Video After The Jump
The remake of the classic horror film Carrie hits theaters nationwide on October 18. The producers of the film got an early start scaring potential movie goers at 'sNice cafe in New York City.
Before customers arrived for their morning cup of coffee the cafe had been set up to pull off a telekinetic stunt by a group of actors.
Once customers arrive and the actors are were in place the fun begins.
The prank starts with a cup of coffee being spilled onto an actress Andrea Morales' laptop. Next thing you know a stunt guy is being hurled through the air, tables and chairs seemingly move by themselves and books fly off of their shelves as Morales melts down in a telekinetic rage.
Cafe patrons start to freak out, not knowing what the hell is going on. Several start to scream and scatter.
"People did freak out," Nora Petroliunas, 29, a manager at the cafe, told the Daily News. "It was funny to watch them react."
"We got some awesome reactions. Some people got really into it," Morales, 27, told The News. "A constructor worker actually came toward me to calm me down, saying everything was going to be okay."
To pull off the stunt, viral marketing firm ThinkModo had crews build a fake wall and tethered stuntman Travis Graves to a pulley system. The tables were on remote control tracks, while the books were rigged to tumble at the push of a button.
"There was not one person there whose eyes didn't pop," James Percelay of ThinkMondo said. "You see everything in New York, but you don't see someone flying up a wall. I think the most jaded New Yorker was surprised."
The stunt was filmed in late August. The footage has received over 3.7 million views since being uploaded on YouTube Monday (October 7).
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Source: NY Daily News
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