{"podcast":{"title":"FolknHell","slug":"folknhell-7405500","podcast_index_feed_id":7405500,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/686d2a6a37e3cb9d349cb1d7","website_url":"https://www.folknhell.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/686d2a6a37e3cb9d349cb1d7/1773565308006-12534475-9a2b-47fa-861b-f3902e05b0a0.jpeg","author":"David Hall","episode_count":25,"summary":"FolknHell is the camp-fire you shouldn’t have wandered up to: a loud, spoiler-packed podcast where three unapologetic cine-goblins – host Andy Davidson and his horror-hungry pals David Hall & Dave Houghton, decide two things about every movie they watch: 1, is it folk-horror, and 2, is it worth your precious, blood-pumping time. Armed with nothing but “three mates, a microphone, and an unholy amount of spoilers” Intro-transcript the trio torch-walk through obscure European oddities, cult favourites and fresh nightmares you’ve never heard of, unpacking the myths, the monsters and the madness along the way. Their rule-of-three definition keeps every discussion razor-sharp: the threat must menace an isolated community, sprout from the land itself, and echo older, folkloric times. Each episode opens with a brisk plot rundown and spoiler warning, then erupts into forensic myth-picking, sound-design geekery and good-natured bickering before the lads slap down a score out of 30 (“the adding up is the hard part!\") FolknHell is equal parts academic curiosity and pub-table cackling; you’ll learn about pan-European harvest demons and still snort ale through your nose. Dodging the obvious, an…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T22:18:25.618351+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500"},"episode":{"title":"Intro to the FolknHell Podcast","slug":"intro-to-the-folknhell-podcast","published_at":"2025-07-08T17:11:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500/intro-to-the-folknhell-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500","url":"https://shows.acast.com/folknhell-pod/episodes/686d4c64fe0897380eba4af9","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/686d2a6a37e3cb9d349cb1d7/e/686d4c64fe0897380eba4af9/media.mp3","summary":"Three film-obsessed friends watch deep-cut folk-horror, ask “is it really folk-horror and is it any good?”, then argue, spoil and score it out of 30. Come for the obscure movies, stay for the pub-banter exorcisms. Subscribe… if you dare. Folknhell is the folk horror podcast where Andy Davidson, Dave Houghton and David Hall dig into strange cinema, argue about whether it really counts as folk horror, and score every film out of 30. Add your own score and comments about the films at https://www.folknhell.com/scores Find us on the socials: YouTube : @folknhell Facebook : FolknHell X : @FolknHell Bluesky : FolknHell See acast.com/privacy for info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Three film-obsessed friends watch deep-cut folk-horror, ask “is it really folk-horror and is it any good?”, then argue, spoil and score it out of 30. Come…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":66,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/folknhell-7405500/episodes/intro-to-the-folknhell-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500/intro-to-the-folknhell-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}