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Folk 'n' Hell

@folknhell.bsky.social
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Three chums, one microphone, and a whole world of folk horror. The Folk n Hell podcast unearths delights from around the world and tries to agree if they're worth our (and your) time. www.folknhell.com or wherever you get your podcasts

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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 17h
31 Days of Folk Horror 5 Tumbbad Indian folk horror with a story of hunger, inheritance, mythology & greed with a landscape that feels as though it has been rotting beautifully for centuries What's the best non-British folk-horror film you've seen? folknhell.s.gy/tumbbad #folktober
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
31 Days of Folk Horror: 4 The Witch A family. A farm. A forest. A goat. And the gradual realisation that leaving the community was a fatal mistake Black Phillip says hello. folknhell.s.gy/witch #folktober
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
31 Days of Folk Horror. 3 The Company of Wolves Once upon a time, there was a girl who went into the woods. And then there were wolves. And dreams. And transformations. And some very uncomfortable things being said about men. folknhell.s.gy/tcow #folktober
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Postman's just been. The Beatles' most autumnal sounding album
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
31 Days of Folk Horror. 2 The Blood on Satan's Claw Something's buried beneath the fields. The children find it and things get considerably worse A #folkhorror cornerstone, and one of the clearest examples of our 3 FolknHell tenets: Place + Belief + Outsider folknhell.s.gy/bsc #folktober
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌿 31 Days of Folk Horror 1 Night of the Demon (1957): witchcraft, ancient beliefs, cursed runes. It may not fit every definition of #folkhorror but it helped create the atmosphere from which the genre emerged Is it folk horror? We think it is: folknhell.s.gy/nod #folknhell31
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands🎙️ Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #TheBorderlands #FolknHell
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting tomorrow and every day throughout October, we'll be recommending a folk horror film from the FolknHell.com archive to put you in a suitably spooky mood. #folknhell31
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our FolknHell watchlist (with where you can watch them) of folk horror films by decade has reached the 1980s. Admittedly not the finest decade for folk horror, but with gems like Outcasts and Lair of the White Worm, there's plenty to get your teeth into www.folknhell.com/blog/a-folkn...
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anyway, postie's just been. Double Date is an okay slasher comedy, but the soundtrack by Goat is absolutely superb
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watched Hereditary for an upcoming episode of the podcast last night. My god, I'd forgotten what a harrowing ordeal that film is. Absolute brilliance from start to finish but it's exhausting!
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Some things on my records want list I hold little hope of finding. BA Robertson's Bully for You complete with the live single is one. Spin Sounds in Dorking to the rescue
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Starve Acre. Matt Smith & Morfydd Clark in a tale of a sinister, ancient power buried underground & a family compelled to serve it It's pure folk horror & it's on BBC2 tonight at 11pm Listen to the FolknHell podcast - www.folknhell.com/starve-acre-rabbi…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Loner (2025) Struggling vlogger goes off grid in the Northumbrian woods and starts unravelling. Is Angus building himself a better story to explain his own mental collapse? Folk horror or meta folk-horror? We're still not sure New episode of FolknHell out now www.folknhell.com/loner-review
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Starve Acre. Matt Smith & Morfydd Clark in a tale of a sinister, ancient power buried underground & a family compelled to serve it. It's pure folk horror & it's on BBC2 tonight at 11pm! Listen to the FolknHell podcast for Starve Acre www.folknhell.com/starve-acre-...
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Loner (2025). Struggling vlogger goes off grid in the Northumbrian woods and starts unravelling. Is Angus building himself a better story to explain his own mental collapse? Folk horror or meta folk-horror? We're still not sure New episode of FolknHell out now www.folknhell.com/loner-review
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I recently took a trip home to Cornwall in search of locations used for Rose of Nevada (and Enys Men). Here's a quick collage. There's a lot more detail in my locations blog at www.folknhell.com/blog/in-the-...
