Violent film trailers shown at PG cartoon in Birmingham
Parents were left horrified after trailers for violent films were shown during the screening of a children's cartoon at a cinema.
Cinemagoers who had turned up for an 11am screening of the PG rated animation Brave at The Giant Screen at Millennium Point in Birmingham, were outraged after a mix-up in the trailers left youngsters watching violent scenes.
One of the film trailers was for Quentin Tarantino's bloodbath Django Unchained.
The screening was full as many families had been taking advantage of the cinema's Little Giants Cinema Club offer which shows family screenings for just 50p.
Melissa Coombs, from Codsall near Wolverhampton, attended the 11am screening on Saturday with husband Peter and daughters Daisy, six, and Penny, three.
The 33-year-old said: "The trailers were for Django Unchained, Die Hard 5 and Iron Man so obviously our children looked horrified because they are three and six. We had to cover their eyes and ears.
"The room was full of families and young children because they are doing an offer where it is 50p a ticket.
"The Tarantino trailer was blood and guts and death. My kids looked shocked and horrified. As it is such a big screen there was nowhere to hide. A lot of parents took their children out of the room."
A statement from The Giant Screen blamed the showing on a technical error and said it was "highly regrettable". It added: "This unfortunately meant that the trailers shown in advance of the film were certified suitable for older audiences aged 12 and 15."
"Following the screening, the visitor services manager met concerned parents in the exit foyer to apologise. Immediate action has been taken to strengthen the procedures in place."
