WiccanPagan

the only one i can think of is old peter pan where you had to clap your hands to make tinkerbell live again. any others out there?

Groucho

I thought that Peter Pan thing was only in the stage play.

Giles

what about the scratch and sniff cards that accompanied the theatrical run of John Water's "Polyester", does that count?

MrPink

Rocky Horror?

Groucho

The audience participation was something that grew from the audience itself. It wasn't scripted into the movie or anything.

Simpson Purist

Remember those "interactive" movies where you get to pick the outcome of certain scenes. One of these movies was called Mr. Payback (directed by Bob Gale) in which the audience got the vote on what the main character should do to another person.

WiccanPagan

are there other movies along the lines of rhps? that is pretty much what i am looking for. something where the audience does stuff together whether scripted or not.

Kal-El

The ending credit to Scrooged. And one of the alternate endings for Bring It On.

LBPound

This is what I thought of. And Rocky Horror.

But they've mentioned, so there's no point to me posting I guess.

But Groucho IS right, the Peter Pan clap-for-Tinky isn't in the animated movie.

DonnachaOne

Apart from the myriad drinking games (Withnail & I, Clerks, etc), MST3K-style banter and such, the only so-far-unmentioned film I can think of that required participation would be William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus, which depended on an audience's vote to decide if the villain lived or died. The projectionist would then play the reel with the corresponding choice.

Also, some films have karaoke bits. Hedwig & The Angry Inch has it for a verse. Oh, but with home subtitles... it's one big shemale karaoke extravaganza.

Captain Harlock

Alot of people these days seem to think EVERY movie requires "audience particpation". Last summer when I saw Spider-Man about five guys behind me kept yelling "YO MAN DUCK!!" during the final fight scene. As if Tobey Maguire is going to look down from the screen and say "Hey thanks! I don't know why I didnt' think of that".

LBPound

Bechman 2000

When I was with The Talent Company we put on a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Emprie Theater at the New York State Fair. Man, there were some lines from the audience that almost broke me out of character. One of my friends was at the Halloween night show and he had so many lines that got so much laughter from the audience, that, no joke, he was approached by a bunch of people for his autograph after the show. He really was quite funny. He had some new ones that I don't think anyone had heard of before. There was even one that required participation with another audience member, so he gave it a try, and low and behold, someone else new it. That was by far the best show we did.

johnglass

Didn't the movie Clue come out with some gimmick like that, where the audience chose the ending?

Groucho

No. There was a random ending depending on what theater you saw it in.

Pants

DonnachaOne brings up Sardonicus.

I will add many of the other William Castle movies like 13 Ghosts, The Tingler, etc.

Emerg-o is the single funniest/stupidest thing in movie history. Where did he get that name?

Dimension X

Emerg-o: a skeleton "emerges" from (near) the screen and out into the audience (House on Haunted Hill (1958))
Percepto: buzzers in selected seats in the theater (The Tingler (1959))
Illusion-o: ghost viewers were used to reveal or conceal ghosts (13 Ghosts (1960))

Pants

"Illusion-o" I die just reading it.

Panda Phil

Do 3-D movies count? The one that comes to mind was one of the Freddy Kruger films that had the audience put on their glasses whenever a dream sequence came onscreen. I remember seeing it as a kid with about four other people in some hole in the wall theater that managed to screw up the process. :P

darkflounder

Any audience participation porn movies out there??

Or am I just going to the wrong theatres?

WiccanPagan

darkflounder: i think you want to see a live-action show. maybe off (very very far off) broadway?

costanza

paul reubens tried that "audience parcipitation" trick at the porn theater. i wouldn't recommend it.

Buford T Pusser

Yes.

Check out any Castle films you can find.

Damfino

Gremlins II has a funny scene suggesting a Gremlin invasion of the movie theater.

Buford T Pusser

Damfino-you should check out some Buster Keaton flicks. With your name you might find them to be of interest.