Episodes

[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 in his head? "Christ! The tortures of the damned!"Joining us to tease apart this remarkable work is writer and The James Bond A-Z co-host Tom Butler...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Tom ButlerEditor: Dan Owen"Get outta here, you fucking pig. LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALON...

[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 property.To help explore this beloved remake, writer and podcaster Darren Mooney makes his return to the show...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Darren MooneyEditor: Dan Owen"Time is an abyss... profound as a thousand nights... centuries come and go... to be unable to gr...

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...

[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 master, Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage)...And making her debut in the podcasket is Fangirlish writer and co-host of Podcast-616, Ashley Thomas...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Ashley ThomasEditor: Dan Owen"I am enough. I deserve happiness. And I take full charge of ...

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...

[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 New Age clientele...Joining us to delve into this transitional vampire movie is university lecturer, author, and all-round vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Dr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or revi...

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....

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...

[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 women and ease people's suffering, who've spent centuries on the run from a patriarchal vampire society upset at their existence...The Hollywood News' writer Kat Hughes joins us to delve into this overlooked gem of horror cinema...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Kat Hugh...

[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 travellers make the mistake of staying in his castle.And we have real expertise at hand this week, with Stacey Abbott, a professor of film and television and self-proclaimed vampire/horror/zombie scholar...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Professor Stacey AbbottEditor: Dan ...

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.

[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 predatory creature was real, and is soon joined by a local lord (Hugh Grant) to stop an ancient priestess (Amanda Donohoe) making a human sacrifice to a snake-god...And back to help us dig into this cult '80s favourite is author and podcaster Tony Black...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh...

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...

[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, and tease what's coming soon in Season III! Enjoy...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Storie...

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...

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...

[2x8] It's another celebrity special, as Canadian filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy (The Slumber Party Massacre) joins us to talk about Tony Scott's 1983 cult film The Hunger, starring Catherine Deneuve as a beautiful vampire preying on New Yorkers with the help of David Bowie as her cellist companion...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Danishka EsterhazyEditor: Hugh McStaySubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social...

[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 author spending the holiday in a remote cabin who unwittingly captures a handsome vampire...But that's not all we have in store! As this is a Christmas edition, we'll also be pulling some crackers, telling some hilarious(?) jokes, and playing a 'Guess the Vampire Movie' game al...

[2x7] It's a celebrity special, as the multi-talented Josh Ruben (director of Werewolves Within, star of A Wounded Fawn) arrives to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula. This lavish production starred Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, who in this version is convinced Mina Murray (Winona Ryder) is the reincarnation of his long lost lover...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Josh RubenEditor: Dan OwenVisit Josh's website and stream his films Scare Me and A Wounded Fawn o...

[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 about this post-apocalyptic action film is author and podcast network chief Tony Black, making his fourth appearance...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Tony BlackEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donatio...

[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 reporter, which begins in the 18th-century when he was created by the mysterious Lestat (Tom Cruise)...Helping us dissect this '90s classic is author Sarah Blair, co-host of The X Cast podcast...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Sarah BlairEditor: Dan OwenGet a free c...

[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 believing he's a vampire.Joining us to discuss this tough but fascinating film is the founder of The London Horror Society, Chris Nials...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Chris NialsEditor: Hugh McStaySubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also ...

[2x3] We return to Hammer for the second in the legendary British studio's Dracula saga, Terence Fisher's The Brides of Dracula. It again stars Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, this time confronting a dashing disciple of Dracula's called Baron Meinster (David Peel).And joining us to discuss this celebrated classic is horror novelist Stephen Laws, who has enviable personal connections to Hammer...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Stephen LawsEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or r...

[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 Swanson as a high school cheerleader chosen to defend mankind from the undead.In the podcasket this week, we're joined by Irish screenwriter Daragh Carville (Being Human, The Bay).Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Daragh CarvilleEditor: Hugh McStaySubscribe and leave a ra...