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Average rating: 2.76 (21 votes)
"The worst drive-in on the planet? Essentially a prison camp
that charges you admission. Try to enjoy being 'locked-down',
and unable to sit outside your vehicle. Wait in anticipation
until some loudmouth wearing a reflective vest stomps over to
blind you with a flashlight and demands to know where you got
that bottle of water. Who's that creepy weirdo jabbering over
the credits and threatening movie-goers with lifetime
expulsions for breaking the rules? Why, it's our beloved
leader/failed radio DJ driven insane by his microscopic
measure of power! If you hate having fun and love
authoritarian regimes, see a movie here, or just move to
North Korea." 1 -- jake
"Cheap price of admission... that's the positive... been here a
few times, I'm done... first I was threatened to buy a food
permit to finish my outside coffee, dumped the coffee. We got
there early, the sun was still up and nothing was playing on
the screen. I was sitting in my lawn chair, checking FB on my
smart phone and one of the Nazis comes over and threatens to
toss me out for filming... b/c rules specifically say no
recordable devices... what phone doesn't have a Friggin
camera? That blows over, was kind of hot so hopped in my car
for some AC... was told to turn off the car because CO2 is
poison... it's a 2010 4 cylinder, not a cropduster... got
to be kidding me... been to several drive-ins... this one is by
far the worst..." 1 -- Paul K
"This place is the best place to go in my opinion. If you want
to have fun you should come here. The place is all vintage and
cool looking and they have a park where me and my friends can
hang out until the movie starts. But I have to say the voice
in the beginning of the movie is kind of annoying but to me
from a chart from 1-100 I give it a 1000." 5 -- Noah Miller
"We have been to Bengies 9x so far for the 2012 season, I know
this because you can earn free items from the snack bar for
checking into 4square. They provide the same experience at
the drive-in as you would in 1957 including the awesome snack
bar promos inbetween features. They show first run movies,
often 3 in a night for $9, and the rules are very reasonable
and make for a good time. It is very annoying when others
have their lights on or are talking loudly so I support the
house rules and my wife and I have the best time at
Bengies!!!" 5 -- Mr. Nordlaw
"The Bengies is the worst drive-in theater. The Bengies
gestapo (staff) make it as unpleasant as possible as they
harass customers with their new found powers to kick people
out on a moment's notice. Aggressive ½ armed weaklings more
suited to have sand kicked in their face roam around with a
chip on their shoulders hoping to undo wrongs done to them in
the past. You better not eat too much popcorn or laugh
during a movie unless you want to have these Urkels to come
a running. Do yourself a big favor and avoid Bengies." 1 -- Craig Huey
"I have to agree, D. Vogel is a drive-in nazi!!!!! From the
ushers and their flashlights to the ridiculous prices for a
food permit, Bengies is not worth the headache of being
packed in like cattle!!!! " 2 -- Dan H
"My wife and I enjoy the opportunity to still see first-run
movies even though we have two infants. Many people
complain about the rules but the rules are not unreasonable.
Seeing three movies for less than seeing a single movie in a
theater isn't such a bad deal either. The food and drinks at
the snack stand are reasonably priced. I am glad we can
still enjoy the drive-in experience. " 4 -- Michael C. Barnes
"I have been going to the Bengies for years! The staff is
wonderful, and the food is great - cheap too! Sure, there are
rules, but nothing unreasonable. To the person talking about
taking photos, it is against state and Federal law to use a
camera in a movie theater and the minimum fine is $500. Be
glad they don't call the cops! " 5 -- Diane Hain
"This is the worst drive-in in the world. It's more like a
prison than a drive-in. The owner is a complete idiot. I
wouldn't go to Bengies drive-in again if it was the last
drive-in left on earth." 1 -- Rich
"D. Vogel, the owner, has gone even further off the deep end
since acquiring the theater/property from family a few years
ago. I've been to Bengies at points throughout its history
and only during the reign of the Drive-in Drama Queen has it
been this bad. Way to run the place into the ground! The only
reason I give it a 2 is due to the price." 2 -- BengieBug
"Wow, I can't believe all of the negative comments about this
place. My family and I went five times this summer and really
enjoyed the entire experience. If you don't like the rules an
easy solution is don't come back, but the rules are pretty
harmless to people who want to go and just have nice family
time together. Hope to go many more times over many more
summers, enjoy." 5 -- scott family
"This place SUCKS. The owner is a control freak (I think he
may be a wannabe cop but couldn't get into the police
academy). If you remember the 'Soup Natzi' from Seinfeld,
then you will know what this theater is like. Owner and
employees seem to relish their ability to throw people off
the premises. Our car alarm once went off for two seconds/
two honks and we were thrown out. Beware of the 'food
police' and 'PDA police' who like to sneak up on you and
shine their flashlight into your car. Very weird people
running this place." 1 -- scott
"I can't believe all the negative comments on here. I've been
bringing my family for 12 years and we've made the Bengies a
family tradition.
