Ahh! Real Films

 Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover one of the most (in)famous horror production companies: Blumhouse! We discuss the founding and history of this production company before diving into two new (to us) films. What is Blumhouse best known for, and how can you recognize a "Blumhouse movie"? What is Blumhouse's place in the modern horror landscape? How many Mike Flanagan movies have we seen? How much can we talk about Gilligan's Island? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Oculus (2013), Sweetheart (2019), Death of Unicorn (2025)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cove maybe the best horror anthology series of all time, V/H/S! We discuss the franchise, its history, and its future (HUH) before discussing our respective top 5 segments. How has V/H/S re-invigorated the horror anthology and found footage space? Who are some of the series' strongest directors? Which V/H/S film is the strongest overall? What do Lloyd Christmas, Roman Reigns, and David Ortiz all have in common? How many times do we each say "That's you"? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: V/H/S series!!, The Woman in the Yard (2025), The Monkey (2025)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we grab something FROM THE SHELF, namely our shelves of DVDs and Blu Rays! After a few heavy hitter episodes, we thought we’d take a week to kick back and watch some of the titles in our collections that we’ve neglected (a nice way of saying that we bought something and then subsequently didn’t watch it – oops!) and, as it turns out, perhaps we shouldn’t have neglected these movies after all! What is YOUR favorite dilapidated school house? Would you be “weirded out” if a dead body was no longer where you left it? Is “Cri Cri” a good nickname? And can you call a mute person “dumb” when they are very dumb without being cancelled? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Diabolique (1955), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Mickey 17 (2025)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover THREE films based on Bram Stoker's iconic novel, "Dracula." Our films cover over 60 years of film-making and are only explore different interpretations of the Dracula story, but are done in wildly different styles. Fun! What makes the Dracula story so timeless and desirable for screen adaptation? Which depictions of Dracula are most true to the book--and which are just the best? Is it comfortable to discuss a text based on repressed sexuality with your sibling? Who is hotter, Keanu Reeves or Gary Oldman? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Dracula (1931), Nosferatu (1979), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we delve into the strange and truly wonderful world of David Lynch. We discuss his career, his influences, his style, and, of course, some of his greatest films! Rest in Power, Dave. Why does the baby in Eraserhead remind both of us of our cats? Is Naomi Watts “stunningly beautiful”? Does calling a woman beautiful make you gay? And why are so many women “in danger”? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Roger Ebert’s Interaction with David Lynch on the Red Carpet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y5BfLqdMeI

Exploring David Lynch’s L.A. Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzVv8uAzMlE& 

Roger Ebert’s review of Inland Empire: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/inland-empire-2007 

Kyle MacLachlan’s tribute to David Lynch: https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/comments/1i3003s/kyle_maclachlans_tribute_to_david_lynch/#lightbox 

Movies Covered: Eraserhead (1977), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we bring your our – and your – favorite episode of the year, our Top 10 of 2024. Horror is SO BACK in 2024 and we discuss what a knockout year it was, the breadth and depth of films that came out, and take a trip down memory lane before recounting our top 10 horror FILMS of the year. What was your favorite horror film of 2024? Does Curtis announce a grandiose theme for his top 5? Which celebrities would take the substance? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms, or drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for a new topic or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

 
Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

HO! HO! HO! and Merry Christmas! to all ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we delve back into our favorite holiday – for the seventh (!) year in a row – Christmas! And boy are we totally not scraping the bottom of the barrel here as we discuss an entry from our FAVORITE (and I do mean favorite) Christmas series and an underseen early 2000s gem set on Christmas Eve. We also discuss our perfect Christmas Eve/Day and, as always, some non-horror Christmas recommendations (well, mostly avoids). Is every house required to stock egg nog all December? Does having a brain so big that it’s exposed outside of your head mean you’re really smart? Is Lin Shaye “eating and leaving zero crumbs”? And is a Nintendo 64 the greatest gift that anyone can possibly receive on Christmas? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out (1989), Dead End (2003)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we keep the holiday spirit flowing from Thanksgiving to Christmas and cover films based on less popular holidays. We discuss the phenomenon of horror films being based around holidays before getting into our two (slasher) films! Why are holiday-based films so popular, and why are those based on Christmas and Thanksgiving more common? How do slasher films both follow a formula, and subvert our expectations? Do we use the term "incongruous" correctly? How tasty are boiled hot dogs? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: My Bloody Valentine (1981), April Fools Day (1986)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we dive into our (semi) annual Thanksgiving episode but this time with a little twist. We are covering films actually about or reminiscent of Black Friday, the biggest day for shopping in the U.S.! We cover the history of Black Friday (non-American listeners, listen up!!) before covering our films. Where did the term "Black Friday" come from? How do horror films explore consumerism? What's more interesting: alien creatures, or the interpersonal drama between coworkers? Can we remember all of the famous Hughs? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms and now Bluesky: @ahhrealfilms.bsky.social. You can drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Black Friday (2021), Chopping Mall (1986), Heretic (2024), Trap (2024), Oddity (2024), Vermines (Infested) (2024), MadS (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we delve into the realm of the real… real stories that is, or “based on a true story,” as some would say. We discuss our society’s fascination with seeing “real life” stories depicted on screen, the problems associated with “real life stories” being depicted on screen, and the ways in which these types of stories have warped our sense of history and reality. With a few jokes along the way of course! Haha… anyhow: Did Jack from Titanic, the real person, actually draw someone nude? Is it right to instinctively trust an alien abduction story? Are priests more important than your average Joe? And is “Lucifer” = “The Devil”? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Instagram: @ahhrealfilms, or drop us a line to let us know how we're doing, or to suggest a future topic or film to discuss: [email protected]. We’d love any recommendations for this series or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!

You can also find us both on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).  

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Fire in the Sky (1993), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Smile 2 (2024), Time Cut (2024), It’s What’s Inside (2024), Caddo Lake (2024)