1. The novelty
Part of the fun of going to a drive-in cinema is just the fact that you're going to a drive-in cinema!
How cool is that?! People in the 50s and 60s don't know how lucky they were.
There's just something about the drive-in...2. Temperature control
We're Irish. We get cold.
Taking a blanket to the cinema equals weird looks...
Packing your duvet in the back seat of your car while you cuddle up on the back seat at the drive-in? One-Hundred-Percent acceptable.
You and your date will spend the entirety of the movie in your own little dome of complete comfort.
This could be you! Picture: Las Vegas Weekly3. Talk and laugh away!
Is it a first date? Are you both a little nervous? Sometimes sitting in silence next to each other in a theatre can be a little awkward.
Well at the drive-in, you can cut some of the tension with some banter and laughs in the car.
Without being shushed by angry movie goers.
4. Absolutely ZERO snack guilt
Ever been walking back from the snack bar with an armful of deliciousness, only to receive countless looks of judgement?
Pfft, not a bother at the drive-in, you and your date can load up on all the movie watching goodness your car boot can hold!
No shame.
5. Shifting in the backseat
Where it would usually be frowned upon to be shifting away in the middle of a jam-packed seated cinema.
Your backseat is like your own private kissing booth, free from disapproving eyes.
Don't pretend you wouldn't... Picture: Molly WalshLike the sound of that? Well lucky you! Because Retro Drive in Movies is coming to Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway!
Yep! We've teamed up with Retro Drive-in Movies to bring you Five nostalgic master pieces over Three evenings at Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway.
Up to 250-carloads of movie goers will get to experience the magic of the largest Mobile LED Screen in the entire World.
And have a perfect mix of spooky and supernatural in store:
Friday Oct 19th:
To kick it all off, at 8pm you can go back to where it all began for ‘the boy who lived,’ as Harry discovers Hogwarts for the very first time in the iconic first installment in the Harry potter series.
It is of course, Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone.
Saturday Oct 20th:
The magic continues at 2.45pm as Harry and Ron take a trip into the enchanted forest in the famous Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets.
At 6.45pm it’s a dose of Disney delight, with 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus!
If you’re afraid of the dark, you might want to keep the interior car light on for this one… The iconic Scream will hit the big screen at 9.30pm.
Sunday Oct 21st:
The third (and arguably the best) of the Harry Potter series will take centre stage at 3.00pm with Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.
Let’s be honest… once just isn’t enough… So at 6.45pm we’re giving the witches from Hocus Pocus some more air time!
Finally, we’re going out with a bang with our final film It’s one of the most iconic horror films ever made, if you haven’t seen it, you simply have to be at The Exorcist at 9.15pm.
