Hammer Episodes

[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 ...

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...

[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...

[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 "...

[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...

Christopher Lee returns for the final time as Count Dracula in this '70s Hammer horror sequel...

[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 ...

[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 ...

[4x4] The Hammer falls once again, with the fourth instalment in the British horror studio's Dracula saga. Christopher Lee returns for Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, directed by Freddie Francis, which finds the Count resurrected after an exorcism and in pursuit of the clergyman who's banished him from his castle... This week, we have a vampire and monster academic to help us discuss this movie, in the shape of Madeline Potter ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Madeline Potter Editor :...

[3x4] It's Hammer time again! We venture back into the vault of the legendary British horror studio for Dracula: Prince of Darkness , starring Christopher Lee as the master vampire who's resurrected after four English travellers make the mistake of staying in his castle. And we have real expertise at hand this week, with Stacey Abbott , a professor of film and television and self-proclaimed vampire/horror/zombie scholar... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Professor Stacey Abbott Editor : D...

[2x3] We return to Hammer for the second in the legendary British studio's Dracula saga, Terence Fisher's The Brides of Dracul a. It again stars Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, this time confronting a dashing disciple of Dracula's called Baron Meinster (David Peel). And joining us to discuss this celebrated classic is horror novelist Stephen Law s, who has enviable personal connections to Hammer... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Stephen Laws Editor : Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating o...

[1x5] Vampire Videos bites into our first Hammer horror, Terence Fisher's classic Dracula , which finds Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) investigating the disappearance of a librarian who visited the castle home of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee). To discuss this Gothic horror favourite, we're joined again by film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby . Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a dona...