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Bonus: Season VII Ranking
June 3, 2024

Bonus: Season VII Ranking

Dan & Hugh rank last season's offerings, quiz each other on them, and tease what's coming soon...
70. Stake Land (2010) with Brad Hanson
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May 20, 2024

70. Stake Land (2010) with Brad Hanson

[7x10] Our Season VII climax brings us to Jim Mickle's 2010 post-apocalyptic vampire movie Stake Land , about a young orphaned man taken under the wing of a vampire hunter known only as 'Mister'... And making his debut on the show is podcaster Brad Hanson ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Brad Hanson Editor : Dan Owen "Months passed in a blur of days and nights. We travelled east and west, but always north. Away from death." -- Martin Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support th...
69. The Forsaken (2001) with Kat Hughes
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May 12, 2024

69. The Forsaken (2001) with Kat Hughes

[7x9] Our penultimate episode of Season VII takes us to millennial horror with J.S Cardone's vampire road trip movie The Forsaken , starring Kerr Smith as a budding filmmaker who agrees to deliver a car to Florida, only to get entangled with a vampire hunting hitchhiker... And back for her third appearance on the show is film critic and podcaster Kat Hughes ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kat Hughes Editor : Dan Owen "We are fucked. Take a look at the world we inherited. We're a bunch...
68. Blade: Trinity (2004) with Tony Black
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May 6, 2024

68. Blade: Trinity (2004) with Tony Black

[7x8] We finish the Blade trilogy with David S. Goyer's Blade: Trinity , starring Wesley Snipes as the eponymous vampire slayer, now joined by two human companions (played by Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel), who must contend with a resurrected Dracula... Returning to the show, helping us go over the film, is writer and podcaster Tony Black ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Tony Black Editor : Hugh McStay "Movies are just a comforting fairy tale compared to the real deal. Bram Stoker, he...
67. Son of Dracula (1943) with Kim Pierce
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April 29, 2024

67. Son of Dracula (1943) with Kim Pierce

[7x7] We're delving into early Hollywood cinema for Robert Siodmak's horror sequel from 1943, Son of Dracula , starring Lon Chaney Jr. as 'Count Alucard', a European nobleman who's invited to the American South to marry a plantation owner's daughter obsessed with the occult... Making her debut on the show is Trashwire podcaster and Geek Girl Authority film writer Kim Pierce ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kim Pierce Editor : Dan Owen "The angel of death hovers over a great house. I se...
66. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) with Robert Clark
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April 22, 2024

66. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) with Robert Clark

[7x6] Season VII resumes with Jim Jarmusch's drama Only Lovers Left Alive , starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as two vampire lovers coping with immortality, whose relationship is tested by the unexpected arrival of a family member... And back via the sarpodphagus, to help us delve into this acclaimed indie film is the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Robert Clark Editor : Hugh McStay "I just feel like all the sand is at the botto...
65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Muñoz
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April 8, 2024

65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Muñoz

[7x5] It's arthouse horror with Philip Ridley's 1990 drama The Reflecting Skin , which concerns an eight-year-old boy growing up in the 1950s American prairie, who starts to believe his quiet English neighbour (Lindsay Duncan) is a vampire killing his friends... To talk about this unusual and divisive movie, our returning guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay "Have you been exploding frogs again?" -- Ruth Dov...
64. Dracula A.D 1972 (1972) with Wayne Talbot
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April 1, 2024

64. Dracula A.D 1972 (1972) with Wayne Talbot

[7x4] It's our seventh Hammer film with Count Dracula, as Christopher Lee's fanged fiend is resurrected by a young disciple in 1970s London, where he must face the descendent of his greatest adversary, Van Helsing (Peter Cushing). It's Dracula A.D 1972 ... And joining us on the show is returning guest Wayne Talbot , comic-book writer, colourist, and creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Wayne Talbot Editor : Hugh McStay "Okay, okay. But if ...
Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire
April 1, 2024

Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire

In this surprise episode, Dan & Hugh leave the safety of the UK inside their wooden podcasket, travelling overseas to the remote wilderness of Transylvania, having been invited by a big fan of the podcast...
63. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) with Steve O'Brien
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March 25, 2024

63. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) with Steve O'Brien

[7x3] A modern low-budget indie is up for discourse this week. It's Jonathan Cuartas's 2020 horror drama My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To , starring Patrick Fugit as the brother of a chronically ill sibling who needs to drink fresh human blood to stay alive... And making his long-awaited return is entertainment and lifestyle journalist Steve O'Brien ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Steve O'Brien Editor : Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You ...
62. Love at First Bite (1979) with Murray Leeder
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March 18, 2024

62. Love at First Bite (1979) with Murray Leeder

[7x2] We're back in the late-1970s for Stan Dragoti's vampire comedy Love at First Bite , starring George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who's evicted from his Transylvanian castle and flies to New York City to start a new life, only to fall in love with a fashion model... And making his debut in the sarpodphagus is Canadian vampire scholar Murray Leeder ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Murray Leeder Editor : Dan Owen "I'm going out to get a bite to drink." -- Count Dracula Subscribe and l...
61. Dracula Untold (2014) with Dee Molumby
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March 11, 2024

61. Dracula Untold (2014) with Dee Molumby

[7x1] We start Season VII with Gary Shore's action horror Dracula Untold , starring Luke Evans as a 15th-century warrior who makes a deal with a vampire to be granted dark powers, to protect his people from invaders... Returning to help us parse this movie is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Dan Owen "My father was a great man, a hero, so they say. But sometimes the world doesn't need another hero, sometimes what it needs is a ...