Saw 3 causing people to faint

I went to go see Saw 3 last night and fainted during the piercings scene. I guess the thought of ripping a steel ring out of your mouth by breaking your jaw in half just made me a touch queasy

A buddy of mine was listening to the radio today, and heard that this is happening to a lot of people. Apparently 3 people in the UK had to be hospitalized for it.

Has anybody else heard anything about this?

I wonder how the phenomena compares to people fainting during Chuck P.'s readings of "Guts" from his novel Haunted

I'd have wondered if the whole thing might be a publicity thing, but you're a real live person so I guess not.

Saw III caused me to cringe and hug my knees a little, but fainting seems a bit much.

Or he's a plant!

Dunh duhn dunh!

Oh snap!

It's weird because I'm usually never affected by stuff like this. I thought Saw 1 was a bit gross but an entertaining movie. I was eating theatre popcorn at the time, so maybe that had something to do with it

i almost puked

hey, my mom plants pansies too!

Ladies and Gentleman... I have been zing'd

I remember when Pulp Fiction was out, there were several theaters who elected to have ambulances standing by. Probably this was for publicity's sake but also there had been several cases where people fainted during the scene where Vincent was shooting up and where Mia was revived.

Amazing how mild that seems now.

Yes, it is bizarre how relative things can be. Medical staff with smelling salts were a common gimmick with the early Universal horror films, such as Dracula. They cut loads of little things from the original Frankenstein, like the shot of the monster being injected with a tranquilizer, because they'd be too much for the sensibilities of the adult audiences of the time.

Into the 60's studios were getting great audience responses from the old 'hand from darkness over the shoulder' trick. People in the test viewings would say they loved the film with the 'hand' moment being their favorite bit.

Back in the 70's Christopher Lee Dracula films were getting adult only ratings, now they're shown on TV in the middle of the afternoon. Unless there are breast shots.

Mental. I've never heard of anyone actually fainting - or even freaking out massively - during any movie. I thought it was a myth that marketing people put out there.

It was brutal fun ... but the piggy scene made my mouth want to barf.

i almost pass out just from reading GUTS

Had no effect on me whatsoever.

The horrible cuts and flashes gave my friend a headache, though.



Also, since I have principles, I bought a ticket for The Science of Sleep instead, and then just snuck into Saw 3.


If my friends want to see it, fine, I'll see it. But I will be damned if I am going to support it.

Thanks for buying tickets to this crap.

I'll blame Saw IV on you guys.

See, for whatever reason it didn't affect me at all. I guess I just assumed it wouldn't bother anyone else either, because of that.

Maybe I'm just not as skilled at visualizing literature as everyone else.

a couple of people fainted at the reading i went to. one of them fell over and hit his head on the chair next to him. it was pretty crazy, and i seriously doubt it was staged.

as for saw 3, i don't think anyone fainted in the theatre i was in. i'm usually big on scary movies, but saw 3 actually got to me. i'm still sore from all the cringing. the editing, though, made me want to throw up. enough with the flashbacks to scenes that occured just minutes prior! arrrgh!

Nobody noticed me faint... my buddy who was sitting next to me didn't even find out until I told him after the movie was over. He said he glanced over, saw my head drooped down, and just figured that I was looking away from the screen.

Oh and by the way...

You can go ahead and blame me for Saw V, VI and VII as well

i loved saw 3

Yeah Saw II was a piece of suck. Part 3 is way better than the first 2.