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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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Sept. 26, 2022

7. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) with Tony Black

[1x7] Vampire Videos unearths Wes Craven's 1995 horror-comedy Vampire in Brooklyn , starring Eddie Murphy as a Caribbean vampire who travels to New York City to find a half-breed woman to sustain his species. To discuss this ...

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Sept. 19, 2022

6. Salem's Lot (1979) with Chris Lunt & Michael Walker

[1x6] Vampire Videos digs into Tobe Hooper's iconic two-part miniseries Salem's Lot from 1979, which adapted Stephen King's acclaimed novel, starring David Soul as a best-selling author who returns to his hometown only to dis...

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Sept. 12, 2022

5. Dracula (1958) with Dee Molumby

[1x5] Vampire Videos bites into our first Hammer horror, Terence Fisher's classic Dracula , which finds Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) investigating the disappearance of a librarian who visited the castle home of Count Dracula (...

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Sept. 5, 2022

4. Thirst (2009) with Ian Buckley

[1x4] Vampire Videos returns for an appraisal of Park Chan-wook's 2009 horror drama Thirst , about a Catholic priest who becomes a vampire after participating in a drug trial to cure a deadly disease, then uses his newfound p...

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Aug. 29, 2022

3. 30 Days of Night (2007) with Simon Bowie

[1x3] Vampire Videos tackles David Slade's comic-book adaptation of 30 Days of Night , about a small Alaskan town under attack by vampires during a month when the sun disappears. To discuss this commercially successful but sl...

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Aug. 29, 2022

2. Let the Right One In (2008) with Dee Molumby

[1x2] Vampire Videos continues with a look at Tomas Alfredson's Swedish romantic horror film Let the Right One In , which concerns a bullied 12-year-old boy who befriends a strange vampire girl in early-1980s Stockholm. To di...

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Aug. 29, 2022

1. Nosferatu (1922) with Andy Winter

Vampire Videos rises from the crypt with the film that arguably started it all, F.W Murnau's silent masterpiece Nosferatu.

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Aug. 29, 2022

0. Primer

[0x0] PRIMER. Welcome! Introducing Vampire Videos , a horror podcast digging into 100 years of vampires on film and television to celebrate the centenary of Nosferatu (1922). In this short primer, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay exp...

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