Ahh! Real Films

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we continue our Trilogy Throwdown series with the first three Final Destination films. We take a look at the origins of this beloved franchise by reviewing and discussing the first three films and, most important, rating each and every kill of all three – let’s face it, we have to give the people what the want. How many overwrought similes can our hosts use to explain the name “Clear”? Does Ali Larter “serve c-word”? Is Devon Sawa in the same company as Skeet Ulrich? And is there anything worse than dying by tanning bed? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Final Destination (2000), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we discuss films set in the most haunting location of all....the suburbs! We discuss what makes the suburbs such a perfect setting for a horror movie (the term "liminal spaces" is used) before diving into to two very interesting examples of suburban horror!! We could have chosen literally a hundred movies (seriously there are so many horror films set in the suburbs!!) but we chose two oddly similar, sweaty movies!! Why are the suburbs so scary, specifically to Americans? What themes are common in suburban horror films? What would you do if you found a human ear lying in a field? Would it be scary if someone had their boobs and butt on the same side of their body? Listen and find out!


Check out the resources we reference in this episode!
"American Suburbs Are a Horror Movie and We're the Protagonists" by Shina Shayesteh: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/1/13/american-suburbs-are-a-horror-movie-and-were-the-protagonists

"The Horror of Suburbia: What is “Universal” Horror?" by Shannon Lewis: https://slowburnhorror.com/2021/05/13/the-horror-of-suburbia/


And if you want to learn more about urbanization and the suburbs, Taylor recommends: "The Death and  Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs, "Black Picket Fences" by Mary Pattillo, "The Big Roads" by Earl Swift and "Suburban Nation" by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. Support affordable housing and public transit policies in your local communities!!! YIMBY!!!!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Blue Velvet (1986), Society (1989), Evil Dead Rise (2023), Influencer (2023)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we dive into a topic that is near and dear to the hearts of all horror fans – no, not our frankly upsetting love of gruesome deaths, but our love of gimmicks! We don’t often think about it, but fun gimmicks make up the backbone of some of our all time favs, and on this episode we discuss two more recent films that relied heavily on their gimmicks and to great effect. How would our intrepid hosts fare buried alive in a coffin? Will we ever look at a turkey baster the same ever again? Is a criminal in another country always a “terrorist”? Listen and find out the answers to these very important questions!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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).  

Link to Article on “Buried Alive” Casket Patents: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Movies Covered: Buried (2010), Don’t Breathe (2016), The Influencer (2023), Vertigo (1958)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we dive into Taylor's worst fear, the apocalypse (shout-out the Catholic church!!) We discuss the allure of apocalyptic films and the SEVERAL apocalyptic-esque  events we have lived through in our lifetime (shout-out COVID-19!!) We then discuss two absolute classics of the horror apocalypse genre...well, one more so than the other. Why do we love films about the world ending? How do apocalypse films change with the times? Why is it so hard to spell apocalypse and why did I write it so many times in this episode summary? Is it the end of the world as we know it and do we feel fine? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: 28 Days Later (2002), Night of the Comet (1984)

Welcome, ladies, germs and people of all genders! Taylor & Curtis are back after a year (HEHE) with a standalone, patented spoiler-free review of a recent horror release! We are covering the Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman. Are all Stephen King adaptations doomed to fail? You have questions, we have answers--listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or Instagram: @ahhrealfilms, or drop us a line to let us know how we're doing or if you have a request for a future release you'd like us to cover: [email protected]. Rate, review, subscribe, and see ya next time!

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

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis because we discuss one of the scariest topics of all – friends! More specifically, movies about friendship and even more specifically, movies about shit friends – oh the horror! We discuss two stone cold classics that feature nightmare friendships (as well as a lot of teenage angst and anger) and discuss things such as: is Christian Slater the coolest mall goth ever? Does starring on the Little House on the Prairie automatically make you a prude? Is it common for a popular friend group to have a nerd friend that they all inexplicably love? And why are teens so insane in the 21st century? If you want to know the answer to these pressing, important questions, listen and find out the answer… if you dare! 

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Heathers (1989), Unfriended (2014), Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

Heathers Oral History: https://ew.com/article/2014/04/04/heathers-oral-history/

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis because we're baaaaaaaack and discussing films that marked a triumphant return to their respective franchises! That's right another franchise episode, who are we?? We discuss how modern(ish) takes can breathe new life into old franchises and how we can assess a film that may be a marked departure from its source material. What have we been up to during our hiatus? Can the seventh film in a franchise still be a good film? What's the difference between a reimagining and a squeakel? Will we ever figure our audio issues out (we will I promise)? Écoutez et découvrez!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Evil Dead (2013), Beau Is Afraid (2023), Attachment (2023), Knock at the Cabin (2023), Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we dive back into some coverage of cinema around the world, specifically horror films in Latin America! In this episode, we cover films from Argentina and Guatemala and discuss what makes films from this region special and unique and what makes these two particular films great jumping off points for the region. We also reveal our own ignorance as we look at “best of” lists from the region – fun! How do two hosts from Florida navigate films with the exotic “Spanish language”? Is a ghost tale centered around a victimized woman misandrist? Y ¿Por qué Taylor no entiende español a pesar de vivir en Florida? ¡Escucha y descúbrelo!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Terrified (2018), La Llorona (2019), Skinamirink (2023)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we continue our Trilogy Throwdown series with the first three Insidious films! We review 3/4 of the franchise (lol) and discuss the upcoming installment. Most importantly – we see how it stacks up with our Trilogy Throwdown Champion, the Saw series, and whether we finally have a series to dethrone the GOAT Jigsaw. Is Insidious truly one of the scariest movies ever made? Have you ever been able to listen to "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" the same way again? Is Lin Shaye a good actor? They knew how much the Lipstick Demon looks like Darth Maul....right?! Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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: Insidious (2010), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you our “hate watch” episode – yes, the two of us picked a movie we actively thought the other disliked and… hilarity ensued! LOL! We go into depth on the themes and subgenres these movies represent and whether the movie had its intended effect. Hell, we even have a discussion of our favorite superhero movies! So what kind of movies are our hosts repelled by? Do you think it can ever be tasteful to show a CGI baby in the womb? Where do we rank the great Johnny Depp on our greatest actors of all time list? Could this episode also been entitled “The Movies of 2007”? Listen and find out!

Please connect with us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms or 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/TV Shows Covered: Inside (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)