Two of my most memorable experiences whilst watching a horror movie in a theatre:
Inappropriate and not funny.
28 Weeks Later [2007] - Definitely one of my favorite horror films owing to the fact that the fear stuck with me for quite a while after. The inappropriate reaction came during an extended chase scene midway through the movie. The big bad military chases the main characters who flee in an old sedan. They elude the foot and car patrols but then a fully armed attack helicopter rises up from behind a building and begins firing rockets. At which point I burst out laughing. I can explain though. This time (just this once) I was not, in fact, hoping the protagonists got killed. It was just that they just had all this might coming down on them it was ridiculous.
Appropriate but funny.
Quarantine [2008] - Drawing close to the end of this film, the black guy from The Practice pokes his camera up into the attic to do some reconnaissance. After about 340ยบ of rotation a child-like pseudo-zombie screech-and-lunges at the camera. The best part was this: there were 4 black peeps sitting a few rows ahead of me, arranged like so:
{1}{2}{3}{4}
At the screech-and-lunge Person #1 yelped, jumped across 2 seats and landed in Person #4's lap. AHAHAHA WHAT A WANKER.
Frickin' hilarious! The last bit had me laugh in a stupid way! (good thing no one was here to see!)
ReplyDeleteIt's more fun if you want the protagonist to die already. Someone needs to make a movie with a twist where the main character dies and no one survives. I have mixed experience with theatres, but I think I would enjoy a trip there that ended with the number 2 moment.
ReplyDeleteYou've gotta be kidding! The ticket price is earned when you see something like that. So lucky, not fair!
ReplyDeleteI love watching people have the shit scared out of them.
ReplyDeleteI normally lol so hard at those scenes where the director put all of his effort but they're just the worst scene in the movie, that kind of "trying-to-scary-people-but-just-make-me-laugh" scenes.
ReplyDeleteI can imagined you laughing..."annoying" hahahahaha!
ReplyDelete28 weeks later was really a scary one. I thought there's 28 months later?
can't say that i have seen either movie.
ReplyDelete@Mai Yang: I heard that, too! But as far as I know, 28 Months Later is now on hold indefinitely. Probably not going to happen.
ReplyDeleteUnintended audience participation is either a great story to tell later for laughs, or makes you wish they would choke on their popcorn
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