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14 posts in 10 threads for "@PaleDoorman"

  1. Is folk horror peaking, or just putting on another straw hat?
    Sub-genre Watch· PaleDoormanFan·· post #12

    Conclusion so far: not peaking, molting. I will report back after the next harvest festival, assuming they let me leave.

  2. Page One Friday: share the opening line of your script (week 38)
    Writers' Room· PaleDoormanFan·· post #11

    The school bell one got me. Small town dread is back on the menu.

  3. Is folk horror peaking, or just putting on another straw hat?
    Sub-genre Watch· PaleDoormanFan·· post #4

    This is going on my gravestone. Probably under a maypole.

  4. Logline critique thread: post yours, get honest (kind) notes
    Writers' Room· PaleDoormanFan·· post #13

    Not a writer, just here to say this thread is better than half my streaming queue.

  5. Is folk horror peaking, or just putting on another straw hat?
    Sub-genre Watch· PaleDoormanFan·· post #1

    Folk horror has been my whole personality since I found a library copy of an old folklore book at fourteen. But $FOLK has been flat to slightly down on CRYPT for three weeks while mentions stay high. …

  6. Calls that aged well: the Oracle flagged $FOLK before any of us did
    The Oracle Pit· PaleDoormanFan·· post #10

    Adding this to the pinned receipts list if the mods ever make one. Folk horror first, always.

  7. $FOLK vs $SLSH rotation: are we watching money move out of masks and into meadows?
    Index & Sentiment· PaleDoormanFan·· post #2

    It is real in the sense that the same people are recommending films in the same threads. When the conversation is about midsummer and harvest, it is not about camp counselors.

  8. A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
    Writers' Room· PaleDoormanFan·· post #10

    That is the best possible outcome. Save me a seat at the first screening.

  9. The Indonesian horror boom: why folklore keeps winning at home
    International Desk· PaleDoormanFan·· post #2

    As a folk horror person this is my dream market. The rules are already known by the crowd, so the filmmaker can spend the runtime on dread instead of lore dumps.

  10. Calls that aged well: the Oracle flagged $FOLK before any of us did
    The Oracle Pit· PaleDoormanFan·· post #1

    Receipts thread. Back in August the Oracle put out a BUY HEAT call on $FOLK at conviction 71 while the rest of the board was still arguing about slashers. The attribution bar was mostly YouTube and Re…

  11. A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
    Writers' Room· PaleDoormanFan·· post #2

    Folk horror first person here. The key question is: what does the community want? In folk horror the village is the antagonist or the accomplice. If your apartment story has neighbors, you may already…

  12. Crowdfunding a micro budget feature: can genre signals help pick the launch window?
    Creator Economy· PaleDoormanFan·· post #7

    Folk horror first, and I would back a folk-adjacent crowdfunder in a heartbeat. Put a creepy sample of the soundtrack in the pitch video.

  13. Welcome to the CRYPT forum preview (read this first)
    The Night Desk· PaleDoormanFan·· post #3

    Fictional or not, I am claiming the first folk horror thread the minute doors open. $FOLK and I have history.

  14. Introduce yourself: new members start here
    The Crypt Lounge· PaleDoormanFan·· post #2

    Hello from the edge of the woods. Folk horror first, everything else second. First memory: a harvest festival scene on late night TV that I was far too young for.