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
None of the unholy trinity sit in the #folkhorror films we've rated highest for the podcast. The Wicker Man is close but one of us (shortly to be executed) didn't rate it highly Our current top 5 based on the films we've watched so far. www.folknhell.com
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A very successful weekend's record hunting in Cornwall
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Been hunting the locations for Rose of Nevada this weekend. Pics to follow when I've visited the pub and village but here's the harbour where the boat sets sail from and arrives 30 years earlier. Mullion Harbour. Spot the seal basking in the sun
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
She's back. 30 years gone and the Rose of Nevada sits in the harbour. A dying Cornish village gets redemption. But the sea takes a price. Wistful, damp, quietly merciless. FolknHell trades a trip on the Rose of Nevada www.folknhell.com/rose-of-nevada-re…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Over 30-odd #folkhorror films three traits keep showing up. Enough that we reckon they're closer to a definition than the genre usually gets. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity has had its day. A first draft of a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror? link.content360.io/definition
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is what heroism looks like. What a guy!
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Picture in the Cornish cottage we're staying at. Look up on the hillside. Folk horror is just a way of life I'm Cornish, BTW. I grew up with this sort of imagery being perfectly normal :)
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The new episode of FolknHell is now up. This time we take a trip on Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. A tale of a village that's seen better days and a mysterious boat that's become unmoored in time www.folknhell.com/rose-of-neva...
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
3/4 of the way into the year and Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada remains my favourite film of 2026. The next FolknHell podcast lands tomorrow and in it we'll tell you why FolknHell.com and all good podcast purveyors
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Over 30-odd #folkhorror films three traits keep showing up. Enough that we reckon they're closer to a definition than the genre usually gets. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity has had its day. A first draft of a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror? link.content360.io/definition
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
FolknHell pulls apart The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The hammer blow. The meat hook. Leatherface's strange flicker of pathos. Is it #folkhorror? We're convinced it is. Here's why: www.folknhell.com/the-texas-chain-s…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Over 30-odd #folkhorror films three traits keep showing up. Enough that we reckon they're closer to a definition than the genre usually gets. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity has had its day. A first draft of a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror? link.content360.io/definition
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Just back from Coyote Vs Acme. Grinned like a loon, laughed like an idiot. It's perfect in every way.
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
FolknHell meet The Witch (2016), and we've brought a friend along, writer Ian Winterton A menacing goat, a family collapsing under Puritan pride and a landscape as threatening as any monster Robert Eggers #folkhorror instant classic link.content360.io/witch
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This week I have mostly been listening to
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FolknHell pulls apart The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The hammer blow. The meat hook. Leatherface's strange flicker of pathos. Is it #folkhorror? We're convinced it is. Here's why: www.folknhell.com/the-texas-chain-s…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Over 30-odd #folkhorror films three traits keep showing up. Enough that we reckon they're closer to a definition than the genre usually gets. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity has had its day. A first draft of a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror? link.content360.io/definition
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
FolknHell meet The Witch (2016), and we've brought a friend along, writer Ian Winterton A menacing goat, a family collapsing under Puritan pride and a landscape as threatening as any monster Robert Eggers #folkhorror instant classic link.content360.io/witch
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
FolknHell pulls apart The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The hammer blow. The meat hook. Leatherface's strange flicker of pathos. Is it #folkhorror? We're convinced it is. Here's why: www.folknhell.com/the-texas-chain-s…
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Over 30-odd #folkhorror films three traits keep showing up. Enough that we reckon they're closer to a definition than the genre usually gets. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity has had its day. A first draft of a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror? link.content360.io/definition
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Over the 30+ folk horror films we've podcasted, 3 traits have emerged which seem to define what makes a Folk Horror. We've also decided the Unholy Trinity is unfit for purpose. We think we've made a start towards a Grand Unified Theory of Folk Horror. www.folknhell.com/blog/towards...
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
FolknHell meet The Witch (2016), and we've brought a friend along, writer Ian Winterton A menacing goat, a family collapsing under Puritan pride and a landscape as threatening as any monster Robert Eggers #folkhorror instant classic link.content360.io/witch
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
FolknHell meets The Witch (2016), and we're joined this time by writer Ian Winterton. A menacing goat. A family collapsing under Puritan pride. A landscape as threatening as anything with horns. Robert Eggers' delicious #folkhorror classic. www.folknhell.com/the-witch-review
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Folk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FolknHell pulls apart The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The hammer blow. The meat hook. Leatherface's strange flicker of pathos. Is it #folkhorror? We're convinced it is. Here's why: www.folknhell.com/the-texas-chain-s…
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