Cineworld shows children Paranormal instead of Madagascar

[Samantha]

You are being satirical to my comparison of the phobias...

As for the bold = John Veneables and Robert Thompson both watched horror movies (and a fair amount) - e.g. Child's Play 3 - as a child (before they were 11 this is) and some believe their inspiration to kill James Bulger (a very young child - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger) was acquired from such films - please still tell me they have no effect.

* Yes I'm aware these children were younger
** Yes there's a small chance inspiration wasn't from those films, but it still had an impact
*** Yes I'm aware that's an extreme.
- The point still stands, it affects children, just as violent video games have an effect slightly (not murder-wise necessarily..)

Sometimes though violent video games can have a positive effect. Last year in Media we spoke of the James Bulger case as you mentioned. We also spoke about how a girl was in a car crash, the car was upside down and knew it would set on fire due to GTA hence she knew to get her parents out.

I agree with you though.

[MKR&*42]

Like I said, I respect your views, no matter if we differ in them.

I feel that it's just a movie, get over it. Whereas you feel opposite.

*and the bit about James Bulger... I feel the movie doesn't have any impact on how they acted. I mean, I have watched dozens of 'scary' films, but I don't run around being agressive or acting any differently to someone who has never watched a scary movie.*

B = Would probably be because I loathe those types of movies.
* = I guess different people just react different ways, you're 'mature enough' to have a strong sense of morality - whether you are at 10, questionable. But then I suppose the Courts thought full-on they did have a sense of morality.

Sometimes though violent video games can have a positive effect. Last year in Media we spoke of the James Bulger case as you mentioned. We also spoke about how a girl was in a car crash, the car was upside down and knew it would set on fire due to GTA hence she knew to get her parents out.

I agree with you though.

That is a fair point, some can be beneficial in certain situations

[Chris]

Poor kids. Ive never watched the film but I can imagine how creeped out they must have been.

[Succubus]

Bless 'em, their faces probably had pure terror on it.
At least they got a refund.

[GommeInc]

Are the projector rooms not monitored any more? They used to have someone who watched the film from the room and change the film accordingly... It's strange no-one picked it up, hopefully the children aren't too scarred by it. Some children can get a phobia from scary films like this if it scared the crap out of them at a young age, while others will probably laugh at how scared they were when they're older. It seems like the scene could of been worse. Apparently it happened in America with Saw 3D or another Saw film, and that was far worse than this

[GoldenMerc]

Not sure if a refund would cover my child seeing blood and gore (to that extent) at the age of 5...

[Kyle]

Sometimes though violent video games can have a positive effect. Last year in Media we spoke of the James Bulger case as you mentioned. We also spoke about how a girl was in a car crash, the car was upside down and knew it would set on fire due to GTA hence she knew to get her parents out.

I agree with you though.

lmao that's absolutely ridiculous. Surely any reasonable person would come to the conclusion that an upside down car is clearly not a very good thing and attempt to rescue those trapped inside?

Not sure if a refund would cover my child seeing blood and gore (to that extent) at the age of 5...

Same! If I was a parent in this situation I'd be taking them to court...

[Catchy]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOWLS! THAT HAS MADE MY NIGHT

[geo]

LOL. Ah I would've loved that.

'scar them for life' yeah, sure. A small clip of film will REALLY scar someone.

well that's dumb, i remember watching the trailer for paranormal activity 3 and having nightmares and sleepless nights for around a week. people get scared for different things, just because you're death obsessed and basically a vampire doesn't mean everyone else is.

O/T i find it quite funny really, it's such a huge change in genre haha

[Aiden]

Trust it to be Nottingham.. I've been their loads of time and I'm not surprised to be honest. Every makes mistakes so its not really a biggie.