Ahh! Real Films

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we discuss a creepy crawly topic--body invasion horror! But because we love to be different no we are NOT covering any of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movies (rest in power Donald Sutherland). We discuss the common imagery and themes of these films before discussing two VERY similar films. You COULD say one inspired the other, but that's not technically true. What am I talking about? How do body invasion films help us express various cultural fears? Is the name Grant Grant the funniest thing you have ever heard? Who has the breathiest voice of a lead in a horror film? 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: Slither (2006), Night of the Creeps (1986), The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024), Cuckoo (2024), Love Lies Bleeding (2024), Milk & Serial (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we continue tackle a topic 40+ years in the making – that’s right, we’re covering Siskel and Ebert’s famous “Women in Danger” episode. In that episode, our boys Siskel and Ebert (or “Rog” as we call him) absolutely savage the 80s slasher, decrying them as misogynistic and violent towards women, even suggesting the fans of these movies are “vicarious sex criminals” (and actual quote!). So, what else is there to do other than cover two of the movies discussed in this classic episode? Are your intrepid hosts “vicarious sex criminals”? Are we easily manipulated by advertisements from Bravo reality shows? Would you be scared by a haunted hair brush? 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: The Boogey Man (1980), When a Stranger Calls (1979), Trap (2024), Alien Romulus (2024), What You Wish For (2024), Cuckoo (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we continue our Trilogy Throwdown series with the first three The Purge films. We take a look at one of the more recent franchises, discuss its political themes, and chat all things Blumhouse. What is The Purge, exactly? Why do people gravitate towards murder when told they can commit any crime? What is wrong with the libs? How do you pronounce Juárez? 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: The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016), Twisters (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we check in on 2024 and discuss two new releases as well as some of the movies we’ve enjoyed this year. Yep, it’s our now-annual current year check in, and thankfully, unlike a few years past, it’s actually been a great year for horror – wow! Does that include the movies we’re covering especially for this episode? How long can a crocodile live? Does thinking your male friends are handsome make you “gay”? And do we all exist within the context of what came before us? 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 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

Films Discussed: Maxxxine (2024), The Devil’s Bath (2024), Longlegs (2024), Coreys (2024), Arcadian (2024), Funny Games (1997)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss 1950s sci-fi movies, specifically those with a Red Scare subtext (which most of them had!) We discuss that period of American history and say a lot of VERY intelligent things before diving into our two films. How did the Red Scare, fear of nuclear war, and the blacklist show up in 50s films? What are some common subtexts during other periods of history? Would the U.S. government really shoot an alien visitor on site (yes)? Is a plant man scary? 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 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

Films Discussed: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Thing from Another World (1951), A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), Infested (2024), Under Paris (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor today as we venture into the great unknown, where horrors lurk around every corner – outer space! Specifically, we discuss two movies on the extreme opposites in how they approach the concept of horror in space – one philosophical, one… um, not. Surprisingly, we’ve covered very few horror movies set in space in our time, so we had fun diving into a setting that features less than you think in horror movies. Do naked people exist in space? Is a crop top a futuristic design choice? Can anyone hear you scream in the vacuum of space? And will hockey be banned starting this year? 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 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

Films Discussed: Jason X (2001), Moon (2009), In a Violent Nature (2024), Dream Scenario (2023)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring back our much beloved Director Feature series with the one, the only, Rob Zombie! (Or as we like to call him, Booby Z). We enter into previously un-discussed waters as, and this is true, we have never covered a Rob Zombie film before. Listen to two industrial metal heads talk about Rob Zombie's transition to MORE HUMAN THAN A HUMAN to, filmmaker. We cover a variety of his films, to his most beloved to his most "huh?" Where does Rob Zombie fit into the modern horror film landscape? What are the hallmarks of his work? If a scary-looking man in worn-out clown makeup invites you on his homemade horror ride, should you go? How much does Rob Zombie love his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie? 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]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!

You can also now 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

Films Covered: House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), Halloween II (2009), Lords of Salem (2012)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we finish up our Scary Month of May (SMOM, as we’ve coined it) on the final day of the month – a little late for our normal schedule, but extra dramatic for our gimmick (which is, of course, what matters). We’ve discussed scary movie moments… we’ve discussed what other people have said is the scariest movie of all time… now it’s our turn, our time to discuss what WE think is the scariest movie of all time (with caveats of course to make sure we don’t have repeats). So strap in, grab a cool, preferably nerve calming beverage, and lets go over some of the scariest movies of all time! What’s more painful – needle to the eye or needle to the solar plexus? Is it problematic to conduct an fake audition to find your future wife? Are the Carmichael twins weird or just fraternal twins? And do you remember Snick? 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 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

Films Discussed: Audition (1999), Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmicheal Manor (2023), Night Swim (2024), I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss what we consider to be the scariest scenes of all time. That's right! It's our own scariest movie moments (tm Bravo also, please sponsor us). We count down our top 5 scariest movie moments and along the way we discuss what we personally find scary and how we crafted our lists. What makes a scary scene stand out? How to choose just one scary scene in a very scary movie? Is it a good idea to watch your personal scariest scenes all in a row by yourself at night? Whatever happened to the Coors Light twins? 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 a new topic or a future listener submitted episode! And please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!


Links discussed in the episode:
Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments
Kairo | Anatomy of the Scariest Scene Ever

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

Films Discussed: Lisa Frankenstein (2024), Abigail (2024)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss a set of films that are considered the scariest of all time! (… though you must bear with us as many of the other movies considered “the scariest movies of all time” have already been covered by this podcast – wow!) Yes, we are kicking off the month of May with our first entry in our Scary Movie Month of May (SMOM), where we will endeavor to cover topics that discuss what really scares us in a movie and movies that really scare us – and in this episode, we cover movies that many people (and in one instance, science!) say is the scariest movie of all time! Are they right? Is it mandatory to watch an episode of Sesame Street before and after watching Threads? Is Ethan Hawke’s cardigan dirty or stylish? And is it worse to be accused of a sex crime or to use AI art in your movie? 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 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

Films Discussed: Threads (1984), Sinister (2012), The First Omen (2024), Satanic Hispanics (2024), Late Night with the Devil (2024)