Marcus Theatres Posts 'Incredibles 2' Seizure Warning

ACROSS ILLINOIS — Marcus Theatres is joining the ranks of cinemas nationwide who are posting health-related warnings for anyone planning on seeing Disney's "Incredibles 2," especially those with photosensitive epilepsy or other sensitivity to photos. According to Disney, the Pixar movie opened in the U.S. on Friday to the biggest box office opening for an animated movie ever. However, this record didn't come without some reported health issues.

Due to the strobe effects from a character's weapon, there were several reports on social media (see below) of audience members becoming nauseous and reports of some people experiencing seizure.

As issues were reported from moviegoers, The Epilepsy Foundation released a statement on Saturday, urging Disney to issue warning about the lights featured in "Incredibles 2." Disney ended up encouraging theaters to post alerts inside or at the box office.

Marcus Theatres, a company that has several locations across Illinois and the Midwest, has posted warnings in their box offices.

Patch reached out to the company regarding the issue, and Mari Randa, Director of Marketing and Communications for Marcus Theatres responded, saying out of an abundance of caution, signage has been posted at the box office area at Marcus Theatres (pictured above).

The Epilepsy Foundation defines seizure as a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain which usually affects how a person appears or acts for a short time.

@DisneyPixar @Disney I am a HUGE fan of Disney & Pixar. Sunday I saw the Incredibles 2 and suffered a seizure right after. I spent 3 days in the hospital. Had a million tests done and my head is still currently pounding.
— Tressa2796 (@tressa2796) June 20, 2018

Incredibles 2 was good but the amount of scenes that almost made me sick really sucked. Cause I don't get seizures but there's long scenes of disgusting flashes. Thanks Pixar.
— William Beglinger (@WBeglinger) June 20, 2018

incredibles 2 was definitely worth it. although i would suggest they put a warning sign for epilepsy/seizure sensitive patients during certain scenes.
— mina (@weyheymina) June 20, 2018

For more information and movie times, visit marcuscinemas.com.

Photo courtesy of Mari Randa, Marcus Theatres