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Man Stabs 2 People at Movie Theater during Horror Movie

laist.com — In Orange County, CA, a nearly empty theater Sunday night became a crime scene when two men watching the Sundance raved-about gruesome horror movie, The Signal, got stabbed by another man who fled through the back doors.

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  • ScottooMc, on 02/27/2008, -19/+8Special effects gone too far....
  • magoblygoo, on 02/27/2008, -17/+3Well it is LA...
    • JBmtk, on 02/27/2008, -6/+1well then I don't want to go to L.A
    • SheilaNoya, on 02/27/2008, -3/+7You need a geography lesson.
    • moofer, on 02/27/2008, -0/+21As if paying $10 to sit in a sticky theater, get bombarded with commercials, and have the back of your seat repeatedly kicked by someone talking on a cell phone wasn't bad enough...
    • deaftly, on 02/27/2008, -1/+218-1 !
  • duddy, on 02/27/2008, -25/+15LOL! A Sundance film..and the theater is nearly empty!
    • CharlesSaint, on 02/27/2008, -12/+11I'm glad you're laughing while a guy is lying in an ER with a punctured lung. I could see a "WOW!" there, but "LOL!"? Not really a very appropriate action. I didn't digg you down or anything, I just thought I'd say something.
      • 4rp4n3t, on 02/27/2008, -4/+5Um, this *IS* digg...
        • CharlesSaint, on 02/27/2008, -3/+5Hence why I didn't digg him down. It's almost become par for the course around here, quickly approaching youtube's handicap.
      • voltagasm5000, on 02/27/2008, -5/+3I dugg you down for having no sense of humor.
      • Armon339, on 02/27/2008, -2/+1I dugg you down for having saint in ur name
  • 3tcp, on 02/27/2008, -12/+11I guess he didn't like the movie.
  • dino74, on 02/27/2008, -6/+21This wouldn't be a story if it was in "Welcome Home, Rosco Jenkins"
    • wild, on 02/27/2008, -8/+6Damned is I didnt read that as "Welcome Home, ROOOOOOOSCOEEEEE JEEEENKINS!!!!!"
    • brundlefly76, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3How about "There Will Be Blood?"
  • Dropperbr, on 02/27/2008, -10/+2I would piss my self !
  • isseki, on 02/27/2008, -2/+114damn those crazy viral campaigns...
  • arapro, on 02/27/2008, -8/+2maybe marketing for the movie ? cause I never heard of it before ... and now .... maybe I ll watch it, on dvd, at home !
  • ahatter, on 02/27/2008, -7/+77He did it because of video games.
    • mattwalton56, on 02/27/2008, -4/+3*sniff* *sniff* is that Jack Thompson I smell?
      *Indiana Jones Music*
      yep...its him.
      • positron, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3Buried for associating JT with Indiana Jones.
  • RuffRidr, on 02/27/2008, -22/+120How many stabbings need to happen before we can get some common sense knife laws? These assault knives have to be banned now. I also want to see a 30 day waiting period on all cutlery. Finally we must close the "kitchen department" loophole. Its for the children. Thank you.
    • yohnstoppable, on 02/27/2008, -12/+5Such laws would have severe repercussions for the *buy a cutco set, show it to 5 friends, then give up on it* market. Speaking of which, I haven't had some douchebag show me how they can cut through a penny in forever. Must be a college thing, I guess.
    • iidestined, on 02/27/2008, -13/+2werd! We need stronger seatbelt and helmet laws too.
    • moofer, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3Now how much would you pay... But wait! There's more!
    • ncapone, on 02/27/2008, -2/+3I sell Cutco knives, you know how bad that would be for business?
    • Murdats, on 02/27/2008, -5/+9knives are a tool.
    • DarkSamus, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2***** i just ordered the 50 piece knife set for only 3 easy payments of 19.99
      • RuffRidr, on 02/27/2008, -0/+9Under my 1 knife a month plan, you would have to wait 50 months to build up such an arsenal.
        • CedEx, on 02/27/2008, -1/+0Does that plan cost $0.01 for the first 43 knives, while the remaining 7 at regular price?
      • nicktripp, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1I ordered my set for two easy payments and one really hard payment.
    • Rahodeb, on 02/27/2008, -0/+8You can have my knives when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Besides, I use my super-auto knife thrower 9000 to carve the thanksgiving turkey...and keep the government at bay...
    • Sornos, on 02/27/2008, -14/+5I see that you're trying to compare this to gun control, but it is a bad analogy. Hand guns have the sole and exclusive purpose of killing other human beings. Knives are made to cut things in general.
      • Silentnite85, on 02/27/2008, -2/+34For the record I own a gun. And I use it to do things other then shoot people. I use it to open pop cans, soup cans. Start the TV. Keep the remote out of friends hands. Untie my shoes. Open the window.

