Film Episodes

Over two years later, we finally get around to the US adaptation of Let the Right One In, retired Let Me In, from director Matt Reeves. This again tells the story of a bullied boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) growing up in the early-1980s, who befriends a visiting vampire girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who's allied herself with a serial killer...

[10x7] We begin a new vampire franchise with Ted Nicolau's direct-to-video cult horror Subspecies , where three female American students arrive in Romania to study, only to become embroiled in the machinations between two vampire brothers, Radu (Anders Hove) and Stefan (Michael Watson)... And making her return to the show after a lengthy break is writer Kim Morrison ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kim Morrison Editor : Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the sho...

We take out first step into animation and Japanese film with 1985's Vampire Hunter D from director Toyoo Ashida, which adapts the famous novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi about a half-human/half-vampire ridding the world of the undead in post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's been overrun with monsters and mutants...

We're back in the Underworld franchise with the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans from director Patrick Tatopolous, which explains the origin of Lycan leader Lucian (Martin Sheen), set against the backdrop of his doomed romance with vampire Sonya (Rhona Mitra) and a Lycan rebellion...

We take to the skies for the Netflix action horror film Blood Red Sky, directed by Peter Thorwarth, which finds a terminally ill German woman travelling across the Atlantic for life-saving treatment with her son, only to find their flight taken over by terrorists. But, unfortunately for the hijackers, her symptoms include drinking human blood... And back to help us dissect this movie is Ghoulfriends podcaster Lindsay Drysdale...

[10x3] It's been a long time coming, but we're finally watching 2010's 30 Days of Night: Dark Days , the direct-to-video sequel to the 2007 movie. The story picks up with Stella (Kiele Sanchez), the sole survivor of the attack on the Alaskan town of Barrow, giving seminars about the existence of vampires... which draws the attention of vampires and vampire hunters alike... A new guest is joining us too, in the shape of freelance journalist Becci Sayce from Fangoria , Dread Central , and Second S...

A remake of a Vampire Videos favourite is up for discussion this week, with Craig Gillespie's 2011 version of Fright Night, starring Anton Yelchin as a teenage boy who starts to suspect his next-door neighbour Jerry (Colin Farrell) might be a murderous vampire...

Seasons bleedings! Our 2024 Christmas Special takes a look at a recent family vampire movie from the UK, Euro Lyn's The Radleys, based on the best-selling YA novel, about a family of abstaining vampires living in modern-day Whitby.

[10x1] Season X launches with us rewinding the clock on Hammer to tackle non-Dracula strands of the famous production company's archive. And we begin with The Vampire Lovers from Roy Ward Baker, with Ingrid Pitt playing a female vampire preying on affluent women in 19th-century Germany... And completing her unintended recent trilogy of Vampire Videos guest appearances, it's copywriter and podcaster Mary Muñoz once again... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay "...

[9x10] The Season IX finale is here, with a review of Richard Wenk's 1986 horror comedy Vamp , where two college students drive to the big city to hire a stripper for a frat party, only to find one nightclub's employees are all vampires... And making a welcome return, so soon after the Halloween Special, is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Dan Owen " Testy! You wanna know why I'm testy? I'll tell you why I'm testy. Today I was nearly ...

[9x9] Finally, it's time to head back to Salem's Lot for Gary Dauberman's long-delayed adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror story, where a best-selling author returns to his hometown to discover the community is being taken over by vampires... Helping us dissect the film is prolific Vampire Videos guest, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also ...

It's mid-1990s arthouse cinema time with Abel Ferrara's vampire drugs allegory The Addiction, starring Lili Taylor as a NYU student who is bitten by a vampire one evening and finds herself addicted to drinking human blood...

[9x7] An early "talkie" is up for discussion this week, in the form of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 Gothic horror film Vampyr , where a student of the paranormal stays overnight in a village inn apparently stalked by a blood-sucking creature... And making her belated third trip in the podcasket is university lecturer and horror expert Professor Stacey Abbott ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor : Hugh McStay "Why does the doctor always come at night?" -- Léone Subs...

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.)

[9x5] The mid-Season IX point arrives with director Park Chan-wook's 2013 "vampire film" Stoker , which concerns a sullen 18-year-old girl (Mia Wasikowska) who comes under the spell of her mysterious uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) following the death of her father... Making her long-awaited debut in the podcasket to talk about one of her favourite films is the film journalist and author Zoë Rose Smith ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Zoë Rose Smith Editor : Hugh McStay "He used to say, ...

We head into the direct-to-video abyss for Scott Spiegel's 1999 horror-comedy crime film From Dusk Till Dawn: Texas Blood Money, where a gang of criminals (led by Robert Patrick) are gradually transformed into vampires while trying to pull off a bank heist in Mexico...

[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...

We're heading to the skies for another Stephen King adaptation - it's Mark Pavia's 1997 adaptation of his short story Night Flier, about a despicable tabloid reporter (Miguel Ferrer) investigating what seems to be a vampire flying into local airfields to drink the blood of whoever's unfortunate enough to cross his path...

[9x1] Season IX begins with a movie many have been waiting for! It's Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's best-selling romantic fantasy novel Twilight , which concerns a teenage girl who moves to a remote forest town and falls in love with a handsome classmate she soon learns is a vampire... And we have fresh blood to start a new run of episodes, with journalist and podcaster Tom Beasley ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Tom Beasley Editor : Hugh McStay "I d...

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...

[8x9] Our penultimate Season VIII episode is on Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet's 2024 horror-comedy Abigail , about a gang of criminals who get more than they bargained for when they hold the young daughter of a wealthy man for ransom, only to realise she's a deadly vampire... Film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby makes another return to the show to talk about it... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay "Sammy, those are fuckin' onions." -- Frank Subscri...

[8x8] We return to Timur Bekmambetov's Russian fantasy duology, with the concluding half to Night Watch ... it's Day Watch . A year has passed and Anton is accused of murder as he tries to find the real killer and an ancient object with the power to change destiny... And making her return to the show is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor : Dan Owen "Imperfections are hidden in darkness, Yegor. And people always have their imperfections." -...

We're back for Pablo Larrain's alternate history of Chilean dictator (and vampire?) General Pinochet, in a bizarre movie that mixes real-world politics with the supernatural. It's El Conde. Does anyone care for a liquidised heart?