Well I originally saw this movie in a grindhouse theatre on 42nd street in NYC when I was in HS. It was quite a memorable time -- and not because of the movie.
Those theatres were once beautiful but then in disrepair. In fact --ad this is 100% true -- people seemed to live in the movie theatres. which were open 24/7. The price of admission would be next to nothing in the wee hours and rise throughout the day.
One time when they were playing the 7th Voyage of Sinbad, workers were literally jackhammering in the bathroom. You couldn't hear a thing and no one cared.
The afternoon I saw this (after HS let out) before the film started a guy ran down the aisle and sat in front of myself and my friend witha paper bag on his lap. Within seconds the police ran down and grabbed him and dragged him out!
Crazy.
Anyway, this movie was so disappointing that we left after maybe a half hour.
So now, 50 years later I decided to give it another shot because I am a bi fan of Christopher Lee's Dracula. Well nothing has changed in 50 years except the theatres are gone, Disney is all over 42nd street and we can stream movies in the comfort of our home.
The movie still sucks. It's slow and plodding and just not compelling. Maybe it's a Franco thing. I really don't like anything he's done. Anyway maybe the grindhouse is the way to see this flick because if you're bored about what's on the screen there is entertainment all around you.
Those theatres were once beautiful but then in disrepair. In fact --ad this is 100% true -- people seemed to live in the movie theatres. which were open 24/7. The price of admission would be next to nothing in the wee hours and rise throughout the day.
One time when they were playing the 7th Voyage of Sinbad, workers were literally jackhammering in the bathroom. You couldn't hear a thing and no one cared.
The afternoon I saw this (after HS let out) before the film started a guy ran down the aisle and sat in front of myself and my friend witha paper bag on his lap. Within seconds the police ran down and grabbed him and dragged him out!
Crazy.
Anyway, this movie was so disappointing that we left after maybe a half hour.
So now, 50 years later I decided to give it another shot because I am a bi fan of Christopher Lee's Dracula. Well nothing has changed in 50 years except the theatres are gone, Disney is all over 42nd street and we can stream movies in the comfort of our home.
The movie still sucks. It's slow and plodding and just not compelling. Maybe it's a Franco thing. I really don't like anything he's done. Anyway maybe the grindhouse is the way to see this flick because if you're bored about what's on the screen there is entertainment all around you.