Centralia PA - Coal fire destruction seen in 1988 film

[TheIntoxicant01]

This rant is so dumb. I am from PA, and proud to be. There are good and bad places in every single state. People need to take their heads out of their asses. A ton of famous people are from PA, and there is a ton of American history to this place. If you don't like your environment then move if you can but going off one spot in PA is stupid.

[MrArsenauditore]

not find it on netflix where it is or as they seek

thanks

[HIPPIEHATER77]

Hey hippie from cali go roll another dubi you guys are the druggies PA IS AWESOME thats why we are the KEYSTONE state ! Your an idiot who needs todo there research before speaking and find out what Centralia is all about and its one TINY town in PA go lay in the sun i bet you look like snooki ...hippies

[Johny2662]

what is this movie called?

[paintedeyelids]

love this piece of shit movie so much i have a movie poster, vhs and laserdisc

[reddalways]

Wow.....very cool to see the buildings and town before it was lost.

[Plantix4thWatcher]

Did you know that the silent hill setting is based of off Centralia?

[SweetJaneofGoth]

Like this shows how stupid Pennsylvania is. The town burns garbage in an old coal mine and it catches on fire. Then everybody is wiped out because of the govenrment. PA is a shithole were only the stupidest idiots are elected to government where they do stupid and corrupt things. PA is a shithole that doesn't belong in the USA.

[OneBigmutha1109]

@SweetJaneofGoth I live here you got that!! Thank god someone said it! I WANT OUT!!!

[Havoc0588]

@SweetJaneofGoth For your information Pennsylvania as a whole isn't a shithole. It is a very dynamic place, Mountains, Cities, Mines. To bad you're basing your opinion off of a middle-eastern country town of (originally) 1200 people. The fire was caused by the burning of garbage in the town dump (which was common every spring to get rid of the waste)... it just so happens that the veins of coal run very close to the surface and they began to smoulder. The original mineshafts provided air.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@Havoc0588 Well Like at least you didn't argue that the state elects idiots to run things.

I heard there is a town called Brownsville where everybody is a dope addict.

That's what I think of when I think of PA. Little towns where everybody is on dope and votes for idiots.

[Havoc0588]

@SweetJaneofGoth People like you are the reason why social darwinism should be more prominent. I hope the shit you talk comes around and kicks you in the teeth. Granted I'm fueling your lackluster trolling by responding, I want to take this moment to tell you that people like you are the ones who deserve to be hog tied and trapped inside of the trunk of a burning car... Where you can't talk shit to anyone but yourself... and one can only wish that the car slowly burns... Have a wonderful life.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@Havoc0588 Like fuck you. Drink my piss. Like my GF's sister lives in PA. The school board is elected and some of the assholes on it only have a GED. At work she says the manager is a dopehead. So there you have it. PA is a hillbilly trash state where the school board are HS dropouts. And the Turnpike? What a piece of shit.

[Havoc0588]

@SweetJaneofGoth Oh so you're friends of hillbilly trash? Lmao so all managers in PA are dopeheads? You have the mental scope of a third grader. You base your judgement off your own pent-up feelings and the lack of a social forum results in your anonymous trolling on the internet. Do yourself a favor... Suck on the barrel of your GF's sister's shotgun, since shes a "HILLBILLY TRASH PENNSYLVANIAN" and twiddle your fat little toes on the trigger. If you're lucky... you'll win for once in your life

[Covert321]

@SweetJaneofGoth Wow, I never really wanted to believe that people like you actually exist in this world. You definately proved me wrong. You really want to base all your belief in a state because your girlfriends sister manager is a dopehead?? ROFL Unfortunately the internet gives people like you a voice to speak out, that is a baaaad thing

