Abandoned Odeon cinema Portsmouth | Screen intact

We finally managed to get to the awesome screen 1!
Also joining me on this explore were,
TheSecretVault - / thesecretvault
Exploring Within - / exploringwithin

[@leecook5626]

Wonderful memories of that place. It was so grand back in the day. You got a real shock when you walked out into the car park. Daytime viewings etc.

[@andycompton4885]

Brilliant explore mate and loved the mini 2 footage.

[@tomthumb6824]

Matt has a good knowledge of cinema projector rooms.

[@KayleighCoulstonExplores]

Fantastic video!! Well done, keep up the great work! Xx

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks Kayleigh appreciate it x

[@rebeccamayers2056]

That was a terrific find. Glad you wore your mask, all the pigeon poop and dust isn't good to breathe in

[@Raven-go6kt]

Wicked, thanks for showing us these crazy places. Stay safe out there 😍😍😍

[@VacantHaven]

No worries! Thanks mate 👍

[@Galaxybbx]

the floor on the main screen is perfectly safe, i pretty much go every week with the same 6 friends and chill towards the top of the screen we have done floor tests and its perfectly safe to walk on

[@andyroid9154]

Loved this explore mate.

[@TheSecretVault]

Nice bit of single hand camerawork on that climb.

[@aliinlondon]

In-fucking-deed!!!

[@andycompton4885]

Bring it on Mr K

[@angelsone-five7912]

26.00 The ODEON was always a cinema, never a theatre. The big dimmer board controlled - amongst other things - all the coloured lights in front of the original screen for colour effects. I have worked one of these in the ODEON Eltham Well Hall, now gone.

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks for the information! Appreciate it

[@pompey174]

Interesting video, although this place was never a theatre, it was build as a picture house and was an Odeon all of it's operational life.

[@VacantHaven]

Okay mate, thanks for the info, it's something I was told on the explore.

[@Trish1]

Enjoyed your video of this explore - Matt was in his element describing behind the scenes stuff. Well done on filming snd climbing!! Hope your bag/contents were ok🤞 👍

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks Trish! Yeah bag and contents were fine apart from a pair of sunglasses lol. Yeah if you're exploring a cinema, Matt is definitely the guy you want with you 😁

[@abandonedexploringmike]

Awesome buddy nice one

[@user-rl4gt3ey7z]

Many years ago they shutdown the odeon where I grow up and my friend and his dad we got into the cinema and looked around it was amazing and had Found part of the lens of the camera and kept it with in the month the cinema was knocked down and the space became another venue ❤

[@glenyshanlon5112]

Now showing at the ODEON Alfred HITCHCROFT the birds 🐦 😂😅🤣 Glad you all had your 😷 on with all the birds do dar you will have pidging lung great video guys.

[@Marilyn195]

Interesting seeing what the inside of the theater looks like,wouldn’t have imagined so many rooms in a theater, must have been really smelly with the pigeon droppings though,thanks to Matt for the explain as to how the projector equipment worked,was very interesting to hear🇨🇦

[@GlitterBayBe]

Nice well done x

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you ✌

[@princebuster93]

Used to use this cinema back in the day, sad that they have all shut, thanks for sharing

[@VacantHaven]

Same, mid 90s was the last time I saw a film there!!

[@wrsmorr89]

18:09 like how you dealt with the pigeons I would of screamed and left straight away

[@VacantHaven]

Haha! I come across so many pigeons on these explores it's just second nature now!

[@hahomy]

Great explore Alex wow that place is wrecked but didn't it sound like a cinema in there when u was all talking it sounded very solid if u know what I mean, anyway interesting to see though, that's for sharing 👍 brilliant video 👍

[@TAYLOR13961]

Southampton Odeon Closing Down February 2022 Leisure World Southampton complex Building announced on BBC News Website

[@VacantHaven]

Cheers for this, I'll keep my eye out!

[@Galaxybbx]

The bars you climbed up; theres more if those on the other side closer to the entrance which are easier to climb up because there isnt a hole you have to slide under so of you go back go up those bars

[@ExploringWithin]

Nice vid mate 👍 sorry had to dash half way though the premiere.

[@VacantHaven]

You missed the bag drop......

[@ExploringWithin]

@@VacantHaven Haha! Just saw it this morning

[@VacantHaven]

@@ExploringWithin lol. Did you like Matts sarcastic comment as I handed him his bag 🤣

[@ExploringWithin]

@@VacantHaven Yeah I remember hearing it at the time while stood at the bottom of the scaffolding 😂

[@lilcheese420]

Thinking bout going there I’m just wondering if you get in through the car park near the back

[@mathewbrown4085]

Keep up the great work love you. You should put your logo on your shirts know who you are.😊

[@Galaxybbx]

also as of now u can only access screen 1 and 4 because they have sealed the bottom of the stair set with brick walls so u can only reach the flooded screen and the main screen

[@aliinlondon]

I am reliably informed that Jim is indeed ace :D Fantastic, ballsy work, lads; cheers muchly Tomorrow never dies *FUNNY*

[@VacantHaven]

Nice! One cheers Alisdair ✌

[@Alton-x]

Great footage well done, brings back lots of memories, are the other screens accessible ?

[@VacantHaven]

The other screens are accessible, but unfortunately in a real state! The bottom screens are flooded. So I thought I'd just show the main intact screen. Thanks for watching

[@Alton-x]

@@VacantHaven thanks for taking the risk filming👍

[@VacantHaven]

@@Alton-x no worries mate! Well worth it! ✌

[@mk4lewis332]

What's the postcode?

[@lauraregelous3577]

Great explore! Music name please?

[@jackplayz0811]

Was there today

[@hqfighter3994]

I swear like 2mo ago 2 kids fell through the ceiling and broke their necks there and one died

[@Cjbx11]

The comment made when talking about the lighting controls being from when the cinema was a theatre is inaccurate as the Odeon Portsmouth was never a theatre. It was built by Odeon and used purely as a cinema. People often make the assumption that old cinemas were once theatres and while some were many weren’t. I guess it’s because people are so used to cinemas having small screens and very bland decor they find it hard to imagine a large single screen cinema seating thousands with very ornate and theatrical styling so just assume at some point they must have been a theatre.

[@emmqxo8940]

my classmate fell through 3 stories 🧍‍♀️

[@VacantHaven]

I heard this in the news. I hope they're OK? Any news if you don't mind me asking?

[@emmqxo8940]

@@VacantHaven he’s okay yeah, his friend and me are really close and he told me he’s going to be fine, he’s on crutches and he only fractured some bones (i forgot exactly which)

[@VacantHaven]

@@emmqxo8940 glad to hear they're OK and on the mend! Thanks for the update 👍

[@emmqxo8940]

@@VacantHaven of course!

[@Galaxybbx]

apart from that great explore 👍

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks for the info 👍

[@Gav_Rez]

I max is digital so how is put on reels Bell-end, dont half talk some shit. No offence but if you dont know dont make it up. Thats why I stopped watching his vid's. I like the honesty you young guy's have, keep it up.

[@richardcreese481]

Some Imax theatres project 70mm films too.....and that cinema had a 70mm projector installed in 1960 which would have used those massive horizontal reels that were left there