Chad Michael Ward
@chadmichaelward.bsky.social
Indie horror writer-director, photographer, poster artist/designer.
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FAIRY DUST, A Fantasy-Horror Film
Return to Oz meets Pan's Labyrinth in this unique and surreal, 80's-inspired genderqueer Dark Fantasy film!
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We're £475 away from our £7500 stretch goal to help cover production expenses as well as for post production. Help us reach our goal by ordering a Blu-Ray or Download, t-shirt, a Rex-Imperator Mask, or even book a zoom with director Chad Michael Ward. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/FairyDustKS
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Brad's out there killing it with THE GREY LIST, and 2026 will likely be another hit as well. For 2025, my splatter horror-comedy DOOMTOWN made the list. If you're interesting in reading what might be my own personal favorite script, you can request a read here: www.bradmjohnson.com/the-grey-lis...
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Brad's out there killing it with THE GREY LIST, and 2026 will likely be another hit as well. For 2025, my splatter horror-comedy DOOMTOWN made the list. If you're interesting in reading what might be my own personal favorite script, you can request a read here: www.bradmjohnson.com/the-grey-lis...
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Still pushing this one through post. Currently banging away on the VFX and score. Can’t wait to u leash this one on the festival circuit in 2026.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Still pushing this one through post. Currently banging away on the VFX and score. Can’t wait to u leash this one on the festival circuit in 2026.
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"The bullies can't always win. We won't let them." - Saga, FAIRY DUST
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"The bullies can't always win. We won't let them." - Saga, FAIRY DUST
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Love this movie.
A recommendation for the sickos who vibe with slow, atmospheric nonsense, full of imagery that evokes Lovecraft (by way of Fulci and Rollin).
DARK WATERS (1993) is full of the blasphemous gothic, slumbering ancient gods, moldering tombs, desolate cliffsides as the scene of monstrous rituals, etc
DARK WATERS (1993) is full of the blasphemous gothic, slumbering ancient gods, moldering tombs, desolate cliffsides as the scene of monstrous rituals, etc
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Love this movie.
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From our very first shoot day on FAIRY DUST, shooting one of our last shots of the film. Seems so long ago, now.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
From our very first shoot day on FAIRY DUST, shooting one of our last shots of the film. Seems so long ago, now.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
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Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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This year, I'm nominating THE HOLE IN THE WORLD to The Grey List 2026. If you've read, and enjoyed, this weirdo folk horror story, please consider giving it a nomination as well. And if you'd LIKE to read it, let me know! I'll put all the info you need for the nomination below.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky / #filmsky community
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This year, I'm nominating THE HOLE IN THE WORLD to The Grey List 2026. If you've read, and enjoyed, this weirdo folk horror story, please consider giving it a nomination as well. And if you'd LIKE to read it, let me know! I'll put all the info you need for the nomination below.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
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Query emails to production companies can work as Plan B, but keep them to 7 sentences max. Include: polite opening, killer logline, why you're reaching out to them specifically. That last part matters - it proves this isn't a form letter blast.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Query emails to production companies can work as Plan B, but keep them to 7 sentences max. Include: polite opening, killer logline, why you're reaching out to them specifically. That last part matters - it proves this isn't a form letter blast.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
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Research time: What are some of your favorite movie trailers? Particularly for indie films. And why? Is it the music? The content? How clever it is?
#filmsky
#filmsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Research time: What are some of your favorite movie trailers? Particularly for indie films. And why? Is it the music? The content? How clever it is?
#filmsky
#filmsky
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"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story.
"At that time, the band had broken up, and I was told they would never reunite. But that’s not what happened."
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November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Recently, an art piece that I co-created over 30 years ago with my then-partner, musician Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, was unearthed from a storage facility, after apparently being misplaced by the band’s management."
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
I Watched One of the Biggest Bands of the '90s Erase Me from Their Story:
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I don't understand people being grumpy that the film isn't attempting more fealty to the novel. If you want that, READ THE NOVEL. It's awesome.
