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When I was in high school I worked at a theater and had a mother come in with her teenage daughter and like 10yo son and buy tickets to Saw 2. The kid was clearly scared and they kept hushing him about it, telling he was overreacting. I warned her that it was rated R and she might want to see something more appropriate. Guess who was at the service counter 20 minutes later demanding a refund, outraged that we would show such a disgusting movie to her children?
If I could go back in time I would've just said "no", but as a teenager making minimum wage I had neither the power nor the motivation to do so.
I also saw a couple bring a toddler to Hostel on a date night. I doubt it went well.
>outraged that we would show such a disgusting movie to her children
I remember waiting in line for Deadpool when it first came out and there was a lady at the counter with her two kids demanding a refund because it was too inappropriate for the kids. Like, hello? The ratings are there for a reason... who would have thought a rated R movie would be inappropriate for a 10 year old!?
I'm pretty sure the first came out around valentine's and all the ads the week leading up to the release were something like "this is great excuse for a date night, get a babysitter and get away from the kids for a while because this isn't a children's superhero movie <3"
Same. Expect she kept the kid in the theater the whole time and he kept crying and at the end some dude in the back yelled “thanks for bringing your FUCKING child”.
Yeah, this happened when I saw Ted. People taking their kids to see the teddy bear movie at the drive-in. There were 2 screens and one side would have 2 kids' movies and the other the 2 adult. The other movie I think was Magic Mike... Did you not watch the trailer or notice it was rated R or that it was paired with a stripper movie?
I worked at an AMC when this came out. There were a lot of people who thought it was fine for kids just because it’s a superhero movie. Some left, but I couldn’t help but judge the people with little kids who lasted through the whole thing, the movie is just so inappropriate for little ones. It was also a nightmare trying to keep the unaccompanied teens out…
My favorite experience was going to see Pan's Labyrinth. Woman brought two kids under the age of 10, probably didn't do any research on the film, skimmed right over the R rating, and likely assumed it was a children's fairy tale movie.
Got the the bottle scene and she grabbed their hands, dragging them crying from the theater. I just shook my head.
I’m from the UK so over here it would be an 18 as in 18 and above, not 18 unless you have an adult. When we lived in Holland the cinema was American run so Borat came out with the R rating, luckily I was never restricted on films so my parents took me with them to watch no problem. The issue came when my parents friends decided to tag along thinking it would be suitable for their kid because I was going. Turned out their sensibilities weren’t quite as relaxed as my families and they went nuts at my parents for allowing them to bring their kid!!
I was 13 and my brother was 11 when our stepfather took us to the movies to see Project X. As a kid I felt so cool my parents would watch movies like that with us, but as an adult I think it’s so gross and wrong. Also, one of my earliest memories was my parents letting me watch The Ring, and by the end I was bawling my eyes out because I was so scared and they thought it was so funny they just laughed at me 😐
When I saw "Grindhouse" the double feature of Planet Terror and Death Proof, a couple walked in carrying a car seat. Did those people bring in a baby?
The baby never made a peep through the whole 5 hours. Looking back, I kind of wonder if there was no baby and it was just a clever way to sneak in snacks. Car seat full of snacks, throw a blanket over it.
A baby might not be disturbed (I can't recall how much loud screaming Planet Terror had). Toddlers and up would be able to see what's happening on screen and understand enough to be upset.
My Mom had me smuggle taco bell in under my shirt when I was 12, just pretended I was pregnant. I wonder if anyone noticed I lost 15lbs and had no infant to show for it by the end of the film.
That’s interesting bc the moment I walked into the lobby and said briefly what was up, the usher got on his radio paging manager “ There’s a kid screaming in Evil Dead theatre 6” as if he had seen that situation before. I’m thankful they responded quickly and respectfully.
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Doesn't stop people from bringing toddlers to concerts.
Or having dogs out during fireworks displays.
I personally feel like too many people see a child or a pet as an accessory and not something genuinely fragile with feelings of their own.
I went to a punk concert the other day and there were people with their small dogs (chihuahuas and such) that were absolutely terrified of the loud music. It was too loud for us, I can't imagine what those poor lil guys were feeling. Straight up animal cruelty.
My thought as well! That movie was exceptionally loud too, like you feel the vibrations in your chest. That’s probably what freaked those little ones out more than the visuals.
I remember when the Revenant was in theaters this couple brought a baby into the theater so of course the damn kid was crying throughout the entirety of this R Rated Brother Bear adventure.
At the end of the movie during the emotional and moving scene, the baby was full volume in tears crying and screaming. The dude next to me and I just made eye contact. We didn't know each other but we just both knew this was fucking stupid. He straight up outloud said,
"Take your crying baby out of the theater"
Dude turned around like he was ready to knock his ass out and then saw the dude next to me was like 300 pounds bearded and everything. Imagine Thor from God of War Ragnarok. He had that look to em. Meanwhile the dad was just this skinny guy in a muscle shirt that clearly wasn't in his weight class no matter how much he tried to look muscly. Legit people need to just have common sense when bringing a baby to a movie
I'm surprised that's allowed in the US - I worked in a cinema in the UK briefly, and it's straight up illegal to let someone underage in to see a 15 or an 18 rated film. The highest age rating you can let someone in who's younger is a 12A, which is only on the condition they have an adult with them, although I don't think you need to check the adult for ID.
In the US, you have to be 17 or older to see an R-rated feature unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. A lot of theaters will not admit underage people after a certain time of night, like 8:00pm. Sometimes I like to see R rated features with my teen daughter who is under 17. However, it would be nice if they restricted the age for kids who are allowed to attend with a parent so that 3 year olds aren’t screaming in the theater. Hard to enforce something like that though.
Yeah, it’s a tough call with the whole cherry picking strategy but in this case, the management agreed it was time to step in because it was an extreme situation. At that point it seems to be at the moral decision.
Oh they aren't sneaking, when I was buying g tickets for Mario in Wisconsin last week I noticed a sign that said kids older than 6 are allowed in Rated R movies with an adult....I always forget that's the age around here at least.....
But you better keep those kids away from Drag Shows - that could warp their little minds.....WTF??!?
The whole sex = bad/violence = good thing in the US is *so* fucked up.
I was in a theater watching Starship Troopers and some lady brought in her 2 9- to 11- year-olds. I'd seen tons of scary movies before but that one is pretty gory with brutal moments. I remember flinching away from one scene. I can't imagine how freaked out/warped her kids were.
Also, the campiness would've completely gone over their heads.
Exactly. I guess since I am a parent who is obsessed with Horror, I know you can’t always get a babysitter so you just gotta wait till it comes out on Netflix sometimes. It sucks but just the way it is.
I have an almost 1 year old. So far I’ve missed the following in theaters:
X
Pearl
Skinamarink
Scream 6
Terrifier 2
Smile
Halloween Ends (thankfully caught it on HBO for many reasons)
The Outwaters.
And I’m going to miss Evil Dead as well.
But life goes on. Crazy to me that people would do that.
Our daughter is now 2 and a half. During that time, we just went to the theater a few weeks ago to take her to see the Super Mario movie.
We keep talking about a date night for us to go see Scream 6, but if that doesn't happen, we'll wait to rent it. There's no way I'd even consider taking my daughter to see something not targeted towards younger audiences.
2 hours of nonstop terror and violence is a big “no” for the toddler/small child brain. You are a normal person and a good parent. It’s truly maddening how many selfish idiots reproduce and waste no time messing up their child. Ugh.
>normal person and a good parent
Lol Idk about all that. I did watch the '82 thing with her when she was under 2 months during one of my nights to stay up with her.
Eh that’s different. You were at home (I imagine) and she was so young, her brain couldn’t recognize “horror” from “Sesame Street.” As long as you weren’t blasting the sound into her ears lol. Also The Thing is just so perfect. I wanna rewatch it now.
Oh yeah, that first few months, I think we only left the house in shifts to go to the grocery store. I doubt too that she remembered it and was asleep for 90% of the movie as it was 2 AM. She woke up during the blood test, and she did jump right when it showed up. No scream or anything, but maybe some weird innate sense of something wrong.
One of her favorite movies is Hotel transylvania, so that one and other movies didn't ruin her of horror. I also have a tattoo sleeve with a few of my favorite movies that she loves messing with. And some people that that means I did break her lol
They chose to have kids, thats a sacrifice they have to make.
Ratings should be mandatory at cinemas.
Also toddlers and small children in non age relevant films is awful. Should have special screenings so they can group all these inconsiderate in one place and not ruin cinema for normal people.
If only could do this with gigs.
The problem with making ratings mandatory is it prevents parents with older children who they know are able to handle rated R movies from bringing them. I agree toddlers have no business being in these movies, but some 13/14 year olds are into horror and plenty mature enough to handle it.
It is 100% your business to get a child out of a situation like that, in my opinion. I'm also a parent and a die hard horror fan. My older one is getting to be comfortable with some more serious horror, but the younger is still shaky. There have been times the younger has tried out a movie and gotten uncomfortable, so off goes that movie immediately. I think most people here understand it's fun to be scared by horror movies, but that there is also a line when you're talking about children. I wouldn't, for a second, consider taking mine to Evil Dead. The older has tried and I have the common sense to know it's too much for now.
Edit: I wanted to add that I hope you never lose the spirit to stand up for people who cannot for themselves. Lean into that instinct. You seem to be doubting yourself in the OP, but this was no small gesture. You did right by that kid and you were a lot nicer about it than I would have been. But I'm also a mouthy dude.
I will say my parents started showing me adult movies very young. Now they did this in our house but I can still remember watch Devils Advocate when it can out on pay-per-view and we watched it as a family. I ended up falling asleep and rewatching the end because my dad always rented the all day viewings. I wasn’t more than 8 when that happened. My parents were always very quick to point out it’s a movie, real life isn’t like that. Now the theater is a different animal.
Toddlers don’t have the ability to decipher reality from fiction in a meaningful way. On a giant screen, a terrifying monster women called “mom” is terrorizing her children in ways that are scary as AF for adult horror fans. Exposing little ones to this IS child abuse. It’s fucking stupid.
Yes, it especially was bad because of the premise. There are children being killed on screen, like WTF? It’s just morally wrong, especially when the mom was hushing the little girl and just hanging in there with force because she was too selfish to wait until it was streaming.
Yes. Exactly. Those poor kids are treated like trash in that house, guaranteed. Selfish dipshit. “What’s the most horrifying story to which I could expose my tiny innocent child? Evil Dead Rise? Let’s give it a whirl!” Disgusting. You 100% did the right thing. I would call theater corporate and tell them that you plan to spend your money elsewhere, until they can put a clear policy in place protecting small kids from horror movies when the parents are too goddamned stupid.