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@Covert321 And so like I guess you're the type who thinks letting dope addicts into the workplace is a good thing. Well like I guess in PA they think that hiring addicts is like affirmative action. Even if they do cause problems for everybody who isn't a dope fiend. Like maybe in PA they think smoking cigs is a crime but dope is okay. Especially at work.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth WOW... the more I read of your trash talk on PA the more I'm convinced that the idiot here is clearly you and everyone in PA outranks you in their level of intelligence. And hiring a drug addict has a lot to do with the COMPANY that does the hiring and their screening process. I know my own corporation does the typical drug and urine tests before being hired. If a company doesn't do those tests they will never know. And this DOES happen in Cali too, my dear.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@endlessdream94 Well like in Pennsylvania if you are taking drugs at work it's okay and they pay for rehab, but if you are clean they treat you like shit. That's what Maggs sister says.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Again your friend is feeding you crooked info. Many corporations will enter employees into drug rehab... yes in your state as well. This is a common American thing, not just something done in PA. And quite the contrary... most companies will terminate you for drug abuse. Your friend is clearly out of touch and totally feeding you a load of crock.

[99robert02]

@SweetJaneofGoth im in pa, and you summed it very well,......

[coffie66]

@SweetJaneofGoth You are very ignorant if you honestly think everyone from P.A. is on Drugs. As if where you are from is any better?

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@coffie66 Well like if they aren't on drugs, then they are damn liars. My friend recently moved away from there and the landord never gave her deposit back and stole furniture he said he would put in storage.

Typical PA liar and drug addict.

[jollyroger1210]

@SweetJaneofGoth Then stay the hell out. I bet you're from Ohio aren't you?

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@jollyroger1210 No like I'm a California girl. My friend Maggs is from PA and she says it is a total shithole. Especially Pittsburgh. She says everybody from PA is a damn liar. She says that whole towns in PA are on drugs and everybody lies about what time it is. She says the church deal drugs too. PA = Shit

[jollyroger1210]

@SweetJaneofGoth RIVETING TALE, CHAP!! PLEASE REPEAT IT!

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Pennsylvania is a very nice place to live. I don't know where you get off dissing PA so bad, just from the tall tails of one of your friends. Drugs, HS dropouts, liars are not something see ONLY in PA. You see them in California as well, miss high and mighty. You see that crap in every state, ever county, every town. Good luck and go chew your gum, completely misinformed Cali girl.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth And my other question of concern for you... since your friend Maggs says everyone from PA is a "damn liar"... then how can you believe anything she says? Hmmm? Is the the ONLY truthful person living in PA? I think you need to stop listening to your friend. And YOU need to stop using her generalizations as being complete and whole truths about every single person in our state. California is worse than PA, try buying a decent home there for the price you can buy one here.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Little miss Cali girl... you are soooo sheltered and and your views on the country in general are very clouded if you think that ONLY PA has dope addicts. There are dope addicts everywhere.. it is not a PA exclusive and never has been! The town of Brownsville is on the complete other end of the state from where Centralia is. The people of Centralia were wonderful people that lost their town, through no fault of their own.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@endlessdream94 Like there are dope addicts everywhere. Okay. Everywhere is Pennsylvania. And like I guess if a drunk runs down a little girl it is no fault of his own cuz the bar sold him the booze. So like if you burn your whole town down that is not your fault either. And in Uniontown drugs are brought in on postal trucks. Typical Pennsylvania.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth "Everywhere is Pennsylvania". Are you that stupid? Like seriously stupid? To believe that the ONLY state where drugs exist is PA???? You may wish to start doing some research. The whole 1000+ residents of Centralia were not the ones that lit the fire in the trash dump. And do some research on Centralia... it was unknown that the vain of coal ran so close to the surface.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth You may be interested to know that hiphopwired did a top 10 worst cities in 2010 and no PA cities were mentioned... However Oakland CALIFORNIA was listed in the top 3. And I am guessing your friend is from south of Pittsburgh, correct? Both towns you mentioned are right around Fayette county Pa. Do you have ANY CLUE where Centralia is????? Its in Columbia county between Harrisburg and Scranton. Maybe Fayette county sucks, but things are great around here!

