Exploring an Abandoned Movie Theater 

Was this in Massachusetts? It looks familiar?

You know the name of the place just out of curiosity and I'm from Mexico things like this are not abandoned here and when something like this is abandoned the first day the thieves already stole everything xd

I worked in a theater out here in Vegas for years too, can you mess stuff up messing around with the projectors and they can catch fire because the light and film and all that stuff? I know they have their own exhaust and cooling too right?

i'm no projectionist but just by looking at how they ignited the bulb with the lamphouse door open i burst into laughter💀

@@AlexGamerRBX it was originally a Regal cinemas. It was in Fort Lauderdale, fl

Thank you for the update ❤️🌟

So.....What building will occupies the former movie theater land ?

Cece Marie for fucks sake come ON!

also where’s michael in this video?

Wow. I love and hate when abandoned buildings are demolished. Yeah, make use of the land again, but this theater was GORGEOUS. And instead of “refurbishing” it or whatever, they waste money destroying the whole building and spend god knows how much money to build an entirely new building.

someone is probably paying

When such companies go under, they power is usually kept on by someone, such as the bank. The idea behind it is to keep people from stealing or committing vandalism. Its benifits the community to do so, as it increases the odds another company will take over the loction and bring buisness to the area.

Difference between you and the theater is they are still paying their bills.

@@germanicus8342 taking over and re-opening a movie theater? in 2019? doubt it will happen but you never know.

WHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! agree.........

jtbedazzle Lol alot of the stuff wouldn't work, they said it wouldn't be able to play sound. Also im sure the owners would realize if the power bill went up a ton because someone was watching a film xD

ツ Shimo 霜 ツ They take out the amplifiers and sound processors and sell them to people like me :p I got 6 QSC amps and 2 sound processors from AMC.

fancysnake1 Cool, you use them for like a home theater?

ツ Shimo 霜 ツ no imagination

yeah. somehow that would be 100x funner than just going to watch a movie lol

And to this day he still hasn't been this excited lol

That’s because you’re used to hearing Michael and this is Bryan. Michael isn’t even in this video. I dint know who that dude is.

I second this motion!

+The Red Sweater Ghost notion* lol

+TheRushingCamper Nope. He was correct. It's motion.

closest they'll find to that is maybe PTT or showbiz pizza

Showbiz was way better than CEC anyway.

lol, except they are doing it in real life making them 10 times more brave.

+AdamHH11 i agree with you, i found this movie called THE LAST SHOWING,,, it is a horror film about a movie theatre projectionist and without spoiling the movie for you i would just have to say watch it, this movie is really good,

except the monster is an extremely bright lamp that probably melted half of their retina when they opened the cabinet with the projector on.

@@lsswappedcessna Not a monster then, a trap.

Have you ever been to movie theatre?

@@happilyham6769 yes and it currently does not cost almost 4 for a bottled watter 2 the most

@@smokwee1 the one near me it's literally 4 for a water. They're 1 liter bottles, not small ones, but still.

@@TehSlan For a 1L, that's "reasonable". For a 500ml gulp? I'd rather drink from the tap.

That's cheap for being a movie theater.

Why don't you then?

Anthony Delara Because I'm 15 and even If I was older I wouldn't really want to risk breaking the law. Sorry if this counts as advertising but If you want to look at my photography look at my instagram "@flajarkin24" or my DeviantArt "FlajarkinArt"

+Flajarkin no

Marley Gardner k

yay

Just looking at the reel, it was very green shifted. And that was part of the credits to something... Can anyone identify what film that came off of?

Same

Same :(

Colton, that was most likely the green MPAA leader for a theatrical trailer ("The following preview has been approved for...")

me too! :)

Try doing maintenance at night for a large chain. The one night I changed my plans about doing some work at a location the assistant manager was murdered and had I gone in that night I might of been in the middle of it. BTW the reason the lamp shut off is your more than likely tripped the cooling fan safety.2Kw lamps need active cooling.

@@seannot-telling9806 holy fuck, that's crazy. One decision different and you wouldn't have been typing right now. Glad you're ok

@@seannot-telling9806 just gonna say that like those lamps get super hot

​@@sierra991 You should hear it when one fails in a violent manner.

@@seannot-telling9806 Suddenly, shotgun blast.

