Visiting one of the Last Suncoast Motion Picture Company Stores in 2021! - Monmouth Mall, NJ

[@JWickyJr13]

Suncoast was the only place that ever sold the Widescreen editions of VHS tapes. I remember Fox had this awesome gold case they would use. I always had to go there to get those because even as a kid, I was a movie snob. Would always have to drop like 30 bucks for the widescreen but it was worth it.

[@mike407r]

This store just always had a certain feel to me. Different than any other store back then. And I can still smell the store too lol

[@jasoncinema]

Right?! Suncoast ALWAYS had that awesome “inside of the case of a freshly opened movie on VHS” smell!

[@blakewhittington4336]

Always had good selections too of all kinds of films not just what's popular. Also all the knick knacks you could buy

[@ejstop1]

This was my favorite store at Monmouth Mall. Went to the mall the other day and saw it finally closed. Seemed like it happened out of nowhere as I'm at this mall a lot. I'm honestly heartbroken over it. It was definitely the highlight of this mall.

[@tokyo2la962]

Amazing to see a Suncoast store. It hasn't changed much since I worked at one in the mid-90s. They used to play the latest hit movie on a loop. I must have memories all the lines from Forest Gump at the time. Ruuuuun! Forest! Ruuuuun! (Also liked playing the surprisingly good "Goofy Movie")

[@MrAxelStone]

Last time I was in a mall was years ago and it was sad to see so many stores closed and kinda eerie how empty it was. A far cry from the mall's popularity in the 90s...when arcades also still existed. I remember the town getting excited that Sears was getting added to the local mall as an anchor store...and now Sears is dead.

[@RayOutThere]

Its a shame that they're not like they used to be. Btw, I love your avatar, SOR is my favorite!

[@JonnyBgooD007]

Undeniably the best anime and anime toys in the early 2000s

[@stevem8955]

I loved this place back in the day. Also my good friend Tom Russell is a manager there. Good times.

[@emilioa.2365]

They should turn malls into mini movie sets stores for people to rent. Each store a themed movie set. Since we all have to fill internet content now.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Or amusement parks.

[@mwillerd8969]

Who remembers paying $40 in 1990's money for a VHS with 2 episodes of anime? Let's be honest, stores like Suncoast and Blockbuster were middlemen who scalped their customers. OTOH, you lose something when you don't have physical media that you can touch, because that's part of what your mind remembers and associates with. Going to a real place and having interactions with people was part of it too. 30 years later I remember conversations I had with clerks at these stores and how it looked and felt walking around these places.

[@brianplord]

Like most malls, this was once an incredible place. The mall of my childhood. A shell of its former self, to put it lightly.

[@TimeSavingPassportBro]

I want to cry. The Suncoast at the Fox Hills Mall in LA was the first time I ever saw a manga book. I remember picking up Shonen Jump and then Bleach. wow man the magic.

[@RayOutThere]

Good memories. I remember buying Princess Mononoke on VHS at Suncoast

[@aprillisa910]

The Portal windows was a Johnny Rockets restaurant. My nephew was very sad when they closed.

[@jessicakleinberg7925]

The Suncoast looks exactly the same as I remember it. Crazy!!!

[@LguanadonTRex]

I grew up frequenting this mall. We hung out there through our teenage years. Tons of memories there. The property was acquired and is being redeveloped to include residences. There’s also a medical office in the parking lot now. The movie theater was always pretty busy even as the rest of the mall suffered. But I think COVID has probably done a number on that too.

[@brianb7423]

Did you ever go to that Eatontown roller rink?

[@LguanadonTRex]

@@brianb7423 I had my 9th birthday there and went to like a dozen other bday parties there. They had some great arcade games there too. I remember one time joining the roller Macarena contest lmao

[@brianb7423]

@@LguanadonTRex lol that’s awesome. I lived in Middletown so the way we took to get to the mall was always Rt 35 as a kid. Whenever we passed the roller rink I knew we were close. That place used to be absolutely packed on Friday nights lol

[@YokozunaNumber1]

Suncoast, 1994, was my favorite mall store. So many great memories.

[@RayOutThere]

I miss it too

[@alexsummers1]

In 2005 , I worked at a sun coast in Raleigh,NC. I loved it there.

