There are horror movies that make you jump, and then there are horror movies that reportedly send someone to the emergency room.
The new folk horror film “Blood Shine” appears to be the latter. A woman watching the movie at its Los Angeles premiere became unresponsive during one of its most intense scenes and had to be carried out of the theater and taken to a hospital by ambulance.
The screening came to a halt around 9 p.m. Wednesday when the attendee lost consciousness during a particularly intense sequence at the red carpet premiere of “Blood Shine.” Emergency personnel were called to the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills, and she was carried out and taken by ambulance to a nearby emergency room, according to Dread Central. She’s reportedly doing well now.
The film is a visceral folk horror piece from husband-and-wife filmmakers Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks from Dark Sky Films. Bennett stars as Clara, a devout zealot who worships the light through solitary rituals in upstate New York. David Call plays Brighton West, a troubled horror filmmaker who retreats upstate to finish his screenplay and gets pulled into her increasingly extreme spiritual practices, convinced by Clara that her sadistic ceremonies will turn him into a god.
The cast also includes Brendan Sexton III, Larry Fessenden and Toby Poser. “Blood Shine” has been building buzz across its festival run, with stops at the Sitges Film Festival and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where genre audiences are typically the hardest crowd to rattle.
Blood Shine opens in select theaters and on digital August 21.