Episodes

[15x5] Mid-season is reached with a 1994 cult arthouse film produced by David Lynch. It's Nadja , written and directed by Michael Almereyda, which concerns the family of Count Dracula grieving his loss in modern-day New York ...

[15x4] This week, we’re venturing into the neon-lit streets of 1990s Pittsburgh to discuss a cult classic that blends mobster tropes with fangs: John Landis’s Innocent Blood . We follow Marie (Anne Parillaud), a vampire who o...

[ 15x3 ] We have something a little unusual this week: American Psycho director Mary Harron's adaption of a 2002 novel set in an all-girl's boarding school, where a student grieving the suicide of her father encounters a myst...

[ 15x2 ] We make a rare return to anime with 2000's action horror sequel Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, which finds the eponymous dhampir hired to rescue a wealthy nobleman's daughter after she's kidnapped by a vampire. And we ...

[ 15x1 ] New season, new Count Dracula ! Louis Jourdan adorns the cape for this 1977 three-hour BBC TV special; a more faithful retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula co-starring Frank Finlay as Van Helsing. And making her debut ...

[BONUS] Another season is officially in the books! So join Dan and Hugh as they gather around the creepy vampire campfire for our signature end-of-season ritual. We’re breaking down every film covered in Season XIV , weighing...

[BONUS] It's time to conclude our coverage of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 's second season... featuring the final, tragic confrontation between Buffy and Angelus that triggers an unexpected alliance... And joining us to talk abo...

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...