[@MikeSmith-cy5ip]

I visited the one in Crabtree Valley Mall on the bottom floor by the children's play area a lot, do you know when it closed, I know one of the five left is in Jacksonville NC

[@danahkim888]

10:15 That restaurant was Johnny Rockets, I used to go there every halloween for some hamburgers and fries with my friends

[@RayOutThere]

That looks to be it! Thank you!

[@matthewhiggins1984]

That Suncoast was able to get anything you wanted. I had friends order obscure anime and other foreign DVDs from there and they’d get them. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone bought the rights to the name and is operating it independently nowadays because whoever ran it 20 years ago had the hookup.

[@user-ir2ux8uz4u]

I worked at Suncoast in 90s at the Foxhill Mall in CA. Brings back good memories working there. 10:52

[@brianplord]

I believe that cool multi-color tile near the escalator is from an old frozen yogurt place in the 90s. And the closed restaurant wasn't a Cheesecake Factory, but a Ruby Tuesday. And the other one was a Johnny Rocket.

[@Idiedin1980]

I remember one mall I frequented as a kid in the 80's and 90's had a Merry go round in the cafeteria, Suncoast, Record Town AND a Music land the other mall I frequented had a movie theater and ice skating rink....so sad this all died out.

[@RetailWorld]

Nice tour! Very cool to see an open Suncoast store and with the neon!

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you so much!

[@AdonisJones]

My uncle worked at this Suncoast in the early 90s. Really cool getting to see its still open (at least as of Feb '21) 😀

[@jdh21403]

Yeah that restaurant was a Joe’s Crab Shack. They used to very common in NJ but many have closed in the last maybe 7-8 years. I had no idea how few Suncoasts were left, I went into that Suncoast yesterday with my friend and it was so cool

[@RayOutThere]

I'm glad you went and checked it out!

[@Idiedin1980]

I think the dark lighting is a tragic omen, I remember the last visit to Children's Palace as a kid, I couldn't believe how dark the store was.

[@basicfacekick]

Suncoast Video. Sam Goody or The Wall. Good times for movies and music!

[@jeee1074]

I love visiting Suncoast, we still have one about an hour away from me in Beaumont Texas. This store still has the neon interior signage. This mall has a great retro Macy's and Boscov's too.

[@RayOutThere]

Its so wild to be able to go inside a Suncoast nowadays

[@spidey3061]

Oh, man. I was wondering if that Suncoast was still in the Parkdale mall. I used to live in Beaumont/Groves area and then I moved to Conroe/Houston area and the Woodlands mall had one, but that one closed somewhere around ‘05 or so I think. Hard to remember exactly. But I had remembered that the Parkdale one had stayed open pretty long after that, but I haven’t been to that mall in years. I’m gonna have to check it out next time I visit family there

[@jeee1074]

@@spidey3061 Looks like it is still there. F.Y.E. is having a comeback with stores popping up in popular malls like Katy Mills.

[@GlamorousSimmer]

The store with the fork and knife was Johnny rockets

[@ZAiNETH]

I'm happy I got to experience this store location over the years. I won't forget my last time in there. before it closed recently I got the complete Jackass Box set, Friday directors cut, and an Anthrax live DVD. long live Suncoast

[@Namath1000]

The restaurant in the out building was Chilies -- at least at one time. In the late 60's / very early 70s the mall was partially outdoors before they eventually closed everything in. The mall was hugely popular through the 70's and (at least) in the 90's. Very sad to see it like this.

[@Allhailbrak79]

I miss Suncoast had one at Vintage Faire Mall Modesto California, got a lot of my movies there like pre-ordering Star Wars Special Edition Widescreen on VHS, Scarface and Texas Chainsaw Massacre on DVD

[@retroguy1976]

monmouth was my childhood mall while growing up in freehold well before raceway mall opened even old seaview too. the 80's was a different vibe to that mall. shame its dying and most likely will be redevloped into retail/living space

[@RayOutThere]

I think that's what the owner plans to do

[@ShenmueChannel]

Ahhhhh, total nostalgia! As I kid I loved this store at the South Park Mall in Strongsville, OH in the early 2000's! I'd buy a lot of toys there. It's sad the internet killed good stores for collectibles like this... KB toys was amazing too and has sadly been gone for years! I also never thought the world would have no Toys R Us stores any more in the US! Crazy! Also I miss how back in the day, stores in the mall and in general weren't flooded with Funko Pops! I mean seriously, they're so overrated and kinda weird looking and I miss when they didn't exist and stores would have all good quality collectibles rather than cheap looking toys that all almost look the same! Damn... I wish I could stay in the 2000's forever! I'm such a freak for nostalgia!

