To Avoid Fainting

Ep 44: The Old Ways

This week we get together to talk about the 2020 Mexican folk horror flick, The Old Ways.     Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 43: Terror Train

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! We're a day late because that day after NYE is always rough, but we're bringing you a movie that makes its away on a lot of NYE horror watchlists when it probably shouldn't be??  We're ushering in 2024 with 1980's Terror Train! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 42: Jack Frost

Merry Christmas from us here at TAF! This week we switched it up from our planned Christmas movie to something worse: Jack Frost. Not to be confused with the Michael Keaton one, which honestly, probably could be a horror movie on its own. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 41: Candyman

This week we get together and talk about 1992's Candyman. Yes, there's a cricket chirping in the background the entire time. No, there's nothing we could do about it. Nature is gonna nature. But enjoy us talking over it and having a good time! Check out episode 9 where we talked about 2021's Candyman! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 40: Barbarian

This week we're talking 2022's Barbarian! It's a bit of a long-winded one but that's only because we had lots of important things to talk about...like...Bill Skarsgard. Oh, and things like aged breast milk, Mr Wizard vs Bill Nye, and our usual tangents peppered throughout. And Lauren continues to say all the unhinged things.   Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 39: Dracula (English & Spanish Versions)

We're back this week with a long-awaited pick from Ash where we discuss both the American and Spanish versions of 1931's Dracula. Did y'alSl even know there was a Spanish version? Better yet, did y'all even know they were both filmed at the same time using the same sets? Listen and find out all about it! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 38: Summer Horror

We're back this week to give our picks for some summer horror flicks that we love to watch when we're trying to not think about melting from this heat. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 37: Lunopolis

This week Stacey and Ash get together once again with guest host, Chris, to talk about the underseen and underrated(depends on who you're asking) sci-fi, time travel flick Lunopolis. It's not a TAF episode if you don't hear every sound possible in Stacey's background and if there was a moon colony, would they be cousin-fuckers (I think we all know who asks this question)?

Ep 36: Coherence

This week we're talking about 2013's underseen sci-fi mindbender, Coherence! (Full disclosure: we recorded this ep back in 2022 but completely forgot to post it, so here you are!) Ash can't stop talking about orgies. Stacey is terrified of her doppelganger. Lauren would beat the shit out of her double given the chance. What do you do when a comet passes over your town and decides to start switching up alternate dimensions on you? Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 35: Grave Encounters

This week we're talking about everybody's favorite mock-ghost hunting found footage flick, 2011's Grave Encounters. Would you just lay down and die or try to survive if you were stuck in a haunted asylum where time just decided to not exist and warp-faced ghouls chased you? Listen to find out what Stacey, Lauren, and Ash think (it's about what you'd expect.) Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 34: Free For All

This week Ash and I had on a guest to join us in a random mix bag of topics. We talk Ash's premature Halloween decorating and his sliding scale for how he gives out candy. We also talk about movies we've seen lately from Scream 6 to Evil Dead Rise, long movies (Stacey still hates them), the insane Mac and Me ending that should have been, and what movies that are coming soon that we'd like to see. Of course we get off track by the end, but that's the fun of it all. Follow us on Instagram @T...

Ep 33: Insidious: Chapter 3

We're back with another episode in the Insidious universe! We're talking the prequel to James Wan's previous two chapters taking us back into the Further with less cool demons? ghosts? With a directorial debut from Leigh Whannell, does this one hold up against its former flicks? Listen and find out! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 32: Insidious: Chapter 2

We continue the Insidious series with Chapter 2! We discuss the chaotic nature of the film, why owning a piano is a....Caucasian thing, and if you're still wondering do the Lambert children get forgotten about again, yes, they do. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 31: Insidious

We're back this week with a TAF favorite. We talk 2011's INSIDIOUS and of course it's not without our usual musings on things such as Stacey and Lauren's mutual love/obession?? for Patrick Wilson, what our favorite scariest part of the film is, and what's not the best meal to have after being held captive by a demon for several months. Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast

Ep 30: The Blob

This week we're sitting down to talk about 1988's squish-tastic remake of THE BLOB. We continue to torture Lauren with movies that have disgusting noises and somehow manage to bring fleshlights and prolapsed buttholes into the conversation, of course.  Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

(Re-Release) New Year's Evil

It's been a rough end of year, but we couldn't leave yall with nothing for the fart end of 2022! Here's our re-release from last NYE on a TAF favorite! Cheers everyone, and we'll see you in 2023! ---- 2021 is just about over! Let's end the year with a holiday-appropriate episode, where Ash and Stacey talk about the under-watched (maybe for a good reason?), NEW YEAR'S EVIL. Mike had to sit this one out, but he'll be back next week! Here's to 2022! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFainti...

