Episodes

April 3, 2023

28. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

[3x8] It's back to 1970 for Bob Kelljan's cult hit Count Yorga, Vampire , starring Robert Quarry as the eponymous bloodsucker posing as a Bulgarian mystic in Los Angeles, where he leads seances while secretly preying on his N...

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March 27, 2023

27. The Invitation (2022) with Dee Molumby

Jessica M. Thompson's horror thriller The Invitation is our next bite. It concerns a young American woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) travelling to the UK after discovering she's related to English aristocracy....

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March 20, 2023

26. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Steve O'Brien

We're heading Down Under to look at the cult Kiwi comedy What We Do in the Shadows, directed by Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, which is a mockumentary chronicling the lives of four dysfunctional vampires...

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March 6, 2023

25. Byzantium (2012) with Kat Hughes

[3x5] Neil Jordan's less famous vampire movie, after Interview with the Vampire, is up for discussion this week. It's Byzantium , starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as two vampires using their abilities to protect wome...

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Feb. 27, 2023

24. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) with Prof Stacey Abbott

[3x4] It's Hammer time again! We venture back into the vault of the legendary British horror studio for Dracula: Prince of Darkness , starring Christopher Lee as the master vampire who's resurrected after four English travell...

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Feb. 20, 2023

23. Cronos (1993) with Stewart Roche

Guillermo del Toro's debut Cronos is under discussion this week; a Mexican hororr about an elderly antiques dealer (Federico Luppi) who finds a mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life.

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Feb. 13, 2023

22. The Lair of the White Worm (1988) with Tony Black

[3x2] Did you know Dracula author Bram Stoker wrote another vampiric story? Ken Russell's horror-comedy The Lair of the White Worm concerns an archaeologist (Peter Capaldi) unearthing evidence that a local legend of a predato...

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Feb. 6, 2023

21. The Lost Boys (1987) with Tim Robey

Season III launches with a fang-favourite! It's Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys, starring Jason Patric and Corey Haim as two brothers who move to Santa Clara, only to discover a gang of vampires...

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Jan. 30, 2023

Bonus: Season II Ranking

[BONUS] Hugh and Dan are back to reflect on Season II and rate each film individually, before combining their scores to create a Top 11 ranking. They'll also quiz each other about each movie for a few laughs along the way, an...

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Jan. 16, 2023

20. The Monster Squad (1987) with Andrew Gaudion

There's a monster mash for our Season II finale, as Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy and.... uh, Gill-Man...?... arrive in small-town '80s America...

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Jan. 9, 2023

19. Afflicted (2013) with Graham Hughes

Found-footage horror is on the agenda as we tackle Canadian vampire film Afflicted from directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, who also star as two vloggers who travel to Italy, where one's bitten by a vampire...

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Jan. 2, 2023

18. The Hunger (1983) with Danishka Esterhazy

[2x8] It's another celebrity special, as Canadian filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy ( The Slumber Party Massacr e) joins us to talk about Tony Scott's 1983 cult film The Hunger , starring Catherine Deneuve as a beautiful vampire p...

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Dec. 24, 2022

Christmas Special 2022: Red Snow (2021) with Dee Molumby

[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! It's our festive special, where regular guest Dee Molumby returns in a snowy podcasket to talk about a rarity in vampire cinema: a Christmassy movie! It's Red Snow , which concerns a struggling auth...

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Dec. 19, 2022

17. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) with Josh Ruben

[2x7] It's a celebrity special, as the multi-talented Josh Ruben (director of Werewolves Within , star of A Wounded Faw n) arrives to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula . This lavish production starr...

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Dec. 12, 2022

16. The Omega Man (1971) with Tony Black

[2x6] Charlton Heston is the last man on earth in Boris Sagal's classic adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel about a global plague that's transformed some survivors into... vampires? It's The Omega Man ! Joining us to talk ...

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Dec. 5, 2022

15. Interview with the Vampire (1994) with Sarah Blair

[2x5] It's time to take a bite into Neil Jordan's acclaimed adaptation of Anne Rice's best-selling novel, Interview with the Vampire , which finds a 200-year-old vampire called Louis (Brad Pitt) telling his life story to a re...

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Nov. 28, 2022

14. The Transfiguration (2016) with Chris Nials

[2x4] We've unearthed an overlooked gem in Michael O'Shea's 2016 horror drama The Transfiguration , which concerns the psychological breakdown of a teenage boy called Milo who escapes his tough Brooklyn upbringing by believin...

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Nov. 21, 2022

13. The Brides of Dracula (1960) with Stephen Laws

[2x3] We return to Hammer for the second in the legendary British studio's Dracula saga, Terence Fisher's The Brides of Dracul a. It again stars Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, this time confronting a dashing disciple of Dracul...

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Nov. 14, 2022

12. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) with Daragh Carville

[2x2] "Into every generation, a Slayer is born." And sometimes prematurely, as we take a stake to the 1992 incarnation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (written by Joss Whedon, directed by Fran Rubel Kazui), starring Kristy Swanso...

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Nov. 7, 2022

11. Dracula (1931) with Tony Black

[2x1] Season II begins with a vintage offering from renowned director Tod Browning. It's Universal Pictures classic Dracula , starring Bela Lugosi as the Count and Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing. In the podcasket this week t...

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Oct. 31, 2022

Halloween Special 2022: Season I Ranking

In this spooky bonus episode, Dan Owen & Hugh McStay convene around the vampire campfire to reflect on the first 10 films covered in Season I. They also rank each film to create an overall Top 10...

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Oct. 17, 2022

10. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with Darren Mooney

It's the Season I finale of Vampire Videos, so we bookend our premiere on Nosferatu (1922) with E. Elias Merhige's metafictional version Shadow of the Vampire. The film stars John Malkovich as silent film director...

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Oct. 10, 2022

9. Lifeforce (1985) with Tony Black

[1x9] Vampire Videos heads to outer space for Tobe Hooper's 1985 sci-fi horror Lifeforce , starring Steve Railsback as an astronaut who unwittingly brings lethal extra-terrestrial vampires back to London after discovering thr...

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Oct. 3, 2022

8. Day Shift (2022) with Robert Clark

Vampire Videos brings things into the present day with a look at Netflix's recent Day Shift, directed by J.J Perry, starring Jamie Foxx as a working class father and pool cleaner who moonlights as a vampire hunter...

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