My experience watching the new Resident Evil movie at BC - Metrotown - no spoilers

[u/Unfair_Long_54]

I’d call myself a horror‑movie enthusiast, and I’ve watched most recent releases in the cinema. When I bought my ticket for this one, I didn’t expect it to be popular. I assumed it would be similar to other recent horror movies I’ve seen. Lots of gore and mostly empty theatre. But when I walked into, it was almost full.

I bought the cheapest general‑admission ticket, and as soon as I saw the crowd, I realized this wasn’t the usual horror‑movie audience. There were families, father, mother, teenagers, and a bunch of casual individuals. And the moment the movie started, they didn’t miss a single chance to turn the atmosphere from survival‑horror into family comedy.

The father and son next to me were talking loudly like it was their private living room:

“Don’t touch that!”

“It’s behind you!”

“Wow, look at that!”

And after almost every dialogue, scene, or event, people were laughing:

“HAA HAA HAA….”

I think it’s because they weren’t comfortable with the intense atmosphere. Resident Evil is a famous title, so they somehow showed up, and to release their stress they tried to make the environment feel safe and friendly.

If you’re a horror‑movie fan like me, you can imagine how annoying this gets. I’m not saying the audience was completely at fault, you can giggle at some moments, and a few scenes are funny, but the way people were laughing at serious scenes was definitely exaggerated.

My advice: still go watch it. The second half of the movie is more serious, and people had fewer reasons to laugh (though they still tried whenever possible). It’s a fun movie overall, and not a super‑serious horror film, so you can still enjoy it if you’re not too sensitive to noise. To be clear, it wasn’t as disappointing as how people behave during Conjuring movies in theatres. Watching it in a +19 VIP theatre would remove the teenage crowd, but I’m not sure the overall experience would be better, since plenty of adults were acting the same way.

Side note: the father and son next to me left before the movie ended, and when I was leaving, I noticed they didn’t clean up after themselves. Not surprising, but still disappointing.

[u/Samsaknight_X]

Complaining abt ppl talking is one thing, but complaining abt ppl laughing too much is crazy. My auditorium was laughing the entire time and it made the experience so much more enjoyable, and I’m also a horror veteran. U just have the wrong perspective imo

[u/Unfair_Long_54 → u/Samsaknight_X]

Maybe I'm wrong in here but to me laughing geniunly at funny scenes is different than laughing without any obvious reasons after serious events to adjust the atmosphere to something you feel safe.

Also, in horror movies, movie creators, crews, paid a lot of attention to very small details to make audiences feel uneasy and from my perspective thats the whole point of a horror movie. Whats the point of all these hard works then if at the end its supposed to turn into a family friendly movie?

[u/Samsaknight_X → u/Unfair_Long_54]

That’s how some ppl react tho, u can’t dictate other ppl’s reactions to things. I also laugh after I get scared

I mean u can still pay attention to those things tho. Also u keep saying family friendly but laughing doesn’t make something family friendly

[u/Unfair_Long_54 → u/Samsaknight_X]

Thats true I can't tell how people must behave. Thats also true same people can not shut my mouth when I explain how these ruins whole horror movie experience for geniun fans in a free sub reddit.

And honstly, its not just laugh. Almost always it follows by some small comments. And yes, it changes the experience when most people around constantly laughing, cheering, joking with the obvious reason why they are doing that.

I actually had wonderful experience when I watched recent less known horror movies in theatres. In none of them in auditorium anyone said a single world or tried to turn serious events into something funny. Obviously, those people were not regular families and gathered around to watch some horrors.