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Parents and children alike were both frightened and astonished Thursday night when they visited a Holtsville movie theater on Long Island, where they had looked forward to seeing the PG rated “Last Mimzy,” a movie about kids who develop secret powers.

Instead, they wound up sitting in horror, watching as a naked woman chained to a bed giving birth to a dead baby on the big screen.

No, that isn’t the opening scene to the popular children’s film, but rather to the horror movie “The Hills Have Eyes 2.”

About 50 people ran from the theather, some screaming after being terrified by the movie.

Anthony Rasco was so steamed, he came back today to complain to management. “There were kids that were crying, there were people trying to cover the kids eyes, they were caught off guard,” Rasco told CBS 2. “By the time we could react and pull the kids together and figure out what was happening, we pulled them out of the theater.”))

The theater chain released a statement regarding the incident:

“National Amusements extends its deepest apologies to the children and families in the audience. We are working with our theater’s managers to correct this situation and ensure that it does not happen again.”

But not everyone was satisfied with the apology. “I think if I’m gonna go somewhere I’ll go to a different movie theater,” said Frank Doll, who also attended the screening.

For their troubles, parents last night were given two free movie ticket vouchers. Still, that may be cold comfort to a lot of terrified kids.

The theater chain has refused to say whether it intends to discipline the employee who was operating the projector at the time.

Source = WCBSTV