Join your 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...
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145. Nadja (1994) with James Rose
[15x5] Mid-season is reached with a 1994 cult arthouse film produced by David Lynch. It's Nadja , written and directed by Michael Almereyda, which concerns the family of Count Dracula grieving his loss in modern-day New York ...
144. Innocent Blood (1992) with Tim Coleman
[15x4] This week, we’re venturing into the neon-lit streets of 1990s Pittsburgh to discuss a cult classic that blends mobster tropes with fangs: John Landis’s Innocent Blood . We follow Marie (Anne Parillaud), a vampire who o...
143. The Moth Diaries (2011) with Anita Markoff
[ 15x3 ] We have something a little unusual this week: American Psycho director Mary Harron's adaption of a 2002 novel set in an all-girl's boarding school, where a student grieving the suicide of her father encounters a myst...
142. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) with Prof. Stacey Abbott
[ 15x2 ] We make a rare return to anime with 2000's action horror sequel Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, which finds the eponymous dhampir hired to rescue a wealthy nobleman's daughter after she's kidnapped by a vampire. And we ...
141. Count Dracula (1977) with Christopher Page
[ 15x1 ] New season, new Count Dracula ! Louis Jourdan adorns the cape for this 1977 three-hour BBC TV special; a more faithful retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula co-starring Frank Finlay as Van Helsing. And making her debut ...
Bonus: Season XIV Ranking
[BONUS] Another season is officially in the books! So join Dan and Hugh as they gather around the creepy vampire campfire for our signature end-of-season ritual. We’re breaking down every film covered in Season XIV , weighing...
Bonus: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Part 3 with Lauren McAllister
[BONUS] It's time to conclude our coverage of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 's second season... featuring the final, tragic confrontation between Buffy and Angelus that triggers an unexpected alliance... And joining us to talk abo...
Bonus: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Part 2 with Kat Hughes & Anita Markoff
We're back to talk about another chunk of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season from 1998... featuring the shocking emergence of Angelus, and a bizarre ghost story set in the halls of Sunnydale High... And joining us to talk about these four episodes is film journalist and podcaster Kat Hughes & freelance journalist Anita Markoff...
Bonus: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Part 1 with Sophie Cadden, Kristin Battestella & Andrew Gaudion
We're back to talk about the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season from 1997... with the arrival of Spike and Drusilla, a vampire power couple who bring a more chaotic energy to Sunnydale. And joining us to talk about a selection of four of the best episodes is writer Sophie Cadden, film critic Kristin Battestella & journalist and podcaster Andrew Gaudion...
140. Daughters of Darkness (1971) with Christopher P. Ward
[14x10] Our Season XIV finale finds us checking into the Grand Hôtel des Thermes for Harry Kümel’s 1971 cult classic, Daughters of Darkness. In this stylish, erotic cult classic, a glamorous vampire countess and her lover sed...
139. Dracula (2025) with Chris Brosnahan
[14x9] Our penultimate Season XIV episode keeps the Dracula fanged fun coming, as we look at Luc Besson's 2025 version starring Caleb Landry Jones in the eponymous role as a romantic take on Bram Stoker's villainous character...
138. Blood of the Vampire (1958) with Prof. Stacey Abbott
[14x8] In this episode, we’re sinking our teeth into the 1958 British cult classic Blood of the Vampire . Often mistaken for a Hammer Film—thanks to its lush production design and a script by the legendary Jimmy Sangster—this...