The movies are back and so are disgusted audiences storming out of them

Horror feels good in a place like this. You’d be forgiven for wondering whether recent reports of audiences fleeing a new wave of horror movies— often due to fainting or vomiting — are among the latest indications of a movie business in peril. Earlier this month, the distributor for “Terrifer 3,” the latest installment of Art the Clown’s murderous saga, revealed that one person vomited and eleven people walked out during a special UK film screening.“If the #Terrifier3 event impacted you please let us know if you need more support at this time,” the company posted on X, formerly Twitter. Another movie of the moment, “The Substance,” a body-horror flick about an aging aerobics-loving actress (Demi Moore) who takes a (you guessed it) substance to unlock an enhanced version of herself, has also inspired some pretty guttural reactions. “‘The Substance’ is not for the faint of heart (during my viewing, several people walked out mid film), but is an instant cult classic,” one person reported on X.“You’ve been warned.”“My date wouldn’t let me drive him home after ‘The Substance’ because ‘we haven’t been seeing each other long enough’ for him to throw up in front of me,” another shared. Sydney Sweeney’s nunsploitation movie, “Immaculate,” also left some queasy and quaking.“I walked out of the theater absolutely BLINDSIDED at how hard the last five minutes went,” a self-identifying Sydney Sweeney fan said. “During the final scene of ‘Immaculate,’ I’m pretty sure a girl in the front few rows of my screening threw up,” someone else posted. Despite the influx of stories about audiences exiting cinemas in horror, this year’s scary films aren’t heralding the death of the movie business; they’re signaling that the industry still has a heartbeat, thanks to the fresh blood being injected into its veins.“These kinds of stories have cropped up forever,” horror author Paul Tremblay told The Post.

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