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Welcome ladies, germs, and people of all genders! Join Curtis and Taylor as we discuss a set of films that are considered the scariest of all time! (… though you must bear with us as many of the other movies considered “the scariest movies of all time” have already been covered by this podcast – wow!) Yes, we are kicking off the month of May with our first entry in our Scary Movie Month of May (SMOM), where we will endeavor to cove...

Welcome 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 bef...

Welcome 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 t...

Welcome 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 eventu...

Welcome 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 devo...

Welcome 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 differe...

Welcome 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 Ka...

Welcome 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 disappoi...

Welcome 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 r...

Welcome 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 ...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 wh...

NOTE: 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 cov...

Welcome 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 an...

Welcome 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 a...

Welcome 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 hav...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 w...

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 u...