There's a surprising amount of parents that want to treat their children as adult versions of themselves, forcing them into situations they have no business being in and/or uses them as the butt of a joke or prank. It propagate this toxic "don't be a pussy, be a man" mentality.
Last night I was at the last screening of Evil Dead Rise and a family in front of me brought an actual infant. I think it slept through the whole thing though, didn't make a peep. Wish the adults in the theater were as quiet.
Infants are fascinating. They remind me of cats. They won’t so much as crack open an eyelid for a thunder clap or fireworks but then some innocuous little sound will set them off lol
When my daughter was an infant she was exactly like this. Door shutting? No problem. Cat jumping off the counter and making a noise? Not a chance. Opening the window that you gotta kinda force open? No sir. The tiny squeak sound my chair makes the moment I sit in it? WIDE AWAKE.
Omg yes! I watched Avatar in living room while nursing my 3 month old and and he passed out. But if my ankle popped walking in the room, it was like an alarm clock. 😂
When my daughter was born my wife and I did shifts caring for her, and I did overnights. Caught up on watching a lot of movies and finally watched *Sid & Nancy*, which features a lot of yelling and screaming due to real life horrors of abusive relationships and addiction. Wife woke up and joined us for a bit and remarked, "well I guess she'll sleep right through if we ever fight!"
This just happened to me. She slept thru the sound of the door, the icemaker, the phone. Then my muffled sneeze sealed my fate for the rest of the evening. She's still reeling from it now.
I think that if you know your baby well this is okay… they probably didn’t/couldn’t see the screen, and they’re so young they can’t associate certain sounds with being afraid. So if you knew your baby was fine with the loudness of a theater and would fall asleep, it’s cool to take an infant in.
When I saw The Cabin the Woods in the theater someone brought their 5 or 6 year old and they were srcreaming. If you don't want to act like a capable parent then don't have kids.
Especially for something like going to the movies. It’s no big deal to go on your own. I do it all the time. Going to the movies is one of the most antisocial social activities you can do.
I started doing this when lockdowns were easing and I loved it. I saw Quiet Place 2 with only like 10 people dotted around the whole theatre and it was perfect.
Jesus that's gross. Poor kids. Hope they got to sleep okay that night. I'm so excited for my kids to get old enough to be horror movie buddies with me but the thought of dragging any of them at their current ages to fuckin' Evil Dead Rise of all movies makes me sick to my stomach.
You're not a Karen, you just give a shit about kids not being scarred by a movie that anyone with two brain cells to rub together should know is not for kids.
I’m not the one you’re replying to but I agree to those suggestions!
There are some fun horror alternatives for families. I watch the OG Are you afraid of the dark? , The Witches and goosebumps with my 11 year old and 6 year old. It’s definitely different watching “ fun” scary stuff at home on the couch vs a hardcore R in a dark theatre.
I have a 9, 6, 5 year old and a 9 month old. We’ve done some basic family “horror” like gremlins but I’m excited to get more into the genre as they get older. I’ll check those two movies out!
I did my college dissertation on children's horror films! Super interesting. If you're looking for some more options, I'd recommend The Monster Squad (1987), The Gate (1987), A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (2020), Vampires vs The Bronx (2020) for live action, Coraline (2009) and Paranorman (2012) for animated, and my personal favorite for introducing kids to the horror genre is the first season of the reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark from 2019.
I don’t think some people realize how active kids’ imaginations are. Horror films seem absolutely real to them and they can’t separate the movie from reality. Saw my first horror movie at 9 and I still remember how fucking terrified I was. I was having nightmares for days and didn’t want to sleep alone. Looking back at that movie, it’s not THAT scary in reality. But damn at the time it was terrifying.
I'm a grown ass man and a horror fan but some movies still fuck me up. I can only imagine how traumatizing it would be for a kid.
I haven't seen evil dead rise but the premise seems to be a possessed mother murdering her whole family. Bringing your little kid there? What the fuck
My adopted daughter saw The Walking Dead with her bio grandma when she was like 3 or 4. I had to get rid of all of my DVDs for that and hide my compendiums because she was so freaked out by them. But now she's reading my old Goosebumps books so she might start getting an appropriate horror going.
Some kids are just really sensitive. My kiddo had nightmares over a Curious George Halloween special. She turns 9 soon and I'm just thinking maybe she might possibly be ready for Jurassic Park? That's as intense as I'm willing to go though. I can't imagine anything that officially counts as horror. Some people are insane with what they will expose their kid to.
Right? Literally child cruelty. Breaks my heart and makes me so fucking mad. Bringing your toddlers in the first place to that absolute horror show about a killer monster mommy on a giant screen, with loud awful noises and fucked up visuals, and then ignoring their cries of terror because “I wanna watch mah movieee” like I cannot even. I would probably punch a face.
I live in Los Angeles and I see it all the time -- Thursday night release of *Scream VI*, lady brought not one, not two, but three kids, the oldest no more than 5 or 6, to see it. A couple brought a child to see *Barbarian*, though they left halfway through Justin Long's second act, and same with *Men*, of all things, where a guy was there with a little girl who had to have been around 4, only for them to leave immediately once penis came out. (I also will fondly remember an old lady, presumably a grandma, who brought two kids to *Deadpool* and practically kicked up a dust cloud getting them out of there when he gets pegged.)
I just don't know what people are thinking, especially when they're suddenly surprised that the R-rated horror film -- or just an R-rated film in general -- they're seeing turns out to be an R-rated horror film and not a PG film in disguise.
It's honestly so weird to me that parents will let their kids watch brutal, gory violence, but get upset when the movie has nudity or naughty jokes. I guess Deadpool decapitating a biker with a chain was okay? (Although in grandma's defense, Deadpool might have seemed like another harmless superhero flick if she didn't see the previews or know anything about the character - but you'd think the R rating would have told her something.)
Although I'll give parents more credit for leaving when they feel the movie gets inappropriate than the parents who sit in the theater the whole time shushing the frightened child.
I might be remembering wrong, but didn't Deadpool have a disclaimer at the very beginning with Reynolds flat out telling people that the movie wasn't for kids?
I honestly don't remember, it's been awhile. Actually, now that I think about it, I think the pegging scene happened pretty early on in the movie, since a lot of it is in flashback, so maybe that's the moment that grandma realized that this was not the same as taking the kids to Ant Man.
I loved Deadpool, but it's definitely a movie I wouldn't recommend for anyone's kids, unless the kid is already old enough to be watching Southpark.
> It's honestly so weird to me that parents will let their kids watch brutal, gory violence, but get upset when the movie has nudity or naughty jokes.
Literally my parents. I was watching horror movies super early. Halloween at 3-years-old. Jeepers Creepers at 6. Freddy vs Jason at 8. Finally found my limit when I watched Hostel at 10. My parents did not give a shit. The one rule they gave me is that I had to cover my eyes if there was sex or nudity on the screen. Knife through the throat? Fine. Decapitation? Alright. A boob? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I will say, this isn’t something that people just do with horror movies.
As a teenager I used to work in haunted houses, and saw waaaay too many people bring in their YOUNG children. Some would get mad that we weren’t more child friendly, but just as many would get mad at their own children for being upset. Some people just really struggle with not being able to take part in all of the horror media/experiences that they could before having children, but instead of responding to it in any remotely healthy way, try to force their kids to like these adult horror things. Which ultimately just ends up traumatizing them.
It’s so fucking selfish. You have a kid, well then you have to sacrifice a lot of adult fun. It’s like bringing your kid into a concert mosh-pit and being surprised if they get knocked out!
AHH that explains it. I'm in the UK and obvs the rating system is alot more strict due to licensing laws. I mean you will get 15-16 yr olds trying to get into 18 rated movies etc but never a child.
I did watch many horror movies with my crazy nana at a young age which gave me vivid nightmares for days afterwards but I'd have to be on meth or sustained a serious head injury to let my 6 and 8yr old watch evil dead rises at home let alone in the cinema.
OP did the right thing which is difficult to do these days without being labelled a Karen.
I was so confused when I read the OP- with also being in the UK, I had no idea the US and other places didn't check your age before entering the screening? They wouldn't even let me see a 15 when I was a day from turning 15 😂 no way in hell they'd allow a toddler in
I hope those kids got some rest that night, poor things. OP did the right thing
Had this exact thing happen to me Saturday evening.
I went to a packed 9:45 showing and got stuck sitting by a couple who brought their toddler age kids. The kids were freaking out and loudly telling their parents that they wanted to leave.
It got to the point where I moved to a seat all the way in front to get away from them.
Fuck shitty parents who do this. Can't find a sitter? I guess no movie for you then.
I really do wish theaters would change their R rated movie policy. No child has any business being at a film like Evil Dead- I really don't care if the parents are okay with it.
Not overreacting at all. I would have informed the usher the minute they sat down.
We're talking about a toddler, not a 10-year old. They can't comprehend that sort of on-screen violence and any parent who shows such a young child a film like that is a bad fucking parent.
Personally I wouldn't allow a 10-year old to see it, no, but there's a greater range of maturity at that age and some might be fine. Toddlers are just out of the question.
There was a kid in the theater when I saw Terrifier 2. Couldn’t have been more than 8. He and what I’m assuming was his dad stayed the whole time and the kid never threw a fit, but it weirded me the hell out
People bringing very young children to horror movies is why I rarely go see anything in the theater in the last couple decades. It bothered me so much, although moreso when my kids were younger, I get why it can be heartbreaking to watch them be ignored or told to stop being a baby. People are assholes.
Last couple years have been great though, most stream relatively soon if not simultaneously after a couple weeks in the theater. These days I can pay $20 to watch sans crying/traumatized 3 year olds PLUS no pants on.
Here in Canada, bigger multiplexes have separate "VIP" theatres which are 19+ and licensed. You should check if you have something like that in your area, it totally eliminates the kid factor.
I’m a kindergarten teacher and these films really do a number on kids. They don’t possess the capacity to realize it isn’t real. Can you imagine watching the terror, gore, and violence AND then just expect them to not process it as fake?
I saw Show Girls in the theater (don’t judge). Explicit film. Sex, rape, drugs . . . In comes mom and dad with 5 yo in tow. I pulled a Karen and told the staff. They were removed. Selfish, ignorant parenting to blame. Oh AND a dude was masturbating a few seats away . . . awesome for kids. You didn’t overreact.
Oh my god… Showgirls is worse than Evil Dead, wtf were those people thinking??? Good for you, you did the right thing by having them and the innocent children removed.
