In Peru: man dies in a cinema while watching the horror film ‘The Exorcist’

Lime – A man was found dead in a seat in a movie theater in the capital of Peru after the screening of the film ended. horror movie “The Exorcist: Believer”police reported Tuesday.

John Yumpo, police chief of the Santa Elizabeth police station – located in San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in Peru – informed The Associated Press that The body was found in a room of the Cineplanet cinema chain almost midnight on Monday, after the last performance of the day.

“It is an unusual case, we have never found something similar before, a deceased in a movie theater,” Yumpo said. He added that homicide agents are investigating the case because the cause of death is still unknown and an autopsy is pending. Local television stations showed a police van carrying the body in a black bag.

“The Exorcist: Believer”, directed by David Gordon Green and released in early October, is a sequel to “The Exorcist”, one of the most recognized horror films directed by William Friedkin and released in 1973.