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Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we (mostly Curtis) discuss the long and storied tradition of professional wrestlers in horror movies. We (again, mostly Curtis) cover several professional wrestlers who have traded in their....belts....for.... a film camera (listen I'm trying my hardest here) and discuss what makes a wrestler a good film star. Then, we cover two SUPERB films starring some of wrestling's finest. How do horror movies capitalize on the wrestling skills of their leads? What is the overlap between professional wrestling and horror movies? How many wrestler nicknames has Curtis memorized? Can you guess which wrestling move was Curtis's favorite when he was 10 years old? How many times can we sing/yell "WELLLLL....IT'S THE BIG SHOW!!" Listen and find out!
 
THANK YOU Nikki for suggesting this episode topic and providing us with some films to cover! Want to suggest an episode topic? Feel free to drop us a line!

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Taylor: @happydeathtay

Curtis: @let5groove2nit3

Films Covered: Girl on the Third Floor (2019), Leprechaun: Origins (2014), Prey (2022), Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we discuss the wild and wacky world of Shudder original content! We fanboy and girl over our favorite streaming service and discuss the difference between an "original" and an "exclusive" (spoiler alert: I don't get it!!) before covering two wildly different examples of Shudder originals! What is a Shudder original film, and are they any good? Does your passion project also involve committing some of the most heinous things ever seen to film? Should you ever leave your phone in your hotel room while traveling in an unfamiliar place (no, don't do that)? Will Shudder ever sponsor us? Do you think a depressed person could make THIS?! Listen and find out!
 
THANK YOU to everyone who submitted a voice memo for our 100th episode (including Tyler, who can be heard at the end of this episode!!)

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: Mad God (2022), Hunted (2020), Nope (2022), Hellbender (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we celebrate ourselves – one of my personal favorite things to do! – as well as the podcast and our listeners as we bring you our hundredth episode! Queue obnoxiously long fanfare! Yes, we’ve made it this far and so we’re here to discuss our experience making this podcast, our listeners, and our favorite horror movies of all time. How many times can one person congratulatorily pat themselves on the back? By what factor do we inflate our numbers when sharing them with the listeners? And should we do an episode that’s exclusively on WWE Films productions? 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: Listen and Find Out! No spoilers!

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we the horror-adjacent world of revenge movies! In this one, we cover the gamut and cover films from all around the world – well, all around the world by our standards, which means the US and Korea of course. We also discuss some non-horror revenge movies, including and especially John Wick – wow! Is eating Little Caesars mean you’re experiencing a depressive episode? Is it problematic to still harbor hatred for someone who made fun of you for having a Gamecube 20 years ago? And how many times will Curtis discuss a culture he has no knowledge about on this podcast? Listen and find out! 
 
 Be a part of our 100th episode! Email us a voice memo or short recording (3 minutes or less) of you discussing your favorite horror FILM. It will be played during an upcoming episode!! [email protected].

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: Cape Fear (1991), I Saw the Devil (2010), The Long Walk (2022), Dashcam (2022), Black Phone (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover summertime horror films--again! That's right folks we have the rare, the elusive...the repeat episode topic. We get into some fun (y'all think this is fun right??) summer-themed questions before diving (heh) into our two films. Is any movie about a group of kids in the 80s trying to copy Stranger Things? Is potting soil suspicious? Is Jason Alexander hot?? Listen and find out!

Be a part of our 100th episode! Email us a voice memo or short recording (3 minutes or less) of you discussing your favorite horror FILM. It will be played during an upcoming episode!! [email protected].

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: Summer of 84 (2018), The Burning (1981)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover horror films involving all of our favorite creatures – cryptids! From Nessie to Bigfoot (Bigfeet?), from the Jersey Devil to the Skunk Ape (Florida legend!), we try to cover it all, and specifically their (surprisingly rare) appearances in horror movies! Are cryptids beastly freaks? Where does the famous bipedal Skunk Ape reside? Do we have enough knowledge of ancient Native American folklore to speak on it (don’t worry – we do anyway!)? And would Bigfoot scare the shit out of you if he was shaking your tent? 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 Mothman Prophecies (2002), Willow Creek (2013), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), The Quarry (2022, video game), Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Men (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover horror films set in the scariest setting of them all....high school! We explore why high school is such a popular setting for horror films before covering two absolute BANGERS that we somehow haven't covered yet (seriously....you are in for a treat....sorry for making you listen to coverage of the Puppet Master movies....please listen to us again). What about high school invokes such fear in us? How has high school been imagined in horror films throughout history? Are periods scary? Who was more popular in high school: Taylor or Curtis? 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: Ginger Snaps (2000), Carrie (1976), Midnight (2022), You Won't Be Alone (2022), The Found Footage Phenomenon (2022), Lake Mungo (he she me it....mungo) (2008), The Sadness (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we continue our Trilogy Throwdown series with the first three Puppet Master FILMS! We review these three stone cold horror classics – new to both of our hosts – and see if this series is deserving of its cult status and whether we feel compelled to watch the remaining 1,582 Puppet Master films. 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. Who’s our favorite puppet? Should we really have a movie about sentient puppets also be about Nazis? Why does Six Shooter have that silly little laugh? And do women love being called “females”? 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: Puppet Master (1989), Puppet Master II (1990), Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991), Jason X (2002), The House (2022)

Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we tackle perhaps the largest horror subgenre left to explore on our humble lil podcast, folk horror! We provide an overview of the genre (both academically, and emotionally) before diving into two absolute bangers in the horror genre. That's actually not a sarcastic joke we also can't believe we haven't covered these films yet. What is folk horror and why is it scary? What about a familiar setting invokes such unease in us? How long can Taylor talk without taking a breath? Is chatting on message boards still cool? 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 Blair Witch Project (1999), The Wicker Man (1973), The Devils (1971), Hellbender (2022)

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! Has Robert Eggers done it AGAIN with his new film, The Northman? 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