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Ghost Hunters visit the Overlook
Ghosthunters on the Sci-Fi channel will air their season finale tonight, and they are going to The
Stanley Hotel.
Stanley Hotel.
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“It was wonderful,” said Scott Holm, director of marketing at the Estes Park landmark. “We guesstimate that about 1000 people showed up for the event. We’re thinking about having it again next year or investigating the option of buying our own screen and doing it through the summer months.”
The event was part of the Netflix Rolling Roadshow, a traveling “drive- in” movie theatre experience that screens movies in the places that made them famous.
The event was hosted by singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb, a self-proclaimed movie buff and pop culture aficionado.
“I’m such a huge movie fan,” said Loeb. “It’s something I do when I go out with friends or on dates…even when I’m with my family, we always go see movies or rent movies. It’s a good way to gather together. It’s a fun time to be together with other people. These are all sort of ‘cult classic’ films. To sit and watch them with a huge group of people is fun because you get to hear them all gasp at the same time. Even if you’ve seen it a thousand times, there are still things that shock you when you see it. If you haven’t seen the movie before, this is a great way to see it for the first time: on the big screen with a big group of people.”
Prior to the screening an eight-minute horror writing competition was held, where 13 contestants crafted a story based on four elements provided by the audience. The winner walked away with a check for $1000 and a boxed set of Stephen King novels, and all participants received a year’s free subscription to Netflix.
“It went really well,” said Holm. “We didn’t have any of the troubles that we thought we were going to have as far as any of the hotel guests being disturbed or any drunk and disorderlies. There were some parking issues, with people parking their cars on private property. There was a little garbage at the end of the night, but all we had to do was pick up the bags that the crew had filled. I heard that at the “Field of Dreams” screening, 5000 people showed up for the film. I don’t think we could have handled that, but as it was, we were just fine and they were a pleasure to work with. I hope that we can continue to do this kind of thing, offer these kinds of events to the community and the Front Range, and bridge what I feel is a perceived gap between the hotel and the community.”
The Roadshow is sponsored by Netflix, but is the brainchild of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema of Austin, Texas, an independently owned and operated movie theatre that sponsors all kinds of nifty events aside from taking films across the country. The theatre offers dinner, drinks, “open movie nights” where patrons bring their own films and watch them on a big screen, “Weird Wednesday” nights where they screen obscure films, sing-along screenings of musicals or full-length concert footage and “Foleyvision” events where the theatre shows kung fu films with sound effects and dialogue provided by a group of Foley artists.
Wednesday night’s screening of “The Shining” brought viewers from as far away as Chicago and California and several moviegoers were traveling around with the Roadshow for the month of August.
“We just really had a great time,” said Holm. “We’d love to do it again next year and continue to offer this kind of entertainment to the community.”
Ghost Hunters: Live From the Shining Hotel will be released on DVD on October 9, 2007 and is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com.
Product Description
Jason, Grant and the 'Ghost Hunters' team revisit the notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado for a live Halloween-night investigation! Stephen King took up residence at the Stanley while writing his best-selling novel The Shining and the spooky goings on at the hotel reportedly served as the inspiration for his best-selling tome. Viewers will be sent on the ultimate Halloween adventure, joining the'Ghost Hunters' in as they investigate the infamously haunted hotel. Also joining the investigation is a special guest from 'ECW' (Extreme Championship Wrestling); ghost hunting novice CM Punk! NOW ALL OF THE BEST MOMENTS FROM THE LIVE INVESTIGATION ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU ON THIS LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS DVD!
The 'Ghost Hunters' originally investigated the Stanley in February 2006 and were met with a flurry of unexplainable occurrences including a hotel room that was a veritable hotbed of paranormal activity. Continually intrigued by the locale, our 'Ghost Hunters' will return to the Stanley for the show's first-ever live investigation, spending more time exploring some of the hotel's most notorious hot spots and enlisting viewers to help expand their search for spirits.