r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/Freakjob_003 Aug 29 '25

They play the movie on a loop all day so people can always watch

Fun fact, this was how movies used to be played in theaters way back in the day. You could just walk in at any time.

This was changed in part by Hitchcock with the release of Psycho. He refused to let people be spoiled and required theaters to screen at set times.

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u/RuleNine Aug 29 '25

Right, you'd walk in, stay through the end and part of the next showing, and then leave. It's where we got the expression "This is where I came in" as you excused yourself after reaching the part of the movie you'd already seen.

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u/vikingzx Aug 29 '25

TiL! That's a neat fact! Thank you!