Ten years ushering, and I counted every walkout. Let us hear your worst theater audience story. I will start: a man brought a whole rotisserie chicken to a midnight screening. Not a sandwich. The entire bird. During the quiet part. He offered me some.
Worst theater audience story you have ever witnessed
TheLastUsherFanOriginal post#1 MidnightMatineeFan#2 Back row regular here. Someone's phone alarm went off in the dead silence right before a big scare, and the ringtone was the Halloween theme. Half the room screamed, the other half applauded.
TheLastUsherFan#3 the ringtone was the Halloween theme
This is incredible and I hate it. Top ten.
GhoulFridayFan#4 A group that narrated who would be next during a slasher. They were right every time. I was furious and impressed.
FestBeatFionaPress#5 Festival midnight section: a man fell asleep and snored through a slow burn, then woke up exactly at the jump scare and screamed louder than anyone. Standing ovation from his row.
TheLastUsherFan#6 Walkout stats, since people ask: most walkouts I saw were not from the scariest films. They were from the slowest. People can handle a scare. They cannot handle a four minute shot of a hallway.
SlowBurnSallyFan#7 They cannot handle a four minute shot of a hallway
Cowards. That hallway was doing so much.
BoxOfficeBaronPress#8 Someone please pitch walkout counts as a CRYPT signal. The Walkout Index. I would read it every Sunday.
TheLastUsherFan#9 The chicken man came back the following week, by the way. He brought sides.
ScreamQueenQFan#10 At a meta slasher screening someone yelled 'do not go in there' and a stranger yelled back 'it is a meta slasher, she knows.' Cinema is alive.
CoverageGoblinCreator#11 Not a horror screening, but someone once read contest notes out loud in a coffee shop and they were mine. I had to sit there and hear my own opinions about page one. That is my horror story.