[@RayOutThere]

Me too! I miss the malls of the 90's - early 2000's

[@vengefulelf659]

Cool thanks for the video.. I'm decorating my man cave as a suncoast movie store

[@RayOutThere]

I want to see it when you're done!

[@Deang-lh3obkong]

Some of the walls used to have different movie characters in vinyl or whatever in black and white like coneheads,wizard of OZ men in black along with some others

[@GlamorousSimmer]

Unfortunately this store is closed. This mall is so dead.

[@RayOutThere]

Yeah, its sad

[@TheGameGetterKuzuri]

The last open Suncoast I visited was the one in the Governor square mall in Tallahassee, FL. But that was in 2004/5.

[@dvk1895]

Excellent Video love to see the old Macy's !

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you! It was a blast from the past

[@NaomisAdventures]

Sad to see malls like that

[@RayOutThere]

It really is.

[@jamescurran6277]

They are now 62 percent occupied. So sad.

[@lonewolfkliq]

Hey Ray. I’m not sure if you saw but my girlfriend and I just watched WatchMojo video on here about 20 dead stores and they mentioned Suncoast and used your video as a reference. They mentioned your name but thought you would want to know. We were so excited to see your name pop up!

[@RayOutThere]

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Pretty crazy. I don't mind since they gave me credit, would have been nice if they asked first

[@lonewolfkliq]

@@RayOutThere of course! I thought that as well, surprised they didn’t.

[@notayoutuber1856]

Monmouth will be shutting down permanently because of developers want to build condos there. The people in the town protested it but in the end we still lost. Our beloved mall will be nothing more than realest. JC penny will stay open though r

[@RayOutThere]

Its a shame, this mall could have survived if they wanted it to.

[@BladeR2049]

That's way cool man nice job

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you!

[@aprillisa910]

This is my hometown.

[@toddbonny3708]

I checked out the last one in Texas, which is in Beaumont. I also see they were showing Batman 1989, another blast from the past.

[@SubjectDelta1395]

BAD NEWS: Suncoast Video is closed. My friend just sent me pic of the front, they removed the sign and no sign of them. I found your video after I heard the news. This mall has become a ghost town. Most of the stores are closed, no on is going and the only place that seem to profit are the AMC and Barnes and Nobel(both separate buildings). But through Covid, Suncoast stayed open…until now. Bummed I didn’t have the chance to go one last time. Alot of great memories here.

[@kennybegeske8824]

My Hometown And Orland Needs To Make A Suncoast

[@peterpiotrowski2245]

Hello fellow Godzilla fan! Happy travels!

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you!

[@Talendale]

Ironically, the JcPenny's will close as of October 2022- and of course, this Suncoast is one of the last times most people will see one in the wild- this one has gone the way of most in 2022, that is closed. The three Suncoasts that remain are a ghost of the golden age of malls, probably only a larger remnant than the two Sam Goody's left as of this posting.

[@captainharris8980]

I have lots of good memories of Suncoast Video. Since FYE owns them, and they've still got hundreds of stores, I wonder why Suncoast keeps vanishing.

[@MamaKhan_MarvelAvengers]

I Miss Suncoast the one in my city went long ago, great Video Ray

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you!

[@ColoradoMartini]

I have been to this mall. I did a job at an Army base in Monmouth years ago. Been a while.

[@RayOutThere]

Very cool! It must've looked different then

[@Gabthar]

There used to be on at the Broadway mall in Hicksville, NY

[@32ghostworld]

I'm worked at one and we would play SELENA and SPICE WORLD.all day

[@ibohammed1tube_]

Real sad that this store closed down. Monmouth mall continues to die a slow death post-covid.

[@ManiacalMidget13]

When I was a Kid, I bought 2 Halloween cd's from Suncoast.. both of them were classics ! "Drew's Famous : Halloween Horror Movie themes" and "the Essential John Carpenter Film music collection".

