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SAW III -- hazardous to the health?
Film fans faint at Saw III show
Staff at a UK cinema have had to call emergency services three times in one night because of a spate of people passing out during horror film Saw III.
One woman was taken to hospital and two other adults had to be treated by medics after they fainted in Stevenage.
And in a separate case, a man collapsed at a cinema in Peterborough "due to the film's content".
"If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service.
"This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News website. All the incidents took place on Friday evening, one of the busiest nights of the week for emergency crews, he added.
Discharged
"Taking three ambulances out of the system on a Friday could potentially be a problem", said Mr Ware.
A woman in her 20s was discharged from the Lister Hospital in Stevenage after being treated.
And the two other cinemagoers - who had been at the town's Cineworld complex - were left "in the care of friends and relatives" without needing to be taken to hospital.
A man aged 34 fainted at the Showcase in Peterborough, Mr Ware said. There was also a case of a 22-year-old woman passing out at Cineworld in Cambridge on Friday, but it had not been confirmed that she was watching Saw III, he added.
The slasher movie is currently number one at both the UK and North American box offices.
A spokeswoman for the Cineworld chain said they did not wish to comment. Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6101704.stm
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? Kahlil Gibran
Staff at a UK cinema have had to call emergency services three times in one night because of a spate of people passing out during horror film Saw III.
One woman was taken to hospital and two other adults had to be treated by medics after they fainted in Stevenage.
And in a separate case, a man collapsed at a cinema in Peterborough "due to the film's content".
"If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service.
"This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News website. All the incidents took place on Friday evening, one of the busiest nights of the week for emergency crews, he added.
Discharged
"Taking three ambulances out of the system on a Friday could potentially be a problem", said Mr Ware.
A woman in her 20s was discharged from the Lister Hospital in Stevenage after being treated.
And the two other cinemagoers - who had been at the town's Cineworld complex - were left "in the care of friends and relatives" without needing to be taken to hospital.
A man aged 34 fainted at the Showcase in Peterborough, Mr Ware said. There was also a case of a 22-year-old woman passing out at Cineworld in Cambridge on Friday, but it had not been confirmed that she was watching Saw III, he added.
The slasher movie is currently number one at both the UK and North American box offices.
A spokeswoman for the Cineworld chain said they did not wish to comment. Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6101704.stm
Work is love made visible.
? Kahlil Gibran
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com: [nq:1]Film fans faint at Saw III show "If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service. "This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. [/nq] That's the problem, isn't it?
- com: [nq:1]Film fans faint at Saw III show "If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service.
- "This is obviously a blood-thirsty film.
- [/nq] That's the problem, isn't it?
- I haven't seen any of the "Saw" movies because they're just sadistic, and I fear they appeal to something dark and frankly evil in people.
- Maybe it's related to the trend of videos of executions and gruesome deaths circulating on the internet, but it seems like the last couple of generations need group therapy before they're allowed out into the public.
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]Film fans faint at Saw III show "If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service. "This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News website.[/nq]
That's the problem, isn't it? I haven't seen any of the "Saw" movies because they're just sadistic, and
[nq:1]Film fans faint at Saw III show "If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service. "This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News website.[/nq]
That's the problem, isn't it? I haven't seen any of the "Saw" movies because they're just sadistic, and
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[nq:1]Film fans faint at Saw III show Staff at a UK cinema have had to call emergency services three times in one night because of a spate of people passing out during horror film Saw III.[/nq]
William Castle couldn't have come up with a better ad campaign!
Cheers,
B
William Castle couldn't have come up with a better ad campaign!
Cheers,
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What I can't understand, being a European, is how this film gets an R (basically anyone accompanied by an adult can get in), whilst films with *** in it - *** that many of the under 18 audience members are doing themselves, gets an NC-17.
Utterly unbelievable.
Should be the other way.
Utterly unbelievable.
Should be the other way.
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My first job (except for the paper route and working for my dad) was working in the cinema that was showing THE EXORCIST.. and people were vomiting in the aisles.
Vomiting.
And I often had to clean it up.
The local papers had all kinds of stories about the audience vomiting at THE EXORCIST... except for the real story - the lines were so long for the movie that people would either go t
Vomiting.
And I often had to clean it up.
The local papers had all kinds of stories about the audience vomiting at THE EXORCIST... except for the real story - the lines were so long for the movie that people would either go t
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]By the time they were in their seats, they were ***faced, and most would have puked if they were showing MARY POPPINS.[/nq]
BLEECCHHH!!
Sorry about that. Too much sugar. I'll clean it up.
jaybee
[nq:1]By the time they were in their seats, they were ***faced, and most would have puked if they were showing MARY POPPINS.[/nq]
BLEECCHHH!!
Sorry about that. Too much sugar. I'll clean it up.
jaybee
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[nq:1]My first job (except for the paper route and working for my dad) was working in the cinema that was showing THE EXORCIST.. and people were vomiting in the aisles. Vomiting.[/nq]
Interesting. I vomited after seeing the Nicole Kidman starrer "Birth."
Interesting. I vomited after seeing the Nicole Kidman starrer "Birth."
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