The urbex rule is “Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints”

close to any end of the civilization event, if aliens(the smart kind i dont mean just a foreign bacteria from space) come to earth these will be the legacy we leave

Stephthecrab your really pretty

more like Jurassic park

Stephthecrab It does kind of remind me of Dawn of the Dead, how a place that was bustling with humans, is now just dead, deserted, as in with a post-apocalyptic scenario

There is beauty in decay and destruction. Honestly some buildings look so much prettier after years of water damage and nature taking over.

What timestamp were the posters at?

Even turning on the lights inside the projector is extremely dangerous. Those lights are realy fragile.

True. I also cringed when they turned on the bulb and opened the lamp house door. So dangerous.

And one guy carried a bulb around pointing at things with it. We use those in our warehouse. Goggles, full face mask and gloves picking one up.

HeylonNHP There is a kind of black humor joke among cinema techs: Q: What was the last thing the projectionist saw before he went blind? A: The Xenon bulb exploding. You guys have no idea how dangerous what you were doing was. First off, you had an OPEN lamphouse with the bulb lit!!. Why was that bad? 1) Looking into directly at that bulb could have cause permanent damage to your retina as the arc in a xenon bulb is as bright as the sun, only a lot effin closer. 2) You had that lamphouse door open and you ignited the xenon bulb WITHOUT the air cooling system running. That is enough to cause a bulb to explode...with the door OPEN....while you were 2 feet away!! Insane!!! 3) You had film in the gate without the projector running it. Had you messed around just a little more, it wouldn't have been long before you hit that combination where you got the light to hit the film sitting in the projector gate without the projctor motor running, film not moving. That light would have set that film on fire in about 3 seconds. So, you are lucky you didn't get quartz shards of glass in your face or fingers missing or eyeballs sliced from an exploding xenon bulb. Hey, there is a reason the ones you found outside the projector were encased in plastic -- what you didn't happen upon, and I assure you it was in there someplace, was the protective HAZMAT-looking suit the projectionist uses when he's changing the xenon bulb. There is a reason he wears that whenever he has to handle one of these bulbs. Oh yah, and BTW, just FYI, letting that super bright light thru the lens without any film running and especially without the projector motor running the shutter, you probably damaged the $4000 lens which can't take that heat directly (the rotating shutter and the film itself reduce the radiant energy getting to the glass elements of the lens. Without those pieces of that very critical equation in balance, a lens will get ruined in short order. What THAT would do, would be to put your little crime spree (B&E) in the felony level of law breaking. What you need is a seasoned projectionist to go in there with you to keep you safe AND to do what you weren't able to quite get accomplished -- run a picture on the screen. What you need to do it to take me with you!

lol, you went into better detail than I did. lol

same I want a to own a Abanded high school

owned it

i know right at least make the most of it !

+Harry Starzec The guy in the video said a few years.

I know that but some place that have been abandoned for a year look in worse condition then this place.

It was abandoned in 2012 so it's not too long

+Paige Myhand Where is this movie theater located?

+Paige Myhand.... Great Video. Be careful. I'd love to contact the owner of this closed cinema to purchase some of the remaining equipment

The film might not have survived the projector though. It was green shifted. I could tell just by the cameraman putting a light to the film reel.

Same response as when you realize you almost started a fire in the projector housing because you're fucking around with things you know nothing about!

@@javaking1000 it's a Xenon lamp! The worst it can do is take your face off

@@Creaperhunter247 , If those clowns ran that projector without running the cooling fan it would have likely burst into flames!

The breaker tripped as the bulb overheated and tripped it as the extractor fan wasnt running. Even home projectors need a cooling fan running.....

Just thinking the same. So much money in the building, equipment, seats, signs, etc. Nothing wrong with it but such a waste. He nailed it with the train going by. Poor location killed it.

pretty much

Foxy The Pirate i really want to go exploring, but all my friends would just steal those speakers and break everything. But i found a friend to explor with and in about 2/3 hours there will be a video of us breaking in the old elementry school we were in. There were still computers, and beamers but we didn't take anything or destroy ;) please watch it :D only downside is that it's dutch but still cool to watch all those dj equipment and microphones :3

+Barry Soetorro I disagree about the location. Movie theaters are dying off everywhere because of online video streaming. Sadly, one day, there will be no movie theaters. I go to theaters because it's something I did so often as a child. I still do it to this day. The last movie I went to was Jurassic World. Two big theaters in my city went bankrupt a year ago. I dread the day they all die.