"Yes, you do have to pay for a food permit if you want to
bring in food, but I understand the concept. They need the
revenue from the snack bar to keep the place running. With a
McDonald's on your front doorstep, they had to do something.
Admission is great for 3 first run movies as well. There are
a lot of rules, but even tho most are common sense, MANY
people tend to believe they are 'above' the rules, which is
why they need to have people with flashlights roam the
theater. That's an indication of the times, not the theater.
Even tho I love the theater, I will agree that the owner
talking over the shows can be annoying." 4 -- Sharon
"Food police guards patrolling the lot, the owner blabbing his
mouth over the special attraction Three Stooges short which was
on screen while he was speaking for 5 minutes talking about
specials at the snackbar. This was an advertised short
subject in the paper of The Three Stooges and all he did was blab
balab blab during most of it. Never again will I visit this
drive-in theatre. $7.00 for a food permit is nuts, the owners
of the York drive-in theatre would call this the nazi drive
in. Everyone enters a prison camp just like Dead End Drive-In
the movie." 1 -- David
"They have a VERY strict no photography rule. Sheesh, I took a couple of covert pictures of my son there when we took him
for his first drive-in experience. I was careful and got a
couple of shots with the big screen behind him. Another time,
me and a girlfriend went there and one of the flashlight
people wandered over before the last show and told us to move
up. I guess he wanted to see if us two ladies were 'getting
it on'. Pervo." 3 -- Deb
"I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL OF THE B.S. RULES THEY HAVE @ THIS DUMP. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO TO A REGULAR MOVIE THEATRE. YOU WILL
HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRIVACY! THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS
RUNNING AROUND WITH FLASHLIGHTS! THIS DUMP NEEDS TO GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE DOWN! I THINK THEY HAVE THE 'NO FOOD' POLICY SO
THEY CAN 'TORTURE' THEIR PATRONS WITH THE HEAT AND THE WAIT.
IN SUMMATION, THIS PLACE IS TERRIBLE!! GO TO FRANKLIN, WV IF
YOU WANT A REAL DRIVE-IN WITH GREAT FOOD." 1 -- A Franklin Fan
"I went last week and it was full. 750 cars. Is there a way to get more people on staff at the snack bar, even though I
went during a break, it still took me 20 minutes and it was
very hot in there." 3 -- Francisca
"I only went once. I remember they asked if we had food in the car; I said no other than my son's snacks and bottle (he was a year old). They threatened to search the car and that made me feel very uncomfortable. However, I had always wanted to go to a drive-in and enjoyed the experience as it was. Oh and they have guys in the parking lots with flashlights, that was weird also. They point them in different cars from time to time." 3 -- C
"The concession
area was a sauna. I didn't like the fact that each time I used my Visa checkcard
I had to pay a $3 fee (no explanation given) to use my check card to pay
for my food. Even though they do not have ATM's on the property so that
I could avoid paying the fee." 2 -- Ra
"Need more
light on the screen and faster service at the snack bar. Snack bar was
extremely hot and not enough food in steamer tables to choose from." 3
-- Mike
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