{"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":"Lord Of Misrule","slug":"lord-of-misrule","published_at":"2026-01-22T07:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500/lord-of-misrule","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500","url":"https://folknhell.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/686d2a6a37e3cb9d349cb1d7/e/69710247d00eff242dd4c299/media.mp3","summary":"Lord of Misrule does not so much ease you into folk horror as shove your face straight into the maypole. From the opening moments it is corn dollies, pagan ornaments, horned skulls, chanting villagers and ominous festival prep. Within minutes we were all saying the same thing: “this thing is leaking folk horror out of its pores” . There is no slow burn here. It is folk horror turned up to eleven before anyone has had time to ask what day it is. The setup is classic. A newly arrived vicar and her family move to a remote English village just in time for the annual harvest festival. Bells ring, Morris men bash sticks, bonfires crackle, and the whole thing feels like a village fete that has quietly joined a cult. When the vicar’s daughter is chosen as the Harvest Angel and then disappears mid celebration, the film should snap into panic mode. Instead, the reaction is oddly muted. As we put it at the time, “this is concern, not dread” , and that lack of urgency hangs over the rest of the film like damp bunting. A lot of our frustration comes from how early everything is signposted. We know something is wrong almost immediately, and the film never really pretends otherwise. Unlike The Wicker Man, where discoveries unfold alongside the central character, here we are always ahead of the game. The villagers feel practised rather than secretive, the rituals rehearsed rather than inherited. The moment we kept coming back to was the Lord of Misrule silencing the crowd with a single strike of his staff. It looks impressive, but it also prompted the very FolknHell reaction of, “this feels less like tradition and more like a very well run rehearsal” . There are strong elements scattered throughout. The children are genuinely unsettling, the imagery often striking, and Ralph Ineson br…","meta_description":"Lord of Misrule does not so much ease you into folk horror as shove your face straight into the maypole. From the opening moments it is corn dollies, paga…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/folknhell-7405500/episodes/lord-of-misrule/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folknhell-7405500/lord-of-misrule.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}