A man appeared to convulse during a preview screening of The Conjuring: Last Rites in Texas, sparking alarm and debate among audiences. A bishop in attendance responded by blessing cinemagoers with water and distributing prayer cards, in a gesture that some viewed as spiritual protection and others as theatrical promotion.
The one-night-only event in the Rio Grande Valley quickly became a talking point online. Reactions were split between those convinced they had witnessed a genuine emergency and those who suspected the entire episode was designed to generate buzz ahead of the film's release.
