Film Episodes

[13x4] It's a quick trip across the English Channel this week for Adrien Beau's 2023 period horror The Vourdalak , which finds a French aristocrat forced to stay with a rural family whose tyrannical patriarch has been transformed into an undead creature... And joining us the person who brought this film to our attention, writer and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Dan Owen ⁠ "Wait six days for me. If, after those six days, I have not returned, s...

[13x3] It's time for another Hammer horror, and after completing the Karnstein trilogy we rewind the clock back to 1963 for Don Sharp's Kiss of the Vampire , which finds a newlywed couple encountering a vampire secret society while on their honeymoon... And we have a new guest arriving by podcasket to help us bite into this classic, in the shape of film critic Kristin Battestella ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kristin Battestella Editor : Hugh McStay "When the devil attacks a man or ...

[13x2] It's a rare trip to the east this week with the Hong Kong supernatural comedy Mr Vampire , directed by Ricky Lau, which finds a Taoist monk and his students facing off against a 'hopping vampire' after a village elder's corpse is reinterred... And making her debut on the show is film journalist and critic Katie Smith-Wong ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Katie Smith-Wong Editor : Dan Owen ⁠ Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe , leave a rating , or write a review to help us ...

[12x10] We finish Season XII with another of our occasional "pseudo vampire" films, with Karyn Kusama's Jennifer's Body . Here, a popular high school girl (Megan Fox) is murdered by a touring rock band and accidentally resurrected as a man-eating succubus demon (vampire?) creature... Back for more ghoulish delight is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay "Hell is a teenage girl." -- Needy Lesnicky Enjoying what you hear? Please...

[12x8] It's been a long time coming, but we've finally grasped the nettle! This week, we're covering direct-to-DVD sequel The Lost Boys: The Tribe . Here, a brother and sister move to Santa Clara and soon realise a local surfer gang are actually vampires... And making a welcome return to the show is film critic and podcaster Kat Hughes ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kat Hughes Editor : Dan Owen ⁠ "Build a man a fire, he's warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest...

[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 discovering the community are all vampires... And making her own return, to V ampire Videos, is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor : Hugh McStay ⁠ "I'm not a Nazi hunter. I'm a Nazi ki...

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 is writer and horror fanatic Kim Morrison...

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 podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby...

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 the show is ⁠Frankencast⁠ co-host Anthony Bowman...

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...

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 expert Professor Stacey Abbott...

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. And making her debut on the show is freelance film critic and writer Kelechi Ehenulo...

[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 Torrance (Ewan McGregor) finds himself dealing with alcoholism, his childhood trauma, and the arrival of a child-murdering gang led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson)... And making his long overdue return to the show, for a regular episode anyway, is podcaster and author Ton...

[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 debut on the show is popular online film critic and author 'Outlaw Vern' ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Outlaw Vern Editor : Dan Owen ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for ⁠FREE⁠ . ★ "...

[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 for hunky werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to make a play for her affections... And making her return to the show is film critic and videographer Sarah Williams ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Sarah Williams Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substa...

[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 there... And making another welcome return to the show is editor, film critic, and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes ...

[11x6] We complete the From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy with P.J Pesce's straight-to-video sequel The Hangman's Daughter , which reveals the origin story of Santanico Pandemonium in the Old West as a ragtag group consisting of a famous author, a religious couple, and Mexican outlaws find themselves at a brothel full of vampires... And making her first return to the show is film critic Becci Sayce ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Becci Sayce Editor : Dan Owen "My singular critique of the Goo...

[11x5] The middle of Season XI arrives with Italy's first horror film: Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri , which concerns a French journalist investigating murders across Paris that may be the work of a vampire... And making another return to the show is the horror expert and university lecturer Prof. Stacey Abbott ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor : Hugh McStay "You'll feel nothing. It's better this way." -- Prof. Julien du Grand. Subscribe and leave a rating or rev...

[11x4] We're excavating Tales From the Crypt for the anthology horror show's 1996 movie spin-off Bordello of Blood , from director Gilbert Adler, which finds a private investigator (Dennis Miller) trying to find a reporter's missing brother, only to discover he made the mistake of going to a local brothel full of vampires... And making his belated return to the show is writer Brendon Connelly ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Brendon Connelly Editor : Hugh McStay "I'd rather Crazy Glue ...

[11x3] We return to the second instalment of Hammer's 'Karnstein Trilogy' with Jimmy Sangster's Lust for a Vampire , which finds a novelist pretending to be a teacher at a girl's finishing school which may be the hideout of a resurrected female vampire... And making her first return to the show is film critic Kim Pierce ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Kim Pierce Editor : Hugh McStay "What you said, sir, about the Karnsteins being dead is true. but they still have the power to reincarn...

[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...

[11x1] Season XI launches with Timur Bekmambetov's 2012 horror action film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , starring Benjamin Walker as the 16th President of the USA, who in this fictionalised telling of his life story was secretly trained to kill vampires... And making a welcome return in the podcasket is Labours of Hercule podcaster Frankie Pellatt ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Frankie Pellatt Editor : Dan Owen "History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, so...

We did it! Vampire Videos has reached 100 episodes (ahem, +15 bonus specials), and it’s time to mark this impressive milestone with a super-sized special. Do you have ~4 hours to get through this episode in one sitting? If not, don't worry, we've added approximate time stamps if you want to jump around a bit.

[10x9] Our penultimate Season X episode looks at Adam Randall's Netflix original film Night Teeth , which follows a night in the life of a young Los Angeles chauffeur (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) who unwittingly picks up two young vampire ladies... And continuing her prolific appearances across nearly 100 episodes, it's podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay "You wouldn't know a party if it fucked you in the face." -- Zoe Subscr...