Episodes

81. Twilight (2008) with Tom Beasley
Sept. 9, 2024

81. Twilight (2008) with Tom Beasley

[9x1] Season IX begins with a movie many have been waiting for! It's Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's best-selling romantic fantasy novel Twilight , which concerns a teenage girl who moves to ...

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Bonus: Season VIII Ranking
Sept. 2, 2024

Bonus: Season VIII Ranking

It's that time again! Dan and Hugh are still convened around the vampire campfire, this time to reflect on Season VIII and reveal their combined Top 10 of everything discussed. As ever, they'll also quiz each other about each movie! And to finish, a tease of what listeners can expect from Season IX…

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Bonus: 2nd Fangiversary
Aug. 26, 2024

Bonus: 2nd Fangiversary

Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on two years of Vampire Videos and the 80 full episodes (+ bonuses) that have been released so far. Includes 'Dan & Hugh's Top 10 Vampires', 'Our Top 6 Most Prolific Guests', and 'All the Vampire Films That Are Coming Soon-ish... Maybe!'

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80. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) with Chris Brosnahan
Aug. 19, 2024

80. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) with Chris Brosnahan

Season VIII draws to a close with Dan Curtis' 1974 TV film Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Jack Palance as the famous vampire drawn to the reincarnation of his deceased lover after moving to England...

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79. Abigail (2024) with Dee Molumby
Aug. 12, 2024

79. Abigail (2024) with Dee Molumby

[8x9] Our penultimate Season VIII episode is on Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet's 2024 horror-comedy Abigail , about a gang of criminals who get more than they bargained for when they hold the young daughter of a wealt...

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78. Day Watch (2006) with Mary Muñoz
Aug. 5, 2024

78. Day Watch (2006) with Mary Muñoz

[8x8] We return to Timur Bekmambetov's Russian fantasy duology, with the concluding half to Night Watch ... it's Day Watch . A year has passed and Anton is accused of murder as he tries to find the real killer and an ancient ...

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77. El Conde (2023) with Tony Black
July 29, 2024

77. El Conde (2023) with Tony Black

We're back for Pablo Larrain's alternate history of Chilean dictator (and vampire?) General Pinochet, in a bizarre movie that mixes real-world politics with the supernatural. It's El Conde. Does anyone care for a liquidised heart?

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76. Interview with the Vampire: Part II (2024) with Kim Morrison
July 22, 2024

76. Interview with the Vampire: Part II (2024) with Kim Morrison

We return to AMC's adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire for its second season, where Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) try to escape the memory of Lestat (Sam Reid) by travelling to Europe, where they become embroiled with a theatre troupe of vampires in Par…

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75. Fright Night Part 2 (1988) with Dee Molumby
July 8, 2024

75. Fright Night Part 2 (1988) with Dee Molumby

[8x5] We reach mid-Season VIII with Fright Night Part 2 , Tommy Lee Wallace's 1988 sequel to the 1985 original, which finds Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) encountering the sister of the...

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74. Underworld: Evolution (2006) with Lindsay Drysdale
July 1, 2024

74. Underworld: Evolution (2006) with Lindsay Drysdale

Kate Beckinsale's back in this action horror sequel, which sheds new light on her kind's vampire origins...

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73. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) with Tom Butler
June 24, 2024

73. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) with Tom Butler

Christopher Lee returns for the final time as Count Dracula in this '70s Hammer horror sequel...

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72. I Am Legend (2007) with Andrew Gaudion
June 17, 2024

72. I Am Legend (2007) with Andrew Gaudion

Will Smith stars in this modern retelling of the famous Richard Matheson post-apocalyptic story.

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71. Dracula: Dead & Loving It (1995) with Frankie Pellatt
June 10, 2024

71. Dracula: Dead & Loving It (1995) with Frankie Pellatt

Mel Brooks' vampire comedy is up for discussion, starring spoof legend Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula.

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Bonus: Season VII Ranking
June 3, 2024

Bonus: Season VII Ranking

Dan & Hugh rank last season's offerings, quiz each other on them, and tease what's coming soon...

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70. Stake Land (2010) with Brad Hanson
May 20, 2024

70. Stake Land (2010) with Brad Hanson

[7x10] Our Season VII climax brings us to Jim Mickle's 2010 post-apocalyptic vampire movie Stake Land , about a young orphaned man taken under the wing of a vampire hunter known only as 'Mister'... And making his debut on the...

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69. The Forsaken (2001) with Kat Hughes
May 12, 2024

69. The Forsaken (2001) with Kat Hughes

[7x9] Our penultimate episode of Season VII takes us to millennial horror with J.S Cardone's vampire road trip movie The Forsaken , starring Kerr Smith as a budding filmmaker who agrees to deliver a car to Florida, only to ge...

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68. Blade: Trinity (2004) with Tony Black
May 6, 2024

68. Blade: Trinity (2004) with Tony Black

[7x8] We finish the Blade trilogy with David S. Goyer's Blade: Trinity , starring Wesley Snipes as the eponymous vampire slayer, now joined by two human companions (played by Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel), who must contend ...

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67. Son of Dracula (1943) with Kim Pierce
April 29, 2024

67. Son of Dracula (1943) with Kim Pierce

[7x7] We're delving into early Hollywood cinema for Robert Siodmak's horror sequel from 1943, Son of Dracula , starring Lon Chaney Jr. as 'Count Alucard', a European nobleman who's invited to the American South to marry a pla...

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66. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) with Robert Clark
April 22, 2024

66. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) with Robert Clark

[7x6] Season VII resumes with Jim Jarmusch's drama Only Lovers Left Alive , starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as two vampire lovers coping with immortality, whose relationship is tested by the unexpected arrival of a ...

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65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Muñoz
April 8, 2024

65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Muñoz

[7x5] It's arthouse horror with Philip Ridley's 1990 drama The Reflecting Skin , which concerns an eight-year-old boy growing up in the 1950s American prairie, who starts to believe his quiet English neighbour (Lindsay Duncan...

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64. Dracula A.D 1972 (1972) with Wayne Talbot
April 1, 2024

64. Dracula A.D 1972 (1972) with Wayne Talbot

[7x4] It's our seventh Hammer film with Count Dracula, as Christopher Lee's fanged fiend is resurrected by a young disciple in 1970s London, where he must face the descendent of his greatest adversary, Van Helsing (Peter Cush...

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Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire
April 1, 2024

Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire

In this surprise episode, Dan & Hugh leave the safety of the UK inside their wooden podcasket, travelling overseas to the remote wilderness of Transylvania, having been invited by a big fan of the podcast...

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63. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) with Steve O'Brien
March 25, 2024

63. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) with Steve O'Bri…

[7x3] A modern low-budget indie is up for discourse this week. It's Jonathan Cuartas's 2020 horror drama My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To , starring Patrick Fugit as the brother of a chronically ill sibling who needs...

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62. Love at First Bite (1979) with Murray Leeder
March 18, 2024

62. Love at First Bite (1979) with Murray Leeder

[7x2] We're back in the late-1970s for Stan Dragoti's vampire comedy Love at First Bite , starring George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who's evicted from his Transylvanian castle and flies to New York City to start a new life, ...

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