I wanted Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN and that film is inescapably Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN.
I wanted Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN and that film is inescapably Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN.
I honestly think it rocks that del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN is not a direct adaptation of the novel, yet is still framed identically (first wraparound, Victor's POV, Creature's POV, end wraparound) to the novel.
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I don't understand people being grumpy that the film isn't attempting more fealty to the novel. If you want that, READ THE NOVEL. It's awesome.
I wanted Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN and that film is inescapably Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN.
I wanted Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN and that film is inescapably Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN.
Reposted by Chad Michael Ward
Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
Research time: What are some of your favorite movie trailers? Particularly for indie films. And why? Is it the music? The content? How clever it is?
#filmsky
#filmsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Research time: What are some of your favorite movie trailers? Particularly for indie films. And why? Is it the music? The content? How clever it is?
#filmsky
#filmsky
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Not a want, a need.
cannot recommend the making of book more. i have a few of the del toro ones and this is a step beyond - a beautiful level of detail and lots of fun inserts.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not a want, a need.
Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Teaser poster for FAIRY DUST, starring Zoe Villiers, Sam Todd, Josephine McAdam, Joss Carter, and a wild cast of masked characters, now in post-production. Want to get your hands on a copy? We're offering digital and Blu-Ray preorders on our Kickstarter (link in bio) as well as several unique perks.
Reposted by Chad Michael Ward
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Love this movie.
A recommendation for the sickos who vibe with slow, atmospheric nonsense, full of imagery that evokes Lovecraft (by way of Fulci and Rollin).
DARK WATERS (1993) is full of the blasphemous gothic, slumbering ancient gods, moldering tombs, desolate cliffsides as the scene of monstrous rituals, etc
DARK WATERS (1993) is full of the blasphemous gothic, slumbering ancient gods, moldering tombs, desolate cliffsides as the scene of monstrous rituals, etc
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Love this movie.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Day 5! #xenovember I wanted to color it, but ran out of time. Very definitely inspired by @cartoonbeardy.bsky.social s day 4 piece! #darkart
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Day 5! #xenovember I wanted to color it, but ran out of time. Very definitely inspired by @cartoonbeardy.bsky.social s day 4 piece! #darkart
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It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)
From our very first shoot day on FAIRY DUST, shooting one of our last shots of the film. Seems so long ago, now.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
From our very first shoot day on FAIRY DUST, shooting one of our last shots of the film. Seems so long ago, now.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
This year, I'm nominating THE HOLE IN THE WORLD to The Grey List 2026. If you've read, and enjoyed, this weirdo folk horror story, please consider giving it a nomination as well. And if you'd LIKE to read it, let me know! I'll put all the info you need for the nomination below.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky / #filmsky community
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This year, I'm nominating THE HOLE IN THE WORLD to The Grey List 2026. If you've read, and enjoyed, this weirdo folk horror story, please consider giving it a nomination as well. And if you'd LIKE to read it, let me know! I'll put all the info you need for the nomination below.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
"The bullies can't always win. We won't let them." - Saga, FAIRY DUST
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"The bullies can't always win. We won't let them." - Saga, FAIRY DUST
Reposted by Chad Michael Ward
We're £475 away from our £7500 stretch goal to help cover production expenses as well as for post production. Help us reach our goal by ordering a Blu-Ray or Download, t-shirt, a Rex-Imperator Mask, or even book a zoom with director Chad Michael Ward. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/FairyDustKS
FAIRY DUST, A Fantasy-Horror Film
Return to Oz meets Pan's Labyrinth in this unique and surreal, 80's-inspired genderqueer Dark Fantasy film!
tinyurl.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We're £475 away from our £7500 stretch goal to help cover production expenses as well as for post production. Help us reach our goal by ordering a Blu-Ray or Download, t-shirt, a Rex-Imperator Mask, or even book a zoom with director Chad Michael Ward. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/FairyDustKS