Inspired by comments made in the 'Top Ten Tuesday' thread...what films have you seen at the cinema?
I don't mean this week, this month or even this year
I mean what movies (good, bad or subsequently released by 88Films) have you seen in the past, either on original release or as a re-release and what memories or anecdotes do you have?
In the 70's, I saw:
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – This was released in 1968, so I must have seen it a few years later as a re-release. I have vivid memories of hiding on the floor of the cinema everytime the Child Catcher was on screen
- Paint Your Wagon – Another title I must have seen as a re-release. I was too young to get the risque humor in the film
- The Love Bug
- Jaws – I saw this on original release in 1975, and the 'head in the boat' scene sewed the seeds for my love of all things horror. Strangely enough, before this film, I was a very timid child, who had to be taken out of the classroom whenever the teacher read the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff!
- Star Wars – Another original release viewing, and the opening scene with the star destroyer blew me away
- Damnation Alley – I remember the cockroaches. Perfect the the cinema in Wincester I saw the film in!
- Grizzly
- The Giant Spider Invasion
- Superman – Another original release viewing. Sadly, I couldn't fly when I left the cinema, although I did try
- Monty Python And The Holy Grail
- Monty Python: The Life Of Brian
- 2001: A Space Odyssey – Didn't understand it then, don't understand it now!
- Grease
- Jason And The Argonauts
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
In the 80's I saw
- Airplane
- The Blues Brothers – It was a flop at the time, and the cinema was almost empty
- The Elephant Man
- Day Of The Dead – Another viewing with only about half a dozen people in the auditorium
- The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 – Midnight movie double bill
- Aliens
- Predator
- Die Hard
- Beetlejuice
- Fatal Attraction
- Pink Floyd: The Wall
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Breaking Glass
- Time Bandits
- Labyrinth
- Hellraiser
In the 90's I saw
- Army Of Darkness
- Se7en – When I left the cinema, there were three things I wanted to do: 1) Go straight back in and see it again 2) Go and get blind drunk and 3) Go home and have a hot shower to wash the grimy feeling away
- Scream – Really scary at the cinema!
- Reservoir Dogs – Gosport was the only cinema in Hampshire which showed this on original release
- All four of the Batman films
- Texas Chainsaw & The Exorcist on re-release
- Crash
- Ed Wood
- Schindler's List – A harrowing experience
- Showgirls
- Terminator 2
- Trainspotting
- Silence Of The Lambs
- Kids
There was an arthouse cinema in Portsmouth which was attached to the University and I saw
- Man Bites Dog
- Tetsuo 1 & 2
- Leolo
- Accione Mutante
- Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
In the 00's I saw
- Last House On The Left – Southampton Council granted the film an uncut '18' certificate before it was released on DVD in a cut version by Anchor Bay on 2002
More will be added when I remember them