โ€œI think I trauma-bonded with 300 other people that night.โ€

"The scene where they all get sick at the bridal shop was probably the most laughs Iโ€™ve ever experienced in a theater."โ€”u/emilydickinsonsdress

"There was an old lady behind me who loudly yelled, 'WHAT THE FUCK!'"โ€”u/bravehamster

"Seeing it opening night was LIFE changing, and I was only 11 at the time lol. Obviously, people gasped after learning it was a vision, but I swear I remember people being more concerned about Carlisle (me included)."โ€”u/igotquestions111

"My dad took my mom to see Alien opening weekend, and she walked out after the chestburster."โ€”u/SoManyWasps

"Same answer for me. I saw Hereditary at the Sundance Film Festival in a small, packed theater at midnight. No one knew anything about it because it was the debut showing, so the screams were loud and plentiful, especially during the final 10 minutes or so. I think I trauma-bonded with 300 other people that night."โ€”u/itallchecksout99

"And then cheered when we saw who got out."โ€”u/HatJump

"The sound is called keening and is often mentioned as the sound a parent makes when losing a child. The person may have lost a child in real life, and the movie brought that back."โ€”u/zippobunny

"I don't know what the rest of my theater was doing then because that moment had me trying to hide my sobbing, as my mom had just passed a few months prior."โ€”u/N7Starsong

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