Vampire Videos

Nov 17 2024 106 ep. 70 mins 50

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Join your Vampire Videos hosts, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay, as they embark on a thrilling journey through a century of blood-soaked cinema. From the chilling shadows of early German Expressionism to the glittering fangs of Hollywood's Golden Age, we'll delve into every crypt, coven, and coffin on celluloid.

Prepare for a feast of B-movie thrills, Hammer Horror chills, blockbuster battles, and even the occasional rom-com with a bite. We'll dissect every fang-tastic flick with the help of special guests and horror experts... one bite at a time.

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89. Salem's Lot (2024) with Dee Molumby

Nov 17 2024 79 mins

[9x9] Finally, it's time to head back to Salem's Lot for Gary Dauberman's long-delayed adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror story, where a best-selling author returns to his hometown to discover the community is being taken over by vampires... Helping us dissect the film is prolific Vampire Videos guest, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

88. The Addiction (1995) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Nov 10 2024 64 mins

[9x8] It's mid-1990s arthouse cinema time with Abel Ferrara's vampire drugs allegory The Addiction, starring Lili Taylor as an NYU student who is bitten by a vampire one evening and finds herself addicted to drinking human blood... And making her belated return in the podcasket is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Dr Sor

87. Vampyr (1932) with Prof. Stacey Abbott

Nov 03 2024 70 mins

[9x7] An early "talkie" is up for discussion this week, in the form of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 Gothic horror film Vampyr, where a student of the paranormal stays overnight in a village inn apparently stalked by a blood-sucking creature... And making her belated third trip in the podcasket is university lecturer and horror expert Professor Stacey Abbott... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Da

Bonus: Halloween Special 2024 - Dracula 2000 (2000) with Mary Muñoz

Oct 27 2024 75 mins

[BONUS] It's the spookiest time of the year, which means Dan and Hugh are back around the vampire campfire for another Halloween Special. This time, reviewing the winner of the social media 'DRECKULA' poll, Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler as the famous vampire. But they'll also be sharing some real-life bloodcurdling ghost stories along the way... Joining the boys around the f

86. Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971) with Anthony Bowman

Oct 20 2024 68 mins

[9x6] It's a clash of the titans in B-movie director Al Adamson's Dracula vs. Frankenstein, where the Prince of Darkness joins forces with a descendent of Dr Frankenstein to benefit from a serum to enable him to walk around in daylight. (It sounds better than it is...) The Frankencast co-host Anthony Bowman makes his first return to the show to explain himself... Hosts: Hugh McStay

85. Stoker (2013) with Zoë Rose Smith

Oct 06 2024 86 mins

[9x5] The mid-Season IX point arrives with director Park Chan-wook's 2013 "vampire film" Stoker, which concerns a sullen 18-year-old girl (Mia Wasikowska) who comes under the spell of her mysterious uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) following the death of her father... Making her long-awaited debut in the podcasket to talk about one of her favourite films is the film journalist and aut

84. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) with Kim Taylor-Foster

Sep 29 2024 63 mins

[9x4] We rummage inside the direct-to-video bin for Scott Spiegel's 1999 horror crime thriller From Dusk Till Dawn: Texas Blood Money, where a gang of criminals (led by Robert Patrick) are slowly transformed into vampires while trying to pull off a bank heist in Mexico... And a new guest is arriving by podcasket, in the shape of author and broadcaster Kim Taylor-Foster... Hosts: Da

83. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) with Wayne Talbot

Sep 22 2024 66 mins

[9x3] Hammer's Dracula saga comes to an end with The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, which finds Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) helping eight siblings reclaim their mountain village from seven powerful vampires and an army of the undead... And back to help us pick this final Dracula story apart, it's comic-book writer and podcaster Wayne Talbot... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest:

82. The Night Flier (1997) with Robert Clark

Sep 15 2024 68 mins

[9x2] We're heading to the skies for another Stephen King adaptation - it's Mark Pavia's 1997 adaptation of his short story The Night Flier, about a despicable tabloid reporter (Miguel Ferrer) investigating what seems to be a vampire flying into local airfields to drink the blood of whoever's unfortunate enough to cross his path... And returning for another appearance (and his seco

81. Twilight (2008) with Tom Beasley

Sep 08 2024 79 mins

[9x1] Season IX begins with a movie many have been waiting for! It's Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's best-selling romantic fantasy novel Twilight, which concerns a teenage girl who moves to a remote forest town and falls in love with a handsome classmate she soon learns is a vampire... And we have fresh blood to start a new run of episodes, with jo