You know it's a good horror movie -- or at least a properly revolting one -- when people faint while watching it, and that's just what happened at the Toronto Film Festival last night when "multiple audience members" passed out during the film's premiere screening (via The Hollywood Reporter). "An ambulance had to be called to the scene as the film became too much for a couple patrons," said the film's marketer Ryan Werner, who is having a great day. Lest you think this is merely a clever publicity ploy on the part of distributor Focus World, more than one attendee at last night's screening -- including Girls on Film co-host Alicia Malone -- corroborated the account on Twitter: Raw: super cool, grisly, fun, fresh, gross French horror by badass female filmmaker. Not for weak stomachs! #TIFF16 pic.twitter.com/IwndOPiO9t — Alicia Malone (@aliciamalone) September 13, 2016 Raw: the paramedics had to come to the theater,...
- 9/13/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
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