        Lots of uses other then just shooting people. Think outside the box.
      • mrgreg, on 02/27/2008, -1/+9So you're telling me that people that use handguns in competition shooting are using them wrong? Clearly, they're not killing anyone, so they must not be using them for their "intended purpose." Idiot.
      • DuckofDeath11, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3My father has a hand gun that he takes out when he goes fishing and bow hunting. It's for shooting wolves or bears if he gets attacked. But yeah, sometimes he just shoots people. I mean, that's the sole purpose of hand guns, right?
    • Antialias, on 02/27/2008, -8/+11If someone in the audience had a knife, they could have prevented this horrible crime.
      /sarcasm

      The gun people always make the argument that if everybody had guns, these sorts of things wouldn't happen. The fact is that unless you've got the gun in a holster or in your hand, 5 or 6 people would be dead before you could do anything anyway. And often the killer has killed themselves before anybody realizes what is going on anyway.
      • slvrbullet87, on 02/27/2008, -7/+4In reguards to your statement of having guns wouldnt stop any shootings, i want you to tell me truthfully one thing. At any of these school shootings, would having the teachers and students armed change the odds for the worse or the better?
      • RuffRidr, on 02/27/2008, -4/+6Well, if 5 or 6 people are going to be dead anyway, we might as well let him go on and kill 20 or 30. Is that your logic?
        • crweaks23, on 02/27/2008, -3/+3Have you ever seen a fist fight? How do they start? You're telling me that a network of armed kids wouldn't be in a deadly situation if they all had guns? Or are you going to try and say that fights will magically disappear?

          Basically what you're saying is that we should make our everyday lives more dangerous because you believe (which can be debated) that it would help to prevent infrequent school shootings. So... in a nutshell... lets create MORE shootings, and just make sure they involve less people per shooting. AWESOME IDEA!!
        • RuffRidr, on 02/27/2008, -2/+4People with concealed carry permits are around right now in all kinds of places that you frequent. So by your logic, MORE shootings by concealed weapons permit holders should be happening right now. Please refer me to some of these news reports! Bonus points if you can provide one where innocent bystanders were caught in the CCW holders crossfire.
          • drgmdp, on 02/27/2008, -3/+3well, there has been like 4 or 5 mass shootings in the last few months... statistics don't help you...
          • bentman78, on 02/27/2008, -2/+2By criminals or lawful gun owners? Stats do help him.
            Also interpol clearly states even if gun crime was taken out of the equation, we still have the highest crime rate, rape, assaults...so on of any industrialized nation.
            I own a gun, I haven't unlawfully killed anyone, neither has anyone else I know that owns a gun...
      • WhereAmI, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3I'm not making that argument. I want gun control. In the form where the responsible people get it.

        If you don't want a gun thats fine, stop trying to take my guns away.
      • OriginalLucid1, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3One thing id for sure, if I have a side arm, no one is going to stab me without suffering serious consequences.
    • Gerfervonbob, on 02/27/2008, -0/+5I don't think more legislation and government control is the answer, If someone really wants a knife they will get one.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 02/28/2008, -1/+2I'd vote for you... Hell, I hate America as much as the next cutlery manufacturer.
  • scarysnow, on 02/27/2008, -0/+14Incidentally, this is something I've always been afraid might happen when I see horror movies in theaters.
    • moofer, on 02/27/2008, -0/+16too bad the movie doesn't come to life during adult films.
      • Silentnite85, on 02/27/2008, -3/+1"Breaking: Man sucks two men off watching Backdoor Action 3. Then was caught while escaping when he slipped on the floor."