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth BTW... just wanted to share since you seem to think so highly of your high and mighty materialistic air polluting state... California ranks much higher in drug abuse than PA does. Just saying.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@endlessdream94 Like that is only because people in California aren't lying bastards. In Drugsylvania every damn crack head goes around saying "I don't use drugs". Just apply for a job there. Maggs sister says drug addicts get to take paid time off for rehab, but straight people are treated like shit. That's Drugsylvania.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Sounds like you will believe anything your lying friend tells you about PA. Californians lie just as much as anywhere else in the nation. Get off of your high and mighty self absorbed sheltered materialistic spoil high horse and get a clue! EVERY in the nation employees are giving what is called "leave of absence" for such things as pregnancy, rehab, medical, family crisis. Look it up!

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth And how convenient that you say we do drugs and lie. That way when I say "no I don't do drugs" you can fall back on your other lame label of Pennsylvania that we all lie. Its pretty pathetic how you have labeled ALL of PA and its residents on the absurd rantings of your lying dysfunctional friend. Every state has its problems.  California has one of the higher drug abuse rates in the country, not to mention at least one arsonist torching homes. Damn Burnifornians!

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Your best option at this point... since you have made statements with a complete 100% lack of evidence is to stop typing and start researching not only PA but your own corrupt state! You'll find higher pollution, crime, and drug rates. But I can't expect that you'll do that because you'd rather chew your gum, flip your hair, and skip school... all while listening to the gossip rantings of your friend that is probably quite a trouble maker in Fayette county.

[catherineonfireYEAH]

@endlessdream94 Lol, why are you hating on California just because some idiot from there is hating on your state? :P Not like you aren't completely right in arguing with her, but it's kind of like sinking to her level, don'tya think?

[endlessdream94]

@catherineonfireYEAH Not necessarily. The core of her argument is that Pennsylvanians are nothing more than lying druggies... casting on us all such a harsh generalization. When in reality her own state, while it has its many great points, has a far worse drug problem than PA does. Not to mention greater pollution and education problems. I defended PA out of state pride. I only pointed out Cali flaws to show her some reality. And her accusations were just an opinion of her "friend".

[endlessdream94]

@catherineonfireYEAH Clarification... I am uncertain how bad the drug problem is in California. But I do know that its is indeed statistically far worse than PA. This isn't to say that neither PA or Cali rank low. 

[zombieman82091]

@Havoc0588 I would love for SweetJaneofGoth to come to PA, and visit Centralia. I could be her tour guide. She could reap the benefits of the way PA cures outsiders constipation...When I shove a 900 deg. smoldering rock up the crack of her ass, curing any blockage. And guess what?? I dont even drink let alone do drugs. Now you have to worry about the general public as well as "PA dopers!!" Hope to see you soon for your guided tour of Centrailia from yours truly!

[Havoc0588]

@SweetJaneofGoth The fact that you think people were dumb enough to transport trash INTO a coal mine to burn it amazes me. Granted, opinions are for everyone... But unless you have some sort of evidence that PA is worse than any place... you're just pissing in the wind. Especially since Philadelphia holds a major part in the founding of our "USA". Erase your birthplace... because apparently it has no significance either. The worst opinion is the least informed. Learn before you hate on something

[CheshireHellKat]

@SweetJaneofGoth Not sure if serious...

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@CheshireHellKat Like this is totally serious - Pennsylvania is a shithole.

The number one PA pastime is dope and the number one hobby is lying.

[CheshireHellKat]

@SweetJaneofGoth Troll is confirmed. Do not feed.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@CheshireHellKat Hey like my GF sister told her that last week somebody's kid at work got killed playing with a gun.

Now that's a Pennsylvania moment.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Actually there are many past times for the majority of PA residents... fishing, boating, camping, shopping, parties, family events, reunions, concerts, trips to the coffee shop with friends, long walks on the Appalachian Trail, going to church, studying in college, hiking, walking your dog, playing with the kids in the back yard, visiting your lovely elderly grandparents.... shall I go on? Do you do any of these things out in Cali?

