Earthquake Reaction

I asked my Mom and Dad about the movie Earthquake. They both remember this movie being released, but neither of them went to see it in the theaters. I asked if they remember people passing out or getting scared in the theater for that movie and they both said that they don’t remember any controversy over this film. But, my parents lived in Chicago at the time, so there aren’t a lot of earthquakes there. So perhaps, people in California were more frightened of this film because it was a reality to them. But where earthquakes aren’t common, there wasn’t really any reason for audiences to be frightened.