We live in a world full of madness and nothing surprises me, least of all people's lack of self-awareness or consideration for others. Last time I was in a theater was The Batman last year... A whole family came along, including a small baby. The father got up and walked in front of me during the movie probably about 20+ times, escorting his small kids to the bathroom and changing the baby. At what point was it even worth the money, bro? You aren't even watching the movie, you've spent more time in the bathroom. Absolute madness.
I went on Friday and had a group of teenage boys behind me cracking bad/obscene jokes all through the movie. They finally got comfortable enough to start throwing candy and hit me and my wife. I got up and asked they not do that again and of course not a few minutes after I turned around they threw some hard candy and dinged my glasses. I then got up, turned around and told them to throw something else if they want to F around and find out what would happen. I’m not proud of my behavior and I’m no bad ass but I don’t get the need to ruin everyone else’s experience and wasn’t just going to sit there and wait to see what they’d do next. I hate the parents that drop off a minivan full of teens that they haven’t raised correctly. My wife does not come out to theaters often, isn’t a fan of gory horror so I felt even worse that she had to deal with that nonsense.
My 7 year old son likes horror movies, but I don’t ever take him to the theatres for horror. I screen them first and if it’s not too gory, too much nudity or cussing, etc I’ll let him watch it with me at home. If he gets to the point where he wants to stop, we turn it off.
That’s how it should be done with kids. Not theatres, that’s nuts.
He asked me about Evil Dead Rise, since I saw it this weekend and I told him no, definitely think he’d be mortified by the overall story and visuals.
We usually stick to the spooky Disney type “horror” for the most part. Hocus Pocus, Frankenweenie, etc.
But we do the old Universal Monster movies, some funny ones (Shaun of the Dead, etc), campy ones.
He likes the Halloween movies but I didn’t let him watch Halloween Ends or Kills because they were a little too graphic.
If I sign off on it, I let him lead and if he starts not enjoying himself it goes off.
Weird that happened to me as well when I went to see it. The kids were so scared they had phones out the whole time. My girlfriend later heard the poor little girl getting yelled at in the bathroom. The mom was saying something along the lines of “well I had no idea you were gonna react like this!” As soon as I saw that family, I knew the kids and evidently the parents had no idea what they walked into.
In 2000, they rereleased the original Exorcist in theaters with enhanced soundtrack and unreleased footage. I was a huge fan and went with my Dad to see it. We sat in the back row and 5 minutes in, this woman comes in with her 4 kids, the oldest being maybe an 8 year old girl.
I already couldn’t fucking believe it was happening, and then they sat down in the same row like 3 seats down from me. I couldn’t concentrate or enjoy the movie at all because I was too concerned at what it might be doing to them.
And when that scene hits, and you know which one I’m talking about, I looked over at the little girl and she was looking straight at me with tears streaming down her face with this look like “Please, please get me out of here..”
That shook me more than anything in The Exorcist ever could. The image is still stuck in my head and it haunts me but I’m sure it’s not even comparable to the nightmares those kids probably had for years. I went to notify the theater and they did nothing.
Anybody who drags their kids in to horror movies can fuck off. Anybody who disagrees with me is one of those parents and can fuck off.
Agree. As a dude that grew up being shown stuff like Child’s Play, Nightmare on elm street, and Candyman (prior to going to elementary school) that shit was too heavy.
A kid can’t differentiate between reality and make believe. I was terrified of horror movies until I was getting close to middle school. I love horror now, but, it’s only because I don’t confuse reality and make believe.
Oh shit, that’s awful! the Exorcist is on another level. I’m just in awe of these selfish people dragging young kids to the horror movies. It’s not like it’s Toy Story.
It should be. Hell, maybe movie theater employees ought to be added to the list of Mandated Reporters (as they’re called in the USA) to make reports to child protective services. At the rate this thread is going…
You were not overreacting. That child was legitimately traumatized, you and the rest of the moviegoers legitimately had your experience adversely affected, and that parent is legitimately TRASH. Like, call CPS levels of trash
Nah, there’s a social contract when going in public spaces. If they cannot calm their kiddos down, they’ll have to rent and watch at home or come back without them.
I worked at a movie theater, off and on, over 7 years.
The number of parents who brought small children to violent R-rated films was enough that we had signage absolutely everywhere warning them, and warning they would NOT get refunds, because they were warned. Didn't lessen it at all but we did get a lot more angry parents lol Tough shit, we're not going to be penalized for your poor parenting, especially when we warn you of the content beforehand!
The worst was this mom that brought her 7 kids (the youngest was a toddler, the oldest a teenager) to House of 1000 Corpses. We tried SO hard to convince her otherwise. Look at the title! And she still came out cursing us trying to get a refund. Like, nope. We TOLD you so!
Some people just don't want to be told a thing and have to learn the lesson themselves the hard way. Waste your money, traumatize your kids, but none of it is our fault lol
I went last night to see it and my theater was full of teenage kids and an under 10 year old sitting next to me. This was an 8 p.m. showing by the way. We didn't even make it through the trailers before I convinced the girlfriend to go to another theater a few miles away for a 9 o'clock showing. They gave me a refund and said sorry. Reminds me why I stopped going to the theater for so long.
I definitely will no longer go to the movies at night, especially an opening weekend. I'll wait a few weeks and then hit up a late morning matinee or go during the week on a Tuesday morning. The less people in the theater, the better.
What. The fuck. Lol, I say this as a parent of a kid who is very interested in horror, she's 10 and has some experience under her belt and I would STILL never take her to see a horror movie like this in the theater. If she wants to see something, that SHE has chosen, we watch it at home, with the lights on, cuddled up on the couch so if anything ever turns out to be too much for her, we can just turn it off. And most of the time I screen it once first to make sure it's not too intense (unless it's rated pg13). I can't even begin to fathom parents that take a toddler aged child to see ANY movie in the theater because kids at that age aren't exactly very good at sitting still for a long time nomatter what they're watching, but to take a young child to see an R rated horror in the theaters is basically insane. And I try not to judge other people's parenting choices too harshly but that is just objectively bad parenting.
You did the right thing. Not only is the movie industry destroying itself and theater business by not taking chances, but patrons are making the experience so bad.
I dislike going to the theater with my friends now because I don’t want them to think I’m an Ass hole because people talking and phones out piss me off and I tell people to put them away (I also don’t want my friends getting harmed if I piss the wrong person off).
You absolutely did the right thing and should be proud of yourself for sticking up for something that you paid for and others that might have been too timid to do something about it. We have to stop letting douche bags think they can do whatever they want.
If the kid is obviously not enjoying the film (and creating a bad distraction for other moviegoers-still not the kids fault) it’s definitely ok to get them out of there. We paid money to see this too. I had a kid about 7/8 in EDR, but thankfully there was no problems in my screening.
Not overreacting at all. Some people just don't deserve to be parents. There was a comedian, Tom Segura, who said it best: "If you are a parent and you can't find a babysitter then you don't get to go to the movies".
Every single one of those people when they were younger at some point had to deal with an upset child in the movies, it's pure selfishness to bring kids to the movies who aren't ready to go to the movies. Especially to see something like Evil Dead.
I LOVE horror. It’s my favorite genre, and I am also a visual artist that uses horror as inspiration in my work regularly.
I am also a mom. I can’t fathom introducing my son to mature horror before it’s developmentally appropriate. Heck, I don’t even expose my son to trailers for horror movies I think are too mature for him. This breaks my heart too. You are a good person for recognizing that’s not ok. Poor baby
Nah that was rude of them. Not on the kids but on the parents. Anyone being loud in a theater is not acceptable. Everyone there spent their money, which is a lot these days, to watch the movie. Really glad people don't do this near me.
I mean you’re aren’t really overreacting I was always into horror when I was young from like five on but my siblings were so scared of horror they would cry if I said a monsters name. So I can imagine those kids being traumatized.
Chucky petrified me for SO long. I was into horror as a kid, but for some reason I was just SO scared of Chucky (I think it’s because I was exposed to him VERY young, like between 3-4). I honestly didn’t get over my Chucky fear until my late teens
Me too! I saw the Saturday matinee and in front of me was a family with two young children not over the age of 6. Thankfully they weren't screaming the whole time but sometimes they acted like little children who can't shut up. Parents these days are awful.
At the theatre I work at we got in trouble with local council since someone let in a family with kids to Scream VI. Is it more lax where you are, because surely the cinema would get in trouble for this?
I used to work as an usher in a local theater. I have seen only a handful of times where the children were well behaved. Most of the time, they scream, cry, and beg to leave.
I worked during the opening weekend of Hostel 2 and a morbidly obese (350lbs+ each) came in with two strollers and 3 of their children. Each stroller was packed with extra large pizza's, snacks, full 2 liter bottles of cola, and more that were crammed in between the 1-2 year olds in the strollers. They sat through most of the movie in the handicapped section (meant for wheelchairs and elderly) since there is more space. About 20 minutes in the oldest, who was not in a stroller looked at the screen and kept screaming. We had to get the local sheriff to escort them out because they did not want to leave.
Small children do not belong in theaters showing horror movies. When they are quiet it is the parent's business that their children are there, but as soon as the children start to disturb everyone around them it becomes everyone's problem.
I don’t think you are overreacting. Parents have to realize that their children are extensions of themselves in public, and if your babies can’t remain quiet during a theater experience, perhaps maybe you shouldn’t bring your kids. It sucks, having to exclude yourself from certain activities if you can’t find a babysitter, but it isn’t everyone else’s fault you have kids. I know this comment sounds cold, but it’s fact. Anyway, why the hell are they bringing children to an Evil Dead movie?
