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THE SIGNAL prompts stabbings in California movie theater

February 27th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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FULLERTON, Calif. Two people were stabbed at an AMC multiplex during the screening of the horror film The Signal on Sunday night. Police are still searching for the suspect.

According to CBS2.com, the victims, who reportedly did not know each other, were sitting in separate areas of the same theater when they were attacked around 7:30 p.m. at the Fullerton AMC Theater.

I was curious to discover how far into the film the audience participation took place. The Signal is an omnibus feature with a trio of directors each helming a third of the narrative. Stories about technology gone wild are not exactly leading edge. Part 1, directed by David Bruckner is as creepy and effective a horror film as any I’ve seen in the last twenty years. How did a film go so wrong so fast? By the time it got around to the gore-fest in Part 3, I was worn down by the middle section’s self-conscious buffonnery.

Therefore, it came as no surprise that the stabbings took place approximately 4o minutes into the showing. After the film’s strong opening quickly evaporated into standard silliness I wanted to killl somebody, too.

The suspect, still on the loose, was described as a heavy set white dude in his late to mid 20s, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with black hair. He was last seen making an early exit out of one of the back doors.

Investigators reviewed surveillance tape from the theater but the video, not unlike the photography in The Signal, was of poor quality.

One of the victims was hospitalized with a stab wound to the arm, which also punctured one of his lungs, but he was expected to survive. The other victim suffered a non-life threatening stab wound to the arm.

Neither victim knew one another or their assailant. Police believe the attacker may be the same individual who had been kicked out of the theater that same day — an intoxicated man who was very disruptive during a movie. Guilty! Tie him to a car and drag him!

Anyone with information on the attacks was asked to call the Fullerton Police Department at (714) 738-6800.

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