Episodes

We're back to talk about another chunk of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season from 1998... featuring the shocking emergence of Angelus, and a bizarre ghost story set in the halls of Sunnydale High... And joining us to talk about these four episodes is film journalist and podcaster ⁠Kat Hughes⁠…

We're back to talk about the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season from 1997... with the arrival of Spike and Drusilla, a vampire power couple who bring a more chaotic energy to Sunnydale. And joining us to talk about a selection of four of the best episodes is writer Sophie Cadden…

[14x10] Our Season XIV finale finds us checking into the Grand Hôtel des Thermes for Harry Kümel’s 1971 cult classic, Daughters of Darkness. In this stylish, erotic cult classic, a glamorous vampire countess and her lover sed...

[14x9] Our penultimate Season XIV episode keeps the Dracula fanged fun coming, as we look at Luc Besson's 2025 version starring Caleb Landry Jones in the eponymous role as a romantic take on Bram Stoker's villainous character...

[14x8] In this episode, we’re sinking our teeth into the 1958 British cult classic Blood of the Vampire . Often mistaken for a Hammer Film—thanks to its lush production design and a script by the legendary Jimmy Sangster—this...

Another franchise is complete with the fifth entry in the action-horror series Underworld. It's Anna Foerster's 2016 instalment, Underworld: Blood Wars, where Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is now pursued by both Vampires and Lycans, so she teams up with allies and eventually seeking refuge with a Nordic…

The homecoming from hell continues. Season XIV enters its final stretch as we make our (final?) visit to the cursed town of Salem’s Lot. This week, we’re sinking our teeth into the 2004 TNT miniseries. Rob Lowe stars as author Ben Mears, who returns to his childhood home only to find that an ancien…

[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...