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@endlessdream94 Okay, like you left one out. According to Maggs sister who lives is PA there are churches where they sell drugs as part of the religious experience. They should change the name of Pennsylvania to Drugsylvania.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Wow... churches sell drugs are PART of their religious experience? And your shallow and gullible enough to believe your friend! She obviously doesn't like PA for whatever reason and sadly sounds like she'll say anything to degrade the state, no matter how unfounded her claims are. And you talk as if PA is the only state with drug abuse. So are you claiming California is free of all drug and and substance abuse?

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth Do some research. The fire was indeed lit in an old trash pit that just so happened to have coal close enough to the surface to catch fire. This is ONE town in PA. What happened there was tragic. Nobody denies that. But to say that all of PA is corrupt and stupid idiots is very narrow-minded and shallow. PA is a very beautiful state. End of story.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@endlessdream94 Like okay, and you shouldn't condemn the Manson family on the murder of Sharon Tate. Like after all, that is only one murder.

[endlessdream94]

@SweetJaneofGoth What does the Manson family have to do with this? We are talking about your unwarranted hatred for a state you've never been to and clearly know nothing about.

[jimbo2317]

cool. I was to Centralia last summer. I have read a few books and seen a few photos but this is the best visual I have seen. Thasnks for shareing this!

[emt4502]

i remember standing on the corner by my house at 1 in the morning i was probably 11 or 12 years old.

[IllinoisBoy1967]

The heavier set actor, I can't think of his name. Didn't he die here a while back in his Malibu home??

[Somesubjekt]

nice city for a horror movie.

[TheDM75]

@Somesubjekt SILENT HILL

[OneBigmutha1109]

I live 5 minutes from this. They are now forcing out the remaining 5 left. Fucking govmnt. should let these remaining good people live the rest of their lives in the hometown. What is the fuckin hurry, it will be burning for 200 more years. They just want to hurry up their new ideas for putting it out, without consideration of the people.  Fight them!

[RabidCuj0]

@OneBigmutha1109 are you allowed to walk around the site without getting into trouble? I want to visit but live around 3 hours away.

[OneBigmutha1109]

Yes you can. It has always been the old, "enter at your own risk". But until they start their new brilliant plan, LOL, you can visit and explore with no trouble my friend. Just be F'n Careful.

[riggs44r]

@OneBigmutha1109 By be careful, do you mean, just don't walk into smoking pits of fire or is there danger in certain spots? My son wants to "explore" and we might take the drive up there, I too am about 3 hours away. What do you make of all this talk about it being haunted?

[OneBigmutha1109]

Well riggs, it is ok to come and visit. When you and your son get there, you will see an intersection, with a tall hill toward the cemetery. The fire company is still there, but is not where the visible action is. Haunted? Well, I'm not one for all that, but hey, if there is souls who died, or were forced out then passed...hmm. It is safe to explore at the cemetery area where you will see alot of steam, and hot areas.

[OneBigmutha1109]

Overall, it is safe for you and your son to visit. I think you will have a great time. Dont get caught up in all the crap people say. There is thousands that visit it all year round, and I with my own son visit it all the time. Take a look at the closed highway with the gigantic crack in the middle. My school bus drove on that every day 2 weeks before it closed. 1990. Good luck, if you need more info, just let me know...

[jku3000]

@riggs44r I was there this summer...it isn't TOO dangerous if you are aware of your surroundings...and in some of the areas you probably don't want to stay too long because of the gas. That being said, there's always the risk that a big crater could open up without warning, so there's always some danger there.

[Bluroasis1]

Oh man i would never go near that place dude. when i lived in Catawissa my best mate went on a trip there a made some videos, he went down Plum street an all he could hear was cats, and people shouting at each other. but when he followd the shound he found nobody. He was so scared. The videos he made are on Youtube. Screeming in Centralia, he called it. I move to england now. Shit that stuff was scary

[jmsanski]

Sorry that post below was meant to be a reply to mcfdtv's post

[mcfdtv]

Special effect had been used dueing the filming of this. How do I know this you ask.

