Episodes

Oct. 30, 2023

Halloween Special 2023 with Tony Black, Violet Hammond & Dee Molumby

[BONUS] Hugh and Dan are back for another spooky special, this time focusing on three short films about vampires. And joining us around the vampire campfire is a triptych of VIP guests: author and podcaster Tony Black , film ...

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Oct. 23, 2023

48. Black Sunday (1960) with Frankie Pellatt

A vampiric witch (Barbara Steele) returns from the grave to try and possess the body of her owns beautiful look-alike descendant in Mario Bava's influential horror classic Black Sunday...

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Oct. 16, 2023

47. Sleepwalkers (1992) with Robert Clark

[5x7] The Master of Horror, Stephen King, wrote Sleepwalkers for Mick Garris to direct, which concerns two incestuous shape-shifting vampires trying to sustain the existence of their species by feeding on the energy of virgin...

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Oct. 9, 2023

46. Fright Night (1985) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

[5x6] Tom Holland's classic Fright Night is our film this week, which concerns a teenage boy who becomes aware his next-door neighbour is a vampire responsible for a series of local murders, so in desperation enlists the help...

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Sept. 25, 2023

45. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) with Brendon Connelly

[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 t...

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Sept. 18, 2023

44. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) with Mary Muñoz

[5x4] The cult indie Let's Scare Jessica to Death , directed by John Hancock, is up for discussion this week. This 1971 horror film concerns a recently institutionalized woman called Jessica (Zohra Lampert) who has bizarre ex...

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Sept. 11, 2023

43. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) with Tony Black

[5x3] This ill-fated summer blockbuster from director Stephen Norrington is next in store; a big-budget adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , about a group of Victo...

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Sept. 4, 2023

42. Bliss (2019) with Kim Morrison

This week, we have Joe Begos's 2019 horror film Bliss, starring Dora Madison as a struggling Los Angeles artist who takes a hallucinogenic drug in order to reignite her creativity...

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Aug. 28, 2023

41. Dracula (1979) with Dee Molumby

[5x1] Season V launches with John Badham's adaptation of Dracula , starring Frank Langella as the master vampire, the sole survivor of a Yorkshire shipwreck who starts seducing the local women to the chagrin of their partners...

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Aug. 21, 2023

Bonus: 1st Fangiversary

[BONUS] Hugh and Dan are back for a pre-Season V special to celebrate a year of Vampire Videos , now that 40 full episodes (+ bonuses) have been released into the world. Fun stuff we have in store include: Dan & Hugh's Top 10...

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July 31, 2023

Bonus: Season IV Ranking

[BONUS] Hugh and Dan return to chew over Season IV and reveal their combined Top 10 ranking of everything covered over the last few months. They'll also quiz each other about every film for added fun! Hosts : Hugh McStay & Da...

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July 17, 2023

40. Van Helsing (2004) with Dee Molumby

[4x10] Stephen Sommers' monster mash-up Van Helsing is our Season IV finale episode, which finds the eponymous monster hunter (Hugh Jackman) travelling to Transylvania to slay Count Dracula, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Mo...

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July 10, 2023

39. Jakob's Wife (2021) with Wayne Talbot

[4x9] Our penultimate Season IV episode is Travis Stevens' Shudder original Jakob's Wife , about a small-town pastor's spouse (Barbara Crampton) who gets bitten by a vampire and undergoes a physical and sexual transformation ...

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July 3, 2023

38. Daybreakers (2009) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Ethan Hawke stars in The Spierig Brothers' 2009 sci-fi horror action film Daybreakers, as a vampire hematologist living in a near-future society where a plague transformed almost everyone into vampires...

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June 26, 2023

37. Once Bitten (1985) with Tony Black

[4x7] We're turning back the clock to the mid-1980s for Howard Storm's horror-comedy Once Bitten , starring a pre-fame Jim Carrey as a teenager bitten by a seductive vampire and torn between her and his less promiscuous girlf...

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June 19, 2023

36. Queen of the Damned (2002) with Kat Hughes

[4x6] A loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire (1994), Michael Rymer's Queen of the Damned finds the vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend) becoming a successful rock star, outing his own kind in the process and awakening a pow...

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June 5, 2023

35. Martin (1977) with Stephen Gallagher

George Romero is best-known for his zombie films, but this week we're taking a look at his lesser-known but just as influential vampire drama Martin. It stars John Amplas as a man who believes he's a vampire...

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May 29, 2023

34. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) with Madeline Potter

[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 resur...

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May 22, 2023

33. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) with Will Salmon

[4x3] The "Iranian vampire western" from writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night , is up for review this week. It concerns a lonely vampire (Sheila Vand) living in a ghost town, stalking its blissf...

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May 15, 2023

32. Vampire's Kiss (1988) with Tom Butler

[4x2] It's Nicolas Cage's finest hour in Robert Bierman's cult classic Vampire's Kiss , where he plays a literary agent who believes he's been bitten by a sexy vampire and is undergoing physiological changes... but is it all ...

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May 7, 2023

31. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) with Darren Mooney

[4x1] Season IV of the show launches with Werner Herzog's remake of Nosferatu (1922), starring Bruno Ganz as an estate agent who travels to Transylvania to assist the unnerving Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) in buying a propert...

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May 1, 2023

Bonus: Season III Ranking

Hugh and Dan return to mull over Season II and reveal their combined Top 10 ranking of everything covered over the last few months. They'll also quiz each other about every film for added fun, then tease what's coming soon...

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April 17, 2023

30. Renfield (2023) with Ashley Thomas

[3x10] Our Season III finale takes a rare look at a newly released vampire film! It's Chris McKay's horror-comedy Renfield , which finds the eponymous character (Nicholas Hoult) trying to leave the services of his tyrannical ...

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April 10, 2023

29. Near Dark (1987) with Prof Stacey Abbott

This week we're tackling the neo-western horror film Near Dark from director Kathryn Bigelow, starring Adrian Pasdar as a small-town farmer's son who reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires...

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