Episodes

[11x10] We're finally reviewing a Mike Flanagan horror movie, in the shape of his 2019 sequel to The Shining ; it's the three-hour Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep . In this adaptation of Stephen King's novel, a grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) finds himself dealing with alcoholism, his childhood trauma, and the arrival of a child-murdering gang led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson)... And making his long overdue return to the show, for a regular episode anyway, is podcaster and author Ton...

[11x9] From the studio behind the Underworld and Resident Evil films, we're tackling 2011's Priest , with Paul Bettany as the titular cleric, who goes after a gang of vampires after they kidnap his niece... And making his debut on the show is popular online film critic and author 'Outlaw Vern' ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Outlaw Vern Editor : Dan Owen ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for ⁠FREE⁠ . ★ "...

[11x8] We're back in rainy Forks, Washington, for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from director Chris Weitz. In this 2009 sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson) split up, opening the door for hunky werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to make a play for her affections... And making her return to the show is film critic and videographer Sarah Williams ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Sarah Williams Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substa...

[11x7] Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror Sinners is our next serving, concerning twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, only to discover a great evil is now lurking there... And making another welcome return to the show is editor, film critic, and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes ...

[11x6] We complete the From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy with P.J Pesce's straight-to-video sequel The Hangman's Daughter , which reveals the origin story of Santanico Pandemonium in the Old West as a ragtag group consisting of a famous author, a religious couple, and Mexican outlaws find themselves at a brothel full of vampires... And making her first return to the show is film critic Becci Sayce ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Becci Sayce Editor : Dan Owen "My singular critique of the Goo...

[11x5] The middle of Season XI arrives with Italy's first horror film: Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri , which concerns a French journalist investigating murders across Paris that may be the work of a vampire... And making another return to the show is the horror expert and university lecturer Prof. Stacey Abbott ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor : Hugh McStay "You'll feel nothing. It's better this way." -- Prof. Julien du Grand. Subscribe and leave a rating or rev...

[11x4] We're excavating Tales From the Crypt for the anthology horror show's 1996 movie spin-off Bordello of Blood , from director Gilbert Adler, which finds a private investigator (Dennis Miller) trying to find a reporter's missing brother, only to discover he made the mistake of going to a local brothel full of vampires... And making his belated return to the show is writer Brendon Connelly ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Brendon Connelly Editor : Hugh McStay "I'd rather Crazy Glue ...

[11x3] We return to the second instalment of Hammer's 'Karnstein Trilogy' with Jimmy Sangster's Lust for a Vampire , which finds a novelist pretending to be a teacher at a girl's finishing school which may be the hideout of a resurrected female vampire... And making her first return to the show is film critic Kim Pierce ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Kim Pierce Editor : Hugh McStay "What you said, sir, about the Karnsteins being dead is true. but they still have the power to reincarn...

[11x2] We return to classic Universal horror with the lesser-known sequel to Tod Browning's Dracula - it's Dracula's Daughter , starring Gloria Holden as the offspring of the famous vampire, who shows up in England and arouses suspicion... And making a welcome return to the show is academic and writer Murray Leeder ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Murray Leeder Editor : Dan Owen "You think this night will be like all the others, don't you? Well, you're wrong. Dracula's destroyed. His b...

[11x1] Season XI launches with Timur Bekmambetov's 2012 horror action film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , starring Benjamin Walker as the 16th President of the USA, who in this fictionalised telling of his life story was secretly trained to kill vampires... And making a welcome return in the podcasket is Labours of Hercule podcaster Frankie Pellatt ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Frankie Pellatt Editor : Dan Owen "History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, so...