Well I was incharge of the special effects for the Pa portion of the even. Gas powered Fog machines as film needed a little assistance.  Numerious sites around Northumberland and Columbia counties can bee viewed during the movie including the TX style Bar/road house was filmed in Strong, Pa.

[jmsanski]

Aren't you in your early 20s? Or is that another person from Station 2 that I am thinking of?

[mcfdtv]

@jmsanski This account is video both me and my dad capture for Station 2 in Mount carmel

[HyoomahnRehfyoos]

This movie is way better than Empire Strikes Back, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Back to the Future and Howard the Duck.

[Petpatrol2]

Wow! Amazing! Thanks for sharing all that!

[jeabreg]

I've been near there. They say it's still burning today, that sometimes you see smoke/steam comming up from the ground.

[TheHondaAbuser]

yes. very much

[Schmatko89]

@jeabreg Yeah thats true and teh city of Centralia has still its own homepage with a lot of picture material

[jeabreg]

@Schmatko89 Cool

[Blues353]

Reagan-Bush Era--"Pretty in Pink" & 'Top Gun" got all the breaks....good, brutally honest films like this got stifled. Figures...more lies.

[MLH]

It's the dude from Heroes lol cool

[hondaman072]

I am headed there now from williamsport,pa. Happy Halloween.

[TOYDOLLSKID]

bulldoze tha whole city and drill the marcellus shale. my 2 cents! :D

[DamnStraightM35A2]

that natural gas drilling is DANGEROUS when they force the gas out it pushes it into wells and things.....i remember a few years ago some lady's well house blew up, but the news kept it quiet.....marcellus shale isn't all its cracked up to be

[6907lankershim]

I keep thinking that when they get on that bus they're going to take it over to Matucci's Willow Cafe and get a pizza. I know I would.

[GRINADIN]

да теперь я понимаю почему в американских фильмах показывают нам "замечательное будущее"

[pukingmaggot]

The movie is called Made In The USA and it doesn't suck. It's one of my favorite movies.

[elvismama97]

Holy crap it's 'Nathan Petrelli' from Heroes!

[GunnersBorn]

omg, yeah, lol, weird. Adrian Pasdar AND Chris Penn in some shitty looking film i never even heard of o.O

[galeforcewinds13]

It's actually a really good movie.

[9696286]

Chris Penn was so young there wasn't he? Bless his soul.

[xJengie]

Apparently there are 17 people still living in Centralia. I was there earlier today and the fire company (kinda ironic they have a fire company, huh?) was holding an activity of some sorts. Only saw less than a dozen buildings in the entire town. Crazy...

[smokine2001]

they did not move the last one out i live 5 minutes from centralia and there is a couple people living there yet dum ass

[seagullsummer]

Those two guys looked like they wanted to start a band....80's metal rules !!

[william1h1bonnie]

Fuckin Post The Whole Movie Please!!

[rockinfireman95]

they just got rid of the last person living there a couple days ago

[xianzombie]

I stopped by Friday night. Looked like there was still a few people living through there.

The cemetery is still there, as is the church (which still holds services). The police still patrol through just in case. *blush* Nice guy though.

I wish I could have seen the old Hwy 61, but it was already late and I still had another 6hrs to drive.

[OneBigmutha1109]

rockin, you love being a jerkoff liar, or is it just a joke. I live 1 minute from Centralia, there are now 9 people left. Their homes are fine, and they are not going anywhere.

[Jeremysgonecrazy]

Um, I was there last week and they are like 5 houses still there,.

[6907lankershim]

Made me homesick first time I saw it. I about dropped over when I saw that Columbia County sign on the screen. Made me want to go down to Mattucci's for pizza. The road's gone now though. It fell into the center of the earth.

[checkeredgeek]

Well, I'm fascinated by Centralia, PA, and I love Sonic Youth, who composed music for this, so I definitely think I'll check this out.

Oh, hey, a video store in my town has it on VHS. I lucked out.

[GeekFree]

Wow, you have a video store in your town? And they have VHS?! I live in a city of 30,000 and our Blockbuster went out of business after killing all the Mom & Pop stores. All we have left is Redbox's. Check out this movie while you can, I don't think it's on DVD.

