Start stockpiling popcorn and reserve a spot on your couch for a full day, because the F This Movie! podcast (hosted by Daily Dead's Patrick Bromley) has announced the lineup for their sixth F This Movie Fest, and it's going to pack quite the genre punch.
Taking place on Saturday February 11th, the sixth F This Movie Fest lineup includes The Princess Bride, Predator, Raising Arizona, RoboCop, and The Monster Squad.
The communal viewing experience kicks off at noon, and fans from around the world can interact with each other from the comfort of their own homes by tweeting comments accompanied by #fthismoviefest.
You can read the full details below, and be sure to visit F This Movie! online for more information on this event as well as insightful cinematic discussions.
From F This Movie!: "The world's only all-Twitter film festival returns!
You knew it was coming, but here's the official announcement: F This Movie Fest 6 will be taking place on February 11th!
If you're unfamiliar with F This Movie Fest, it's a day every year where we all watch movies together and talk about them over Twitter. Here's the deal:
1. Secure copies of all five movies! (DVD/Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video, iTunes rentals, public libraries, etc.)
2. If you're not already doing so, follow F This Movie! on Twitter (@fthismovie). If you're not already on Twitter, you should sign up! You can quit the very next day if you want.
3. Don't quit. Keep following us on Twitter.
4. Beginning at Noon on Saturday, February 11th, we all start watching the first movie at the same time from the comfort of YOUR OWN HOME and talk about it on Twitter (just tag all of your comments with #fthismoviefest). It will be like a running commentary. A conversation. Just like WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER!
5. We are not making fun of these movies. We love these movies.
6. If you have to leave for a movie or can only participate in half the festival or whatever, that's cool! Just check in or out with us on Twitter so we know who's there and when. Hopefully, we can all do the full marathon, but we know that's not easy for everyone.
This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of 1987, one of the last great years for the kind of mainstream genre cinema the decade produced. The lineup is:
Noon
The Princess Bride
(98 min., dir. Rob Reiner)2 p.m.
Predator
(107 min., dir. John McTiernan)4:15 p.m.
Raising Arizona
(94 min., dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)6:15 p.m.
RoboCop
(101 min. dir. Paul Verhoeven)8:30 p.m.
The Monster Squad
(82 min., dir. Fred Dekker)Start getting ready! Get your movies in order and watch this space for more details!
#fthismoviefest"
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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