Movie Madness Video & More

Such a great spot. They pretty much have everything in every available format. It can be tricky to navigate at first until learning their setup. Prices are great around $ 2 – 3 for 3 days. Staff is super friendly and helpful when they’re not too busy at checkout etc.

What a gem! Large selection of films, movie memorabilia/​museum, and a very helpful staff. Most of the films you can get out of a Redbox are not worth your valuable time or $$$. To have a place where you can get just about any title of movie you can think of is rare today. So glad to have found this unique place.

It’s not just a video rental store… it’s a museum of Hollywood artifacts… so much fun to visit!

Awesome free museum of movie artifacts and the best video rental place I have ever been to. Wondering how to watch that movie or television series that you can’t find anymore on Netflix or that isn’t available for free streaming on Amazon Prime? Rent it here for cheap! Just got two Blue-​Ray rentals for $ 2.50 each. Not due for 3 days! Couldn’t find either on Netflix and they would have cost more to stream on Amazon.
All that AND Jennifer Lopez’s dress from Maid in Manhattan AND the quirkiest cataloging system ever imagined AND always spot-​on, friendly, helpful service. Love this place! A great antidote to hipster Portland.

Movies galore! They have the new movies as well as the oldies you’ve forgotten about. As stated in previous reviews… staff is extremely rude!

This place is a true gem. The type of place you walk into intending to spend 10 minutes and then you find yourself leaving an hour later. Let your imagination run…

I love this collection. Even though we did not have a DVD and or VHS at our disposal at the hostel that my best friend and I were at I love walking into video stores. Titles that are still on my wish list. The whole place is well organized down to the micro category. This helps in picking out the movie if you know very little about it. I genuinely get excited when I walk into any video and record store. We were the only ones in the store that time and didn’t need the customer service, therefore, cannot give a constructive analysis on the customer service as there was no other worker to customer interaction. This place also has a decent collection of props.

Amazing collection!!!
However the staff is less than friendly. I have witnessed occasions where the employees have been very rude to customers for no reason. Just simple questions by each individual were asked and attitude was thrown all over the room. When I questioned a late fee after having an account for 13 years the guy told me.
«It’s a computer, what do you want me to do?»
He couldn’t even articulate that I returned the movies after the due time. Which I later figured out on my own.
All I am saying is I don’t have much free time because I work two jobs. When I do get free time I like to watch movies. The last thing I want is some less than professional ass giving me a hard time when its people like me that pay for his check.

gotta love MM. the super specific movie categories, the excellent selection, the movie props and costumes scattered around the store, the fact that we still have a local video store.

Ok, this place happened to be along a walk and we curiously went in to check it out. When do you get the chance to show your kids a movie rental store these days??? To our surprise, there are a bunch of cool movie set props displayed in the store. We thought it was cool to stumble along this place just to get to see all the stuff besides the movie rentals. Neat items!

I had honestly forgotten that video stores still existed. Back when I was in high school and college, I would spend 4 – 5 nights a month perusing the aisles of video stores and soaking in the experience of pre-​Netflix /​Redbox movie selecting. I was really bummed when video stores started going out of business because I felt like the younger generation was being robbed of the experience.
It has been years since I had resigned myself to the Netflix/​Red Box way of life and I had long since forgotten what I was missing. It was only when a detour on my drive home took me past Movie Madness that I thought, «I wonder if they have the original Black Christmas for rent?» Being an old movie, the only place I could think to even look for such an old movie would be the public library… but wait! What about Movie Madness?
Not only did Movie Madness have the movie I was looking for, the place is a virtual museum of cinema history. There were thousands and thousands of Blu Ray, DVD and VHS tapes for rent, and all in super specific genre categorization, such as «Horror — Slasher» «Horror — Camp», etc.
In addition to the movies, there was all sorts of interesting movie memorabilia such as costumes and props decorating the store. The staff was very patient and helpful in finding my movie (they had the original Black Christmas! «The call is coming from in the house!!!») and setting up a new account was a breeze.
It’s sad that movie stores aren’t as common as they once were, but thank goodness stores like Movie Madness are still around. If you’ve never been to a video store before, I highly recommend you give Movie Madness a shot. You’ll be glad you did.

