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Aug. 17, 2025

118. The Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) with Kat Hughes

[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...

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Aug. 10, 2025

117. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

[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 ...

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Aug. 3, 2025

116. Underworld: Awakening (2012) with Kim Morrison

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 i…

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July 20, 2025

115. Let the Wrong One In (2021) with Dee Molumby

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 podca…

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July 13, 2025

114. Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013) with Anthony Bowman

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 th…

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July 6, 2025

113. Twins of Evil (1971) with Rob Taylor

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...

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June 29, 2025

112. Rose: A Love Story (2021) with Prof. Stacey Abbott

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 …

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June 22, 2025

111. Blacula (1972) with Kelechi Ehenulo

[12x1] 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...

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June 16, 2025

Bonus: Season XI Ranking

Season XI draws to an end with our Ranking episode, as Dan & Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the last 10 films and rate them in ascending order of quality. Can you guess what's top and bottom? There's also our devious quiz, which Hugh is currently winning 10-1, but Dan is th…

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June 1, 2025

110. Doctor Sleep: Director's Cut (2019) with Tony Black

[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 ...

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May 25, 2025

109. Priest (2011) with Outlaw Vern

[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 deb...

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May 19, 2025

108. Twilight: New Moon (2009) with Sarah Williams

[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 ...

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May 12, 2025

107. Sinners (2025) with Mary Muñoz

[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 t...

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May 5, 2025

106. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999) with Becci …

[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 f...

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April 21, 2025

105. I Vampiri (1957) with Prof. Stacey Abbott

[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...

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April 14, 2025

104. Bordello of Blood (1996) with Brendon Connelly

[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 ...

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April 7, 2025

103. Lust for a Vampire (1971) with Kim Pierce

[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...

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March 31, 2025

102. Dracula's Daughter (1936) with Murray Leeder

[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 arouse...

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March 24, 2025

101. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) with Frankie Pellatt

[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 s...

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March 17, 2025

Bonus: Season X Ranking

Season X draws to an official close with our Ranking episode, as Dan & Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the last 11 films and rate them in ascending order of quality. There's also the return of our regular quiz, which Hugh is currently winning 9-1, so can Dan pull things back…

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March 10, 2025

100. Centenary Special including Nosferatu (2024) with Chris Brosnahan

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 ar…

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March 3, 2025

99. Night Teeth (2021) with Dee Molumby

[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 v...

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Feb. 24, 2025

98. Let Me in (2010) with Kim Taylor-Foster

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 alli…

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Feb. 17, 2025

97. Subspecies (1991) with Kim Morrison

[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 vam...

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