I have to admit, I’ve always wondered if I would ever walk into a theater thinking I was seeing one movie and then see another. I get particularly suspicious when the trailers before the movie don’t seem to match in tone with the movie I’m about to see. What I could only imagine became a reality for some audiences this week. According to Cinematical, here’s what went down:
“Families at Showcase Cinemas in Revere, Massachusetts were expecting to see ‘Megamind,’ a colorful, animated superhero adventure presented in eye-popping 3D. Instead, they got the first few minutes of ‘Saw 3D,’ a bloody, gruesome horror movie presented in 3D so that you can literally see eyes popping. It remains uncertain whether or not the traumatized children and their shocked parents began to flee after the footless man cauterized his leg stump with a burning steam pipe or after the woman got lowered into the buzz saw.”
Now these kids are scarred for life, all thanks to the negligence of a projectionist. I didn’t think this actually happened, but now one person’s mistake could lead to a whole lot of therapy.
Did anybody else think this didn’t actually happen?
