Aliens, Monsters Rule This Home Theater

This tribute to Sci-Fi may not be the biggest home theater, but the animatronics will have you jumping out of your seat - literally.

There is an explanation for this, you know. —Ash, Alien, 1979

Indeed, there is an explanation for this spectacular sci-fi-themed theater, owned by self-proclaimed mad scientist, Dr. David Winn. “I love classic horror flicks and science fiction, and over the years I picked up some full size replicas at good prices,” says Winn. “I figured I needed a movie room to display them.”



So with a little web research and the help of his wife and Scott Messenger of Austin, TX installation firm Escom, he created this hellish home theater. Winn’s theater certainly isn’t one of the grandest we’ve seen; at 25 by 35 feet, it’s more like a close encounter. That’s befitting for this home-theater creature, which features some of Winn’s favorite movie monsters spitting, busting through walls and the ceiling, and making visitors quiver once the lights go dim.

Portholes around the room allow you to look out over the galaxy, but it’s up on the 144-inch screen that Winn achieves “suspension of disbelief” by depicting a spaceship in high Earth orbit. When it comes to other audio and video equipment, that movie magic is organized in an equipment stack at the back of the room. Two smaller screens compliment the main screen up front. “It becomes a great sports bar during football season,” Winn says.

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