Angry 'Twilight' Fans Rip Chicago Ridge Theater After Projector Fail (VIDEO)

Die-hard "Twilight" fans began lining up at area theaters hours before midnight screenings of "Eclipse" on Tuesday, including a group of fans in southwest suburban Chicago Ridge--who were about to have their dreams shattered.

NBC Chicago reports that fans began lining up at the Chicago Ridge AMC movie theater around 9 p.m. to see the third installment of the "Twilight" series. When they entered the theater, they watched the previews, but when the movie started, there was no sound:

"We're watching the previews waiting for the movie and out of nowhere the sound just stopped," said teen fan Soraida Botello.
The movie goers started booing and yelling for management, who informed them they were having technical difficulties and would try to fix the problem. Meanwhile, the movie kept playing with no sound.

Finally, when management conceded defeat they asked everyone to leave.

The theater agreed to refund their money--but for the angry mob of teen vampire fans, it was not enough.

wow i would soo beyond pissed because me personally i went to go watch eclipse @ 12:01 along with everyone else. But I also saw twilight and new moon so I was there from 4pm to 3am all together! i could even imagine if that happened with me! but with me it was totally worth the wait! i thought eclipse is the best in the series! i know it sounds cliche but its true!! lol

Comment by tet_d on June 30, 2010 at 5:05pm: What? Chicago too?! Anyway, we did finished watching the film, but what I noticed is the poor quality of film, some scenes are not even focused. I wonder why...

Comment by Reagin Brianne on June 30, 2010 at 5:23pm: I don't live in Chicago but the theater I went to had problems too! Right after the tent scene the movie cut off and it took them 10 minutes to fix it. When I saw it agian today I realized some of it got cut out when it restarted :( but DEFINATELY the best movie so far

Comment by Sam on June 30, 2010 at 5:31pm: omg , i would of done the same thing . but i saw the movie at 12:30 in IMAX :D it was so AMAZING !

Comment by Estefany vega on June 30, 2010 at 5:42pm: i would be so pissed....sorry for all of you that had to go through that....

Comment by TamTwilight on June 30, 2010 at 6:14pm: oh my god i would be so pissed if that happened to me
going to go see it tonight eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =D

Comment by Taunny Cullen on June 30, 2010 at 7:27pm: Well they fixed the problem because I saw it here at 4pm and it was fine. I had no idea this had even happened until I talked to some young ladies who were in line as I was leaving. Eclipse was awesome!!! Going to see it in IMAX this weekend!!!

Comment by Denise on June 30, 2010 at 7:32pm: WTF. The film at the Mall of Georgia, in Atlanta, melted on the screen at the point where Alice said she set up Bella's excuse for the battle. Fifteen minutes later they restarted and Charlie was giving Bella the sex talk. What is wrong with this and that picture.

Comment by alishalee on June 30, 2010 at 7:48pm: THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING THE BEST BY FAR .. SORRY TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT .. THAT WOULD RUIN THE EXPERINCE FOR ME IF THAT HAPPENED ...

Comment by Smel on June 30, 2010 at 11:56pm: This happened in a UK theatre last year with my friend watching New Moon! where was our video about it? lol