Film Episodes

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. Things...

[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 captain.....

[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...

[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 broth...

[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, say a...

[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 wom...

[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 keep b...

[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 su...

[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 of...

[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 Vampire 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 killer...

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. ★ "Aft...

[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 Substack...

[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 an...

[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 Good B...

[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 review...

[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 my ...