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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine
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Inaugural issue coming March 2026. Details and subscription: https://crossroadsfolkhorror.my.canva.site/

Edited by @scaryasfolk.bsky.social and @theharvestmaid.bsky.social.
It's a heartwarming story of a teen girl who returns to her small hometown where the locals welcome her for a family dinner. Perfect Thanksgiving movie.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Like I said, I don't like the interpretation AT ALL but it kind of maps!

The ambiguities in the film are brilliant. So many ways to look at it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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For Thanksgiving next week, let's spend some quality time with an all-American family in TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Thank you, as always for joining me for #FolkHorrorFriday

For Thanksgiving next week, let's spend some quality time with an all-American family in TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good catch
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I don't like that read because it puts all the agency on Maguire, but the film could be seen as a warning against speaking for a group you don't actually belong to--which is the gist of his very first interaction with Arthur.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Another read, which is troubling but, I think, valid, is that Arthur is a manifestation of Maguire's impotent rage. As a white man, he can't act directly on the tribe's behalf. He wants violence at first, but it becomes clear he doesn't fully understand what he's asking for.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks!
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The prayer scene really circling back to that whole captivity narrative thing, which was often just a religious allegory for white puritans about keeping the faith in the face of persecution. Except it was usually bullshit (not much has changed)

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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Also the way that he acts as a tabula rasa for the white people to project their "knowledge" about various tribes onto. Like he's a manifestation of their assumptions, while also being a manifestation of what the real tribe needs

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November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I'm torn! Both sides of the argument are equally compelling to me. The way Wilf reacts to Arthur is also interesting. Amused and kind of knowing, but they don't directly interact much.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I am a bit uncomfortable with the suggestion that the real Indigenous folks won't get their hands dirty (noble savage?) so they let the spirits do it for them. Creates a problematic dichotomy
imo

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November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Oh, great observation!
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Unhinged (complimentary)

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November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Completely agreed. It doesn't matter, because even if he's not real, it doesn't make the pain and rage any less real.

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November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yessss
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The way he's introduced does kind of give that impression. First entering the frame as a faceless enigma, focus on his pendant, accompanied by a chorus of mysterious sounds.

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November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I'm sorry this is becoming a theme!
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Nice!!
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just wrapped up work about 10 minutes ago, so I'm not in the right headspace yet, but being with you fine people will help get me there!

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November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hurray!
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM