Dracula Episodes

[15x7] It's our second trip into the world of animation this season with Toei's adaptation of Marvel's Tomb of Dracula comic-book run from the 1970s, retitled Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned for the US market. Here, Count Dracula steals Lucifer's bride, which has far-reaching consequences... And making another return to the show is the co-host of the Frankencast , Anthony Bowman ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ ⁠Dan Owen & ⁠ Hugh McStay⁠ Guest: Anthony Bowman . Editor: Dan Owen "You will obey me in a...

[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 City, where his daughter Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) must contend with Van Helsing (Peter Fonda) and his nephew... And making his debut on the show is a long-time fan of Vampire Videos - horror film writer and academic James Rose ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen & ⁠ Hugh McSt...

[ 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 on the show is the host of The Time Shifters podcaster, Christopher Page ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen & Hugh McStay⁠ ⁠ Guest: Christopher Page Editor: Dan Owen ⁠ "We must survive, all of us. The blood of a human for me, a cooked bird for you. Where is the difference?"...

[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... And making a return to the show is a true Dracula fan, having already covered the 1974 version starring Jack Palance and Robert Eggers' Nosferatu , it's writer and filmmaker Chris Brosnahan ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Chris Brosnahan Editor :...

He's back! Yes, Dracula, but also... Christopher Lee.! Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco made a more faithful version of Bram Stoker's story in Count Dracula from 1970, with the Hammer legend returning to the role with a distinguished moustache... And making his third appearance on the show is the Assistant Lecturer in Film & English at the University of Alberta, it's Murray Leeder...

[14x3] Udo Kier plays Count Dracula in Paul Morrissey's 1974 version, Blood for Dracula , which finds the master vampire terminally ill and in desperate need of rejuvenating virgin blood... so a trip to Italy to choose an appropriate bride is his only hope... And making her debut on the show is the host of The Horror and Her podcast, Emma Arneil ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Emma Arneil Editor : Dan Owen ⁠ "If you really were clever, Anton, you would bring me a virgin from Italy and...

It's the season of Dracula, as we turn our attention to a less common prospect - a direct sequel to Bram Stoker's story by author Joe Hill, where Professor Van Helsing (Titus Welliver) is now living in early-20th-century California with his wife Mina and two sons... it's Abraham's Boys from director Natasha Kermani...

We're back! Season XIV begins with Dario Argento's take on Bram Stoker's famous story with Dracula 3D from 2012, which finds Thomas Kretschmann as the Count and Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing. And making her third trip via podcasket is videographer and film critic Sarah Williams...

This week, we have a direct-to-video sequel continuing the story from Dracula 2000. Dracula II: Ascension finds a group of medical student experimenting on the vampire's corpse and getting more than they bargained for. .. And helping us wrap up the season is writer, broadcaster, and interviewer Kim Taylor-Foster...

We begin Season XIII with the BBC-Netflix three-part miniseries of Dracula, from the creators of Sherlock, which finds the Count (Claes Bang) being pursued across Europe in a post-modern twist on Bram Stoker's novel and the Hammer traditions...

[11x2] We return to classic Universal horror with the lesser-known sequel to Tod Browning's Dracula - it's Dracula's Daughter , starring Gloria Holden as the offspring of the famous vampire, who shows up in England and arouses suspicion... And making a welcome return to the show is academic and writer Murray Leeder ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Murray Leeder Editor : Dan Owen "You think this night will be like all the others, don't you? Well, you're wrong. Dracula's destroyed. His b...

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, they're reviewing the winner of the social media 'Dreckula' poll, Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler as the famous vampire. But they'll also be sharing bloodcurdling ghost stories along the way...

It's a clash of the titans in 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.)

[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 : Wayne Talbot Editor : Dan Owen "I need to walk this Earth again, free from these walls, free from this mausoleu...

Season VIII draws to a close with Dan Curtis' 1974 TV film Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Jack Palance as the famous vampire drawn to the reincarnation of his deceased lover after moving to England...

Mel Brooks' vampire comedy is up for discussion, starring spoof legend Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula.

[7x7] We're delving into early Hollywood cinema for Robert Siodmak's horror sequel from 1943, Son of Dracula , starring Lon Chaney Jr. as 'Count Alucard', a European nobleman who's invited to the American South to marry a plantation owner's daughter obsessed with the occult... Making her debut on the show is Trashwire podcaster and Geek Girl Authority film writer Kim Pierce ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kim Pierce Editor : Dan Owen "The angel of death hovers over a great house. I se...

[7x4] It's our seventh Hammer film with Count Dracula, as Christopher Lee's fanged fiend is resurrected by a young disciple in 1970s London, where he must face the descendent of his greatest adversary, Van Helsing (Peter Cushing). It's Dracula A.D 1972 ... And joining us on the show is returning guest Wayne Talbot , comic-book writer, colourist, and creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Wayne Talbot Editor : Hugh McStay "Okay, okay. But if ...

[7x2] We're back in the late-1970s for Stan Dragoti's vampire comedy Love at First Bite , starring George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who's evicted from his Transylvanian castle and flies to New York City to start a new life, only to fall in love with a fashion model... And making his debut in the sarpodphagus is Canadian vampire scholar Murray Leeder ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Murray Leeder Editor : Dan Owen "I'm going out to get a bite to drink." -- Count Dracula Subscribe and l...

[7x1] We start Season VII with Gary Shore's action horror Dracula Untold , starring Luke Evans as a 15th-century warrior who makes a deal with a vampire to be granted dark powers, to protect his people from invaders... Returning to help us parse this movie is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Dan Owen "My father was a great man, a hero, so they say. But sometimes the world doesn't need another hero, sometimes what it needs is a ...

[6x8] We're back with another Dracula adaptation, only this one focuses on a specific chapter in Bram Stoker's novel - it's André Øvredal's 2023 horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter , which finds Dracula boarding the titular ship on his way to England, only for the crew to realise they have a murderous stowaway aboard... To help us take a bite out of this box office flop, making his return in the sarcophopod, it's the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark ... Hosts : Dan Owen & ...

[6x4] We return to the well of Hammer horror for Scars of Dracula , directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Christopher Lee once again as the eponymous Count, this time being antagonised by two brothers at his castle home... To talk about this film, our returning guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay "What we shall be facing in a few hours' time is not a man. He is evil. He is the embodiment of all that is evil....

[5x5] Christopher Lee returns once again as Count Dracula for Peter Sasdy's Hammer horror sequel Taste the Blood of Dracula , which concerns three gentlemen who decide to resurrect the master vampire as part of their desire to chase transgressive experiences... Our guest this week is screen, stage, and radio writer Brendon Connelly ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Brendon Connelly Editor : Dan Owen "They have destroyed my servant. They will be destroyed..." -- Count Dracula. Subscribe ...

[5x1] Season V launches with John Badham's adaptation of Dracula , starring Frank Langella as the master vampire, the sole survivor of a Yorkshire shipwreck who starts seducing the local women to the chagrin of their partners and fathers... And joining us via our new sarpodphagus is a veteran guest, the film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay "Now it is you, my best beloved one. You will be flesh of my flesh, blood of my b...