Ep 29: Trick r Treat

WE'RE BACK! Oh, an unexpected TAF disappearance, nothing y'all haven't weathered before! This is a bit of an older ep, just by 2 months, (hence the reason it's Halloween-themed), but we couldn't let it go to waste. Enjoy a seasonal favorite of ours! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast  

Ep 28: Hell House LLC

We're kicking off the best month of the year with a spooky Halloween haunt of a flick, HELL HOUSE LLC. Combining two of Stacey's fears: haunted attractions AND ghost-y shit? Here we go! Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting

Ep 27: Son

This week we're joined by our special guest, John, from Under The Floorboards podcast! We gave him free reign to pick a movie, and now we're here, with a flick from Shudder, 2021's SON.  Ash is inappropriate as usual, Lauren and I weigh the pros and cons (pros mostly) about mothering the Antichrist, and John probably wonders the whole time how he ended up here with us. Be sure to rate and leave a review! Follow us on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast And Twitter @toavoidfainting

Ep 26: Orphan

This week we get together to talk about 2009's "evil kid" horror flick ORPHAN. What are the odds of adopting a small Russian child only to find out they're actually a psychopathic grown ass adult? Listen and find out! Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting Be sure to rate and review!

Ep 25: Little Shop of Horrors

This week Ash decides he hates Stacey and subjects her to one of her biggest dislikes: musicals. We're talking about 1986's Little Shop of Horrors. We discuss the awkwardness of domestic violence being a comedic point of the film, the wildly different endings, Stacey's inability to sit through a musical number without fast forwarding, and we realize all roads eventually lead to Rule #34 (IFYKYK).   Find us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast And Twitter @toavoidfainting 

Ep 24: As Above, So Below

This week we sit down and talk about one of Stacey and Lauren's favorite found-footage flicks, AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. This little archeological hellish nightmare had us discussing Ash's distaste for the idea of the Philosophers Stone, how long we would actually survive in this situation (spoiler: NOT LONG), and what would be appropriate cave-exploring packing. Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting

Ep 23: The Conjuring

Ep 22: Blow Out

We're back! Stacey's immune system wanted to betray her last week, so there was no new episode, but we're back with Mike's pick this time! We sit down together and talk about 1981's political/conspiracy thriller, BLOW OUT. We discuss John Travolta in his heyday, weak female character writing, the pure bleakness of the ending, and another week where Mike and Ash want to disown Stacey for not seeing certain movies. Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting

Ep 21: Needful Things

MIKE IS BACK!! This week we get together to talk about the 90s Stephen King adaptation, Needful Things. Why does Stacey have to be subjected to more 2 hr long movies? Was Max Von Sydow aging backwards? Are small town folk really this stupid? Listen and find out! Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting

Ep 20: The Black Phone

We're joined once again this week by guest host, Lauren, to help us talking about Blumhouse's latest horror flick, THE BLACK PHONE. We discuss Scott Derrickson's obvious love of grainy film footage and dead kids, why were the children in this movie raging maniacs, and the absurdity of stopping to help a strange man with white face paint and Dahmer glasses while a kidnapper is on the loose in the town. Find us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast Twitter @toavoidfainting 

Ep 19: Motel Hell

This week we're joined by a special guest and talk about 1980's campy cult classic, MOTEL HELL! Are we opposed to eating human meat if it's on deal? Is this movie definitely about GILF-hunting? Does Ash finally have nothing bad to say about a movie? Guess you better listen to find out! Find us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast And Twitter @ToAvoidFainting  

Ep 18: Mad God

This week Ash and Stacey-Beth get together (Mike sat this one out) to talk about Shudder's newest addition, MAD GOD. Visual effects master Phil Tippet's labor of love stop animation film that took 30 years to make. Does the movie make any sense? Probably not. Did Stacey fall asleep mid-way through? There's a good chance! Listen and find out. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast Twitter: toavoidfainting

Ep 17: X

On this episode we get together to talk about Ti West's latest horror offering, X. It's Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Boogie Nights with old people sex thrown in. You can hear all about Stacey's distaste for old folks, Ash's consistent mispronunciation of Kid Cudi's name, and poor Mike just along for the ride! Follow us on Instagram: ToAvoidFaintingPodcast Twitter: ToAvoidFainting  

Ep 16: The People Under The Stairs

This week we're talking about 1991's THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS directed by Wes Craven. Does it still hold up for the crew after all these years? Listen to find out! Sorry for the rushed ending, but be sure to follow us on IG: @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast @staceybethh @_the_texorcist_ @mike1139

Ep 15: The House That Jack Built

Our first episode of 2022! Stacey, Ash, and Mike get together to talk about Lars Von Trier's The House That Jack Built.  Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 14: New Year's Evil

2021 is just about over! Let's end the year with a holiday-appropriate episode, where Ash and Stacey talk about the under-watched (maybe for a good reason?), NEW YEAR'S EVIL. Mike had to sit this one out, but he'll be back next week! Here's to 2022! Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 13: Black Christmas

