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The Tainted Love Podcast

DeVaughn Taylor & Zoë Rose Smith

Tv & Film

Society & Culture

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 12

A podcast focusing on romance, relationships & eroticism within our favorite horror movies! The show is a mixture of film analysis and anecdotes from our personal dating history, highlighting the twisted beauty of the psychosexual horror sub-genre. Hosted by Zoë Rose Smith & DeVaughn Taylor

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
11/04/2025
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
10/04/2025
#63
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
04/01/2025
#70
🇬🇧 Great Britain - tvAndFilm
20/12/2024
#78

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Speed Date The Tainted Lovers!

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 • Duration 01:10:26

Welcome to the Tainted Love podcast! This show will be discussing sex, love, and relationships within our favorite genre movies. In this premiere episode, hosts Zoë Rose Smith & DeVaughn Taylor introduce themselves and give a break down of the show's format & segments. After that, the pair take turns asking each other questions ranging from dating icks to problematic horror crushes and much more. We hope you enjoy our vibe from across the room, consensual kisses for all!

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Original theme done by Harper Smith

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This Is Tainted Love // TRAILER

Sunday, December 15, 2024 • Duration 01:32

Welcome to Tainted Love, a psychosexual horror podcast. Join co-hosts Zoë Rose Smith (Ghouls Magazine, Our Bloody Obsession) and DeVaughn Taylor (Specter Cinema Club, The Pod and the Pendulum). Here's a little trailer of us breaking down the show and its segments. Our "speed dating" pilot will premiere December 18th, 2024. Hit that follow/subscribe button to get the episode in your feed as soon as it drops. Consensual kisses for all, talk soon!

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Resurrection (2022) // TOXIC AS HELL

Episode 1

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 • Duration 01:21:28

Trigger Warnings: abusive relationships

Welcome to the first official episode of Tainted Love and we're kicking things off on a bleak note! We're taking a look at Resurrection (2022) directed by Andrew Semans, following a woman who's sent into an emotional spiral when her former abuser re-enters her life. We discuss the power this kind of trauma can have on someone and spill into other ares of their life such as family and work. The dynamic between Margaret and David is a complicated one, perfect to discuss here. Is this film cathartic for abusive survivors? You tell us!

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Femme (2024) // MATCH MY FREAK

Episode 8

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 • Duration 01:51:05

Trigger warnings: homophobic motivated assualt

As RuPaul would say "we're all born naked, everything else is drag" because life is all about performing, literally and metaphorically. Zobo & Daddy dive into the fantastically complicated erotic thriller Femme, directed by Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping. We're discussing safety in queer spaces, the function of excessive sex, and violent vs emotional assault. Have some water and a cigarette on hand, this one is intense!

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Interview With a Vampire (1994) // TOXIC AS HELL

Episode 7

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 • Duration 01:32:22

"Life without me would be insufferable" says every immortal toxic boyfriend. Open those necks up, it's finally time for Zobo & Daddy to talk vampires! We're exploring the deeply toxic relationship of Louis & Lestat in Neil Jordan's Interview With a Vampire. We're discuissing manipulative queers, the incredible set design, blood bite threesomes, and how much it would truly suck to be a vampire. Grab a glass of "red wine" and enjoy!

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Wild at Heart (1990) // COUPLE GOALS

Episode 6

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 • Duration 01:30:58

Paint your toes and grab you snakeskin jacket because we're going dancin' with Lula & Sailor as we discuss Wild at Heart, directed by the recently passed icon David Lynch. Zobo & Daddy discuss the lengths you go for love, the idea of soulmates, and combating the challenges of life with love over violence. Plus sexy dirty talk over cigarettes and Willem Dafoe! This episode is hotter than Georgia asphalt

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Excision (2012) // CUMMING-OF-AGE

Episode 5

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 • Duration 01:35:49

Welcome back Tainted Lovers, it's time to revert back to those confusing teenage years as we discuss Excision directed by Richard Bates Jr. While discussing sexual & romantic topics, coming-of-age is an important sub-genre to tackle! Zobo & Daddy profile Pauline; a brilliantly flawed character that wants to embrace her true self, but is constantly let down by the adults around her. We discuss losing our virginities, complicated relationships with your parentsmother-daughter relationships, and sex on your period among other topics. Enjoy!

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Hellraiser (1987) // TOXIC AS HELL

Episode 4

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 • Duration 02:04:23

Whether you're enjoying couple goals or having a shamlessly slutty time being single, we're wishing a happy Valentine's Day to all the Tainted Lovers out there! Zoë & DeVaughn had to bring out the big guns/hooks for this week as we're discussing Hellraiser directed by kinky icon Clive Barker. You know the classic tale of desire and haman nature's primal desire for experience. At the center of this ouzzle are the ultimate in toxic couples, Frank & Julia vying for sexual power in their tumultuous relationship. Topics include infidelity, when to introduce your kinks to your partner, and how much pain we enjoy with our pleasure. We hope this episode on the erotic horror masterpiece gets you as wet as Frank in flesh form!

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Pillow Talk With the Anti-Lover Boys Behind HEART EYES (2025) // Phillip Murphy, Michael Kennedy, Christopher Landon, and Josh Reuben

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 28:02

Welcome to Pillow Talk, our interview series where we talk to creatives making films dealing with subjects related to Tainted Love (sex, romance, relationships). DeVaughn got to sit down with the crew behind Heart Eyes! We discuss their dislike of Valentine's Day, the film's unique tone, and what it means to be apart of the holiday slashers canon. SPOILERS start at the 00:20:42 mark after the outro music!

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Nekromantik (1988) // MATCH MY FREAK

Episode 3

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 • Duration 01:30:28

Trigger warnings: necrophilia, rape

Hello lovers, it's time to get real fereal in this episode! Zoë & DeVaughn dive into Nekromantik directed by Jörg Buttgereit. This surprisingly romantic film revolves around our first throuple, well kinda of if you include the corpse. How does a unique couple willing to have sex with dead bodies together go sour? Breaches of trust, emotional manipulation, and many more topics are in bed with us for this one. Enjoy our journey into one of life's most gnarly taboos!

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