Episodes

[BONUS] Concluding our mid-season treat, we're looking at the second half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 's first season from 1997... And joining us to talk about another two episodes is film journalist and podcaster Maria Latil...

As a mid-season treat, we're covering Buffy the Vampire Slayer's first season from 1997, which concerns a teenage schoolgirl called Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) who's also 'The Slayer' who must fight against the forces of darkness... And helping us explore this cult favourite TV show are t…

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 Ass…

[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 ...

[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 app...

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 directo…

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 XIII is sadly over, so Dan and Hugh return to the warm vampire campfire to reminisce about the season's many offerings, rank the 14 titles in order of merit, quiz each other on their content, and tease what Sea...

[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 An...

[13x10] The Season XIII finale offers a return to Anne Rice's Immortal Universe on AMC, with the first season of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Here, a young mindreader called Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton) joins an arcane organ...

[13:9] Our penultimate Season XIII episode finds us worshipping Netflix miniseries Midnight Mass , from writer-director Mike Flanagan, which finds a mysterious new priest (Hamish Linklater) arriving on an impoverished remote ...

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…

[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 ...

[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 ...

[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 ...

[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 s...

[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 transfo...

[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...

[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'...

We begin Season XIII with the BBC-Netflix three-part miniseries of Dracula, from the creators of Sherlock, which finds the Count (Claes Bang) being pursued across Europe in a post-modern twist on Bram Stoker's novel and the Hammer traditions...

Season XII if over, so it's that time again... as Dan and Hugh meet around the glowing vampire campfire to reflect on the season, rank the last 10 episodes in order of merit, talk about some recent vampire film and TV news, then tease what Season XIII has in store for listeners...

[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 resurr...

We're taking a look at the short-lived 1980s horror anthology series Nightmare Classics with the 1989 episode "Carmilla", which adapted the classic vampire story by Sheridan Le Fanu... And helping us tease it apart is a new guest - writer, editor, and content designer Ray Neman.

[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 surf...