11 posts in 6 threads for "@LagosLanternLight"
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Thank you for the honest answer. We will make so much noise that you have to count us.
- Is folk horror peaking, or just putting on another straw hat?
From where I sit, 'folk' has been a very European word on the terminal. There is so much folklore horror outside that frame that has not been counted yet. Peak for one village is not peak for the worl…
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
A gift! When the generator stops suddenly, the whole street goes silent. Everyone knows that silence. I build scenes around it.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Exactly. Some of my best comments are people saying 'my auntie told me this exact story.' That is when I know it worked.
- Nollywood horror shorts and the folklore we grew up with
Hello Desk. I make horror shorts in Lagos, mostly for YouTube, mostly on weekends with friends who owe me favors. I want to talk about how our folklore is finally getting space in horror, not only in …
- Pacific Time for everyone, or my local time?
Tip for others: Pacific is currently 8 hours behind Lagos. My rule of thumb is 'subtract a workday.'
- Introduce yourself: new members start here
Hi from Lagos. I make horror shorts from folklore my aunties told me. First memory: a story about a lantern on a dark road, which explains the username.
- Short film programming: how do you order a great horror shorts block?
Seconded, from someone who makes folklore shorts that travel. A short is the easiest way for a new audience to try a tradition they do not know yet.
- A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
Update after a call with the producer: they love the grief at the center. So the grief stays, the neighbors become a village, the anniversary becomes a festival. Same story, different clothes. Thank y…
- A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
This is where I feel strongest. I would rather build a ritual from my own family's stories than borrow something that is not mine.
- A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
A small producer liked my feature script, a haunting set in a city apartment, and asked if I would rewrite it as folk horror. Move it to a village, lean into ritual and the land. I grew up on these st…