Horror VS Reality

Horror VS Reality

Anastasia and Kendrah break down a horror or Thriller film based on a true crime or tragedy and discuss the incident that the film is based on. Together they compare, contrast, and nerd out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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March 12, 2026 58 mins
Kendrah and Anastasia head to India this episode to break down the Clue-esque Rahasaya and it's inspiration, the tragic Noida Double Murder.

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On our first episode of our Law and Order: SVU mini series, We discuss Season 10 episode 9, "Selfish". This episode stars Hillary Duff as a thinly veiled Casey Anthony like character, but as SVU does, the episode does its own thing with the narrative.

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It's our annual Halloween Gab Fest where we just kind of do random spooky stuff. This year we each ask each other 10 trivia questions. Kendrah gets 10 questions on Spooky Disney films and Anastasia gets 10 general horror movie questions. WHO WILL WIN? Tune in to find out.

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October 29, 2025 57 mins
This episode Anastasia and Kendrah discuss a real stinker of movie, but at least we get some laughs out of 2023's Pig Lady. Then, We dive into the strange tale of Susan Monica. Plus, We announce a new mini series!

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Back from a summer break, Kendrah and Anastasia dive into the world of The Poughkeepsie Tapes and one of its inspirations, Kendall Francois.

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This time, Kendrah and Anastasia are discussing the Slenderman Mythos and how that eventually spiraled into the stabbing of Peyton Leutner. (editor note: My mic sounds like a potato for the majority of this episode unfortunately. I did everything I could improve it, and it's still just not great. Thanks for understanding. xo Ana)

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At last, Ana and Kendrah are back to talking Canadian crime. This time they are discussing a very Lifetime-esque Canadian Thriller, Savage Messiah (2002), and it's all too real inspiration, Roch Theriault and his cult, The Ant Hill Kids. This one is not for the faint of heart.

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March 12, 2025 56 mins
Since prep for some of the next episodes is taking a little longer than expected, this episode consists of Ana and Kendrah quizzing each other on horror movies and true crime. Enjoy. (Also my headphones wouldn't charge right so the audio is...a bit less stellar than usual, but still listenable for sure)

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Kendrah and Ana are back after an extended break to discuss one of the most vile scams that we've ever heard of, and a little bit about the extremely accurate film based on it. Join us, won't you? It's an episode that will have you asking yourself, "WTF MCDONALD'S?!"

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Ana takes us on a short journey through the history of Burke and Hare in fiction and Kendrah discusses the real dirty deeds of Burke and Hare. Plus shocking revelations in each host's entertainment knowledge!

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October 13, 2024 70 mins
It's the 4th (mostly) annual Halloween Gab Fest. For Kendrah's first gab fest, we decided to chat about cases we wish we could cover, if only there were horror films based on them.

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In part 2 of our Elephant/Columbine coverage, Kait returns to hear Kendrah tell us all about Columbine. (and to hear Ana rant about the misinformation of Columbine)

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In this special crossover episode between What in the Wide World of Cinema and Horror VS Reality, we discuss the beauty of Gus Van Sant's tragic art film and some aspects of The Columbine High shooting. The remaining aspects of the Columbine discussion coming in part 2. Largely Ana spends this time persuading Kendrah that this is indeed a good film.

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Part 2 of our Baby Reindeer coverage continues with Kendrah laying out all the Fiona Harvey drama and what facts we do know about the case.

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Today's episode is a very special episode. We are covering the Dark comedy thriller TV show, (not the first time we've talked about a TV show.) Baby Reindeer that centers around Richard Gadd and a very traumatizing series of events in his life. Gadd writes, stars, and is the real life inspiration for the show, and the drama surrounding him and the show continues to unfold. Join us as we try to unravel fact from fiction.



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Kendrah and Ana head to Austria this episode to talk about infamous serial Killer and world traveling journalist, Jack Unterweger. (He's a total prick. shocker. ) Plus, SPOILERS for Handmaid's Tale at the end of the episode, Ana's latest book reads, and Kendrah and Ana finally met in person.

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On today's episode, Kendrah and Anastasia take on the infamous Men Behind the Sun and the horrific human experimentation that took place at Japan's Unit 731 during WW2.




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1. Unit 731 The Forgotten Auschwitz - Derek Pua, Danielle Dybbro and Alistair Rogers


2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet#:~:text=The%20National%20Diet%20(Japanese%3A%20%E5 %9B%BD%E4%BC%9A,Councillors%20(%E5%8F%82%E8%AD%B0%E9%99...

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This is the first episode of the new season format (so we can have much needed breaks between research and recording periods) It also marks the first episode with Kendrah as the permanent new co-host. To celebrate Kendrah's arrival, we decided to cover an infamous Canadian serial killer: Robert Pickton aka the Pig Farm Killer. We also watched the fairly terrible 2022 film, Pig Killer that is loosely based on his life. Enjoy!


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The hiatus is almost over, but until then, enjoy the episode of AOTKO that Morgan guested on over the summer. Enjoy this short but sweet film segment recap about a killer fetish doll.

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HVR will be back later this month, until then, enjoy the first episode of Anastasia's new podcast, What in the Wide World of Cinema?! Strap in for a lot of weird wild rides through cinema, and subscribe to the new pod for more trippy film journeys.

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