One Direction fever set to sweep Britain with release of This is Us, paramedics (literally) on standby

Cinemas are so worried about the reactions fans could have to the upcoming One Direction film This is Us that bigger chains are calling in paramedics to have on standby.

One Direction fever is about to hit Britain, you have been warned.

*stifles laugh*

It sounds ridiculous, but apparently is true.

The precautions come after fans got a little too excited at a 3D screening over in the US.

*serious faces on*

Police were called to a preview screening after waiting fans stampeded toward the cinema as the doors opened.

Fans had started queuing before 4am (!) for the free 10am screening, and staff were unable to stop hundreds rushing for the auditorium when the doors opened.

Eek.

Mum Lizette Van Patten said: “They charged and went straight past the ticket takers screaming, ‘Let us in! Let us in!’”

One Direction's new movie is out August 29.

“I’ve been to lots of premieres and seen people go crazy over Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise, but nothing like this. One Direction are like the Beatles of this generation.”

Allysa Mae De Guzman, 16, who was part of the stampede, said: “It was pretty scary because people were tripping on the floor and pushing.”

As a result, the UK is set to be extra cautious when the movie opens on August 29.

A source from one of the UK’s leading cinema chains says:

“They’re talking about paramedics too, because we had some girls who were shaking and crying so much they were hyperventilating.”

Something we like to call the Harry Styles effect.

“The management reckon this will roll out across the nation.”

Better safe than sorry we suppose.

This Is Us hits the UK on August 29.