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Do you believe articles that claim a horror movie is so violent that it had people walking out?

posted 2 months ago by samoanjoes (56646)
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"Terrifier 3" had some early screenings and some articles are stating that people were so disgusted that there have been walkouts. I'm always questioning these things because it's feels like a marketing ploy. They even claim one person vomited.

How do they know people left because they were disgusted and didn't leave because they realized they weren't interested or thought it was stupid? How would someone walk into "Terrifier 3" and not know what they were getting into after the first two films?

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/terrifier-3-bloody-opening-sequence-audience-walkouts-puking-director-response

[–] e3e34ifj (1912) 2 months ago

That was the conspiracy behind Terrifier 2. If you think about it, the only people going to see any Terrifier movie are already expecting extreme violence and gore. So why would they walk out? It's not like random Joe Shmoes are walking up to the theatre totally blind and saying "hmm, I hate gore, but maybe I should see the movie with the evil clown holding a knife on the poster."

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

I think they pay people to leave the theatre. No one can be that stupid to go into part 3 of a movie and not know anything about the first two. I'm sure there's even a "contains extreme gore" disclaimer before entering.

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) 2 months ago

I’ve seen it happen

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

Multiple people at once?

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) 2 months ago

Just two. One who ran out before he could lose his lunch. Saw him later and he was still white as a sheet.

[–] parkerbot (8995) 2 months ago

Sounds like PR to me.

Pay some people to walk out, report it and ooh, buzz.

Don't think that strategy will work with Joker 2 though.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

How come we only hear this about horror movies and not some violent war movie?

[–] parkerbot (8995) 2 months ago

Ear wax.

Someone here needs to sell us some of those magic ear wax melting candles.

[–] capuchin (3182) 2 months ago

In short: no.

I'm with you. I think it's mostly a marketing ploy -- the boring version of William Castle offering patrons life insurance policies in case they died of fright during the picture.

I mean, I'm sure it happens. I've seen people walk out of movies, clearly offended. I've even heard tutting and people saying 'Disgusting' under their breath on the way out. Someone I know who went to see The Substance recently said there were quite a few walk outs during the screening.

But, yeah, the chances of that happening for the third Terrifier movie seem... slim. And I'm always sceptical about such claims... because it's so precisely what horror fans want to hear.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

And how do they even know why they walked out? Was someone standing outside the room asking them if they were going to the bathroom or walking out? Normally when I see people walking out of a theatre I think it's either a bathroom break or they just hate the movie.

[–] capuchin (3182) 2 months ago

Yeah. I think some of the stories about the audience reaction to The Exorcist are probably true. Apparently, some people fainted and whatnot. But that was 1973. And even those stories will have been seized upon and exaggerated for publicity purposes.

I just can't imagine that kind of thing happens a lot any more. Sure, the occasional person who's going to say 'Oh, I don't think this is my cup of tea after all.' But that presumably happens for any genre of movie.

It's just marketing. People who find their way into these movies aren't that shockable in 2024.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

One of the other things I find funny is when they put night vision footage of people watching the film in theatre and insert it in between a trailer they're advertising on TV.

[–] Stratego (30497) 2 months ago

No.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77375) 2 months ago

Total bullshit dude.

[–] [deleted] 2 months ago

I like violent horror movies, but I find the Terrifier movies a bit too much, to be honest.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

They are, as they say, "torture porn".

[–] tsrt (1147) 2 months ago

I've heard of women suffering miscarriages after attending horror flicks.

[–] samoanjoes (56646) 2 months ago

And people shitting their pants because the movie scared the shit out of them.

[–] ILJtheFirst (2104) 2 months ago

Yikes, now that's a scary movie. It scared your shit ? 🤣🤣🤣