[@420Henthai69]

I remember going into that store when I was 11 and my mom bought Halloween (1978) and now it’s closing among many other stores it makes me sad that the whole entire mall may be closing soon

[@RayOutThere]

Me too

[@cheeveka3]

Who made soundtrack for the intro it’s very relaxing 😁. Sun coast stores really bring back memories I used to shop there a lot when I was younger.☺️

[@RayOutThere]

That track is called Feels - Patrick Patrikios and its from the KZbin free music library.

[@cheeveka3]

@@RayOutThere Thanks 😁

[@Bookspine5]

One of five Suncoast stores in the world !!! That's like finding one of the stones that belong to Thanos' gauntlet. :)

[@RayOutThere]

This one sadly closed recently

[@jamesborlan2850]

I remember the suncoast video store from my local mall back in the 2000s It’s gone now but hey at least there’s an fye but still sun coast brings backs a lot of memeories This is where I got the Simpsons treehouse of horror dvd there

[@MrBlack252]

I miss that store so much, I remember there was one in my local mall when I was a kid and I went there all the time. One of the last times I went there was when Terminator 3 was coming out into theaters and they had so much T3 stuff. Good times.

[@3047gerry]

Where is this place ???? Los Angeles or santa rosa or where

[@scottruisch6593]

I worked at ocean county mall store back in the day. Really went downhill -- seemed like maybe half videos, the rest Funko pops and other trend mercy.

[@Talendale]

6:26 used to be a knicknacks of all kinds store. I remember, decades back walking through there and picking up some Japanese Pokemon cards when the CCG was at it's first height.

[@rl8429]

This mall seems to be in worse shape than Freehold Raceway, which lost about half of its big box stores in a year. Freehold still has a large variety of stores and still pretty busy at times. I think the reason why there doesn't seem to be that many stores is because the owners want to redevelop the mall and possibly bring in upscale tenants.

[@RayOutThere]

That's the same thing I've heard

[@ChiChiWoo]

I respect your opinion on Monmouth Mall, I think it’s still better than Freehold Raceway Mall (Last time I went was before the pandemic)

[@edenreyes4747]

I heard that there building a clinic near Boscov parking lot

[@rl8429]

@@edenreyes4747 I heard that too. I do wonder what other new tenants will be there since the owners were willing to raise their rent.

[@edenreyes4747]

@@rl8429 who knows what else there gonna have in the mall because I feel that the mall is dying

[@StantonsJourneys]

Oh wow did you say Suncoast Motion Picture Stores Holy Crap, definitely was like stepping back to the 90's. That Macy's As well had a 80's feel too it. A very unique lay out for this mall. Thank you for sharing.

[@RayOutThere]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@teemoleague907]

Did they use to sell music???

[@RayOutThere]

Not that I recall, I think it was just videos

[@teemoleague907]

@@RayOutThere I remember, it was just movies. I would by horror movies from them I was thinking of Sam goodies rival "Musicland" . They had red neon light on the outside like Suncoast. I thought they were the same store but they were different entities, with one focusing on movies and other was just music. I bought 2pac cassette tapes from them back in the day. I think I bought the movie people under the stairs from Suncoast

[@rl8429]

Definitely check out Garden State Plaza, at least after they're done with their remodel.

[@RayOutThere]

I love that mall and I used to go all the time pre-pandemic. I will have to make a video there soon.

[@MoonBunnyDude]

Super cool seeing one of the last ones, but too bad it's got the nearly unsellable Funko wall.

[@CriticsConfession]

The one at 10:13 was a Johnny Rockets.

[@mimjargle]

Bought Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture there

[@RayOutThere]

Very nice!

[@karissaexplainsitallxo]

great video 👍 such an awesome site to see a suncoast stilll open with all of the original neon signage! I might have to take a trip up there sooon

[@RayOutThere]

Thank you for watching!

[@karissaexplainsitallxo]

@@RayOutThere no problem, excited to see the other content you put out on your channel 😀

[@RayOutThere]

I'll be looking forward to yours as well!

[@karissaexplainsitallxo]

@@RayOutThere i appreciate that!

[@BrianF2668]

are the prices still crazy ?

