I’ve been to midnight showings before. It’s usually a lot more fun than a regular showing since the big fans are all there. I imagine the parents really wanted to see the movie, and figured the little kids would just sleep anyway.
Not a big deal, and certainly not worth accusing the parents of being accessories to their own children’s murder.
Neither of the posters said the parents were responsible for the childrens’ injuries or murder.
However, I have to wonder at the idea of taking such small children to that sort of movie myself or having them out at that hour. You are free to disagree, but having raised 3 boys I do have some experience. Mostly it is laziness and cheapness. But kids require one to grow up and think of someone other than yourself. Our culture does not prize that.
No, I feel terrible for the parents, and they are not to blame for the violence that happened to their children. However, I would always counsel parents not to take small children to movies like this or to have them out in the middle of the night when they should be home in bed. Sometimes being a parent means making hard choices, even not getting to see a movie they “really wanted to see”.
I’ll date myself with this, but I used to go see Kentucky Fried Movie, Wizards, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Midnight Madness at the local multiplex.
I can also attest, after working many years on the late shifts, that there are a lot of really weird, unsavory types who seem to come out only at night to shop or whatever, in addition to the regular criminal and gang banger types.