If you've listened to our Corpse Club podcast or read our previous features on Daily Dead, then you know we're big fans of The Blair Witch Project here on Daily Dead. So we're especially thrilled that the Museum of Pop Culture will host an online watchalong of the classic found footage film this Friday, April 24th, featuring co-director Eduardo Sanchez and producers Gregg Hale and Michael Monello as special guests.
Below, we have official details on The Blair Witch Project watchalong, which will kick off at 7:00pm PST on April 24th. To learn more and to register, visit:
"This week on It's Coming from Inside the House!, MoPOP's Horror Film Watch-along: Join Manager of Public Engagement Robert Rutherford for a live-stream discussion and watch-along of found footage horror classic The Blair Witch Project, with special guests co-director Eduardo Sanchez and producers Gregg Hale and Michael Monello.
Re-invigorating the "found footage" movement in horror, The Blair Witch Project showed how much could be done with a well-crafted mystery and word-of-mouth buzz. Shot for a slim $60,000, the film went on to gross more than 240 million dollars, and its stylistic imprints on the genre are still visible today. The Blair Witch Project comes in at #79 on MoPOP's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die.
Here are a handful of program elements that you can expect to see Friday night:
- Pre-film introduction from Robert Rutherford, MoPOP's Manager of Public Engagement, and several of the filmmakers who brought The Blair Witch Project to life - co-director Eduardo Sanchez and producers Gregg Hale and Michael Monello.
- Spotlight on artifacts from The Blair Witch Project on display in MoPOP's Scared to Death exhibition.
- Cocktails, mocktails, and beer pairing recommendations
- Chat with Robert, the filmmakers, and other fans during the film
- Post-film Q&A and discussion with the filmmakers
REGISTER: https://www.mopop.org//programs-plus-education/programs/movies-at-mopop/"
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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