Ryan George is a writer and videographer over at the movie portal ScreenRant. (His “Pitch Meeting” videos on current films are good stuff.) Last night he was in attendance at an advance screening for the new animated lark “Detective Pikachu”, and as he detailed — things went awry.

It turns out that the tykes in the theater were in store for some content they may not have been ready to see.

The theatre I'm in is playing a trailer for Annabelle Comes Home before Detective Pikachu LOOK AWAY CHILDREN OH NO — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

Well now, that is not great to hear! I’m sure they were fine though, right?

Andddd kids are crying. Now the Joker trailer is playing. — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

Oh dear. Okay, hopefully they were able to put that behind them as they sit back and enjoy —

NOW IT'S CHUCKY OH NO CHILDREN OH NO pic.twitter.com/P2DkGmglDJ — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

Something is seriously amiss! Why would they play these trailers ahead of a kid’s movie?!

Oh…brother…

OH MY GOD THEY'RE PLAYING LA LLORANA INSTEAD OF DETECTIVE PIKACHU pic.twitter.com/j4qX6fAf95 — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

Somewhere there is a theater assistant manager being forced to turn it his corporate vest!

They finally realized the mistake and shut it off. Poor kids ? pic.twitter.com/mGbgrBx0Oe — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

The guy working the film talking to the manager of the theater pic.twitter.com/KoGuljs1FF — Anthony K (@ARunner1996) May 10, 2019

Well — EVENTUALLY they sorted things out on site. Sort of.

We've all been moved to another theatre where Detective Pikachu is just paused? At least there aren't any more murders on-screen pic.twitter.com/tEid3ThPY4 — Ryan George (@theryangeorge) May 9, 2019

Yeah when I was a projectionist at Marcus theatres, we had received Levi underwear ads to be placed on rated r films. Being in a rush I did not pay attention to the ratings band and put them on Balto. Which we were running at the time as part of the kids summer series. — mrorange90 (@mrorange90) May 9, 2019

And when was Tyler Durden spotted? — JackBoi (@sckamar) May 9, 2019

That’s a good pull right there.

Still better than the Spiderman Trailer before watching endgame. That shit happened. — Tipo de incógnito (@S_de_Incognito) May 9, 2019

Heh. Truth.

Aaaah permanently damaging prepubescent minds is tight! — Chris Kliment (@Spesholl_K) May 9, 2019

At least they have the weekend to work out all of their existential damage possibly incurred. I’m sure the soothing sounds of Ryan Reynolds’ voice help calm some nerves…