Ahh! Real Films

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you, our beloved listeners, our first annual OSCARS SPECIAL!! Wow aren't you so excited!! We cover the (minimal) history of horror films at the Oscars and discuss why horror films are often shut out of the nominations. We then cover two horror films that have been nominated for one of the top awards, folks the pickings are slim because there have not been many of them! Why are horror films snubbed at the Oscars? What 2022 horror films deserved to be nominated? Who's the Joan Crawford and who's the Bette Davis in our sibling dynamic? Do we understand ballet? 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: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Black Swan (2010), Infinity Pool (2023), In Search of Darkness (2023)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you coverage on modern underrated horror films… or, at least, films that WE THINK are underrated (it’s just our ‘pinion!). Both of these films featured on our respective top 10s over the past few years and we really wanted an opportunity to highlight these two shining stars, two ABSOLUTE gems… really, we just want to make sure everyone just checks these two movies out! Does Curtis immediately spoil a movie before giving a spoiler warning? Would you turn your dad into the FBI? And how does one pronounce “M3GAN” (team “Em-Three-Gan” reporting for duty)? Listen and find out!

As promise in this episode, IF YOU WANT TO AVOID SPOILERS FOR ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, continue listening at the 35:55 mark, where we begin our coverage of the Clovehitch Killer.

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

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we return from our brief hiatus with our most popular episode format, our top 10 of 2022! We discuss the year in horror and our honorable mentions before diving into our favorite 10 horror films of the year. Does Curtis have too many honorable mentions? Did Taylor only like horror films about witches? How many Ti West films was Mia Goth in this year (spoiler: it's more than one)? Can everyone PLEASE leave Maika Monroe alone?? List 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 Covered: No spoilers!!!

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis in one of our most beloved episodes of the year – our 5th Annual Christmas Episode! This year we discuss a cult classic and a new release while also laying the ground for our annual “top of” list for 2022. So fill up a cup of Christmas cheer to the brim, remember to stuff your holiday sack, and ponder life’s important questions such as… Is mommy kissing Santa Claus really a “turns you into a murderer” traumatic event? Is a violent Santa the sign of a society in decay? And is a “Florida Christmas” a sexual euphemism or simply a description of a joyless way to celebrate the holiday? 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).

Please also note if you missed it on the podcast – we will be on hiatus until January 11, 2023, when we drop our Top 10 of 2022. So you then!

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Films Covered: Christmas Evil (1980), Violent Night (2022), The Menu (2022), Smile (2022), They/Them (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we discuss our respective Top 5 favorite sci-fi horror films. We know our listeners love our Top 5 episodes which is why it has been over two years since we've done one what can I say except you're welcome!! We discuss the gamut from mildly cheesy 80s films to modern classics, and along the way we note if we've covered these films more in depth in a previous episodes. So--how much overlap do we have in our Top 5 (spoiler: it's not zero!!)? What constitutes a "sci-fi horror" film? What are the hallmarks of a good sci-fi horror film? Is sparkling wine the wine of the people? Did Sigourney Weaver cause a run on French-cut underwear? 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 Covered: Our Top 5 sci-fi horror films!

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you coverage on lost horror films – or, well, previously lost horror films (obviously… I mean we watched something after all!). We discuss how so many films have been lost throughout the years, how they are found, and ponder hmm… I wonder what else is out there? After all, some horror greats (Nosferatu! The Old Dark House!) were once lost! Wow, what interesting discussion we have for you! How many times does Taylor reference JSTOR in her overview? Is Curtis’ love and admiration of Hitchcock (Hitch!) disturbing and problematic? And can you fall in love and decide to marry someone within six hours of meeting them? 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 Covered: The Old Dark House (1932), The Amusement Park (1973), Deadstream (2022), V/H/S/99 (2022), Hatching (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you our recap – our autopsy, so to speak – of the new Halloween franchise, starting with Halloween (2018) and ending with the recently released Halloween Ends (2022). We discuss the development of the series, our reactions to all the films and the series as a whole, and discuss where we’d place it among the four (FOUR!) Halloween timelines before hopping into our Halloween franchise rankings. WARNING: There is a 7 ½ minute spoiler section in the middle, so keep your ears peeled (it’s around the 34 minute mark!) and be prepared to skip if you don’t want spoilers! How does the new series stack up to the other series attempts in the franchise? Can Curtis contain his anger towards Corey in Halloween Ends? Does Taylor secretly hate Rob Zombie? And can you have a good Halloween movie with a terrible Michael Myers mask? 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).

Link to 2022 Halloween Mixtape by Lumpy Records: https://lumpyrecords.com/shop/ols/products/halloween-2022-mixtape

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Films Covered: Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), Halloween Ends (2022), Sissy (2022), Hellraiser (2022), Terrifier 2 (2022), Out There Halloween Mega Tape (2022), V/H/S/99 (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring you our annual Halloween episode! (Y'all aren't getting sick of these yet right?!?) We discuss our Halloween watch lists before diving into two Halloween classics (in our humble opinions, heh). How do we create our Halloween watch lists? Is a newscast the perfect found footage format? What are you: a witch, a pumpkin, or a skeleton? Is it easy to escape a corn maze (it's not)? Is candy corn good (IT IS)? 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 Covered: WNUF Halloween Special (2013), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we bring back our much beloved Director Feature series with OUR much beloved director, Park Chan-wook! We give a brief background on Mr. Park before covering a wide variety of his films, some good, some GREAT! How did Park Chan-wook put South Korean cinema on the map? What are some of the major themes in his films (hint: it starts with "v" and ends with "engeance")? Do Curtis and Taylor stumble through another discussion on Korean politics?  Do we have to talk about S*X?! 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 Covered: Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), Stoker (2013), The Handmaiden (2016)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we delve back into our email (and DMs! … and just talking to people IRL) and pull out some of our listener recommended movies! This is one of our favorite “topics” to cover – and certainly we have a wide variety of different kinds of horror films to cover here! (And yes that is my polite way to say one of them sucks.) Can Curtis and Taylor get through a Hellraiser review without discussion uncomfortable sexual undertones? Is Curtis a hero for bringing his fans this content while he has COVID-19? More importantly, are Taylor and Curtis heroes for watching a movie called Velocipastor? Listen and find out!

THANK YOU Nikki, Podcaster Paul, Colin, and Justin for providing us with some films to cover on this listener submitted episode! Want to suggest a film (or an episode topic)? Feel free to drop us a line!

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!

Check us out on Letterboxd! Follow us on our horror journey and occasional forays into romcoms (because let's be real).

Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Films Covered: Maniac (2012), Hellraiser (1987), Velocipastor (2018), Incantation (2022), Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), The Black Phone (2022)