Saw 3D Accidentally Screened for Kids

chin_grin wrote: »

In what has to be one of the strangest "whoops" moments since the birthing scene from The Hills Have Eyes 2 was shown to kids accidentally, the last(!) of the Saw flicks, Saw 3D has left its mark in the form of several scarred children's psyches!

As per WHDH News:

"Children were at Showcase Cinemas in Revere, Massachusetts, to see the Dreamworks cartoon "Megamind" in 3D, but instead they saw the horror movie "Saw 3D." Parents said when the previews came on they started to worry because the previews were a little advanced for children.

They never expected the gory and violent horror film "Saw."

The children were told to cover their eyes as the scenes of murder and mutilation played for several minutes before the movie theater corrected the problem.

Theatre operators realized the mistake, and the correct movie, “Megamind,” was put on, but parents said the damage was already done and their children are still shaken by it.

“He came and slept with us, and we thought we had gotten past that years ago. He said that he had a few nightmares,” said Dolph Rau, an upset father. “Again, all that I would like to see come out of this is that it's not going to happen again.”

The children were given one free ticket as a result of the mix-up, but the Rau family’s 7-year-old son told them that he does not want to see a movie again for a very long time."

Wow. Just wow.

WTF? Why the hell didn't their parents take them out of the theatre? Eejits!

Rau family’s 7-year-old son told them that he does not want to see a movie again for a very long time.

At least the kid knows a shit movie when he sees it.

Hairy Nipples 87 wrote: »

This literally had me in tears, i havent seen the film but a child at the age of under 6 watching that film (if its anything like the first two) will def be having nightmares over that. Do you reckon there would have been any compensation?

Tears...of laughter. Right?

Pah, I saw Robocop back when I was 6 / 7 and I still turned out to be a fine, upstanding freak citizen.

I saw a lot of violent films really young, advantages of an older brother :pac:

chin_grin wrote: »

Oh you! Teeheeheeheehee!

It really is a wonder what a smiley face does to a comment.

Isn't it though. :mad:

up for anything wrote: »

Why would you be in convulsions laughing?

Last year when I took my lads to see the new Christmas Carol, it took that bit too long to dawn on me how unsuitable it was for some kids and get my youngest the feck out of there. He had nightmares for months afterwards.

Another double standard. All the pussing and oh no-ing about innocent children being done to death and abused but you find it easy to laugh about other innocent children being frightened to death by Saw in 3D. I don't get it.

Your kids were afraid of this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106/


Interesting what effects us as kids and what doesnt. I saw all the greats by 10, the terminators , predators, used to watch the second Alien films (Aliens) a lot. I never found them scary.

One day my parents had rented Alien 3 and wouldn't let me or my little sister watch it. Saying it was too scary. This resulted in me watching the 1st 10mins when they weren't looking later on before it had to be returned.

I had nightmares and stuff simply because I did not get to watch the whole thing so my imagination took over. A kids imagination is more powerful than anything Hollywood can produce. When I later got to see the whole film the nightmares stopped. I didn't find the film scary at all and now I had its conclusion.

As a young child I guess I understood this was a story, they were actors and once nothing was left to the imagination I enjoyed them like I would cartoons.

But TV shows like unsolved mysteries and shows about alien abductions and so forth scared the living crap out of me as a kid and resulted in many sleepless nights. They really stirred the imagination.

I mean just listen to this music!:

Do you reckon they called the 'Saw' films saw so that people would say:
"Did you see saw?"
"Yeah I saw Saw."
"Did you see Saw 2?"
"I saw Saw 2 too"
..."Did you see Saw 3?"
"No but I saw Saw 4"
"What did you see Saw 4 before you saw Saw 3 for?"

Saw law suits - has a ring to it! Will be interesting to follow that one.

That's about a dozen serial killer seeds planted right just there.

"Well Clarice, it all started when I went to see 'Megamind' in 3d..."