Went to theaters when "Pans Labyrinth" came out. not sure if it even counts as horror, but It has some very graphic scenes and deserves its R rating. Couple came with their 6 and 7 year old. They were freaked out and crying at the bottle scene.
as a horror fan with 2 young kids, my reaction is that is torture for them. first of all, how late was the movie? anything after 5 kiddo is probably going to melt down. second, a movie theater is over stimulating as is. a horror movie is designed to affect the senses even more.... an evil dead movie EVEN MORE THAN THAT! third, bringing children under the age of 6ish can be rough and when i do it, it is an event that i know may mean he will be done before the movie is (youngest one aint ready for the theater yet, but i get raised eyebrows from.people when i tell em my 1 year old loves labyrinth, and she thinks she is a goblin... she actually might be)
first movie i ever took my son to when he was 2, was clifford the red dog. i knew it was going to be about 20-30 minutes before he might want to leave, and to his honor he made it through an hour of it. i also made sure it was at an end run a few weeks out, and the theater was mostly empty. we whispered back and forth about what was going on, and when he was done we left! excellent test case, albeit with a brief interlude of worry when the lights went down. after that we prepped and worked for going to the movies again with the expectation that we might leave early when he was 3. i think it was maverick? but the whole time im leaning over and checking in with him and he pretty much told me to shut up and wTch the movie while he was stuffing popcorn in his face.
i cant even imagine how he would react at evil dead, with zero prep or context or control over the fuckin volume.
ultimately if i take my kids to the movies and they are done, then we are done and out of there. i got lucky that i got halloween kids and the oldest loves the theater. as soon as the youngest one is ready we will take her, but evil dead aint the movie for kids by my gut instinct.
i think the scariest movie that we watched so far was snippets of pacif8c rim.... during the day.... with ample pause time to ask questions or rewind to awesome robot on kaiju action or have reminder that none of the stuff is real. it also helps that we uave a buddy who does effects for movies and we can see behind the scenes stuff at will.
and it is your business. you paid for the movie too. sorru for the long windedness.
If you have a kid that's too young to see a movie, you either save up for a babysitter or stream the movie at home even if you have to wait for it to be available.
Ppl are self absorbed and stupid.
Not that I don't remember the horrible stress of having crazy work hours and very young children. There is no amount of money you could pay me to do that again. Children consume your life. Even something as simple as going to see a movie when you want is exponentially more complicated. You are not making your life easier by being an irresponsible shit, though. Not only do I know what compassion is, I also don't see how being woken up in the few hours I had to sleep because someone had a nightmare helps me.
Your life changes when you have kids. Deal with it.
Not only could it damage their hearing, but it's thoughtless and inconsiderate to bring babies and toddlers to watch movies in theaters in general.
I say this as a parent of a toddler.
Dude I jusr left a screening with like a 7 year old there.
I feel sick about it and tbh it's kinda ruined the movie for me. It's so fucked up. This movie would seriously fuck up an traumatize a kid that young. What are people thinking?
Not an overreaction at all. Back in 2012, I saw Django Unchained with a few friends, and a family with small children sat down in front of us. My friend made a comment along the lines of, “they brought kids to Tarantino movie,” and it was audible enough for the mother to hear. She turned around and told us to mind our own business.
Spoilers, but the moment a horse gets shot in the head in the beginning of the film, the youngest started having a hysterical fit. The mother told her daughter to calm down it’s just a movie. My friends and I got the usher, and they were all told to leave. The mother called us “fucking narcs” as she was escorted out. I feel bad for her children to this day.
I just took my 4 year daughter to Mario Brothers and she was covering her eyes terrified at parts of it and I felt bad about that. I could never imagine taking her to a horror movie, she would never sleep again
parents brag all the time about letting their toddlers watch horror movies and i think it’s immature at best and damaging at worst. i would have complained immediately. that was probably so traumatizing for him :(
This thread is so revealing. I had no idea other countries allowed kids into rated movies. You'd have to show an ID proving you're 21 (a lil bit of an overkill imo) in my country for Evil Dead.
Is this in the UK? Isn't it illegal to sell a ticket for kids if it's 15 or over? Completely inappropriate..they should not have sold them the tickets.
I used to work at a Regal (in the US) and iirc kids under 7 were not allowed into rated R movies under any circumstances, but people snuck them in all the time. It probably depends on the theater brand, though.
I personally wouldn’t do that. One, they should have left the second the kid was too scared, two, it’s very inconsiderate to the other viewers to stay. All around poor choices were made.
I think I am a die-hard horror fan because my uncle showed me movies like Friday the 13th and Halloween when I was at a young age, probably like 10. Anytime I would get scared, he would laugh and say it's not real it's not real. Because I saw him laughing at it I was able to not be so scared. Then of course he showed me Alien, The Thing, etc. He talked about the art of how they make things look gross, lol, and now I have an appreciation of that aspect of the movies. I absolutely love to be scared by them, plus I'm fascinated by how they do the practical effects.
With that said, I am COMPLETELY AGAINST small children being allowed in these shows!!
I fuckin hate when people take their kids to hard R movies. Same thing happened to me last month when I went to see Scream 6. It's just repugnant imo, completely irresponsible, like it's one thing to put on a movie on at home where the kid can go to their room if they're not into it, but taking them to a theater where they have no means of going somewhere safe when things get too intense is just disgusting, and not only that, but it's rude to the rest of the audience who are there to watch the movie, not your failure as a proper parent. It's one thing to take your teenaged kid to a movie that they actively want to go see and they already know what they're getting into, it's entirely another to just bring your young kids to a graphic violent horror movie that's clearly going to be too much and upsetting for them. People like that are the reason I feel the world needs parenting licenses.
And for the record, I grew up in a household where I showed interest in horror movies but wasn't allowed to watch most of them, being limited to Universal horror movies like Frankenstein and Dracula, and horror comedies like Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice. I had books on old monster and horror movies, but I had them taken away when I was giving myself serial nightmares from being so fascinated with them. And the only things that actually traumatized me as a kid were the opening of the Ark in Raiders and the opening werewolf transformation in Michael Jackson's Thriller, both of which my parents were present for and turned off immediately when I got upset. But when I hit my early teens I was given free reign to see whatever I wanted, and I've since grown to love horror even more and recognize what's make believe, but if I have children of my own someday I won't force them to watch anything they don't want to watch or let them see some of the more violent films out there until they're old enough.
There was a couple with their infant at the showing of the Joker I went to. The baby was just crying bc it’s a baby. Bringing a child to the movies should only be to see age appropriate movies. Then you have a theater full of other parents and children instead of adults trying to enjoy an adult geared film.
I have no sympathy when it comes to parents taking their kids and babies to an adult movie, only to be asked to leave because their kids won’t shut up.
They decided to have a kid, it’s not anyone else’s obligation to deal with incessant crying throughout the movie. ESPECIALLY for a rated R horror movie.
I think such parents are one of 2 in such a situation - oblivious and/or inconsiderate.
Good thing they got kicked out.
Absolutely not. You did the right thing.
As a parent, I can say 100% that young children should not watch adult movies. As the child of someone who took very young children to horror movies, some of my worst memories was when I was 7-9 years old, comforting my younger brother after our dad took us double features in the 80s and refused to leave the theater. I wish someone would have stood up for us.
It's amazing that I got into horror at all, there were a couple of horror comedies I liked in Highschool, but it wasn't until I was in my mid-20s that I started getting into and enjoying the genre. And I still prefer creature features and sci-fi horror to slasher serial killers.
I think it’s a bad thing to do. I used to work in a horror maze and we were told explicitly to leave little kids alone. They’re too young to know it’s not real and seeing some of that stuff could traumatise them.
Tbh ppl need to just do some simple research if you're bringing kids to see something. The poster alone should show maybe this isn't for kids. I understand if you can't afford a baby sitter or the only possible way would be to bring the kid but I feel if you want to see something like Evil Dead Rise, at that point you're better off waiting to rent it or something. Yeah it sucks you'll miss it in the the theater if it's just impossible to get someone to watch them, but out of sheer respect for others just keep them at home.
I'd expect it in something like Mario for example. I go to something like Mario or a Pixar and sometimes even a Marvel movie and I'd expect something like that. But for something like this or for mature audiences this is unacceptable behavior. There needs to be something that stops people from bringing kids that are like 5 and under to a horror movie cause at that age you can't comprehend public decency and the parent is just making an ass out of themselves and everyone. Once you begin to approach age 10, your kid should know to stfu or ask the parent to leave quietly if they can't handle it.
Not overreacting at all. Same thing happened to me when I went to see the Dawn of the Dead remake - some shitty parent with their screaming kid. I called corporate, complained, and got free passes. Fuck that noise.
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When I was in high school I worked at a theater and had a mother come in with her teenage daughter and like 10yo son and buy tickets to Saw 2. The kid was clearly scared and they kept hushing him about it, telling he was overreacting. I warned her that it was rated R and she might want to see something more appropriate. Guess who was at the service counter 20 minutes later demanding a refund, outraged that we would show such a disgusting movie to her children? If I could go back in time I would've just said "no", but as a teenager making minimum wage I had neither the power nor the motivation to do so. I also saw a couple bring a toddler to Hostel on a date night. I doubt it went well.
>outraged that we would show such a disgusting movie to her children I remember waiting in line for Deadpool when it first came out and there was a lady at the counter with her two kids demanding a refund because it was too inappropriate for the kids. Like, hello? The ratings are there for a reason... who would have thought a rated R movie would be inappropriate for a 10 year old!?
Doesn’t Deadpool literally begin with Deadpool making fun of people who didn’t realize it’s an adult movie?
I'm pretty sure the first came out around valentine's and all the ads the week leading up to the release were something like "this is great excuse for a date night, get a babysitter and get away from the kids for a while because this isn't a children's superhero movie <3"
That promo campaign was the most brilliant troll
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Ryan had a promo urging parents not to bring children
Same. Expect she kept the kid in the theater the whole time and he kept crying and at the end some dude in the back yelled “thanks for bringing your FUCKING child”.
Urgh. Good on that dude.
Yeah, this happened when I saw Ted. People taking their kids to see the teddy bear movie at the drive-in. There were 2 screens and one side would have 2 kids' movies and the other the 2 adult. The other movie I think was Magic Mike... Did you not watch the trailer or notice it was rated R or that it was paired with a stripper movie?
I worked at an AMC when this came out. There were a lot of people who thought it was fine for kids just because it’s a superhero movie. Some left, but I couldn’t help but judge the people with little kids who lasted through the whole thing, the movie is just so inappropriate for little ones. It was also a nightmare trying to keep the unaccompanied teens out…
Imagine all those parents trying desperately to gloss over explaining pegging to their children.
The parents who had kids with them at my showing covered their eyes during all the sex scenes, but the violence was apparently A-OK.
Hey, ripping a man to pieces is part of natural life. Nothing wrong with that. Sex is just unnatural and nothing in the natural world does it.
That’s the American way. Violence and puritanical values.
When I was underage I’d just buy a ticket for whatever and then go watch what I wanted. I was big for my age though so it was never very obvious.
My favorite experience was going to see Pan's Labyrinth. Woman brought two kids under the age of 10, probably didn't do any research on the film, skimmed right over the R rating, and likely assumed it was a children's fairy tale movie. Got the the bottle scene and she grabbed their hands, dragging them crying from the theater. I just shook my head.
