Oh dear.
Children were left in tears at a cinema in Canada after the horror film The Curse Of La Llorona was played instead of Detective Pikachu.
The movie opens with a scene showing a mother drowning her child and centres around the story of a social worker who is trying to protect her children from an evil spirit.
Suspicions were raised when the Guzzo Marché Central in Montreal played the trailer for Annabelle Comes Home, a horror movie about an evil doll beforehand.
Ryan George who works for Screenrant was at the viewing and live tweeted the event.
The theatre I'm in is playing a trailer for Annabelle Comes Home before Detective Pikachu LOOK AWAY CHILDREN OH NO
— Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019
NOW IT'S CHUCKY OH NO CHILDREN OH NO pic.twitter.com/P2DkGmglDJ
— Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019
— Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019
We've all been moved to another theatre where Detective Pikachu is just paused? At least there aren't any more murders on-screen pic.twitter.com/tEid3ThPY4
— Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019
Parents complained to cinema staff and eventually the film was turned off and the cinema-goers were moved to another screen where Detective Pikachu was being shown.
Oh dear, oh dear.
If you’d like to see either Detective Pikachu or The Curse Of La Llorona, you can book your tickets by clicking here.
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