*Update — Both movies we rented stopped a little over an hour into viewing and could not be watched. There were scratches or other defects. We had to rent The Shining on Amazon to finish the movie. Upon returning the movies, Movie Madness provided a credit or refund option. They provided good service and the issue was probably a fluke.
First time experience*
This place makes it fun to rent a movie. If Bluckbuster and Hollywood video had made the experience as interesting and with as many titles, they might still be stable business plans. The layout is kid friendly with the kid section at the very front and horror/​adult type fair way in the back. It’s easy to keep the kids from seeing things you don’t want then to see. They claim to have 90,000 plus movies and both of the movies we were looking for were there even though they are dated and not extremely big hits. There is a computer at the front to easily find out if what you are looking for is in stock. The place is very busy on a weekend night, lots of movie memorabilia and props to look at. The atmosphere is fun and brings back memories of when movie theaters and rental stores were more authentic. The only reason for not giving a 4 star is that our first rental DVD had scratches and after an hour and fifteen minutes in the movie would not play any further and the DVD is automatically ejected. Rental prices appear to be $ 3.50 and under. Great value!

I first learned of Movie Madness when I did some volunteer work for Lloyd Kauffman (the guy that runs Troma studios. The company that put our the Toxic Avenger movies) at Scarecrow Video (my place of worship) in Seattle. He was promoting a movie at Scarecrow and his next stop was to do signings at Movie Madness in Portland. I was very curious to see what this place was all about. Is this store the «more or less equivalent» to Scarecrow in Seattle? It turns out that it seems to be. Granted I haven’t been to ANY other movie rental stores here in town. Movie Madness does not match the sheer volumes and volumes of film that Scarecrow has but their selection here is more than impressive!
You know you are in a good place when they have their movies categorized by directors, actors and obscure film genres.
Something that Movie Madness has that Scarecrow does not seem to have is that this store could almost pass for a movie museum as well. They have ACTUAL props, clothes and acessories that really were in the movies that they are paying tribute to. Some items are replicas too but that in of itself makes me want to come back again and again!

It’s the charm of a store like this that makes me proud to be in Portland. I am so happy a store like this is alive and thriving in our current culture.
They have the coolest organization of movies and a ton of wardrobe and movie props to look at all over the store.
I could get lost in how amazing this place is…
You should check it out.

Awesome movies selection. I was so glad to find an actual movie STORE! There’s very interesting movie memorabilia too. However it wasn’t so great for my kiddos since they are terrified of monsters and there monster figurines above the cash register. If your into that you’ll love this place.

I used to really love this place. But I’m starting to dislike this place more and more every time I come in.
The last time I came in I rented two movies I think. On the day I was supposed to have returned them I had a family member die. I was very close to this person so obviously I was not in my right mind to care about a movie. By the time I got a call reminding me it had racked up $ 20 worth of late fees. Which is expensive, but the worst part wasn’t the price. It was the extremely unsympathetic lady at the front and her co worker a guy who snickered and laughed when I told them about my situation. As if a family member dying is an excuse that people use all of the time apparently. I just cut my losses and left pissed off about the snickering. And feeling really bummed that they either didn’t believe me or that my family member dying was hilarious to that guy.
Then today I go in to rent the first 3 star wars DVDs. As I go up to the counter I’m told since I haven’t rented 15 times I cannot rent these movies unless I put down a $ 300 deposit! Excuse me? Yeah I’ll fork over half my rent to watch 3 movies. And instead of seeing if there were other DVDs without the ridiculous deposit, the ladies at the counter kid of just wrote me off because I obviously got irritated at the ridiculous fee. They didn’t even offer any sort of solution.
Let’s just say I loved this place but the customer service is terrible and I probably will never make it to 15 rentals. Because the people I have encountered are jut rude and inconsiderate. Which sucks because I really liked this place.

