Imagine this. It’s Sunday night and you’re sitting in a movie theater watching The Signal, an independent horror movie about a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers. And then suddenly, two men sitting in separate areas of the theater are randomly attacked and stabbed by an unknown man who was watching the movie. This isn’t just a scenario, this actually happened last night at the AMC Theater in Fullerton. Is The Signal real?
The unknown man supposedly started stabbing at the theater seat and then began stabbing the victim. As he fled, he stabbed another victim sitting near the exit. Both men were stabbed in the arm and were taken to separate hospitals. Neither men knew the suspect, who escaped without arrest. The film was paused while police conducted their investigation. When it was resumed, the fist scene was a stabbing. Coincidence?
Discuss: Is The Signal real?
source: msnbc
February 25th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
OMFG! That sucks. Tell them to not make Cell then! I still wanted to see this
February 25th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Is The Signal real?
NO, but stupidity is.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Obviously not. I’m sure the guy that did the stabbing had some preexisting mental instabilities.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Holy crap… if it wasn’t on MSNBC I’d say this was a publicity stunt to promote the film.
Geez.
Vic
February 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
If I were a movie studio, I would pay a hobo to stab someone in a movie theatre to get my film publicity.
What, are them not kosherized rules?
February 25th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Why not a hobo with a shotgun? ;) JK
February 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
OMFG, lame ass publicity stunt. And how much was /film paid to participate?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
/Film was not paid to participate. The news was reported on MSNBC. Two men were stabbed. This is a real news story.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
at least they paused the movie
February 25th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
When I saw The Descent in theaters, I was the only person there and I was afraid some random psycho would come and stab me…this story reminded me of that.
Also, when I saw Shoot Em Up, I was alone in the theater until the last second when this hobo-esque man came and, even though EVERY OTHER SEAT was available in the theater, sat right next to me. I’m a small girl who looks 12 and this was scary.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Wow, just when you thought viral marketing tactics couldn’t get any more lowbrow ;)
February 25th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I’d hate to see how the marketing department at Lionsgate is gonna top this when Saw V comes out…
February 25th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Only in America…
February 25th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
That’s crazy, I live only 5 minutes away from there…..It’s not even in a bad neighbor hood or anything.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I know some movies that have made me want to stab MYself but never other people…
February 26th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Is The Signal real? You can’t be serious?
That sucks that those people got stabbed. I wonder what was wrong with the knife wielding maniac?
February 26th, 2008 at 2:52 am
This happened in Fullerton? Yeah, that’s why I never leave the city. I don’t trust the suburbs.
Still going to see The Signal eventually, though. Have only heard good things. Plans do not include stabbing anyone.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:43 am
come on dawg…
February 26th, 2008 at 9:46 am
yep its real, all you have to do is come in to the theater equipped with a knife and a mental disposition and it’ll mess you up man!
February 26th, 2008 at 10:40 am
To those screaming publicity stunt I hope
you’re joking because that’s f’ed up.
This really happened and in a good
area. Not to say bad things can’t happen anywhere,
but seriously I live in Fullerton and its a cool place.
I use to live only a mile from this theater and my
parents still do. Hopefully they find this guy because
he’s still roaming around.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I guess they’re getting the coverage they wanted. But imagine if it REALLY happens, I mean someone mentally unstable sees that movie and is persuaded that the signal is real.
He creates a fantasy and actually stabs people. For some reason it makes me think of The Happening, perhaps because of death theme.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
i actually work at amc fullerton and i was there the night of the attack. the attacker was drunk and had left a bag of shrooms at the box office. the story is real. i saw the crime scene, blood on the floor and everything. it really goes to show you how bad our cameras are because the videos of the attacker are too unfocused to tell what his face looks like
February 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
This is horrible. Something has to be done about instances like this. This sort of thing is becoming endemic in our society. What the hell is wrong with us that we will put movies out in the public eye that are so bad it incites in the viewer the unstoppable urge to stab the nearest living thing. I say we hold a rally to end bad movie prduction immediately!
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
ehm, jeff is a bit of a tard… actually the movie is spectacular, he should be complaining about the maniac himself not the movie he happened to watch, sounds kind of like religious fanatic jibber-jabber.