Renegade Drive-In Halloween Space Horror Night: “Alien” (1979) | North Bay

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“Renegade Drive-In Movie Night” in the North Bay

The North Bay Mobile Drive-In hits Novato with a renegade outdoor film screening in this DIY flash mob drive-in movie where you watch a flick on a 30-foot screen, tune your radio to 88.3, and drink in your car.

The show typically begins with a 20+ minute pre-show with trailers and a cartoon. There’s also usually a 15 minute intermission halfway through the presentation with bonus featurettes and raffle prizes.

“North Bay Drive-In” 2020 Schedule

Saturdays a few times a month
Old Hamilton Theater Building, 520 Palm Drive, Novato, CA
Free but donations appreciated
Everything is subject to change 

• October 10 at 8pm – They Live
• October 17 at 8pm – What We Do in the Shadows
• October 24 at 8pm – Monster Squad (1987)

Please check meetup or Facebook for additional dates

See the latest updates on Facebook | Meetup –  Temporarily there will be no concession stand and no raffle. Please note that during these shelter-in-place times that the drive-in might operate differently from in the past, and that details may change week to week. 

Revised social distancing guidelines for our upcoming events (as of 5/31/20)
1) Please maintain social distancing of 6′ with other groups of people at the show
2) If you leave your car, please wear a mask or some other type of cloth face covering
3) We will be operating without a snack-bar or raffle until the county of Marin reaches Stage 3 of relaxing the Shelter in Place order

There is no grass, so you’ll either want to sit in your car, or bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Help keep the drive-in free  – donate via paypal

This is a free drive-up movie show projected onto a wall in a paved lot – if you want to sit outside your car, bring blankets and lawn chairs. Start times vary throughout the summer so please take note each show. Unrated, ‘R’ and ‘PG’ rated films may contain content unsuitable for young children.

Please note, throughout the summer the start times vary depending on sundown.

PLEASE expect to arrive 30-60 minutes before the show if you want to park and watch in the forward row. No cars will be admitted after the movie has started.

Snack bar and raffle temporarily suspended during “shelter in place” Donate for snacks at the Concession Stand equipped with popcorn, hot dogs, candy and refreshments. There’s usually themed cupcakes and/or other treats plus a raffle with awesome prizes. 

Saturday, October 31, 2015
“Renegade Drive-In Movie Night” in the North Bay

The original ‘Haunted House in Space’ flick that launched an entire generation of dark, foreboding galactic terror. Join Ripley, Dallas, Lambert, Kane and all the rest of the ill-fated Nostromo crew as they divert a gigantic star-refinery from the corporate route to investigate a transmission of Alien origin… Only to find that they wish they hadn’t.

Ridley Scott’s visceral magnum opus brings the terror of an inexplicable biomechanical horror lurking just around the corner framed with superb performances by an otherwise mostly then-unknown cast (Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm) and totally brilliant practical special effects that stand on their own, even 36 years later. There’s nary one CGI scene to be had here, unless it’s old-school digital readouts on funky old computer screens. Visual artists like H.R. Giger, Ron Cobb, Chris Foss, Moebius and others helped bring the story by Dan O’Bannon to life with this 1979 classic. Come and celebrate over three and a half decades of Alien.

Shows begin with a 15-20 minute pre-show and trailers. There’s a 15 minute intermission halfway through the presentation with bonus featurettes and raffle prizes. Wear a costume and get free raffle prizes.

Arrive 30-60 minutes before the show if you want to park and watch in the forward row.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.