People have been sharing their wildest experiences at the cinema – 17 bizarre big screen behaviours

If you’ve been to the cinema recently, chances are you’ve noticed that people’s behaviour can be pretty unhinged.

This isn’t just a lingering after-effect of the pandemic though. It seems that social rules have always been a bit blurred in movie theatres, at least judging by the replies to this question set by Mysterious_Limit1969:

‘What was your wildest experience at a movie theatre?’

Grab some popcorn, here are the top replies…

1.

‘Someone proposed during the quietest scene of a horror movie. The whole theater went silent, he got down on one knee, she said yes, and then the jump scare hit and everyone screamed at the same time.’
-ririalevan

2.

‘Dude went to the Emergency Exit which was right there, and proceeded to open the door which let in Massive amounts if light while he smoked a blunt, right there in the spot-light of the out-side door being open… : ]’
-Shoddy_Bet9619

3.

‘My husband’s story. He went to see Borat. During the naked hotel fight scene, a big black guy in the audience started screaming, “OH SHIT! OH SHIT!” while running up and down the aisles and slapping his thigh at the same time.’
-MioMine78

4.

‘A guy proposed during the end credits of Endgame and someone yelled “don’t do it, he cried at Iron Man,” then a popcorn fight broke out and we all missed the post credit scene because security came in with flashlights.’
-nicolefleming_

5.

‘Used to work at one, and boy do I have some stories.

‘Catching people getting nasty in empty theaters happened from time to time, but I once had to politely inform two guests that they were being so loud they could be heard in the hallway. They were almost completely nude to put the cherry on top. Rounded the corner, saw the situation, said ‘Get dressed and exit through the door closest to you. We can hear you from the hallway.’
-DreaminwithJeff

6.

‘My all time favourite experience: My friend and I went to see Frozen. It had already been out for a while so we thought it wouldn’t be too crowded. We were wrong. My friend and I sit in the back next to another pair of college students. I am not kidding when I say everyone else in the jam packed theatre was either a small child or their parents.

‘So the previews start and they’re playing some pretty racy trailers for R rated movies. No one else seems too bothered and we’re in Europe and I know they’re more sexually progressive than the US is (my friend and I are American), so I just shrug it off.

‘Then the title card comes on. It says the movie we’re about to watch is Dallas Buyers Club. In my head I just go “no way…” but low and behold, in a room full of children expecting to see Frozen, the theatre starts to play Dallas Buyers Club. The first scene of that movie is a threesome. My friend and I are sitting in the back laughing our asses off while parents are freaking out and dragging their kids out of the theatre.

‘Eventually the theatre figures it out and switches to the right film. Then after they gave us free tickets to a movie of our choice. I used mine to see Dallas Buyers Club. It was a great, hilarious night.’
-CaptainFartHole

7.

‘I was in high school in Houston, TX and we went to see Independence Day on opening night at the Greenway Regal 24 Cineplex.

‘It was July 3rd, 1996.

‘When they decided to nuke Houston we all went crazy and cheered.

‘I don’t know why, but it was fun.’
-Srnkanator

8.

‘Every Rocky Horror Movie Show at midnight, back in the day, in college at Rutgers. Young me learned a lot.’
-RobotPoo

9.

’77, a New Hope, opening weekend, Dolby theater in San Francisco. The crowd cheered like a football game when the death star blew.’
-AGooDone