Vampire Videos
Join your Vampire Videos hosts, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay, as they embark on a thrilling journey through a century of vampires on film, one bite at a time...
Recent Episodes
117. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
[12x7] It's another Stephen King edition of the show, but very loosely. A Return to Salem's Lot is writer-director Larry Cohen's 1987 sequel, which finds an anthropologist and his estranged son arriving in the Maine town and ...
116. Underworld: Awakening (2012) with Kim Morrison
It's the penultimate entry in the Underworld franchise, with Awakening from directors Måns Mårlind & Björn Stein. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) awakens in the near-future, where mankind is now aware that vampires and Lycans exist, having driven them both to near-extinction... and returning to the show i…
115. Let the Wrong One In (2021) with Dee Molumby
We're halfway through Season XII and cross the Irish Sea to tackle the low-budget horror comedy Let the Wrong One In, which finds two Dublin brothers having to contend with the fact one of them's been turned into a vampire... And introducing us to this indie film from her neck of the woods is podca…
114. Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013) with Anthony Bowman
Our Fright Night reviews come to an end with the last film in the franchise, Eduardo Rodriguez's straight-to-video sequel from 2013, Fright Night 2: New Blood, where Charley Brewster and his friends travel to Romania and encounter a sexy teacher who's really a vampire... And making his return to th…
113. Twins of Evil (1971) with Rob Taylor
It's another Hammer moment, with the final part of the studio's 'Karnstein Trilogy', with John Hough's Twins of Evil, which finds twin sisters going to stay with their puritan uncle (Peter Cushing), only to realise a local aristocrat has resurrected a dangerous vampire...
112. Rose: A Love Story (2021) with Prof. Stacey Abbott
Something unusual this week, in the British vampire romance drama Rose: A Love Story from 2021, directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Here, a couple live in seclusion until their relationship is tested by the arrival of a stranger... And making another return to the show is university lecturer and horror …
111. Blacula (1972) with Kelechi Ehenulo
[12x1] To begin a new season we have a cult classic from the heyday of blaxploitation, it's William Crain's Blacula from 1972, starring William Marshall as an 18th-century African prince who's turned into a vampire by Dracula...
Bonus: Season XI Ranking
Season XI draws to an end with our Ranking episode, as Dan & Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the last 10 films and rate them in ascending order of quality. Can you guess what's top and bottom? There's also our devious quiz, which Hugh is currently winning 10-1, but Dan is th…
110. Doctor Sleep: Director's Cut (2019) with Tony Black
[11x10] We're finally reviewing a Mike Flanagan horror movie, in the shape of his 2019 sequel to The Shining ; it's the three-hour Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep . In this adaptation of Stephen King's novel, a grown-up Danny ...
109. Priest (2011) with Outlaw Vern
[11x9] From the studio behind the Underworld and Resident Evil films, we're tackling 2011's Priest , with Paul Bettany as the titular cleric, who goes after a gang of vampires after they kidnap his niece... And making his deb...
108. Twilight: New Moon (2009) with Sarah Williams
[11x8] We're back in rainy Forks, Washington, for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from director Chris Weitz. In this 2009 sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson) split up, opening the door ...
107. Sinners (2025) with Mary Muñoz
[11x7] Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror Sinners is our next serving, concerning twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, only to discover a great evil is now lurking t...