Movie night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

This is such a great event! You absolutely have to do this during the summer. Yes, it's in a graveyard, but it's so beautifully designed. You're surrounded by trees. There's fountains and pools, it's really beautiful. Blanket or get fancy and bring low chairs and a table and set up your cheese and charcuterie and champagne and enjoy a fabulous night out.

This is for the Midsommar Cinespia event on July 13th. We got there half an hour before doors open (doors at 7:15, movie at 9). Waited in line but were pretty close to the front. Knew we wanted a good spot so planned for it to get there early. Once doors opened line was VERY slow and didn’t get in and to the lawn until about 7:50. By then the entire place was PACKED! And ended up having to sit all the way in the back right, with terrible visibility. I found out there are multiple entrances and that others I guess moved much faster than ours? But to be there at 6:45 for a 9pm showing and still sit in a terrible viewing area was a huge disappointment. We left because we couldn’t see or enjoy the movie at all. Cinespia- please don’t oversell your shows or have better managed doors. Its ridiculous to pay the amount of money it is to go to not even get a reasonable seat.

Completely dependant on the crowd. I've seen many movies here but the crowd can absolutely ruin the experience with maybe 5 drunk people getting EXTREMELY rowdy and obnoxious and screaming profanities. Would be nice if security would kindly ask the few insanely disruptive people who stand out like a sore thumb to keep it down or leave. My worst experience here was for The Neverending Story. Haven't been back since then. If I see a movie here I choose wisely. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was by far the most respectful crowd.

A movie showing in a cemetery? Why not?! This is so LA! Recommend getting here early because Melrose gets pretty packed as the show starts. You're able to bring a low chair and your own picnic to enjoy too. They also allow you to bring beer and wine as well! However, if you forget or don't feel like packing they also sell snacks and drinks there. Bring a blanket and a mat to rest on and enjoy the show!

I went to the Hollywood Cemetery location; it looks like there are two or three other Cinespia locations. Looks like, because the website for the whole thing is not very helpful. So, right off the bat there's the problem of finding out what's playing, and how much it will cost, and, if you want tickets in advance, there's a problem there, too. Pretty much the only reason to go is for the general ambience of the whole thing, which sort of has 'Rocky Horror Picture' type vibes, except the experience is expanded to included other, different movies. So, literally, on the website there are photo galleries of people dressing up like characters in different movies, and posing in front of the same, related, backdrop. When I went, I didn't see any physical evidence of what I saw on the website, however, the audience was unusually noisy. The movies are projected onto a wall, so it's a wee bit like a drive in, except the projection equipment is below par, the wall wasn't designed for movie projection, and the sound quality is horrible, and, added in to boot, is all of the audience noise. So, basically, the actual movie watching is pretty bad, which is why the experience of the whole thing is mostly the reason to go. The only reason I went, is because I like to see movies in different spots, and I don't think I'll go back again. It's basically a place that doesn't try to provide a high quality service, and because of the promo and business aspects of it, you pretty much get whatever they decide to give you; guess if you like being rather surprised - not necessarily in a good way - you might like it. Or, if you don't really care, or want someone to make decisions for you.