Season 12
120. Jennifer's Body (2009) with Mary Muñoz
[12x10] We finish Season XII with another of our occasional "pseudo vampire" films, with Karyn Kusama's Jennifer's Body . Here, a popular high school girl (Megan Fox) is murdered by a touring rock band and accidentally resurr...
119. Nightmare Classics - "Carmilla" (1989) with Ray Newman
[12x9] We're taking a look at the short-lived 1980s horror anthology series Nightmare Classics with the 1989 episode " Carmilla ", which adapted the classic vampire story by Sheridan Le Fanu... And helping us tease it apart i...
118. The Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) with Kat Hughes
[12x8] It's been a long time coming, but we've finally grasped the nettle! This week, we're covering direct-to-DVD sequel The Lost Boys: The Tribe . Here, a brother and sister move to Santa Clara and soon realise a local surf...
117. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
[12x7] It's another Stephen King edition of the show, but very loosely. A Return to Salem's Lot is writer-director Larry Cohen's 1987 sequel, which finds an anthropologist and his estranged son arriving in the Maine town and ...
116. Underworld: Awakening (2012) with Kim Morrison
It's the penultimate entry in the Underworld franchise, with Awakening from directors Måns Mårlind & Björn Stein. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) awakens in the near-future, where mankind is now aware that vampires and Lycans exist, having driven them both to near-extinction... and returning to the show i…
115. Let the Wrong One In (2021) with Dee Molumby
We're halfway through Season XII and cross the Irish Sea to tackle the low-budget horror comedy Let the Wrong One In, which finds two Dublin brothers having to contend with the fact one of them's been turned into a vampire... And introducing us to this indie film from her neck of the woods is podca…
114. Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013) with Anthony Bowman
Our Fright Night reviews come to an end with the last film in the franchise, Eduardo Rodriguez's straight-to-video sequel from 2013, Fright Night 2: New Blood, where Charley Brewster and his friends travel to Romania and encounter a sexy teacher who's really a vampire... And making his return to th…
113. Twins of Evil (1971) with Rob Taylor
It's another Hammer moment, with the final part of the studio's 'Karnstein Trilogy', with John Hough's Twins of Evil, which finds twin sisters going to stay with their puritan uncle (Peter Cushing), only to realise a local aristocrat has resurrected a dangerous vampire...
112. Rose: A Love Story (2021) with Prof. Stacey Abbott
Something unusual this week, in the British vampire romance drama Rose: A Love Story from 2021, directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Here, a couple live in seclusion until their relationship is tested by the arrival of a stranger... And making another return to the show is university lecturer and horror …
111. Blacula (1972) with Kelechi Ehenulo
[12x1] To begin a new season we have a cult classic from the heyday of blaxploitation, it's William Crain's Blacula from 1972, starring William Marshall as an 18th-century African prince who's turned into a vampire by Dracula...