Ahh! Real Films
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWelcome, ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Ahh! Real Films is a horror movie podcast hosted by two siblings who love horror films almost as much as they love one-upping each other. Join Taylor & Curtis twice a month for themed episodes covering found footage, black-and-white horror and every sub-genre in between! You can found us on Twitter: @ahhreelfilms and Instagram: @ahhrealfims, or drop us a line at [email protected]. Thank you to Angel Garten for our cover art!
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Episode 138--Ahh! Meet Us at the Cemetry Gates!
April 17, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss films set in some of the spoooookiest locations--graveyards and cemeteries! We discuss if cemeteries are scary and what the origin of our fears of them are. It gets very philosophical; also, we talk about how our Meme lives across the street from an old New England cemetery--spooky! Then we discuss two films, one of which oops we have covered before! Where does our fear of burial places stem from? Is it po...
Episode 137--Ahh!! Ancient Mythology in Horror Movies (aka The Dudes Rock Episode)
April 03, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss one of our most masculine topics ever – chosen by our FEMALE (yes, I like sounding like a Ferengi) host! – classic mythology in movies featuring entirely male casts. How this wasn’t a Curtis topic, we may never know, but regardless we delve into the Greek and Norse mythology that influences the movies that we are discussing, as well as how well those themes are expressed in the film. And, of course, we’d b...
Episode 136--Ahh! Video Game Adaptations
March 13, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss something Curtis has been clamoring for for no less than four years--video game horror movie adaptations! Curtis spends about half of the episode talking about various video games and we know this is an audio medium so we will just inform you that Taylor's eyes were FULLY glazed over. But don't worry we actually get to the movies eventually and don't worry again, they ARE stinkers!! What makes a video game...
Episode 135--Ahh! VERSUS: Crocs and Alligators, Oh My!
February 28, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we introduce our new episode format – VERSUS! In these episodes, we will take two movies that have similar themes – in this one, crocs/gators – and pit them against each other to see which one you should check out. We know our listeners and long time fans love these episodes, so we thought, hmm how do we give them more? That’s just how much we love our devoted fans – wow! What’s the difference between a croc and a ga...
Episode 134--Ahh! Non-Horror Directors
February 14, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss HIGH ART aka directors who don't normally focus solely on blood and guts aka films by directors that have only made one horror movie! We discuss what sets horror from a directing perspective apart before getting into our two (really good) films! Why does horror have such a dedicated roster of directors? How is directing a horror film different than other kinds of films? Is four years away from filmmaking r...
Episode 133--Ahh!! Our 2024 Horror New Years Resolutions!
January 31, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we bring back a old topic from beyond the grave (or, at least, from 2021) – our New Years Horror Resolutions! In this episode, we discuss films in horror subgenres that we want to explore more in the coming months, which we will update as the year goes on. Wow – such fun! (And, honestly, a good way to make sure we’re not just rewatching Suspiria and Mary Kate and Ashley movies all year). How well did we do with our l...
Episode 132--Ahh!! Top Ten Horror Films of 2023
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBWelcome 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 2023. 2023 was an interesting and solid year for horror, and even though there were no knockout, all time greats released this year (shout out to 2022’s Barbarian), as we go through our top 10, I think we really warmed to what horror brought us this year. We also discuss our disappointments, our hopes, our dreams… and a whole lot more! What wa...
Episode 131--Ahh! Christmas Time Is....Fear....
December 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we take a victory lap on our SIXTH ever Christmas horror episode! And don't worry germs we are NOT running out of Christmas horror films to cover. We take a trip down memory lane and rank all of the past Christmas horror films we've covered on the pod. That's right boils and ghouls this is a stealth top 10 episode as well! Then we cover two recent Christmas horror films and discuss. What makes a Christmas horror film...
Episode 130--Ahh! Baby, It's Cold Outside!
December 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we cover movies where....baby, it's cold--BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIIIIDE! Yes, films where the cold/snow plays a central part in the events of the movie (our themes are getting really specific)! We discuss fear of the cold and what makes the cold so scary before covering two classics of the genre. Why do humans fear the cold and snow so much? How have horror films used snowy landscapes to emphasize their themes or put a l...
Episode 129--Ahh!! The Return of the Thanksgiving Episode!
November 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders (and turkeys and turkettes)! Join Taylor & Curtis as we return to a classic, beloved episode – the Thanksgiving episode! The fans have been BEGGING for it, and we thought this week’s release of Thanksgiving by Eli Roth was a perfect opportunity to return to a classic. Unfortunately, this also means we must cover one of the worst movies we’ve ever watched – but alas! Do Curtis and Taylor know the word “plumage”? Is the table set? Does shitting ...
Episode 128--Ahh! Happy Halloween (Our Third 2023 Halloween Episode!!!
November 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders (and boils and ghouls)! Join Taylor & Curtis as we wrap up our coverage of the 2023 Halloween season! We each give two shout outs for films we enjoyed this season before covering a film that the other recommended to us. That's right germs you're going to hear SIX mini film reviews what fun!! What sets modern slashers apart from those of the 1970s? How hilarious is it when someone throws up? Which one of us does a funnier Adam Sandler impressio...
Episode 127--Ahh! 2023 Horror Movie Releases: The Halloween-time Check In! (Re-Release with Audio Fix)
October 25, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBNOTE: We are re-publishing this episode due to audio issues in the initial episode (which I couldn’t fully fix – oh well!). We apologize for the mishap! Thank you to all our listeners who brough this to our attention. Unfortunately the issue with Curtis’ microphone won’t get fixed until he gets a new microphone… I wish I had a Patreon to plug here… Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover horror movies from 2023 in the midst of the Halloween seas...
Episode 127--Ahh! 2023 Horror Movie Releases: The Halloween-time Check In!
