Film Episodes

We finish Season XV with a long-awaited return to the Subspecies direct-to-video saga, with the the third film, Bloodlust. Here, Prince Radu (Anders Hove) continues to evade capture while falling in love with fledgling vampire Michelle (Denise Duff)... And making her return in the podcasket is film writer, author, and a co-host of the ⁠Kim & Em vs Evil ⁠podcast, it's Kim Taylor-Foster...

[15x9] What happens when your car gets stuck in the Irish mud and the sun starts to set? This week, we’re heading to the peat bogs of the Emerald Isle to discuss Conor McMahon’s claustrophobic 2014 creature feature, From the Dark . And making a welcome return to the show is film reviewer and broadcaster Dee Molumby ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen & ⁠ Hugh McStay⁠ Guest: Dee Molumby Editor: Dan Owen "Right, THAT'S IT!" — Sarah ❤️ Support the Show If you loved our From the Dark chat, here is h...

[15x8] It's time to strap in for a ride-along through the streets of L.A. as we review Ryan Prows’ 2026 action horror Night Patrol . Part gritty urban crime drama, part supernatural horror, and part biting social satire, this film reimagines LAPD cops as literal bloodsuckers. As we have a returning guest, who we haven't seen in many years, in the form of freelance writer Will Salmon ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Hugh McStay⁠ & ⁠Dan Owen Guest: Will Salmon Editor: Hugh McStay⁠ "Damn, I'm so tired ...

[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...

[15x6] We finish another franchise, as we're back with a double-whammy episode! Yes, it's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , and we're covering both parts together. Here, Bella (Kristen Stewart) finally marries Edward (Robert Pattison) and is transformed into a vampire during a difficult pregnancy, which has.... interesting repercussions for her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner)... And making another return to the show is Twi-hard, horror fan, and copywriter Kim Morrison ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ H...

[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...

[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 only feeds on "bad guys", as things get messy once she fails to properly finish off a ruthless mob boss, Sal "The Shark" Macelli (Robert Loggia), leading to a literal vampire mafia takeover. And making his debut on the show to talk about this overlooked Landis movie, it's fil...

[ 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 mysterious classmate who's possibly a vampire... it's The Moth Diaries ! Having made her debut on a Buffy bonus episode, we welcome back journalist and film critic Anita Markoff to the show to discuss a film she asked us to cover... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen & ⁠ Hugh McSta...

[ 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 welcome back Prof. Stacey Abbott to help us dissect this imaginative adventure, who's writing a book about vampires in animation at time of writing too... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Hugh McStay⁠ & ⁠Dan Owen Guest: Prof. Stacey Abbott . Editor: Hugh McStay⁠ "When the last vampir...

[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 seduce a honeymooning couple at a desolate Belgian hotel... And making his debut on the show is horror author, freelance film review, and occasional podcaster Christopher P. Ward ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen ⁠ & Hugh McStay⁠ Guest: Christopher P. Ward Editor: Dan Owen ⁠...

[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 :...

[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 independent gem carved out its own grisly niche in horror history. And returning to the show is our regular horror academic and all-round vampire expert, Prof. Stacey Abbott ... 🎙️ The Lineup Hosts: ⁠ Dan Owen & Hugh McStay⁠ ⁠ Guest: ⁠ Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor: Dan Owen ⁠...

Another franchise is complete with the fifth entry in the action-horror series Underworld. It's Anna Foerster's 2016 instalment, Underworld: Blood Wars, where Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is now pursued by both Vampires and Lycans, so she teams up with allies and eventually seeking refuge with a Nordic coven... And making a belated return to the show is the host of the ⁠Creepy & Geeky⁠ podcast, Robert Clark...

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...

[14x4] It's time to complete another franchise, as we cover the final part of the Lost Boys trilogy, with direct-to-video instalment The Thirst from 2010, directed by Dario Piana. Here, Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman) is hired by a horror novelist to find her brother, who's been kidnapped by a DJ who's also feeding his followers vampire blood... And returning to the show for a third time coincidentally covering her third direct-to-video movie for us, is freelance writer Becci Sayce . Hosts : Dan Owe...

[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...

[BONUS] Season's bleedings! It's that festive time of the year again, so we've invited two of our favourite guests to join is for a candlelit Christmas dinner in the Vampire Videos Villa... And the table talk will focus on Anders Banke's 2006 horror-comedy Frostbiten , about a mother and daughter embroiled in a vampire uprising in a small Swedish town experiencing a month-long polar night... We'll also be telling some terrible cracker jokes, while playing three different party games along the wa...

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...

[13x7] It's time for another return to Forks, Washington, for director David Slade's third instalment of romantic fantasy drama The Twilight Saga -- Eclipse . Here, Bella must decide between vampire Edward and werewolf Jacob before her graduation, as a spate or strange murders strike Seattle... And returning from our recent Halloween Special, it's writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Lindsay Drysdale Editor : Hugh McStay " I'm from a different era. Thin...

[13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires . In this film, a crew of astronauts land on an alien world and come under the eerie influence of its ancient inhabitants... And making his debut on Vampire Videos is an author and the man behind many podcasts, including Writers on Film , it's John Bleasdale ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : John Bleasdale Editor : Dan Owen ⁠ "A cap...

[BONUS] It's spooky season! This Halloween, on a dark and stormy night, Dan and Hugh have taken refuge inside a small tent beside the vampire campfire until the bad weather passes. Fortunately, three guests have been invited along to talk about a particular entry of a horror anthology... [00:00:34] MONSTERS - "The Waiting Game" Writer Brendon Connelly talks to us about a third season instalment of this 1980s US horror anthology series, involving nuclear war and the terror beyond an underground b...

[13x5] Radu! Radu! Radu! We reach mid-season with a return to the Subspecies universe, covering the first sequel Bloodstone: Subspecies II , which finds vampire Prince Radu (Anders Hove) resurrected and going after American student Michelle, who's been bitten and is slowly turning into a vampire herself... And making another return to the show to talk about it is cultural essayist and film critic Kim Pierce ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Kim Pierce Editor : Hugh McStay "Forgive me br...