Merry Christmas! This week we're talking about the classic holiday horror, BLACK CHRISTMAS. This movie has all you could want for the most wonderful time of the year- vulgar phone calls, drunk college girls, the brutal murder of said college girls, dipshit cops, and fun facts on the fucking rituals of turtles. What a joy! *episode ends a little abruptly because why wouldn't we have technical issues?  Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 12: Inside

It wouldn't be a TO AVOID FAINTING episode without our impeccable timing. We'll be releasing 2 Christmas eps this week (disregard my statement in the beginning of the episode about a month of Christmas shit). Stacey, Ash, and Mike get together to talk about 2007's INSIDE. French horror films just hit different, yeah? Expecting the birth of a child? Really like cats? Have an aversion to scissors and the damage they can inflict on a dude's junk? Maybe this isn't the one for you, but there's ...

Ep 11: Old

If there was ever a more inconsistent podcast....we're back with a new episode! Stacey, Ash, and Mike sit down to talk about everyone's favorite(??) twist master, M. Night Shyamalan's, newest movie, OLD. Come listen to Stacey say "at this point" at least 342 times and us all agree that this movie would have been far more successful as a TWILIGHT ZONE episode. We also give our favorite M. Night movies at the end which are honestly all way better than this one. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoi...

Ep 10: V/H/S/94

Ep 10, y'all! This episode has been a pain our asses to record, but Stacey, Ash, and Mike are back to talk about the newest installment in the franchise, V/H/S/94. Does this one redeem the mess that was Viral? Listen to find out! There's RoboCop references that I don't get, Ash educates us on gun laws, we spend too much time analyzing a movie that doesn't need it, and there's plenty of loud background noises!  Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast

Ep 9: Candyman (2021)

We're back! On this episode we're joined by dear friend and local filmmaker, Mike, to talk about 2021's CANDYMAN. Ash somehow manages to compare Candyman to McDonald's franchises, there's loud outdoor noises, we trail off onto our love for Half Price Books and other horror films, and we ask the ultimate question: Would you say Candyman 5 times in the mirror? Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast Subscribe, rate, and review!

Ep 8: VHS Trilogy

We're back again (we know, after another week hiatus!) to talk about the VHS trilogy of anthology films. We might get a lot of facts in this episode wrong and talk about how much I love aliens and how much we HATE VHS: VIRAL (seriously, it sucks), but that's okay, because it can't be any worse than VHS: VIRAL itself. Follow us on our IG @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast Be sure to rate and review!

Ep 7: Kid Friendly Horror

We're back this week to give you our totally unsolicited recommendations for kid-friendly horror movies! Okay, that last bit is debateable and no one actually trusts us with their kids, but if you're thinking that we would be the perfect people* to list a few horror films that we think would be solid intros into the horror world, well, you've come to the right place! *To Avoid Fainting Podcast claims no responsibility for any future film trauma your child may incur. Follow us on Instagra...

Ep 6: Dissecting The Hosts

We're back from a small 2 week break, we hope you missed us! This week you all get to know Ash & Stacey-Beth a little bit more and get some insight into what fuels our mutual love of all things horror. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast If you like, hell, even if you don't, give us a review wherever podcasts are heard!

Ep 5: The Collector/The Collection

This week we get together to talk about two movies that we always have a blast watching- 2000's THE COLLECTOR and the 2012 sequel, THE COLLECTION. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast If you like, hell, even if you don't, give us a review wherever podcasts are heard!

Ep 4: Razorback vs Boar

We're once again visiting Australia and proving why it's a terrifying place, except instead of psycho, human killers, we're talking about psycho pig killers....well, not killers of pigs, but pigs that are killers. You know what? Just listen because we discuss 1984's RAZORBACK and 2017's BOAR. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast If you like, hell, even if you don't, give us a review wherever podcasts are heard!

Ep 3: Inspired By...Serial Killers Pt. 1

We know, we know, we're a week late on this episode but we had scheduling conflicts and now Texas is in the middle of a winter apocalypse. All that matter is we're here now, and we're joined by our first guest, Cole aka "Corpus Creeper", to talk about a few films that were inspired by real-life serial killers. We go from talking about the well-known Fincher film, ZODIAC, to the "well known in horror" grime-fest, HENRY: PORTAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, before ending the episode with the definitely...

Ep 2: Synchronic

We're back again and this week we're talking Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's newest sci-fi undertaking, SYNCHRONIC. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast If you like, hell, even if you don't, give us a review wherever podcasts are heard!

Ep 1: Wolf Creek

It's our first episode! Ash and Stacey (you might, but probably don't, remember us from HORROR HUDDLE) go down under to talk about the WOLF CREEK films and the series. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast If you like, if you don't, give us a review wherever podcasts are heard!