Movie theatre accidentally plays The Curse of La Llorona instead of Pokémon Detective Pikachu

The Curse of La Llorona (also known as The Curse of the Weeping Woman in some markets) is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, while Pokémon Detective Pikachu (Also known as Detective Pikachu and released as Great Detective Pikachu in Japan after the original game) is a 2019 American-Japanese live action/animated fantasy mystery film directed by Rob Letterman, which both movies are from United States and Warner Bros. Pictures (despite The Curse of La Llorona was owned by New Line Cinema). The Curse of La Llorona follows a mother in 1973 Los Angeles who must save her children from a malevolent spirit who is trying to steal them, while Pokémon Detective Pikachu follows a former Pokémon Trainer Tim Goodman and the titular Pokémon as they attempt to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Tim's father, Harry. For The Curse of La Llorona, it was released on April 19, 2019 and for Pokémon Detective Pikachu, it was released on May 10, 2019.

However, the trouble began early when the trailers started. Instead of a kid-friendly teaser for a film about cute stuffed toys, children were subjected to snippets from Annabelle Comes Home - a supernatural horror film starring an evil doll. It was at this point that George reported children started crying. But this was only the beginning of their terror. The kids were forced to endure trailers for the Joker and the Child's Play remake. After sitting through this psychologically damaging experience, the children might have expected the horror to be over. They were wrong. It shows The Curse of La Llorona at the movie theatre instead of showing Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Notoriously, it opens with a scene of a mother drowning her child. It was only at this point that the theatre realised the monumental mistake and turned the film off. The group was then moved into another room where Detective Pikachu was paused on the screen. It is believed two audiences might have accidentally mis-seated - and a group of horror fans were forced to sit through trailers for kid's movies.