Patrons Give Two Thumbs Up for Terror Tuesdays

We asked our patrons how they like Terror Tuesday films at the screening of The Vampire Bat. Survey says, two thumbs up! Where else can you get two tickets, two hot dogs, a soda, popcorn and even a craft beer all for a total of $20? That’s right, we said twenty bucks will buy you dinner and a movie for two. And in a really nice, classic, clean movie theater: the Ron Robinson Theater, with its comfy red seats and a giant screen. Jason, Shea, and Taylor first found out about Terror Tuesday classic horror films from a friend who liked the event page on Facebook. Now they are big fans of our CALS summer series. Taylor said The House on Haunted

Hill has been his favorite so far this summer. That film brought big laughs, screams, and even calls of “Don’t do it!” from the audience. Young adult friends Jack, Emma, Lilly, Grace, and Madison all showed us their terror after the show. They particularly liked Hermann, the character in The

Vampire Bat who is a few bricks shy of a full load. “I liked him creeping around,” Jack said with a grin. John and Caitlin had seen

Metropolis earlier this summer, and agreed that The Vampire Bat was amusing, especially “the poison bottle.” (Let’s just say old movies have simpler murder techniques, which can really strike the funny bone for today’s audiences.) Also, old time movie actors really know how to scream dramatically and “artistically,” which is an entire lost art of its own. Half the fun of Terror Tuesday, though, can be audience participation. This week, everybody guffawed after one audience wisecracker audibly and villainously said “HEH HEH HEH,” after a good plot twist. Stay tuned movie fans! The Ron Robinson Theater has lots of cheap thrills and chills ahead this fall as well.