Episodes

[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 to discuss one of horror's most famous and influential films is author and podcaster Tony Black.Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Tony BlackEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us ...

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...

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...

[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 three humanoids inside a ship hidden inside Halley's Comet.To discuss this cult gem of the '80s, we're joined once again by author and network chief Tony Black.Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Tony BlackEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support ...

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...

[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 notorious flop, we're joined by podcaster, author, and network chief Tony Black.Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Tony BlackEditor: 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...

[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 discover a master vampire has recently moved in...To discuss this classic chiller, we're joined by two special guests: screenwriters Chris Lunt and Michael Walker from Sky Atlantic's Devils and Netflix's Young Wallander.Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuests: Chris Lunt & Mic...

[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 (Christopher Lee).To discuss this Gothic horror favourite, we're joined again by film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby.Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Dee MolumbyEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donati...

[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 powers to woo the wife of his childhood friend.To discuss this Palme d'Or-winning Korean film, we're joined by podcaster Ian Buckley from Movieversaries.Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Ian BuckleyEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the...

[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 slightly forgotten film, we're joined by film critic and author Simon Bowie.Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Simon BowieEditor: 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 plat...

[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 discuss this award-winning adaptation of author John Ajvide Lindqvist's 2004 novel, we're joined by film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby.Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Dee MolumbyEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can als...

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

[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 explain the concept of the podcast, describe the first time they saw a vampire on screen, outline their tastes in horror, explain why vampires are so fascinating and keep such a grip on popular culture, and tease some of what's to come...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayEditor:...