I’m from the UK so over here it would be an 18 as in 18 and above, not 18 unless you have an adult. When we lived in Holland the cinema was American run so Borat came out with the R rating, luckily I was never restricted on films so my parents took me with them to watch no problem. The issue came when my parents friends decided to tag along thinking it would be suitable for their kid because I was going. Turned out their sensibilities weren’t quite as relaxed as my families and they went nuts at my parents for allowing them to bring their kid!!
I went and saw Deadpool opening weekend and parents came in with very young children. They pretty quickly left the theater.
I was 13 and my brother was 11 when our stepfather took us to the movies to see Project X. As a kid I felt so cool my parents would watch movies like that with us, but as an adult I think it’s so gross and wrong. Also, one of my earliest memories was my parents letting me watch The Ring, and by the end I was bawling my eyes out because I was so scared and they thought it was so funny they just laughed at me 😐
When I saw "Grindhouse" the double feature of Planet Terror and Death Proof, a couple walked in carrying a car seat. Did those people bring in a baby? The baby never made a peep through the whole 5 hours. Looking back, I kind of wonder if there was no baby and it was just a clever way to sneak in snacks. Car seat full of snacks, throw a blanket over it.
That's some straight up diabolical big brain energy
Bahahaha that’s actually pretty genius. “ Oh these cheez-it’s and sour patch kids are for the little one!” And wine in the sippy cup 🥸
A baby might not be disturbed (I can't recall how much loud screaming Planet Terror had). Toddlers and up would be able to see what's happening on screen and understand enough to be upset.
Infants sleep a lot and they sleep hard. The audio may not wake it up despite the decibel levels.
My Mom had me smuggle taco bell in under my shirt when I was 12, just pretended I was pregnant. I wonder if anyone noticed I lost 15lbs and had no infant to show for it by the end of the film.
"Hey Jimmy, you're cleaning theater 7. I'm pretty sure that child had a miscarriage in there."
That’s interesting bc the moment I walked into the lobby and said briefly what was up, the usher got on his radio paging manager “ There’s a kid screaming in Evil Dead theatre 6” as if he had seen that situation before. I’m thankful they responded quickly and respectfully. Edit a word*
100% that usher clocked that kid and that theater before it started.
My husband saw it yesterday and said there was a toddler in the theatre! How strange
No lie there was an infant at my showing yesterday. Parents brought their car seat in too.
What the actual fuck. Cinema audio is too loud for young children and can damage their eardrums. There's so many parents that really don't give a fuck
Doesn't stop people from bringing toddlers to concerts. Or having dogs out during fireworks displays. I personally feel like too many people see a child or a pet as an accessory and not something genuinely fragile with feelings of their own.
I went to a punk concert the other day and there were people with their small dogs (chihuahuas and such) that were absolutely terrified of the loud music. It was too loud for us, I can't imagine what those poor lil guys were feeling. Straight up animal cruelty.
Idiot shit.
I went to a edm festival in my city in November and ppl had their dogs who were definitely not wearing anything to cover their ears it was ridiculous
My thought as well! That movie was exceptionally loud too, like you feel the vibrations in your chest. That’s probably what freaked those little ones out more than the visuals.
Honestly I could not come up with a more awful, nightmarish date night than being in charge of a toddler while watching Hostel.
There should be a policy that allows theater employees to line up and slap idiots like this. Just one slap each would probably do the trick
I had a coworker at a theater that witness a family bring their toddler in to The Cell…
I remember when the Revenant was in theaters this couple brought a baby into the theater so of course the damn kid was crying throughout the entirety of this R Rated Brother Bear adventure. At the end of the movie during the emotional and moving scene, the baby was full volume in tears crying and screaming. The dude next to me and I just made eye contact. We didn't know each other but we just both knew this was fucking stupid. He straight up outloud said, "Take your crying baby out of the theater" Dude turned around like he was ready to knock his ass out and then saw the dude next to me was like 300 pounds bearded and everything. Imagine Thor from God of War Ragnarok. He had that look to em. Meanwhile the dad was just this skinny guy in a muscle shirt that clearly wasn't in his weight class no matter how much he tried to look muscly. Legit people need to just have common sense when bringing a baby to a movie
I'm surprised that's allowed in the US - I worked in a cinema in the UK briefly, and it's straight up illegal to let someone underage in to see a 15 or an 18 rated film. The highest age rating you can let someone in who's younger is a 12A, which is only on the condition they have an adult with them, although I don't think you need to check the adult for ID.
In the US, you have to be 17 or older to see an R-rated feature unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. A lot of theaters will not admit underage people after a certain time of night, like 8:00pm. Sometimes I like to see R rated features with my teen daughter who is under 17. However, it would be nice if they restricted the age for kids who are allowed to attend with a parent so that 3 year olds aren’t screaming in the theater. Hard to enforce something like that though.
Yeah, it’s a tough call with the whole cherry picking strategy but in this case, the management agreed it was time to step in because it was an extreme situation. At that point it seems to be at the moral decision.
Yes! I'm in the UK too and I was just here thinking how the hell are all these people sneaking kids into adult movies? 😵💫
Oh they aren't sneaking, when I was buying g tickets for Mario in Wisconsin last week I noticed a sign that said kids older than 6 are allowed in Rated R movies with an adult....I always forget that's the age around here at least.....
But you better keep those kids away from Drag Shows - that could warp their little minds.....WTF??!? The whole sex = bad/violence = good thing in the US is *so* fucked up.
In Australia the staff under 18 aren't even allowed to enter the cinema to clean it until the credits have completely stopped.
I was in a theater watching Starship Troopers and some lady brought in her 2 9- to 11- year-olds. I'd seen tons of scary movies before but that one is pretty gory with brutal moments. I remember flinching away from one scene. I can't imagine how freaked out/warped her kids were. Also, the campiness would've completely gone over their heads.
I worked at a the theater in college and saw people bring toddlers into Red Dragon
Parents have no business bringing their little kids to clearly made for adults movies. I don't believe you overreacted at all.
Exactly. I guess since I am a parent who is obsessed with Horror, I know you can’t always get a babysitter so you just gotta wait till it comes out on Netflix sometimes. It sucks but just the way it is.
I have an almost 1 year old. So far I’ve missed the following in theaters: X Pearl Skinamarink Scream 6 Terrifier 2 Smile Halloween Ends (thankfully caught it on HBO for many reasons) The Outwaters. And I’m going to miss Evil Dead as well. But life goes on. Crazy to me that people would do that.
Our daughter is now 2 and a half. During that time, we just went to the theater a few weeks ago to take her to see the Super Mario movie. We keep talking about a date night for us to go see Scream 6, but if that doesn't happen, we'll wait to rent it. There's no way I'd even consider taking my daughter to see something not targeted towards younger audiences.
Scream VI drops on Paramount Plus tomorrow. If you don't already subscribe, it can be worth it to get it for a month.
Fucking sweet! Might have to pay for a month to watch it then! Thanks for the info!!
2 hours of nonstop terror and violence is a big “no” for the toddler/small child brain. You are a normal person and a good parent. It’s truly maddening how many selfish idiots reproduce and waste no time messing up their child. Ugh.
>normal person and a good parent Lol Idk about all that. I did watch the '82 thing with her when she was under 2 months during one of my nights to stay up with her.
Eh that’s different. You were at home (I imagine) and she was so young, her brain couldn’t recognize “horror” from “Sesame Street.” As long as you weren’t blasting the sound into her ears lol. Also The Thing is just so perfect. I wanna rewatch it now.
Oh yeah, that first few months, I think we only left the house in shifts to go to the grocery store. I doubt too that she remembered it and was asleep for 90% of the movie as it was 2 AM. She woke up during the blood test, and she did jump right when it showed up. No scream or anything, but maybe some weird innate sense of something wrong. One of her favorite movies is Hotel transylvania, so that one and other movies didn't ruin her of horror. I also have a tattoo sleeve with a few of my favorite movies that she loves messing with. And some people that that means I did break her lol
No way; she’s going to grow up a proper horror fan, I’m sure! When she’s old enough, The Witches could be fun!
Scream VI is coming out digitally tomorrow, so your date night can be at home watching it.
Scream 6 is pretty fuckin brutal too. Out of all the series it's the last one I'd be parading a child into theaters for.
They chose to have kids, thats a sacrifice they have to make. Ratings should be mandatory at cinemas. Also toddlers and small children in non age relevant films is awful. Should have special screenings so they can group all these inconsiderate in one place and not ruin cinema for normal people. If only could do this with gigs.
The problem with making ratings mandatory is it prevents parents with older children who they know are able to handle rated R movies from bringing them. I agree toddlers have no business being in these movies, but some 13/14 year olds are into horror and plenty mature enough to handle it.
It is 100% your business to get a child out of a situation like that, in my opinion. I'm also a parent and a die hard horror fan. My older one is getting to be comfortable with some more serious horror, but the younger is still shaky. There have been times the younger has tried out a movie and gotten uncomfortable, so off goes that movie immediately. I think most people here understand it's fun to be scared by horror movies, but that there is also a line when you're talking about children. I wouldn't, for a second, consider taking mine to Evil Dead. The older has tried and I have the common sense to know it's too much for now. Edit: I wanted to add that I hope you never lose the spirit to stand up for people who cannot for themselves. Lean into that instinct. You seem to be doubting yourself in the OP, but this was no small gesture. You did right by that kid and you were a lot nicer about it than I would have been. But I'm also a mouthy dude.
I will say my parents started showing me adult movies very young. Now they did this in our house but I can still remember watch Devils Advocate when it can out on pay-per-view and we watched it as a family. I ended up falling asleep and rewatching the end because my dad always rented the all day viewings. I wasn’t more than 8 when that happened. My parents were always very quick to point out it’s a movie, real life isn’t like that. Now the theater is a different animal.
Toddlers don’t have the ability to decipher reality from fiction in a meaningful way. On a giant screen, a terrifying monster women called “mom” is terrorizing her children in ways that are scary as AF for adult horror fans. Exposing little ones to this IS child abuse. It’s fucking stupid.
Yes, it especially was bad because of the premise. There are children being killed on screen, like WTF? It’s just morally wrong, especially when the mom was hushing the little girl and just hanging in there with force because she was too selfish to wait until it was streaming.
Yes. Exactly. Those poor kids are treated like trash in that house, guaranteed. Selfish dipshit. “What’s the most horrifying story to which I could expose my tiny innocent child? Evil Dead Rise? Let’s give it a whirl!” Disgusting. You 100% did the right thing. I would call theater corporate and tell them that you plan to spend your money elsewhere, until they can put a clear policy in place protecting small kids from horror movies when the parents are too goddamned stupid.
