These movies made people feel sick in the movie theater

It is not today that the clown art has given something to talk about. The first film of Damien Leone it was already known as a technical experiment that focuses on how realistic violence can appear in cinema. What they didn’t expect was that Terrifier 2 go beyond his first film and manage to create an intense buzz about how disturbing it is.

Between decapitation and faces deformed with acid, the few cinemas showing the film are constantly calling ambulances to take care of their spectators.

Directed by Todd Browning, Monsters is a classic when it comes to horror films that shock the public. Focusing on a traveling circus, we follow the trapeze artist Cleopatra, who is courted by a man who has dwarfism. After discovering that he is the heir to a large fortune, she devises a plan to get all his money. The problem is that the way Cleopatra treats her future husband’s circus friends puts her in great danger.

Unlike other films on this list, Monsters It is not bloodthirsty or stomach-churning, but it has a characteristic that scared the public of its time: the cast. Just like a circus “freaks”, Monsters brought together a series of individuals stigmatized by society. Among bearded women, people without limbs and microcephaly, there are frightening reports about the film’s showing, including that of a woman who, apparently, suffered a spontaneous miscarriage during a session.

Known for presenting one of the most violent and disturbing rape scenes, Irreversible It’s an experience to miss or watch just once. In 2002the film by Gaspar Noé became known at the festival of Cannes as one of “most disturbing works ever made”.

In addition to the visual content that can disturb even the most prepared, Gaspar used low-frequency sounds as a way to make the audience nauseated. It was reported that several spectators felt physically ill while watching the film, having to leave the cinema. Fortunately, the graphic violence is concentrated in the first half of the film, giving the audience a breather in the second half.

Until today, The Exorcist is capable of chilling the spine of the most courageous horror fans. The release of the film William Friedkininspired by the book William Peter Blattyhas already caused curiosity and fear among the public because it is a “story based on real events”. Packing up sessions and creating gigantic queues in cinemas, what they didn’t expect was what would happen inside the theaters.

They were reported fainting, nausea, vomiting and even, cardiac arrests as a result of the screening of the film. The newspaper The Toronto Star said that a cinema had to call the emergency four times in the same night. According to them, some spectators were fighting to get out of the session alive.

Macabre is another classic that was known for shocking the public. A shock that began in the film’s promotional material. Directed by William Castleit was announced that anyone who went to watch the film in theaters would receive life insurance in case “they died of fright”. To create the illusion of danger, fake nurses and an ambulance were hired to stand outside the cinema.

Even though it was a little lie by Castle, part of the audience actually felt sick during the sessions. Some websites say that it was all just another act, this time done by men to get the nurses’ attention. However, you never know.

The famous shower scene entered the hall of horror film fame. Alfred Hitchcock managed to present the public with a violent scene, but without blood; scary, but more suggestive than appealing.

But this took its toll. There are reports that people fainted, vomited It is They even ran away during the movie. The confusion was so great that a New York cinema even called the police.

When we talk about the franchise Deadly Games, we are talking about controversy. From taking celebrities to die in opening scenes like Chester Benningtonuntil you bring a pool full of needles it is a revival questionable with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, Deadly Games There’s already been a lot to talk about.

But, it was in the third film in the saga that they managed to make their audience feel bad. With direction from Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw 3 received several criticisms for its excess of blood and violence. It was reported that, in just one day, three ambulances needed to respond to emergency requests in cinemas. Furthermore, the spokesperson for the UK emergency service even asked people who were likely to get sick not to go see the film.

Julia Ducournau has shined in horror cinema in recent years. In addition to being director of Titaneone of the highlights of the last year, Julia is responsible for Seriousfilm by 2016 about a vegetarian girl who discovers an impulsive and frightening desire for human flesh.

According to The Hollywood Reportersome viewers of the film screening shown during the 2016 Toronto Film Festival they even fainted.

Blair Witch It’s another production that managed to combine the horror of its story with good publicity and deliver pure excitement among viewers. In Eduardo Sánchez It is Daniel Myrick, the film is far from delivering blood, death and gratuitous scares. But, your frantic camera was enough to make some viewers sick.

O The Washington Post reported cases of dizziness, nausea, cold sweat, stomach pain It is vomiting. It is worth remembering that other films of the genre found footage cause similar reactions, such as Cloverfield. But, Blair Witch still had on its side the public’s belief that the whole story was real.

Making the audience feel bad is not exclusive to horror cinema. In 2010, 127 Hours arrived in theaters and, together, took about 15 people fainting during screenings. The reason for this was the fact that the character of James Francobased on Aaron Ralstonneeding to amputate his own arm in a certain scene.

Despite what occurred during the exhibitions, the company did not use the information as marketing for the film. According to the co-president of Fox Searchlight of the time, Stephen Gilulathey “they didn’t see an advertising value” in people fainting.