+largol33t1 chill out. movie theaters closes all the time. it doesn't mean they will all die out one day. just. cause one did or two. they just built a few new theaters in my area. so quit assuming. they will die out one day, yes. this year? no. next year? no. maybe in 20 years or so but not anytime soon.

Tomsonic41 The fire alarm is positively not controlled by breakers. It is a separate, closed and secure system because of its importance for life safety.

@@antney1108 absolutely true. You wouldn't want the fire alarm to be powered by the same circuits as the building.

I saw the movie "the odd life of timothy green" poster in the beginning of the video and that cane out in 2012 so it probably shut down a couple months after that, so.it should.have been abandoned for 2-3 years

I saw a poster for The Dictator too, that also came out in 2012

i saw a poster for Project X, and it came out in 2012 !

Guys we get it, the theaters been abandoned since 2012.

John Mon noooooooo

you worked there?

zule graffiti No, but one just like it.

+Night2010Fury bought.(:

Exploring With Josh Thanks!

Exploring With Josh why not do a colab with them ive watched both of you and think youd be a great team

What a waste of such an amazing building.

i love your intro song :D

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS JOSH!!!!!

Hope your dream comes true :)

alize0623 Picture this just hear me out! How about if you buy an movie theater and turn it into a concert venue! What do you think?

Possibly the mall or hospital

the abandoned ayslum with secret underground tunnels does the job too

***** Although I would never trespass, I would love to get that booth up and running again. I buy and rebuild old and new commercial movie projectors. I have 5 film projectors and boxes full of old and new movie trailers :)

fancysnake1 It'd be good to show people what theaters _were_, just by making it a museum type thing, where people could walk around somewhat freely(put locks on lamp compartments, plexi around the projector?) Expose some kind of custom 35mm trailer with a seamless loop(kittens?), and splice it to roll continuously, maybe replace one lamp by an LED(and the other to be off and open for people to see the insides) to run for the entire duration of the day without being too expensive.

***** That sounds like a fun project. It reminds me how when companies used to show off their film equipment at cinema conventions but only without using a lamp or film with any pictures on them. I think some of them might have though. I remember seeing a video of a projector prototype that had glass installed in part of the doors so you could see the innards of it all while it ran.

fancysnake1 Replacing parts of the casing with something like glass or plexi would be a nice idea to show the innarts of the projector running.

***** Almost all modern projectors have glass or plexi windows so you can see both the film side and in many cases, the gear side of the projector precisely because the projectionist needs to SEE what's going on with the film. Although I do admit that with the advent of the multiplex where the projectionist was never stationary at the single projector, the glass doors remained but the projectionist was rarely there to see anything. In fact, UA management stopped calling the booth guys "projectionists" altogether; they called them "film attendants." And we called UA management "assholes."

Digital has taken over now. I don't think most companies even distribute film any more.

is that sabrina on your profile pic

An abandoned building doesn't always need to have mold every where and stuff

+Crazy Gekko Derp........................

+XXBlaze BombxX No she just means, it seems weird that it still has most things still working for an abandoned building.

It was abandoned in 2012 you can tell by the movies that they showed

Aye wats up bro!!!

+SneakerHeadInTheBay YOOO! Weird seeing you on this vid!

+Griffin Hill I heard a girl crying for help at 6:11

SneakerHeadInTheBay i whould film a movie here I have a script I made it’s all done by me and that’s my kind of location to film there

I'd shit my pants

I would love it. ♥️🖤

dangerouslytalented Regal Cinemas built and opened it in 1998. Pre-stadium seating style auditoriums make them look bigger

Night2010Fury 1998? Looking at the upholstery, they look so much older.

+Night2010Fury My town had one that was opened in '64 that looked real sweet for it's time. It was closed up namely due to consolidation within the chain and it was torn down, it's property is now the home of two pointless motels and an upcoming strip plaza.

+Christopher Sobieniak Sad. I hate that.

Night2010Fury It usually comes down to money with these companies, and that theater was in a good part of town. Of course it didn't help they had to cut the rooms in halves so they could run more movies later on. vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/other-vintage-print-ads/single-gallery/9234090 This was the cinema I went to at least once back in the late 90's. Some church now owns the lot for whatever they do there. vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/other-vintage-print-ads/single-gallery/20603933

Nathan Oakes exactly

Bingo

Exactly.. Without the ventilation fan those bulbs won't last that long

You could hear the fan on when he opens the cabinet. The breaker was just old so it tripped and broke.