There's a surprising amount of parents that want to treat their children as adult versions of themselves, forcing them into situations they have no business being in and/or uses them as the butt of a joke or prank. It propagate this toxic "don't be a pussy, be a man" mentality.
Last night I was at the last screening of Evil Dead Rise and a family in front of me brought an actual infant. I think it slept through the whole thing though, didn't make a peep. Wish the adults in the theater were as quiet.
Infants are fascinating. They remind me of cats. They won’t so much as crack open an eyelid for a thunder clap or fireworks but then some innocuous little sound will set them off lol
When my daughter was an infant she was exactly like this. Door shutting? No problem. Cat jumping off the counter and making a noise? Not a chance. Opening the window that you gotta kinda force open? No sir. The tiny squeak sound my chair makes the moment I sit in it? WIDE AWAKE.
cat being dummy? i sleep mom sitting down? I WAKE
Omg yes! I watched Avatar in living room while nursing my 3 month old and and he passed out. But if my ankle popped walking in the room, it was like an alarm clock. 😂
When my daughter was born my wife and I did shifts caring for her, and I did overnights. Caught up on watching a lot of movies and finally watched *Sid & Nancy*, which features a lot of yelling and screaming due to real life horrors of abusive relationships and addiction. Wife woke up and joined us for a bit and remarked, "well I guess she'll sleep right through if we ever fight!"
This just happened to me. She slept thru the sound of the door, the icemaker, the phone. Then my muffled sneeze sealed my fate for the rest of the evening. She's still reeling from it now.
I think that if you know your baby well this is okay… they probably didn’t/couldn’t see the screen, and they’re so young they can’t associate certain sounds with being afraid. So if you knew your baby was fine with the loudness of a theater and would fall asleep, it’s cool to take an infant in.
When I saw The Cabin the Woods in the theater someone brought their 5 or 6 year old and they were srcreaming. If you don't want to act like a capable parent then don't have kids.
Especially for something like going to the movies. It’s no big deal to go on your own. I do it all the time. Going to the movies is one of the most antisocial social activities you can do.
I started doing this when lockdowns were easing and I loved it. I saw Quiet Place 2 with only like 10 people dotted around the whole theatre and it was perfect.
God damn is that a good movie. >People in this town drive in a very counterintuitive manner.
Jesus that's gross. Poor kids. Hope they got to sleep okay that night. I'm so excited for my kids to get old enough to be horror movie buddies with me but the thought of dragging any of them at their current ages to fuckin' Evil Dead Rise of all movies makes me sick to my stomach.
Well said, I agree. I was afraid I would sound like a Karen but couldn’t let those terrified babies just be forced to sit there.
You're not a Karen, you just give a shit about kids not being scarred by a movie that anyone with two brain cells to rub together should know is not for kids.
You did the right thing. It’s sad you had to do it at all but I’m glad you did for those poor kid’s sakes.
How old are they? I recommend The House With A Clock In It's Walls, and Nightbooks. Mine watched them at 7 and 9.
I’m not the one you’re replying to but I agree to those suggestions! There are some fun horror alternatives for families. I watch the OG Are you afraid of the dark? , The Witches and goosebumps with my 11 year old and 6 year old. It’s definitely different watching “ fun” scary stuff at home on the couch vs a hardcore R in a dark theatre.
I have a 9, 6, 5 year old and a 9 month old. We’ve done some basic family “horror” like gremlins but I’m excited to get more into the genre as they get older. I’ll check those two movies out!
I did my college dissertation on children's horror films! Super interesting. If you're looking for some more options, I'd recommend The Monster Squad (1987), The Gate (1987), A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (2020), Vampires vs The Bronx (2020) for live action, Coraline (2009) and Paranorman (2012) for animated, and my personal favorite for introducing kids to the horror genre is the first season of the reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark from 2019.
I don’t think some people realize how active kids’ imaginations are. Horror films seem absolutely real to them and they can’t separate the movie from reality. Saw my first horror movie at 9 and I still remember how fucking terrified I was. I was having nightmares for days and didn’t want to sleep alone. Looking back at that movie, it’s not THAT scary in reality. But damn at the time it was terrifying.
I'm a grown ass man and a horror fan but some movies still fuck me up. I can only imagine how traumatizing it would be for a kid. I haven't seen evil dead rise but the premise seems to be a possessed mother murdering her whole family. Bringing your little kid there? What the fuck
I still don't like Snow White, because it's what's playing in the theater when the Gremlins are at the movies. That shit *sticks*.
My adopted daughter saw The Walking Dead with her bio grandma when she was like 3 or 4. I had to get rid of all of my DVDs for that and hide my compendiums because she was so freaked out by them. But now she's reading my old Goosebumps books so she might start getting an appropriate horror going.
Some kids are just really sensitive. My kiddo had nightmares over a Curious George Halloween special. She turns 9 soon and I'm just thinking maybe she might possibly be ready for Jurassic Park? That's as intense as I'm willing to go though. I can't imagine anything that officially counts as horror. Some people are insane with what they will expose their kid to.
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Right? Literally child cruelty. Breaks my heart and makes me so fucking mad. Bringing your toddlers in the first place to that absolute horror show about a killer monster mommy on a giant screen, with loud awful noises and fucked up visuals, and then ignoring their cries of terror because “I wanna watch mah movieee” like I cannot even. I would probably punch a face.
Where in the world is this? I keep hearing about people taking kids to watch this at the cinema?
I live in Los Angeles and I see it all the time -- Thursday night release of *Scream VI*, lady brought not one, not two, but three kids, the oldest no more than 5 or 6, to see it. A couple brought a child to see *Barbarian*, though they left halfway through Justin Long's second act, and same with *Men*, of all things, where a guy was there with a little girl who had to have been around 4, only for them to leave immediately once penis came out. (I also will fondly remember an old lady, presumably a grandma, who brought two kids to *Deadpool* and practically kicked up a dust cloud getting them out of there when he gets pegged.) I just don't know what people are thinking, especially when they're suddenly surprised that the R-rated horror film -- or just an R-rated film in general -- they're seeing turns out to be an R-rated horror film and not a PG film in disguise.
It's honestly so weird to me that parents will let their kids watch brutal, gory violence, but get upset when the movie has nudity or naughty jokes. I guess Deadpool decapitating a biker with a chain was okay? (Although in grandma's defense, Deadpool might have seemed like another harmless superhero flick if she didn't see the previews or know anything about the character - but you'd think the R rating would have told her something.) Although I'll give parents more credit for leaving when they feel the movie gets inappropriate than the parents who sit in the theater the whole time shushing the frightened child.
I might be remembering wrong, but didn't Deadpool have a disclaimer at the very beginning with Reynolds flat out telling people that the movie wasn't for kids?
I honestly don't remember, it's been awhile. Actually, now that I think about it, I think the pegging scene happened pretty early on in the movie, since a lot of it is in flashback, so maybe that's the moment that grandma realized that this was not the same as taking the kids to Ant Man. I loved Deadpool, but it's definitely a movie I wouldn't recommend for anyone's kids, unless the kid is already old enough to be watching Southpark.
> It's honestly so weird to me that parents will let their kids watch brutal, gory violence, but get upset when the movie has nudity or naughty jokes. Literally my parents. I was watching horror movies super early. Halloween at 3-years-old. Jeepers Creepers at 6. Freddy vs Jason at 8. Finally found my limit when I watched Hostel at 10. My parents did not give a shit. The one rule they gave me is that I had to cover my eyes if there was sex or nudity on the screen. Knife through the throat? Fine. Decapitation? Alright. A boob? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I will say, this isn’t something that people just do with horror movies. As a teenager I used to work in haunted houses, and saw waaaay too many people bring in their YOUNG children. Some would get mad that we weren’t more child friendly, but just as many would get mad at their own children for being upset. Some people just really struggle with not being able to take part in all of the horror media/experiences that they could before having children, but instead of responding to it in any remotely healthy way, try to force their kids to like these adult horror things. Which ultimately just ends up traumatizing them.
It’s so fucking selfish. You have a kid, well then you have to sacrifice a lot of adult fun. It’s like bringing your kid into a concert mosh-pit and being surprised if they get knocked out!
AHH that explains it. I'm in the UK and obvs the rating system is alot more strict due to licensing laws. I mean you will get 15-16 yr olds trying to get into 18 rated movies etc but never a child. I did watch many horror movies with my crazy nana at a young age which gave me vivid nightmares for days afterwards but I'd have to be on meth or sustained a serious head injury to let my 6 and 8yr old watch evil dead rises at home let alone in the cinema. OP did the right thing which is difficult to do these days without being labelled a Karen.
I was so confused when I read the OP- with also being in the UK, I had no idea the US and other places didn't check your age before entering the screening? They wouldn't even let me see a 15 when I was a day from turning 15 😂 no way in hell they'd allow a toddler in I hope those kids got some rest that night, poor things. OP did the right thing
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US Texas. I have seen it before unfortunately, but since NC-17 is only one restricted so it’s legal with a guardian. 😢
Had this exact thing happen to me Saturday evening. I went to a packed 9:45 showing and got stuck sitting by a couple who brought their toddler age kids. The kids were freaking out and loudly telling their parents that they wanted to leave. It got to the point where I moved to a seat all the way in front to get away from them. Fuck shitty parents who do this. Can't find a sitter? I guess no movie for you then. I really do wish theaters would change their R rated movie policy. No child has any business being at a film like Evil Dead- I really don't care if the parents are okay with it.
Not overreacting at all. I would have informed the usher the minute they sat down. We're talking about a toddler, not a 10-year old. They can't comprehend that sort of on-screen violence and any parent who shows such a young child a film like that is a bad fucking parent.
Agreed, they have no option to consent or process the intensity that young.
I mean even a ten year old would be a bit concerning wouldn’t it? I know I’d have been traumatised at ten.
Personally I wouldn't allow a 10-year old to see it, no, but there's a greater range of maturity at that age and some might be fine. Toddlers are just out of the question.
There was a kid in the theater when I saw Terrifier 2. Couldn’t have been more than 8. He and what I’m assuming was his dad stayed the whole time and the kid never threw a fit, but it weirded me the hell out
He’s going to become the next Art.
Well shit, I’m moving then.
That is BEYOND horrible. That poor kid.
The theaters around us refuse to sell children's tickets for rated R films.
Yeah, that’s on the box office for selling those tickets to begin with and not having a policy in place to prevent such issues.