[checkeredgeek]

Yeah, I live in Portland, OR, so there's Movie Madness, and like, at least three other independent video stores. It took me a while to remember what Redbox was. Wow, I'm really sorry. Still, our abundant selection of comics, movies, and coffee shops doesn't take away from the fact that there's, like, no jobs here.

[xLinkinPark209x]

you must live in a small town...my city has EVERYTHING!!!....stockton, california

[tiolocmcgrock]

Lol, my city has EVERYTHING plus pirated DVD's, games, and all shit you can imagine is pirated.. Lol... Caracas, Venezuela

[wrobinson7]

When Blockbuster came to our Canadian town of 30, 000, they went bust, too. We had one Mom and Pop that weathered the storm. We a sat out front with our version of Duelling Banjos from Deliverance,(a hockey stick with hockey tape, stretched into strings.)Kidding, but, alas, they gave up on VHS. So , I may never be able to watch this movie. Looks good, I'll try to find it. Thanks for posting.

[galeforcewinds13]

I recall it airing on Encore or Starz within the past year or so.

[AscottW]

I'm only 20 years old and have never heard of this movie? What was it about? Was it a blockbuster or what?

[GeekFree]

Not a hit, probably straight to video. It's about 2 thugs from Centralia who leave town and drive to L.A. Along the way they meet some girls, get into trouble. Mostly, the film makes a point of featuring towns that have had some sort of man-made disaster befall them. They visit Times Beach, and a contaminated Indian reservation. The movie ends with them surfing in the Pacific near a nuclear reactor. Not a good movie at all, but interesting because of the tragic towns they visit.

[AscottW]

OHhh okay. Thank you very much.

[gino454]

HAHA the S.T.S bus ...Schuylkill, transportation, system HAHAHA they r still running and yes the bus driver still says "c'mon chief i gotta a schedule to keep" lol

[gino454]

i said in previous comment i thought it was creepy now i remember why... houses still standing but all boarded up,also remember seeing this movie and the scene where the guy is whacking off lol and he says he knows he's in love if he could hit the girls picture on the roof of the car with his sperm haha

[Troopi]

what is the name of the song (band) ?

[GeekFree]

Life Is Hard by Timbuk 3

[Troopi]

ty very much

[showyousomething]

@GeekFree, what is the name of the song that Adrian Pasdar is singing in the begining of this? Aside from the whole religious thing, I think it goes great with the guitar intro. I really want to see the full movie, it seems like stuff is missing out of the begining.

[KornTwistVid]

they never show the actual fire burning...wth i want to see it

[gigiluvz2cheer]

you cant see the actual fire because its too far underground. i live only 15 mins away and i have to pass through there to get to school...or anywhere really...but you cant see flames, only the smoke because of how fare down it is. there are no houses left in it at all now and the fire is starting to go thru cracks in the road

[em4ejc]

isnt it dangerous and unhealthy to be around that many coal fumes?

[gigiluvz2cheer]

probabally? im not too sure. there arent any illnesses like specific to our area from breathing in all the coal fumes except for the occasional black lung, which is specific to the coal miners. as for the rest of the residents and locals no one suffers from anything related to coal fumes.

[aimeedick]

Schuylkill county has one of the highest cancer rates anywhere, most likely linked to the fire. Almost everyone in my family who grew up there dies from cancer

[pronatalist]

To em4ejc:

You asked, "isnt it dangerous and unhealthy to be around that many coal fumes?"

Apparently not, from the perspective of those who refused to leave. I suspect the air usually is cleaner than what an underground coal miner would normally breathe.

The coal fire is unreachable, uncontrollable, perhaps dangerous to try to fight, so let it just burn on naturally. Often apparently, it's cheaper to move people than to stop such a "force of nature"

Probably keeps the evil politicians away?

[edde799]

Its a good example of hell.

[phive70]

ahaha check out the old STS bus

[Ene9two]

why don't....they put pipes in the ground then fill it with water or whatever? you know right to the fire...just a thought

[pacman5213]

do you know how many gallons of water you would need? Not to mention where are you going to get the water from?