+Xbox Randomness He turned it on but then he turned it off

That's exactly what I was thinking. There's a reason that box has ducting going to it. I'm guessing that "finger chopper" also helps circulate the air to keep things from cooking

It overheated, but the heat circuitry tripped and shut it off, if they waited long enough for it to cool down, they could try again

+Renee Brown XD

+Renee Brown This comment deserves more likes

Unless you're me and like trains.... :P I can see other people getting annoyed, but I also me just leaving it with power as it is...

Lol

+Thomas Blue The power is probably still on to prevent people from stealing the copper wiring

True...

+Michael Chapman copper wiring to what? is it supposed to shock you or something

AFB 2 We're making them as fast as we can!

AFB 2 Can you come and check out my stuff?

+The Proper People I know you do it as fast as you can :D I'm just loving your videos so much !

+WolveZZy I remember! I think I was 6 at that time but my mom took me to the movies and I saw that poster.. So weird to think it was that long ago.. I feel so old I'm 9 now

Rickivan_RICK Lol! Im 12 now, Been so long!

+Rickivan_RICK old? Lol I'm about to be 25 this year... THATS old. Enjoy your childhood kid, I promise it goes by so fast ...

+Rickivan_RICK you seem verbose for a 9 year old.

Me

+Blake-Technology! Found an open door

+The Proper People Whats the name of the song on your intro?

+ViperTechnologies Silences Await by cdk

Jamie Thompson THANKS!

+ViperTechnologies No problem

LMMFAO

Please call the ghostbusters immediately you just witnessed paranormal activity.

But we do have "Afterlife" to look forward to.

mac

though

+james771234 shush

+Nissan GTR no u

a e s t h e t i c

+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) It closed in 2012 or 2013.

It closed in 2012

Oh man, that's a really good observation, and entirely true! They probably hope to sell it as a "second run" discount theater, or to re-purpose the place for something else.

Not a minimum of 70,000 per screen. With VPF deals the theatre owner wouldn't have to pay anything down even.

Wasn't *

+Geovanni Canales where is this at?

+Adam Vandermey He can't tell you or his comment will get deleted.

Brandon Raymond but I will I don't care i worked there its located in Florida this place is called las olas movie theater

+Brandon Raymond i worked there as well

ikr something like we've always go to watch a movie and be at the arcade.

me too.

what, no way, that’s the exact reason I clicked on this video!

it looks weirdly familiar to me too

Me too

+Sulfen Man if I could go in there. I would only take the audio equipment. Just that. :D

You wouldn't have been able to watch anything, those are film projectors, they don't project video sources.

so true

...

+Urbex US LPL

+Urbex US Pancake recipe?

did you come from a pancake recipe?... i came from mystery skulls ghost

***** We never B&E, we always find our way in through some other way that's already open. If there is no entrance, we don't go in. The only reason we don't show our entrance on video is because we don't want to give others watching a roadmap of exactly how to get in. That will lead to a place getting vandalized fast.

Is it just me or did audio cut out at end for a few seconds?

King Ham Oops

+King Ham same

The Proper People you guys should a collaboration with exploring with josh just saying

Thanks!

Np :p

Allrock123 Would have served this kids right to have been dealt such a blow.

Are Xenons lamps common? Because in the late 80s early 90s we ran projectors without any protective gear.

re: " we ran projectors without any protective gear." Gads, man, he's referring to CHANGING THE BULBS. If you didn't wear goggles, protective gear, you could die a slow painful death ...

What was it called ?

@@jpratm1993 I don't exactly remember to be honest! But it was at the Fort Lauderdale River walk. Most of which has been torn down and made into apartments.

@@mht6848 thanks for responding. I'll try and find out.

@@mht6848 was it La Olas Movie Theatre?

@@jpratm1993 If you go on Google Maps or Google Earth on a computer only, you can look back at the historic street view images to see back when it was still there. It was on SW 1st Ave in Fort Lauderdale Florida. I have seen it on there before, the name was clearly visible. I just don't feel like getting my computer out for you lol

No, you're thinking of the old nitrate film stock.

That's why you carry a fire extinguisher when you're doing stupid things for shits and giggles.

No it isn't. It's made out of polyester and doesn't burn. Nitrate film hasn't been used since the 1950's

I watched Inglourious Basterds where she burnt all Germans in her theatre with all the old reel films back of screen