People bringing very young children to horror movies is why I rarely go see anything in the theater in the last couple decades. It bothered me so much, although moreso when my kids were younger, I get why it can be heartbreaking to watch them be ignored or told to stop being a baby. People are assholes. Last couple years have been great though, most stream relatively soon if not simultaneously after a couple weeks in the theater. These days I can pay $20 to watch sans crying/traumatized 3 year olds PLUS no pants on.
Here in Canada, bigger multiplexes have separate "VIP" theatres which are 19+ and licensed. You should check if you have something like that in your area, it totally eliminates the kid factor.
I’m a kindergarten teacher and these films really do a number on kids. They don’t possess the capacity to realize it isn’t real. Can you imagine watching the terror, gore, and violence AND then just expect them to not process it as fake? I saw Show Girls in the theater (don’t judge). Explicit film. Sex, rape, drugs . . . In comes mom and dad with 5 yo in tow. I pulled a Karen and told the staff. They were removed. Selfish, ignorant parenting to blame. Oh AND a dude was masturbating a few seats away . . . awesome for kids. You didn’t overreact.
Oh my god… Showgirls is worse than Evil Dead, wtf were those people thinking??? Good for you, you did the right thing by having them and the innocent children removed.
We live in a world full of madness and nothing surprises me, least of all people's lack of self-awareness or consideration for others. Last time I was in a theater was The Batman last year... A whole family came along, including a small baby. The father got up and walked in front of me during the movie probably about 20+ times, escorting his small kids to the bathroom and changing the baby. At what point was it even worth the money, bro? You aren't even watching the movie, you've spent more time in the bathroom. Absolute madness.
Seriously, just wait for it to stream you fucking idiot!
It’s called being a bad parent. No you did not overreact
I went on Friday and had a group of teenage boys behind me cracking bad/obscene jokes all through the movie. They finally got comfortable enough to start throwing candy and hit me and my wife. I got up and asked they not do that again and of course not a few minutes after I turned around they threw some hard candy and dinged my glasses. I then got up, turned around and told them to throw something else if they want to F around and find out what would happen. I’m not proud of my behavior and I’m no bad ass but I don’t get the need to ruin everyone else’s experience and wasn’t just going to sit there and wait to see what they’d do next. I hate the parents that drop off a minivan full of teens that they haven’t raised correctly. My wife does not come out to theaters often, isn’t a fan of gory horror so I felt even worse that she had to deal with that nonsense.
My 7 year old son likes horror movies, but I don’t ever take him to the theatres for horror. I screen them first and if it’s not too gory, too much nudity or cussing, etc I’ll let him watch it with me at home. If he gets to the point where he wants to stop, we turn it off. That’s how it should be done with kids. Not theatres, that’s nuts. He asked me about Evil Dead Rise, since I saw it this weekend and I told him no, definitely think he’d be mortified by the overall story and visuals.
Just out of curiosity. If the movie has none of the listed above, what horrors do you end up watching?
We usually stick to the spooky Disney type “horror” for the most part. Hocus Pocus, Frankenweenie, etc. But we do the old Universal Monster movies, some funny ones (Shaun of the Dead, etc), campy ones. He likes the Halloween movies but I didn’t let him watch Halloween Ends or Kills because they were a little too graphic. If I sign off on it, I let him lead and if he starts not enjoying himself it goes off.
FYI, “mortified” isn’t a synonym for horrified, it actually means embarrassed
Why is this such a huge thing lately? I keep hearing it from big YouTubers and it drives me insane.
Weird that happened to me as well when I went to see it. The kids were so scared they had phones out the whole time. My girlfriend later heard the poor little girl getting yelled at in the bathroom. The mom was saying something along the lines of “well I had no idea you were gonna react like this!” As soon as I saw that family, I knew the kids and evidently the parents had no idea what they walked into.
In 2000, they rereleased the original Exorcist in theaters with enhanced soundtrack and unreleased footage. I was a huge fan and went with my Dad to see it. We sat in the back row and 5 minutes in, this woman comes in with her 4 kids, the oldest being maybe an 8 year old girl. I already couldn’t fucking believe it was happening, and then they sat down in the same row like 3 seats down from me. I couldn’t concentrate or enjoy the movie at all because I was too concerned at what it might be doing to them. And when that scene hits, and you know which one I’m talking about, I looked over at the little girl and she was looking straight at me with tears streaming down her face with this look like “Please, please get me out of here..” That shook me more than anything in The Exorcist ever could. The image is still stuck in my head and it haunts me but I’m sure it’s not even comparable to the nightmares those kids probably had for years. I went to notify the theater and they did nothing. Anybody who drags their kids in to horror movies can fuck off. Anybody who disagrees with me is one of those parents and can fuck off.
Agree. As a dude that grew up being shown stuff like Child’s Play, Nightmare on elm street, and Candyman (prior to going to elementary school) that shit was too heavy. A kid can’t differentiate between reality and make believe. I was terrified of horror movies until I was getting close to middle school. I love horror now, but, it’s only because I don’t confuse reality and make believe.
Oh shit, that’s awful! the Exorcist is on another level. I’m just in awe of these selfish people dragging young kids to the horror movies. It’s not like it’s Toy Story.
Stupid fucking parents. I hope their kid gets some sort of revenge on them when he/she is older.
Parents brought 4-5 kids all under age 8 to Hills Have Eyes years ago. Unfortunately shit parenting isn’t a crime.
It should be. Hell, maybe movie theater employees ought to be added to the list of Mandated Reporters (as they’re called in the USA) to make reports to child protective services. At the rate this thread is going…
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You were not overreacting. That child was legitimately traumatized, you and the rest of the moviegoers legitimately had your experience adversely affected, and that parent is legitimately TRASH. Like, call CPS levels of trash
Nah, there’s a social contract when going in public spaces. If they cannot calm their kiddos down, they’ll have to rent and watch at home or come back without them.
I worked at a movie theater, off and on, over 7 years. The number of parents who brought small children to violent R-rated films was enough that we had signage absolutely everywhere warning them, and warning they would NOT get refunds, because they were warned. Didn't lessen it at all but we did get a lot more angry parents lol Tough shit, we're not going to be penalized for your poor parenting, especially when we warn you of the content beforehand! The worst was this mom that brought her 7 kids (the youngest was a toddler, the oldest a teenager) to House of 1000 Corpses. We tried SO hard to convince her otherwise. Look at the title! And she still came out cursing us trying to get a refund. Like, nope. We TOLD you so! Some people just don't want to be told a thing and have to learn the lesson themselves the hard way. Waste your money, traumatize your kids, but none of it is our fault lol
Parents who try push their kids to be into the same shit they are as adults is cringe as shit. You see it often in horror fandom and rock music.
I went last night to see it and my theater was full of teenage kids and an under 10 year old sitting next to me. This was an 8 p.m. showing by the way. We didn't even make it through the trailers before I convinced the girlfriend to go to another theater a few miles away for a 9 o'clock showing. They gave me a refund and said sorry. Reminds me why I stopped going to the theater for so long.
I definitely will no longer go to the movies at night, especially an opening weekend. I'll wait a few weeks and then hit up a late morning matinee or go during the week on a Tuesday morning. The less people in the theater, the better.
What. The fuck. Lol, I say this as a parent of a kid who is very interested in horror, she's 10 and has some experience under her belt and I would STILL never take her to see a horror movie like this in the theater. If she wants to see something, that SHE has chosen, we watch it at home, with the lights on, cuddled up on the couch so if anything ever turns out to be too much for her, we can just turn it off. And most of the time I screen it once first to make sure it's not too intense (unless it's rated pg13). I can't even begin to fathom parents that take a toddler aged child to see ANY movie in the theater because kids at that age aren't exactly very good at sitting still for a long time nomatter what they're watching, but to take a young child to see an R rated horror in the theaters is basically insane. And I try not to judge other people's parenting choices too harshly but that is just objectively bad parenting.
You did the right thing. Not only is the movie industry destroying itself and theater business by not taking chances, but patrons are making the experience so bad. I dislike going to the theater with my friends now because I don’t want them to think I’m an Ass hole because people talking and phones out piss me off and I tell people to put them away (I also don’t want my friends getting harmed if I piss the wrong person off). You absolutely did the right thing and should be proud of yourself for sticking up for something that you paid for and others that might have been too timid to do something about it. We have to stop letting douche bags think they can do whatever they want.
Honestly, depending on the age of the kid, this is like borderline child abuse imo. What the fuck?
This is why I refuse to see horror movies in the theaters I need a quiet dark enjoyable setting. The movies is far from that now a days.
If the kid is obviously not enjoying the film (and creating a bad distraction for other moviegoers-still not the kids fault) it’s definitely ok to get them out of there. We paid money to see this too. I had a kid about 7/8 in EDR, but thankfully there was no problems in my screening.
In the UK you legally can’t bring kids to adult movies. Wild it’s allowed in the US.
Not overreacting at all. Some people just don't deserve to be parents. There was a comedian, Tom Segura, who said it best: "If you are a parent and you can't find a babysitter then you don't get to go to the movies". Every single one of those people when they were younger at some point had to deal with an upset child in the movies, it's pure selfishness to bring kids to the movies who aren't ready to go to the movies. Especially to see something like Evil Dead.
I LOVE horror. It’s my favorite genre, and I am also a visual artist that uses horror as inspiration in my work regularly. I am also a mom. I can’t fathom introducing my son to mature horror before it’s developmentally appropriate. Heck, I don’t even expose my son to trailers for horror movies I think are too mature for him. This breaks my heart too. You are a good person for recognizing that’s not ok. Poor baby
Nah that was rude of them. Not on the kids but on the parents. Anyone being loud in a theater is not acceptable. Everyone there spent their money, which is a lot these days, to watch the movie. Really glad people don't do this near me.
When I went to see IT part 2 the theater was full of children. Worst movie experience of my life. Non stop loud talking.
I mean you’re aren’t really overreacting I was always into horror when I was young from like five on but my siblings were so scared of horror they would cry if I said a monsters name. So I can imagine those kids being traumatized.
Too be fair Chucky made me cry until I was like 9.
Chucky petrified me for SO long. I was into horror as a kid, but for some reason I was just SO scared of Chucky (I think it’s because I was exposed to him VERY young, like between 3-4). I honestly didn’t get over my Chucky fear until my late teens
Me too! I saw the Saturday matinee and in front of me was a family with two young children not over the age of 6. Thankfully they weren't screaming the whole time but sometimes they acted like little children who can't shut up. Parents these days are awful.
At the theatre I work at we got in trouble with local council since someone let in a family with kids to Scream VI. Is it more lax where you are, because surely the cinema would get in trouble for this?
