RayOutThere
      @RayOutThere  4 месяца назад +1

      At least you'd be putting in more effort than these graffiti "artists"

  • @dirtlevel
    @dirtlevel 3 месяца назад

    Next to it used to be razz ma tazz

  • @newbleppmore7855
    @newbleppmore7855 3 месяца назад

    free ketchup

  • @ivegotpetercriss
    @ivegotpetercriss 4 месяца назад +1

    First