October 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover horror movies from 2023 in the midst of the Halloween season to give our wonderful, loyal listeners some recommendations on what 2023 movies to watch, rent, or avoid this Halloween season. Usually, we do our “mid-year” reviews a little earlier… but 2023 has been a, uh, interesting year for horror, so we’re doing our recap a little bit later, and hopefully at a good time for our listeners to catch up a little o...
Episode 126--Ahh! The Halloween VARIETY Hour!
October 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover, well, a VARIETY of things (heh)! That's right folks we're switching it up this holiday season and bringing you our Halloween coverage a little earlier than usual. We discuss our plans for the Halloween season before giving you some recommendations to check out at your next Halloween party! We end on one of our patented holiday games and invite each other to RANK! THESE! THIIIINGS! What should you watch this H...
Episode 125--Ahh! Mumblecore Massacre!!!
September 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover something, hm… something something er sorry I got too in character there, ahem… as we cover the mumblegore subgenre! Yes, we’ve covered a lot of movies in the mumblecore horror subgenre (think House of the Devil, think Creep), so we thought we’d dive in, feet first (hopefully not into a 2’6” deep pool!), and discuss two classics of the subgenre and the effect these films have had on the horror genre overall th...
Episode 124--Ahh! 80s Sequels
September 06, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we cover the weird and wacky world of 80 sequels (or squeakels)! Franchises and sequels are a well trodden path for horror films and the 1980s saw a veritable boom of them. We discuss why the 80s were such a popular time for sequels before diving into two--and I do mean this--gems. As a bonus, both films covered in this episode are sequels to films we have covered in previous episodes! Why are horror sequels and franch...
Episode 123--Ahh! Netflix Horror Gems
August 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we explore the wonderful and mysterious world of Netflix! Yes, that’s right, we delve into the treasure trove of wonderful horror movies created by Netflix and find… well at least one gem. They can’t all be great, right? In any case, does the Pope need and Exorcist? Does telling someone “you can talk to my boss…….. The Pope” end all conversations then and there? Is Peter Crouch really a footballer worthy of song? And d...
Episode 122--Ahh! Possession Films
August 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we dive into a topic we somehow have not covered yet, possession FILMS! We discuss why this particular subgenre is so popular before covering two lesser-known possession films. Why are possession stories so popular in almost every culture? What are some classic possession films? Do we ever stop talking about being of Polish descent? What's going on with our audio? Listen and find out! *WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR SOUND ...
Episode 121--Ahh! Trilogy Throwdown: Final Destination
July 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWelcome 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”? I...
Episode 120--Ahh! Scary Suburbia
July 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 119--Ahh! Horror Movie Gimmicks
June 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 118--Ahh!Pocalypse
June 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBWelcome 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 tim...
Ahh! Bonus Review--The Boogeyman (2023)
June 04, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.29 MBWelcome, 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 ...
Episode 117--Ahh! Spooky Friendships
May 31, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWelcome 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 automa...
Episode 116--Ahh! Triumphant Returns (Including Our Own!)
May 17, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBWelcome 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? ...
Episode 115--Ahh!! Latin American Horror
March 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWelcome 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 F...
Episode 114--Ahh!! Trilogy Throwdown: Insidious
March 08, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBWelcome 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 Thro...
Episode 113--Ahh!! Picking Movies That We'll Hate
February 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 112--Ahh! Our First Annual Oscars Special!!
February 08, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBWelcome 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 Oscar...
Episode 111--Ahh! Underrated Modern Classics
January 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBWelcome 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 bef...
Episode 110--Ahh! Top 10 of 2022!
January 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 109--Ahh! Our 5th Annual Christmas Extravaganza!
December 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 109--Ahh! Our 5th Annual Christmas Extravaganza!
December 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 108--Ahh! Top 5 Sci-Fi Horror Films
November 23, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBWelcome 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 (spoil...
Episode 107--Ahh! Lost (Now Found!) Horror Films
November 09, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBWelcome 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 T...
Episode 106--Ahh!!! New Halloween Trilogy Recap & Review
October 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 105--Ahh! Happy Happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
October 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWelcome 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)? Liste...
Episode 104--Ahh! Director Feature: Park Chan-wook
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBWelcome 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 discussi...
Episode 103--Ahh! Listener Submitted #3
September 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBWelcome 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 underton...
Episode 102--Ahh! Scary Wrestlers!!
August 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBWelcome 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 wr...
Episode 101--Ahh! Shudder Original Films (THANK YOU, Shudder)
August 10, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBWelcome 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 t...
Episode 100--Ahh! Our HUNDREDTH Episode Celebration of Our Favorite Horror Movies!
July 27, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 99--Ahh!! Revenge Horror AKA I Got 99 Problems but a Snitch Ain't One
July 13, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBWelcome 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 someon...
Episode 98--Ahh! Scary Summer
June 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWelcome 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! ...
Episode 97--Ahh! Krazy Cryptids!
June 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWelcome 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 (d...
Episode 96--Ahh! High School Is Scary
June 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBWelcome 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 s...
Episode 95--Ahh! Trilogy Throwdown: Puppet Master
May 18, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 94--Ahh! Folk Horror
May 04, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBWelcome 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 ...
Ahh! Bonus Review--The Northman (2022)
May 01, 2022 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBWelcome, 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: a...
Episode 93--Ahh! Horror in the Forest
April 20, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBWelcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Taylor & Curtis as we take a venture off the beaten path and pine away on one of our favorite horror settings – the woods. We discuss two movies that may not be best known for being “forest movies” but nonetheless prove to be quintessential horror in the woods movies, all while we enjoy a nice (giant) can of Bud Lite Lime. Have we ever fainted at the premier of a horror movie? Did either of us know that Willem Defoe’s [redacted] was that...