Episodes

[14x10] Our Season XIV finale finds us checking into the Grand Hôtel des Thermes for Harry Kümel’s 1971 cult classic, Daughters of Darkness. In this stylish, erotic cult classic, a glamorous vampire countess and her lover seduce a honeymooning couple at a desolate Belgian hotel...And making his debut on the show is horror author, freelance film review, and occasional podcaster Christopher P. Ward...🎙️ The LineupHosts: ⁠ Dan Owen⁠ & Hugh McStay⁠Guest: Christopher P. WardEditor: Dan Owen...

[14x9] Our penultimate Season XIV episode keeps the Dracula fanged fun coming, as we look at Luc Besson's 2025 version starring Caleb Landry Jones in the eponymous role as a romantic take on Bram Stoker's villainous character...And making a return to the show is a true Dracula fan, having already covered the 1974 version starring Jack Palance and Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, it's writer and filmmaker Chris Brosnahan...🎙️ The LineupHosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Chris BrosnahanEditor:...

[14x8] In this episode, we’re sinking our teeth into the 1958 British cult classic Blood of the Vampire. Often mistaken for a Hammer Film—thanks to its lush production design and a script by the legendary Jimmy Sangster—this independent gem carved out its own grisly niche in horror history.And returning to the show is our regular horror academic and all-round vampire expert, Prof. Stacey Abbott...🎙️ The LineupHosts: ⁠Dan Owen & Hugh McStay⁠⁠Guest: ⁠Prof. Stacey AbbottEditor: Dan Owen⁠...

Another franchise is complete with the fifth entry in the action-horror series Underworld. It's Anna Foerster's 2016 instalment, Underworld: Blood Wars, where Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is now pursued by both Vampires and Lycans, so she teams up with allies and eventually seeking refuge with a Nordic coven... And making a belated return to the show is the host of the ⁠Creepy & Geeky⁠ podcast, Robert Clark...

The homecoming from hell continues. Season XIV enters its final stretch as we make our (final?) visit to the cursed town of Salem’s Lot. This week, we’re sinking our teeth into the 2004 TNT miniseries. Rob Lowe stars as author Ben Mears, who returns to his childhood home only to find that an ancient evil is already there.... Joining Dan Owen and Hugh McStay to navigate the shadows is a special guest: Dr Simon Brown, an Associate Professor of Film and TV and a self-described Stephen King super-fan. Together, they discuss how this mid-2000s reimagining holds up against King’s legendary source material.

He's back! Yes, Dracula, but also... Christopher Lee.! Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco made a more faithful version of Bram Stoker's story in Count Dracula from 1970, with the Hammer legend returning to the role with a distinguished moustache... And making his third appearance on the show is the Assistant Lecturer in Film & English at the University of Alberta, it's Murray Leeder...

[14x4] It's time to complete another franchise, as we cover the final part of the Lost Boys trilogy, with direct-to-video instalment The Thirst from 2010, directed by Dario Piana. Here, Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman) is hired by a horror novelist to find her brother, who's been kidnapped by a DJ who's also feeding his followers vampire blood...And returning to the show for a third time coincidentally covering her third direct-to-video movie for us, is freelance writer Becci Sayce.Hosts: Dan Owen...

[14x3] Udo Kier plays Count Dracula in Paul Morrissey's 1974 version, Blood for Dracula, which finds the master vampire terminally ill and in desperate need of rejuvenating virgin blood... so a trip to Italy to choose an appropriate bride is his only hope...And making her debut on the show is the host of The Horror and Her podcast, Emma Arneil...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Emma ArneilEditor: Dan Owen⁠"If you really were clever, Anton, you would bring me a virgin from Italy and I ...

It's the season of Dracula, as we turn our attention to a less common prospect - a direct sequel to Bram Stoker's story by author Joe Hill, where Professor Van Helsing (Titus Welliver) is now living in early-20th-century California with his wife Mina and two sons... it's Abraham's Boys from director Natasha Kermani...

We're back! Season XIV begins with Dario Argento's take on Bram Stoker's famous story with Dracula 3D from 2012, which finds Thomas Kretschmann as the Count and Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing. And making her third trip via podcasket is videographer and film critic Sarah Williams...