I will admit, I didn’t know what to expect walking in to Movie Madness. I pass it all the time on the bus, but never really paid it any mind. Yes, I knew it was a movie rental place and I stopped going to places like that long ago. Does Blockbuster exist anymore? Redbox and Netflix have become the standard and the rest have been left in the dust. That’s why Movie Madness is a surprise. A locally owned shop, but with a twist. Movie memorabilia.
Items in cases throughout the store from movies that my parents grew up with to The Godfather and more current films. The knife from Psycho? Sure. Items from American Graffiti and the Maltese Flacon? Why not. Then you’ve got the movies and TV shows. Pretty much anything you could want and some sections even grouped by the directors. Lots of older films for the buffs out there. Cult films, classics and the current blockbusters.
Get lost here for awhile, I’m sure you’ll find a movie you haven’t watched in years, or one you never thought you’d watch and the rental prices are decent.
Enjoy.

Remember that kid at school whose parents bought him everything?
Well Mike (the owner) is like that dudes’s dad… and visiting Movie Madness makes you like that kid.
Every movie in the world that Redbox or Netflix doesn’t have is here. Hell, every movie that Blockbuster or Tower Video never had (or had for three weeks and got returned) is here!
Every movie that the recesses of your brain could ever imagine is here!
Every movie that you had no idea existed is here!
While sometimes looking for a specific movie can be difficult (the sections are arranged quite funky and some movies are filed by director), browsing the aisles is more like reading through a very interesting novel.
You cannot just pop in and grab a movie in five minutes. Your interest just browsing the selection keeps ones interest engaged for hours!
It is almost overkill, as if I indulged my curiosity fully at Movie Madness I would be renting films daily and never stop watching movies!

I love Mike’s Movie Madness. They get points for their massive selection. Let’s just say it’s huge. It’s all categorized but if you can’t find some older film or don’t know where to look, there are two in-​store computers that can point you to the right direction.
I also love looking at the interesting costumes and film collectibles they have on display. I imagine the real actor wearing that outfit or holding that tommy gun. The staff is on point too. I’ve always gotten a «hey how’s it going» and always feel they treat each customer politely. Maybe they don’t do the full on «Portland banter» but that’s alright with me especially when the line is down the store.
I used to have a small locally owned video store rental I loved in Chicago but this one totally blows it away. It’s how businesses should be run!

GREAT PLACE FOR MOVIE MANIACS!
I’m not a movie buff as some of my friends are, but I would enjoy a good flick here and there; UNLESS it’s a horror flick because I get nightmares AND wouldn’t be able to go to sleep =X
A friend had recommended for me to watch «Drugstore Cowboy» (featuring Matt Dillon and Heather Graham; 1989) and I didn’t know where to find it. I knew I wouldn’t find the movie at your local Redbox! Another friend said I would be able to find it at Movie Madness, so I trekked my way across town to rent the movie.
Movie Madness is located in the heart of the Belmont District. I walked in here lost and in awe of the thousands of movies they had to offer! I didn’t know where to start. I perused the aisles hoping to find the movie under genre but had no luck. I ended up going to the computer kiosk to locate the movie and found that it was located under director. I was then able to find the movie within a few minutes.
There is no fee for having a membership here. You don’t even need a membership card (they use your driver’s license). For $ 2.50 I was able to rent «Drugstore Cowboy» (which happened to be filmed in Portland, Oregon) for 3 days. I was surprised the 1989 movie was made into a DVD!
[side note] = The movie was quite unique and I had enjoyed the film. Highly recommended if you’re into Matt Dillon or Gus Van Sant movies.
FYI =
–Parking in their own private parking lot (narrow spots) or on the street
–Nearby Good Food Here Belmont food carts
–They can convert your VHS into DVDs for a reasonable price
–The place has a lot of memorabilia from costumes, autographed posters and set items from movies that are on display (apparently the owner collects these things)
–You can find VHS, DVDs and Blue Rays here!
-$ 1/​day for late returns
–Great service at the check-​out desk!
–They divvy up movies by genre, celebrity, or director
–You can also find television series here too
If you’re looking for ANY movie, I’m sure you’d be able to find it here!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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