        Nope. Still don't want it to happen to me.
    • CrazedLeper, on 02/27/2008, -2/+1Where did you think all the rapes and school shootings were coming from? If you wanted the producers of a movie to show your product logo, wouldn't they charge you money? Ask why and they'll say "because if we show your product--even in a fictional setting--people will buy it when they see it in reality". How is that not true for the rest of the movie's content? How could they not know that? They know, that's the way they want it.
  • Scopitone, on 02/27/2008, -6/+4*****, that's blocks from my place. IT BEGINS
  • Koush, on 02/27/2008, -6/+3Remeber, its not about who got hurt, rather who we can blame.
    • Silentnite85, on 02/27/2008, -1/+0I blame Ronco for making Knives so easy to buy.
  • MyNamesTaken, on 02/27/2008, -1/+23From IMDB......
    "A horror film told in three parts from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers."

    Looks like that transmission somehow invaded that movie screening.
  • moxillaq, on 02/27/2008, -1/+39Wasn't that the opening of Scream 2?
  • Fadakar, on 02/27/2008, -3/+22Scary thing is, I was supposed to be there, fortunately my girlfriend convinced me to see Vantage Point. Wasn't worth it but still better than being stabbed in the arm.
    • dondara, on 02/27/2008, -0/+29You don't know that.
      • sardiax, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1Even if the movie was the worst ever, i'd rather sleep in a movie theatre for $10 than have to go to hospital and pay tons more money for a ***** up arm.
      • Fadakar, on 02/28/2008, -0/+0Touché, good sir.
  • mattletron, on 02/27/2008, -1/+8Publicity stunts are just getting out of hand.
    • patthew, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1As a resident of the city in question, I can assure you that nobody would ever choose that suburban ***** to publicize anything bigger than CVS.
  • tnt85, on 02/27/2008, -5/+1Where can you go in this world now without being stabbed, shot, or tased
  • KezG, on 02/27/2008, -8/+1this is made of fail...
  • pitdog, on 02/27/2008, -4/+1What if it was a western? Or a war movie?
  • Thinker10, on 02/27/2008, -4/+2In the busy American lifestyle, it can be hard to find time to stab people during regular business hours. You have to multitask and take care of your stabbing while you're relaxing and enjoying your late night horror flick.
    (note: it's okay to joke about it, the victims didn't die)
  • exomni, on 02/27/2008, -4/+17I've felt like stabbing a few people in theatres... "DID HE KILL HER??? DID SHE CALL THE COIN TOSS?? YEAH HE WERE CHECKIN' HIS BOOTS SEEE?"
  • GeorgeStone2, on 02/27/2008, -2/+2Scream did it.
  • exomni, on 02/27/2008, -2/+16Next up on Fox News: interview with Movie Theater Stabbing Expert Jack Thompson.
    • JBmtk, on 02/27/2008, -1/+2I'm just pissed my school doesn't offer that...
  • MrZaiko, on 02/27/2008, -2/+1Sounds like the Perfect Marketing Scheme! Damn I bet the Director and the Producer were involved...

