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Held Over From Childhood » Bite Me Really Hard — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:06:54 +0000

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By: thedeafpeas

thedeafpeas — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:51:53 +0000

This cracks me up…I grew up in Gleason…bahaha… that’s gotta be the biggest thing that ever happened there.

By: Undead Backbrain » Blog Archive » Yokai Scroll Discovered

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By: Tone

Tone — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:09:29 +0000

Hey Terry — It wasn’t at the Mandarin in Sydney; that was a retro house back then called Dave’s Encore. The Mando (r.i.p) was on Elizabeth Street between Liverpool and Goulburn, quite a distance from Chinatown. I can’t remember exactly what theater it played, but I remember walking past it and it had that awesome poster and signs that mentioned something about guys in spider suits. I thought it played on George Street, but you could be right about Pitt… I wish there was a bloody archive with photos of all our wonderful old cinemas. I’ve only ever managed to find a couple of pictures online. Bummer.
Oh, yes, the film DID finally play the Mandolin (as the Mando later became known), back in the late 80s as part of a cult movie line-up.

Thanks for sharing your story; it was very funny.

By: Avery

Avery — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:39:55 +0000

Hilarious story Terry!! LOL!! It reminds me of when me and a friend went to see “Halloween: Resurrection” in the theater and a guy dressed as ‘Michael Myers’ came in and sat down beside us……we didn’t even notice him for at least a good 10 minutes until he started breathing heavy!!!! Well, needless to say, thank God it wasn’t the real thing or we wouldn’t still be around to talk about it. LOL!!

By: Backbrain

Backbrain — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:25:26 +0000

Great story, Terry. That would have been a fantastic experience. And you’re right — they don’t make ‘em like that any more. That sort of showmanship associated with film releases sort of went out with … oh, William Castle, I guess…. though I recall first seeing “The Exorcist” in a theatre in George Street where they pumped cold air up from under the seats whenever Pazuzu started to manifest his chilly presence.

By: Terry Frost

Terry Frost — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:46:31 +0000

I remember seeing Giant Spider Invasion in a fleapit down near Sydney’s Chinatown, on Pitt Street, might have been the Mandarin Cinema. They had a guy in a spider suit crawl out from behind the curtains beside the screen and a freaked out patron tried to beat the shit out of him before the other ushers came up and pulled the guy off him.

They don’t make ‘em like that any more.