[Slarty252]

Theres a lake about 4 klicks north of the mines, have a look

[bentleyks63]

yeah i was there not too long ago and there is a flooded quarry that could be used but this draws in tourism, and this would not be containable by just water

[direweasal]

Basicaly because its cheaper to let it burn.

[jeffeulogy]

they considered that, it would take 20 years of continuous pumping to cool the coal down to the point where it wouldn't reignite when they turned off the faucet.

[idigghx]

The steam is a bit exaggerated, but it does get to looking like that on a rainy, summer day. or.. when it's ten below zero.

[BadAssXJ]

The steam is not exaggerated. This is how it used to be. Obviously, for those of us who have been there, we know it's not like this anymore. That would be great if it were like this today.

[imprintfinish55667]

omg isnt this the place belongs to SILENT HILL?

[NodDisciple1]

The Movie was based off of Centralia, but not the actual games, go figure. :-/

[Teejayflex]

nice green screen

[Teejayflex]

i mewan in the begining

[geofree1984]

still bernin'

[NightIsAlive]

It's a shame they demolished the town.

[cattleprodding]

The town isn't demolished. People still live there. Houses still stand there. You can actually drive near the town and walk around. Many people have. Search videos.

[xXLeDrewLAmourXx]

Recorded to have a population of 9 in 2007

[aaronpourazar]

In 1988 the Commonwealth of Pennslyavania decided it would be cheaper to buy every single property and relocate all the citizens so as you see in the video all the X's on the windows and the crane demolishing the house. Today there is hardley any buildings there. What a shame

[Djeff70]

Is that one of the Penns?

[galeforcewinds13]

i liked this movie. have it on vhs but havent had a working vcr in a while. the movie isnt brilliant as far as plot and script go but i like road movies and that they go to all these strange fucked up places.. i wonder if the times beach clip is up.

[JAD0577]

There is a bit of fiction in the narration, wich I guess can only be expected. The part about the fire starting on good friday and everyone being in church is fiction, and the part about the fire burning under the house, also. The mayor still lives in Centralia and as said that no properties have ever been damaged by the fires.

[veloriumcaptain]

that's BS because there are pics of houses that are burned to the ground from the fire

[JAD0577]

Where? I have never seen them. If you meen in the movie, you have to remember, ITS A MOVIE, they can fake that stuff pretty easily. But if you have actually seen pics on the web and could tell me where I would love to check them out.

[veloriumcaptain]

i don't remember where they were online. i just googled Centralia, PA Mine Fire (i think) and searched sites on there. I know it wasn't on the movie though. i haven't seen this movie (and doubt i will)

[JAD0577]

NO HOUSES WERE DAMAGED IN THE FIRE. I have been to centralia multiple times talked with a couple of people that still live there(or lived) and have done alot of research on the town and the history.

[roskildahphreak]

What are the livingstandards there?

How do they get stuff?

And are they weirdos?

[Schmatko89]

@roskildahphreak there live about 20 people... there wont be any statistics^^

[ezequielnena1]

They live just minutes from where everything is happening. It's just a normal town like any other. I've been there so it is creepy looking, but not creepy at all. Just a twon like any other.

[JAD0577]

@roskildahphreak What do you mean by living standards? Do you mean economicly or environmentaly? How do they get suff? They go to stores just like anyone else. How do you "get stuff"? They are not weirdos, they are normal people.

[deadrozez18]

WTF???

[ijp66]

whats the name of the movie?

[blauskies]

The movie is called "Made In USA", actually it was filmed in 1986.

[GeekFree]

The car looks that way because they stole it in the middle of a paint job. That's masking paper still taped to the car.

[SinisterDisaster]

lmao yeah

[happydancer4]

That car is funny and sad!

[xydexx]

Thanks for posting this. I've got the movie on VHS and have been to Centralia many times. There are still a few houses left.

[stripedzilla]

Stupid movie ... nice to see the real Centralia though.