    Now we now the name of the movie... and how great it is according to the reviews they gave it few days ago
    • Archon810, on 02/27/2008, -1/+2I liked the more eloquent "damn those crazy viral campaigns..." above, which essentially said the same thing.
      • MrZaiko, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1If you like it so much, have it printed, make a few copies and rub the print slowly on your balls. you can burn mine if you like...
        I don't have time to read every single comment like you. so chill the ***** out. =)
  • thedogfatherx, on 02/27/2008, -7/+2LA.........well no wonder.
    • urbandistrict, on 02/27/2008, -1/+4OC is to LA as SF is to Humbolt
    • Namakemono, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3It's not even the same county you idiot.
      • thedogfatherx, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0I see that now. I'll refraze. Orange County.....go figure.
  • yikiad, on 02/27/2008, -4/+2talk about 3-d...
  • CrazedLeper, on 02/27/2008, -6/+1You are what you eat.
    • DarkSamus, on 02/27/2008, -4/+2*****!
      • accessviolation, on 02/27/2008, -1/+1So he eats *****? Are those like adult-themed lollipops?
      • CrazedLeper, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1Since when is it not true? You just don't like me calling it out because you're eating it too.
  • twarner, on 02/27/2008, -1/+1That was for ruining Schindler's List!
  • cabooglio2, on 02/27/2008, -1/+2That's funny. Someone gave me a blowjob during "The Brown Bunny".
    • lividmonkey, on 02/27/2008, -0/+0You too?
      • WaltDismal, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1That's what you get for letting your sister watch Brown Bunny.
  • sonaboy, on 02/27/2008, -0/+6Since the victim was loudly talking on his cell phone the entire movie, I'm not saying I condone the attacker's behavior...
    but I understand.
  • gametavern, on 02/27/2008, -2/+0Jackie Chan Movie!
  • filthydani, on 02/27/2008, -9/+3Video of the incident http://youtube.com/watch?v=6EvO_466ChA
    • dlllb, on 02/28/2008, -1/+0Ok I get how you all run around "rick-rolling" each other (hey, im a supporter of male-bonding) but that stupid 'metal remix' or whatever the ***** you're trying to pass off as comedy just failed... 7 times by the time I posted this.
  • Kyosuke86, on 02/27/2008, -6/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVS7r-in_40
  • Bojimha, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1Why didn't the two people just download the film like any other normal member of the public would have?.....I mean come on, who really goes to the cinema to watch films these days? tsk.
    • Zombi, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2People that don't have movie theaters in their houses. Do you really support what you've just said?
      • dlllb, on 02/28/2008, -1/+0I do. Why pay to sit in an unclean environment surrounded by spanners and dumbasses who dont have the common courtesy to STFU when trying to watch a movie. I'd much rather buy the DVD and risk not getting stabbed thank you very much... And I dont have a movie theater in my house.
        • Zombi, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1Well I don't know about you man. But having a strong interest in appreciating film, I have to see some of them in the theater. I can forgo the people that talk in there (usually doesn't happen with me) because I'm there for the experience that I can't get on my TV. Huge screen, tons of speakers, comfortable chairs. Maybe you're going to the budget theaters?
  • ZephyrNinety, on 02/27/2008, -1/+2If only the victims had a knife to protects themselves...sigh
  • Haohmaru, on 02/27/2008, -0/+5I hope this doesn't happen to me when I see "Horton Hears a Who"
  • miggie, on 02/27/2008, -1/+1First someone release snake in a theater during a show of Snakes on A Plane now stabbing during horror movies. Are there going to kill people during black comedies.
  • aceakm, on 02/27/2008, -2/+3Didn't this happen in Scream 2? Lol.
  • dereo, on 02/27/2008, -1/+2This is much more ironic if you've seen the movie. It's about people who watch "the signal" on their TV and it makes them want to go kill people.
  • LordFate, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2Sounds like a publicity stunt.
    How to make a scary movie scarier?
    "Hey, did you know two guys got stabbed watching this movie?" *looks over shoulder every 5 minutes for the rest of the film.
  • urbandistrict, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3Well, it would have totally been inappropriate if it was during a romantic comedy.
    Man stabbed 13 times by his pregnant wife, as they were watching Juno. Witnesses say she was screaming "You did this to me, you bastard!"
  • wave789, on 02/27/2008, -2/+3Oh *****, that's the theater I frequent.

    Next time I'm watching a porno.
    • cwilson, on 02/27/2008, -1/+4Oh, I don't know about that. Who knows what you'll get "stabbed with" at that show.
  • spidoman, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1Watch out! He's Behind the Doh! [/scrubs]
  • Zombi, on 02/27/2008, -0/+1I can see where this is going. Violent games was the beginning, now it's horror films. I know that horror films have come under fire in the past, but I expect this too escalate way out of hand after hearing something like this.
  • vernacularninja, on 02/27/2008, -1/+3As if people talking through an entire damn movie wasn't bad enough, now I have to bring body armor?
  • UglyBunny, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2As crazy as this story is, this article was pretty poorly written. I couldn't even finish the article and just clicked on the source it provides.
    http://cbs2.com/local/Stabbing.Fullerton.The.2.662 ...
  • lividmonkey, on 02/27/2008, -0/+0It's kinda like what happened at the beginning of Scream 2.
  • joshro, on 02/27/2008, -0/+0Oh come on, it was just a love stab. He wasn't trying to kill anyone.
  • voltagasm5000, on 02/27/2008, -1/+4Buried for incredibly ***** journalism, if you could even call it that.

    "Well, imagine watching this scary movie in a near empty theater....Then imagine, possibly during a stabbing scene (it's a pretty intense horror movie, so the odds are there), that you are getting stabbed yourself. Yeah, that happened to two men in separate parts of the theater when another patron yielded a knife."

    WTF???
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