[@sailormoonfreak]

literally wanna take a road trip to visit one of these stores. going to these stores as a kid and looking at all the anime dvds was like going to magic mountain. i miss it so much.

[@RayOutThere]

Go soon, they may not be here for much longer

[@BladeR2049]

There's supposedly only a few locations left in the US I know there's one here in Texas I'd like to go and visit

[@MultiCreditKIng]

Why is Suncoast in a dead mall?

[@tomb7382]

Ray, the Boscov's has been totally remolded and is now only 2 floors. The former 3rd floor will be corporate offices or something like that.

[@Monte_Carlo]

It’s definitely a dead mall now

[@RayOutThere]

It's definitely looking like that

[@emilioa.2365]

Had to order an Army Of Darkness VHS from there lol

[@RayOutThere]

Nice!

[@briandoherty9087]

That mall has seen better days,the Suncoast had a huge selection

[@RayOutThere]

Who knows how much longer it will be open.

[@FlickorTreatProductions]

I just found out today that it shut down. So sad to see this happen.

[@RayOutThere]

Is this true? I hope not. I was just there about two weeks ago and it was still open

[@Monte_Carlo]

@@RayOutThere the suncoast did close. The mall is still open but at under half occupancy. Probably at about 35 to 40 percent

[@Kabal818]

Are we secretly best friends? I would go get Godzilla movies too! Favorite store forever!

[@RayOutThere]

Hell yeah!

[@Monte_Carlo]

The suncoast and JCPENNY closed

[@RayOutThere]

Suncoast... That makes me sad. I actually was able to visit it about a week before it closed

[@xvenomknightx9436]

Anyone know if it’s still there now?

[@RayOutThere]

It's closed 😥

[@xvenomknightx9436]

@@RayOutTheredamn that sucks I was just in there not too long ago and was gonna go there again

[@auberginefiorentino4417]

Oh boy so idk where your from but I am a born and raised nj girl I moved to tf and eatontown at 5 So this was always our mall It started dying when I was in high school infact me and my best friend would go there one weekend and the next our favorite store would be shut down They used to have a Johnny rockets disney store and so much more It was an awesome place

[@RayOutThere]

Sorry to see it like this

[@websurfer8670]

THIS IS INSANE

[@RayOutThere]

Right!

[@websurfer8670]

@@RayOutThere is it still open

[@RayOutThere]

@@websurfer8670 No it closed over the summer

[@BulleitBlake]

Damn... It's literally just a smaller FYE store with Suncoast branding... That's a shame...

[@bradybrapples]

pretty sure they're all owned by the musicland group - fye is just their "throw everything we have that's still selling into a single place and pray to god we stay profitable" business model

[@ashleynehring5150]

Do you have poltergeist dvd

[@ashleynehring5150]

Do you have poltergeist dvd

[@lacitysun]

If you happen to know what this was, please let him know...

[@robertparks2933]

Can we get a link to the music?

[@RayOutThere]

1. Feels - Patrick Patrikios 2. Drown Me Out - VYEN 3. Overdrive - Corbyn Kites All found on KZbin music library

[@darealpapajon]

I cant believe they opened the American dream mall during the dying mall era

[@RayOutThere]

I can't believe it actually opened!

[@darealpapajon]

@@RayOutThere its going to peak people interests because its new however i cant see it surviving being outside of the city the shift from suburbs to city life is different if it were in the city it probably would survive because its in the city and not in a wetland they had to destroy

[@rl8429]

@@darealpapajon I wonder how the medieval times tournament is doing too, considering it's around the same area as the mall. I also know one other mall that recently opened, and that was the sono collection in norwalk, ct.

[@darealpapajon]

@@rl8429 well its half dead

[@sharon-hermit]

SunCoast Motion Picture Company mall locations: NE - Omaha. Omaha, NE. Suncoast Pictures. ... NJ - NYC Area. Eatontown, NJ. Suncoast. ... NC - Eastern NC. Jacksonville, NC. Suncoast Motion Picture Company. ... OH - Dayton. Beaver Creek, OH. Suncoast. ... OH - Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati, OH. Suncoast Motion Picture Co. ... OR - Portland & North OR. Portland, OR. ... TX - Eastern TX. Beaumont, TX.

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