SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
HALLOWEEN-O-THON IN A MOVIE PALACE Triple! Saturday, October 9, 2021
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
*Please note audience members who purchase tickets for BOTH FEATURES can purchase an all-day pass and park at the Grand Central Market Parking Garage (corner of 3rd & S. Hill Street). Please purchase a $6 all day parking passes via our ADD-ONS. We will hand you your parking pass at the screening.
**We will open doors 1 HOUR before each screening time so audience can have plenty of time to enter, maintain 6 feet of distance, pick up or buy concessions/drink, and get their seats. We will have staff who will help guide and direct audience to their seats.
730pm DONNIE DARKO(2001, wri/dir by Richard Kelly, AGFA, 113mns, 35MM)
10pm AGFA HORROR TRAILER SHOW (various bat-sh@t crazy horror trailers from all eras, 80mns, 35MM)
1159p AUDITION (1999, dir by Takashi Miike, AGFA, 115mns, 35mm)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
****Please still bring phone photos or actual vaccination cards and masks so we can continue to make sure we are keeping events as safe and worry free as possible.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER. You will be able to eat and drink concessions without a mask. But AT ALL OTHER TIMES, MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.
We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!
3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!
Sometimes you just gotta go for it. And tonight, we're partnering with the amazing American Genre Film Archive to show three of their greatest Halloween & horror themed titles at the Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace.
First up is 21st century cult classic masterpiece Donnie Darko written & directed by Richard Kelly. When troubled teen Donnie barely misses death from a falling airplane engine that plunges into his bedroom, weird things start to happen. Soon he has visions of a horrific costumed rabbit telling him that he must do certain things to prevent the apocalypse. At the same time, Donnie must deal with the rampant hypocrisy of the people in his town who themselves harbor dark secrets.
Before we know it we're in the realm of horror, death, and time travel.
One of the most original movies of the 21st century with brave performances by Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Jena Malone, among many others, Donnie Darko demands to be seen on the big screen.
We follow that up with a palette cleanser if you will of 80 minutes of the most bat-sh@t crazy horror trailers on 35mm you're ever likely to see. What better way to celebrate and get into the Halloween mood then watching jaw dropping hard to find, revelatory trailers for horror movies you never knew existed. We'll be supplying plenty of food, drink, snacks, so you can eat, drink, yell at the screen.
And finally, we wrap up our night with one of the very best midnight horror movies ever. Bad boy master auteur Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike's AUDITION.
But get ready, you've never seen a horror movie quite as gonzo and terrifying as this.
When a middle aged TV producer and widower gets talked into "auditioning" new girlfriends under the lie that he's casting a new TV program by his friend, he is surprised to find he actually may have found a perfect woman.
Their first date goes well and soon they are vacationing together. But she harbors dark secrets and the lies that the Producer told to date her come to haunt him as she turns the tables on him for one incredibly painful. . . and shocking final night together.
There are very few horror movies that are both totally wild rides and shockingly surprising. AUDITION takes its place in the ranks along with TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, JAWS, SUSPIRIA, PSYCHO as horror movie royalty.
Come join us for a wild Halloween-o-thon night. All on 35mm!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR IN-DOOR THEATER SCREENINGS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.
WHY ARE THE TICKET PRICES HIGHER THAN NORMAL?
In order for us to re-open, maintain health protocols (which includes operating at only 50% capacity), and screen movies on 35MM, we need to temporarily raise our ticket prices. We apologize.
However, if you could look at this as partially helping Secret Movie Club re-open indoor theaters and 35MM film screening, we would be eternally grateful.
As we can increase capacity, we will IMMEDIATELY LOWER ticket prices.
If you could look at this as all of us being in this together, we WILL remember your kindness.
HELPFUL MILLION DOLLAR THEATER MOVIE PALACE PARKING TIPS:
If you are attending all movies on any given day (the double or triple feature), you can go to ADD ONS and pre-order an all day $6 Grand Central Parking Lot Pass. The Grand Central Parking Lot is at the corner of 3rd Street and Hill Street just 1 block from the Million Dollar Theater entrance on 3rd & Broadway.
Folks just attending one feature can also park at this lot and as long as you grab food/drink from GCM you can get a 90 minute validation stamp that will help the cost of parking.
HOW WILL OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THE THEATER IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE:
We will have staff in the theater (on both the ground and balcony levels) at all times who make sure everyone is wearing masks and obeying protocols. We will have signage at entrance, markings at concessions, restrooms, etc so folks keep 6 ft distance at all times.
Anyone not observing safe protocols will kindly be asked to leave. On top of this, we’ll be making announcements at the head of each screening to make sure everyone understands the rules & regs!
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
You can follow us on Facebook: @secretmovieclub35mm or Instagram/Twitter: @secretmovieclub
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.