Thank you for the honest answer. We will make so much noise that you have to count us.

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 world.

A gift! When the generator stops suddenly, the whole street goes silent. Everyone knows that silence. I build scenes around it.

Exactly. Some of my best comments are people saying 'my auntie told me this exact story.' That is when I know it worked.

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 family drama. Many older Nollywood films…

Tip for others: Pacific is currently 8 hours behind Lagos. My rule of thumb is 'subtract a workday.'

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.

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.

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 you all.

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 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 stories so I am not against it, but it fee…