When I watched the trailers at my showing of The Odyssey, I was prepared for a Trojan horse, angry gods, and lots of ocean water.
And of course, The Odyssey is no warm, cozy, family-friendly film. I knew to expect some blood and gore. But I was not prepared to be scared out of my mind by a trailer that would make me want to sleep with the lights on for the next six months.
But that's exactly what happened to me — and other moviegoers — when the trailer for Other Mommy popped up before the start of The Odyssey.
The trailer starts out with what looks to be a mom and daughter in their kitchen enjoying what looks like a wholesome chat on a sunny day.
But no, no, no.
Out of nowhere, Jessica Chastain transforms into some sort of bodysnatcher, and that's the exact moment when moviegoers quickly realized they were in a full-on, unexpected horror situation.
When Jessica contorted her body like a praying mantis, I literally started saying, "No," over and over in my seat with my jacket over my head, rocking back and forth next to my friend.
Apparently, I'm not the only one who had gotten the living daylights scared out of them as well. And I get it. We were expecting the horrors of war and pissed off mythological gods, of course. But jump scares and creepy body-stealing beings were not what we signed up for.
Now that the Other Mommy trailer is released online, people are sharing their hilarious reactions from seeing it first in the theater while just trying to watch The Odyssey, and some of these are pure gold. Here's what they're saying:
"I was waiting for The Odyssey to start and then Jessica Chastain’s head and contorted body popped out from under a table and I jump a foot in the air."
"I was in the front row at imax. 'Thanks, I hate it.' Doesn’t quite cover my reaction to it 😂😂😂😂"
"Dude same. It should be illegal to have jump scares like that in trailers. Especially if you aren’t there for a horror movie in the first place."
"the lady sitting next to me SCREAMED when they showed her under the kitchen table"
"I like to think I’m desensitized to most jump scares. That fuckin table scene totally got me 😅😅😬"
"Amen.. there was no need for it!! I had to apologize for my screaming"
"That jumpscare didn’t follow the normal 'dark and gloomy' style of jump scares. It totally got me me, who expects a jumpscare in a vibrant and sunny room"
"Just got back from seeing The Odyssey, but I can’t even talk about it because… The trailer for that Other Mommy horror movie was absolutely terrifying. I thought it was a commercial at first. Left me with a chill down my spine."
"thought process went 'is this gonna be like that goodnight mommy mov- WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT'”
"Nearly dropped my popcorn"
"who decided to attach a horror trailer to The Odyssey"
"Yeah, that was a problem for me"
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