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To Avoid Fainting
by Ash and Stacey-Beth
Two horror-loving best friends get together to talk all things horror.
Episodes
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Ep 63: Obsession
OH HI GUYS! We're back this week to talk about the horror hit of the year with Curry Barker's Obsession. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast
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(Re-Release) Ep 43: Terror Train
We've been a little quiet the last half of 2025, but enjoy this re-release episode before we return for 2026! -------‐-------------------------------- 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...
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(Re-Release) Ep 35: Grave Encounters
We'll be back with a new episode next week to kick off the best month of the year; but for now, enjoy an oldie but goodie! --‐‐-------------------------- 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...
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Ep 62: Deep Blue Sea
This week we give you some sharky goodness with 1999's Deep Blue Sea. We have Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, a talking bird, some big-brained sharks, and the man who gave us our favorite Skarsgard boys. What kind of kooky sea-faring shenanigans will they get into? Listen to find out! Follow us on...
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Ep 61: Hostel
Ash and Stacey-Beth are back this week to talk about 2005's college bro edgelord torture porn flick, Hostel. Come for the 25 min intro where we're bash Eli Roth, stay for Ash's offensively misplaced French accent. Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a...
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(Re-Release) Ep 23: The Conjuring
We took last week off and are in the middle of recording our newest episode for y'all, so sit back and check out an oldie but goodie with Mike, Ash and Stacey when they talked about James Wan's The Conjuring. See y'all next week!
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Ep 60: The Frighteners
This week Ash picked a Peter Jackson throwback for us with 1996's The Frighteners! Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Episode 59: Midsommar
Join us this week as we talk about Ari Aster's folk horror breakup tale, Midsommar. Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Ep 58: Annabelle
With the real Annabelle on her own Eras tour, we figured what better time to dive back into the Conjuring universe than with the the 2014 movie. Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Ep 57: Poltergeist
They're heeeere! We realized we haven't done a heavy-hitter movie in quite a while, so why not go for 1982's Poltergeist! Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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(Re-Release): As Above, So Below
We took the week off so enjoy an older episode of ours. See you next week! ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...
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Ep 56: Sinister
Find a box of old films showing the murders of entire families in your basement? Don't call the cops, INVESTIGATE AND BE HAUNTED BY...BUGHUUL! Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Ep 55: The Faculty
Have you always wanted to watch a teen horror/sci-fi movie about aliens but also hear a cover of Alice Cooper's I'm Eighteen performed by Creed? Well, you're in luck! This week we talk about 1998's The Faculty. A stacked cast of hot 20-something's playing teenagers try to not get ear-probed by…
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Ep 54: Class of 1999
This week we talk about the sci-fi/action flick Class of 1999. There's robots, explosions, drugs, death...and Stacy Keach in a bleach blonde mullet-tail wig eating a banana. (apologies for all the background noises...) Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give…
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Ep 53: Frankenhooker
Co-host Lauren is back! To celebrate we had her pick the movie and she so graciously chose the 1990 Frank Henenlotter flick, Frankenhooker. Exploding hookers and super crack, what more could you want?! Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG...
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Ep 52: The Creep Tapes
We round out our Creep watching with S1 of The Creep Tapes from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice! Let's talk about what shenanigans Josef is up to this time. Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Ep 51: Creep/Creep 2
Is it tubby time? NO. It's new episode time! Ash and Stacey are back to talk about the Mark Duplass/Patrick Brice found footage flicks, Creep and Creep 2. Be sure to leave us reviews wherever you listen to your podcasts and go give us a follow on IG @toavoidfaintingpodcast We appreciate any...
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Ep 50: Insidious: The Last Key
Episode 50, y'all! Instead of doing something wildly epic, we decided to talk about a movie we hate: The fourth installment in the Insidious franchise, The Last Key. We talked about the first 3, so if you want to go back and catch up on those: Insidious:...
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Ep 49: Ghostwatch
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Spooky season is coming to an end so let's round the month of October off with a TAF favorite for the Halloween season, 1992's BBC controversial classic, Ghostwatch! Ghostwatch Intro Theme: https://youtu.be/yzf_ht-XbXQ?si=Bosi2F8kLnENWcQP Pipes Sightings:...
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Ep 48: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
This week we talk about the 1999 remake House on Haunted Hill. Follow us on Instagram @toavoidfaintingpodcast
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Ep 47: Stir of Echoes
This week we're talking 1999's Stir of Echoes starring Kevin Bacon. Underseen and underloved. This is a TAF favorite. Follow us on Instagram @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast
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Ep 46: V/H/S/99
It's our favorite time of year! We're back this week continuing our trek through the VHS series with the 5th installement, V/H/S/99. Check out our other episodes where we talked about the previous entries! https://toavoidfainting.libsyn.com/ep-8-vhs-trilogy...
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Ep 45: The Gate
It's been a long time, y'all! We're back! Ash and Stacey-Beth get together to talk about 1987's The Gate. Is it a gateway to hell filled with demonic little critters or is it a cracked septic tank with animated turds? Only one way to find out! Follow us on IG @ToAvoidFaintingPodcast
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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…
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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
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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…
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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
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(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...
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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
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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
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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
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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
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Two horror-loving best friends get together to talk all things horror.
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