South Hills Twin Cinema

This became the Regency 1 & 2 Twin on June 10th, 1977. Grand opening ad posted.

In December 2015 the Wake County (NC) school board agreed to offer $1,425,000 for the former South Hills Twin Cinema building that’s currently used by Connections Church, for use as a new school site.

Further information: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/wake-ed-blog/article47480670.html

PREMIERE ATTRACTION AT THE SOUTH HILLS TWIN CINEMA:

                                  "GODSPELL"
                

Showing in two auditoriums on July 20, 1973.
Cinema I: 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:15
Cinema 2: 2:30, 4:45, 7:30, 9:45

STAR WARS was one of the theatres that got the exclusive engagement showing during it’s re-release on July 21,1978 and was on several theatres that was given the full DOBLY STEREO sound system exclusive when this theater was the Regency Theatres 1 & 2.

Nighthawk1: This theater operated under Consolidated Theatres from 1973(when it changed it’s name to the Regency Theatres 1 & 2 in 1975) until 1978. Martin Theatres owned it(when the name was changed to the South Hills Twin)until 1984. Carmike Cinemas took over in 1984 when they bought Martin Theatres(All of the moviehouses that were under Martin Theatres in Raleigh were the Valley Twin,the Village Twin,the Terrace Twin,and the Falls Village Twin Theatres);when the Carmike name was first used in the greater Triangle market in 1985. The South Hills Twin was closed in 1994 when the Blue Ridge Cinemas opened (which Carmike also shuttered the Terrace Twin and the Falls Twin theatres in Raleigh at the same time which were discount houses….The Valley Twin closed in 1988,and the Village Twin closed in 1991);leaving the Blue Ridge Cinemas(over at Blue Ridge Road near the State Fairgrounds at Western Blvd.)to become the only discount movie house not only in Wake County,but eventually the only discount theater East of Raleigh.

This theater was owned by Martin Theatres from about 1979 (when the name was changed to South Hills Twin) until 1982. Carmike Cinemas took over in 1982, when they bought Martin Theatres; the Carmike name was first used in the Raleigh-Cary market in 1985. The South Hills Twin was closed in 1994 when the Blue Ridge Cinemas opened (Carmike also shuttered the Terrace Twin in Raleigh at the same time); the Blue Ridge became Carmike’s only discount house in Wake County and eventually their only discount theater in North Carolina.