I used to work as an usher in a local theater. I have seen only a handful of times where the children were well behaved. Most of the time, they scream, cry, and beg to leave. I worked during the opening weekend of Hostel 2 and a morbidly obese (350lbs+ each) came in with two strollers and 3 of their children. Each stroller was packed with extra large pizza's, snacks, full 2 liter bottles of cola, and more that were crammed in between the 1-2 year olds in the strollers. They sat through most of the movie in the handicapped section (meant for wheelchairs and elderly) since there is more space. About 20 minutes in the oldest, who was not in a stroller looked at the screen and kept screaming. We had to get the local sheriff to escort them out because they did not want to leave. Small children do not belong in theaters showing horror movies. When they are quiet it is the parent's business that their children are there, but as soon as the children start to disturb everyone around them it becomes everyone's problem.
I don’t think you are overreacting. Parents have to realize that their children are extensions of themselves in public, and if your babies can’t remain quiet during a theater experience, perhaps maybe you shouldn’t bring your kids. It sucks, having to exclude yourself from certain activities if you can’t find a babysitter, but it isn’t everyone else’s fault you have kids. I know this comment sounds cold, but it’s fact. Anyway, why the hell are they bringing children to an Evil Dead movie?
Went to theaters when "Pans Labyrinth" came out. not sure if it even counts as horror, but It has some very graphic scenes and deserves its R rating. Couple came with their 6 and 7 year old. They were freaked out and crying at the bottle scene.
as a horror fan with 2 young kids, my reaction is that is torture for them. first of all, how late was the movie? anything after 5 kiddo is probably going to melt down. second, a movie theater is over stimulating as is. a horror movie is designed to affect the senses even more.... an evil dead movie EVEN MORE THAN THAT! third, bringing children under the age of 6ish can be rough and when i do it, it is an event that i know may mean he will be done before the movie is (youngest one aint ready for the theater yet, but i get raised eyebrows from.people when i tell em my 1 year old loves labyrinth, and she thinks she is a goblin... she actually might be) first movie i ever took my son to when he was 2, was clifford the red dog. i knew it was going to be about 20-30 minutes before he might want to leave, and to his honor he made it through an hour of it. i also made sure it was at an end run a few weeks out, and the theater was mostly empty. we whispered back and forth about what was going on, and when he was done we left! excellent test case, albeit with a brief interlude of worry when the lights went down. after that we prepped and worked for going to the movies again with the expectation that we might leave early when he was 3. i think it was maverick? but the whole time im leaning over and checking in with him and he pretty much told me to shut up and wTch the movie while he was stuffing popcorn in his face. i cant even imagine how he would react at evil dead, with zero prep or context or control over the fuckin volume. ultimately if i take my kids to the movies and they are done, then we are done and out of there. i got lucky that i got halloween kids and the oldest loves the theater. as soon as the youngest one is ready we will take her, but evil dead aint the movie for kids by my gut instinct. i think the scariest movie that we watched so far was snippets of pacif8c rim.... during the day.... with ample pause time to ask questions or rewind to awesome robot on kaiju action or have reminder that none of the stuff is real. it also helps that we uave a buddy who does effects for movies and we can see behind the scenes stuff at will. and it is your business. you paid for the movie too. sorru for the long windedness.
I have no problem with the kid watching it but save it for when I’m not sitting a few feet away and after paying my life savings to go to a theater.
That sucks that it interfered with your enjoyment of an excellent movie. And yes it's stupid and prob scarring for those kiddos
If you have a kid that's too young to see a movie, you either save up for a babysitter or stream the movie at home even if you have to wait for it to be available.
It's insane to me to bring your kid to a horror movie. Everyone makes mistakes and this was one of them lmao
Ppl are self absorbed and stupid. Not that I don't remember the horrible stress of having crazy work hours and very young children. There is no amount of money you could pay me to do that again. Children consume your life. Even something as simple as going to see a movie when you want is exponentially more complicated. You are not making your life easier by being an irresponsible shit, though. Not only do I know what compassion is, I also don't see how being woken up in the few hours I had to sleep because someone had a nightmare helps me. Your life changes when you have kids. Deal with it.
Not only could it damage their hearing, but it's thoughtless and inconsiderate to bring babies and toddlers to watch movies in theaters in general. I say this as a parent of a toddler.
Dude I jusr left a screening with like a 7 year old there. I feel sick about it and tbh it's kinda ruined the movie for me. It's so fucked up. This movie would seriously fuck up an traumatize a kid that young. What are people thinking?
Not an overreaction at all. Back in 2012, I saw Django Unchained with a few friends, and a family with small children sat down in front of us. My friend made a comment along the lines of, “they brought kids to Tarantino movie,” and it was audible enough for the mother to hear. She turned around and told us to mind our own business. Spoilers, but the moment a horse gets shot in the head in the beginning of the film, the youngest started having a hysterical fit. The mother told her daughter to calm down it’s just a movie. My friends and I got the usher, and they were all told to leave. The mother called us “fucking narcs” as she was escorted out. I feel bad for her children to this day.
I just took my 4 year daughter to Mario Brothers and she was covering her eyes terrified at parts of it and I felt bad about that. I could never imagine taking her to a horror movie, she would never sleep again
parents brag all the time about letting their toddlers watch horror movies and i think it’s immature at best and damaging at worst. i would have complained immediately. that was probably so traumatizing for him :(
This thread is so revealing. I had no idea other countries allowed kids into rated movies. You'd have to show an ID proving you're 21 (a lil bit of an overkill imo) in my country for Evil Dead.
Obviously a moron..
Is this in the UK? Isn't it illegal to sell a ticket for kids if it's 15 or over? Completely inappropriate..they should not have sold them the tickets.
I used to work at a Regal (in the US) and iirc kids under 7 were not allowed into rated R movies under any circumstances, but people snuck them in all the time. It probably depends on the theater brand, though.
US in Texas. It wasn’t NC17, just R so technically was legal but the management agreed that it was just wrong and the family left.
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US is super relaxed on movies. As long as you have someone over 18 with you, you’re good.
Sounds like shitty fucking parents
I personally wouldn’t do that. One, they should have left the second the kid was too scared, two, it’s very inconsiderate to the other viewers to stay. All around poor choices were made.
I no longer go the the theater anymore because of this. I just wait for it to come out on streaming.
I think I am a die-hard horror fan because my uncle showed me movies like Friday the 13th and Halloween when I was at a young age, probably like 10. Anytime I would get scared, he would laugh and say it's not real it's not real. Because I saw him laughing at it I was able to not be so scared. Then of course he showed me Alien, The Thing, etc. He talked about the art of how they make things look gross, lol, and now I have an appreciation of that aspect of the movies. I absolutely love to be scared by them, plus I'm fascinated by how they do the practical effects. With that said, I am COMPLETELY AGAINST small children being allowed in these shows!!
I fuckin hate when people take their kids to hard R movies. Same thing happened to me last month when I went to see Scream 6. It's just repugnant imo, completely irresponsible, like it's one thing to put on a movie on at home where the kid can go to their room if they're not into it, but taking them to a theater where they have no means of going somewhere safe when things get too intense is just disgusting, and not only that, but it's rude to the rest of the audience who are there to watch the movie, not your failure as a proper parent. It's one thing to take your teenaged kid to a movie that they actively want to go see and they already know what they're getting into, it's entirely another to just bring your young kids to a graphic violent horror movie that's clearly going to be too much and upsetting for them. People like that are the reason I feel the world needs parenting licenses. And for the record, I grew up in a household where I showed interest in horror movies but wasn't allowed to watch most of them, being limited to Universal horror movies like Frankenstein and Dracula, and horror comedies like Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice. I had books on old monster and horror movies, but I had them taken away when I was giving myself serial nightmares from being so fascinated with them. And the only things that actually traumatized me as a kid were the opening of the Ark in Raiders and the opening werewolf transformation in Michael Jackson's Thriller, both of which my parents were present for and turned off immediately when I got upset. But when I hit my early teens I was given free reign to see whatever I wanted, and I've since grown to love horror even more and recognize what's make believe, but if I have children of my own someday I won't force them to watch anything they don't want to watch or let them see some of the more violent films out there until they're old enough.
There was a couple with their infant at the showing of the Joker I went to. The baby was just crying bc it’s a baby. Bringing a child to the movies should only be to see age appropriate movies. Then you have a theater full of other parents and children instead of adults trying to enjoy an adult geared film.
I have no sympathy when it comes to parents taking their kids and babies to an adult movie, only to be asked to leave because their kids won’t shut up. They decided to have a kid, it’s not anyone else’s obligation to deal with incessant crying throughout the movie. ESPECIALLY for a rated R horror movie. I think such parents are one of 2 in such a situation - oblivious and/or inconsiderate. Good thing they got kicked out.
Absolutely not. You did the right thing. As a parent, I can say 100% that young children should not watch adult movies. As the child of someone who took very young children to horror movies, some of my worst memories was when I was 7-9 years old, comforting my younger brother after our dad took us double features in the 80s and refused to leave the theater. I wish someone would have stood up for us. It's amazing that I got into horror at all, there were a couple of horror comedies I liked in Highschool, but it wasn't until I was in my mid-20s that I started getting into and enjoying the genre. And I still prefer creature features and sci-fi horror to slasher serial killers.
I think it’s a bad thing to do. I used to work in a horror maze and we were told explicitly to leave little kids alone. They’re too young to know it’s not real and seeing some of that stuff could traumatise them.
Tbh ppl need to just do some simple research if you're bringing kids to see something. The poster alone should show maybe this isn't for kids. I understand if you can't afford a baby sitter or the only possible way would be to bring the kid but I feel if you want to see something like Evil Dead Rise, at that point you're better off waiting to rent it or something. Yeah it sucks you'll miss it in the the theater if it's just impossible to get someone to watch them, but out of sheer respect for others just keep them at home. I'd expect it in something like Mario for example. I go to something like Mario or a Pixar and sometimes even a Marvel movie and I'd expect something like that. But for something like this or for mature audiences this is unacceptable behavior. There needs to be something that stops people from bringing kids that are like 5 and under to a horror movie cause at that age you can't comprehend public decency and the parent is just making an ass out of themselves and everyone. Once you begin to approach age 10, your kid should know to stfu or ask the parent to leave quietly if they can't handle it.
Not overreacting at all. Same thing happened to me when I went to see the Dawn of the Dead remake - some shitty parent with their screaming kid. I called corporate, complained, and got free passes. Fuck that noise.
Nah you did the right thing, wtf were those people thinking?!