Vampire Videos

[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 OwenGuest: Mary MuñozEditor: Hugh McStay"Have you been exploding frogs again?" -- Ruth Dove.Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 returing guest Wayne Talbot, comic-book writer, colourist, and creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic...Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan OwenGuest: Wayne TalbotEditor: Hugh McStay"Okay, okay. But if we do get to summon up the big daddy with the horns and the tail, he gets to bring his own liquor, his own bird, and his own pot." -- Joe MitchamSubscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 McStayGuest: Steve O'BrienEditor: Dan OwenSubscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 McStayGuest: Murray LeederEditor: Dan Owen"I'm going out to get a bite to drink." -- Count Dracula.Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[7x1] We start our seventh season 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, in order to protect his people from invaders...And returning to help us parse this movie is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Dee MolumbyEditor: 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 monster." -- IngerasSubscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x10 - JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES (1998)Our Season VI finale is on the neo-western action horror Vampires, directed by the legendary John Carpenter, starring James Woods as the leader of a Vatican-approved gang of vampire slayer who must stop the first vampire from acquiring a cross that will enable him to walk in daylight...And making his debut on Vampire Videos is podcaster Anthony Bowman from the Frankencast show.HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestAnthony BowmanEditorHugh McStay"Let me just ask you one thing: after 600 years, how's that dick workin', pretty good?." -- Jack CrowWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x9 - NIGHT WATCH (2004)It's our first foray into Russian cinema with Timur Bekmambeov's 2004 supernatural urban thriller Night Watch, which finds the forces of Light and Dark enforcing a centuries-old truce on the streets of Moscow...Back once again to help us discuss it is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby, who reveals an unexpected link to Russia...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestDee MolumbyEditorHugh McStay"... And so it will be, until a man emerges who is meant to become the Great One. And, if he chooses the side of Light, then Light will win. But, those, to whom the truth has been revealed, say that he will choose Darkness. For it is easier to kill the Light within oneself, than to scatter the Darkness around... The prophecies are coming true." -- GeserWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x8 - THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (2023)We're back with another Dracula adaptation, only this one focuses on a specific chapter in Bram Stoker's novel - it's André Øvredal's 2023 horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter, which finds Dracula boarding the titular ship on his way to England, only for the crew to realise they have a murderous stowaway aboard...To help us take a bite out of this box office flop, making his return in the sarcophopod, it's the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestRobert ClarkEditorDan Owen"A boat without rats... such a thing is against nature." -- JosephWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x7 - DARK SHADOWS (2012)Tim Burton's adaptation of the 1960s US soap opera Dark Shadows is up for discussion this week, in a film that finds 18th-century vampire Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) reawakened in 1972, where he must restore the fortunes of his descendents whose business is under threat from the witch (Eva Green) who cursed him...And making her return to the show is Read & Buried podcast co-host Frankie Pellatt...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestFrankie PellattEditorDan Owen"I have already prepared my counter-proposal. It reads thusly: You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!" -- Barnabus CollinsWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x6 - BIT (2019)Brad Michael Elmore's teen vampire drama Bit, about an 18-year-old transgender girl (Nicole Maines) moving to L.A with her brother, only to find herself mixing with a group of feminist vampires led by Duke (Diana Hopper), is our film this week!And making her debut in the sarpodphagus is Ghoulfriends co-host Lindsay Drysdale...HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestLindsay DrysdaleEditorHugh McStay"What about my family?" -- LaurelWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x5 - BLADE II (2002)We're back with our second Guillermo del Toro vampire film, Blade II, which finds Wesley Snipes returning as the super-cool vampire hunter and having to join forces with his enemies to defeat an even greater threat to mankind...Helping us bite into the film is comic-book writer and colourist Wayne Talbot, creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestWayne TalbotEditorDan Owen"There's an old saying: Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer." -- BladeWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x4 - SCARS OF DRACULA (1970)We return to the well of Hammer horror for Scars of Dracula, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Christopher Lee once again as the eponymous Count, this time being antagonised by two brothers at his castle home...To talk about this film, our returning guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz...HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestMary MuñozEditorHugh McStay"What we shall be facing in a few hours' time is not a man. He is evil. He is the embodiment of all that is evil. He is the very Devil himself." -- The Priest.Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x3 - INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: SEASON ONEThis week, we're delving into the entire first season of AMC's vampire horror drama Interview with the Vampire from 2022, starring Jacob Anderson as an old vampire recounting his life's story to an ageing reporter, which involves how he was created by the enigmatic Lestat (Sam Reid)...And making her return in the sarpodphagus is Ghouls magazine writer and social manager Kim Morrison...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestKim MorrisonEditorHugh McStay"I have loved you with all myself." -- LestatWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x2 - UNDERWORLD (2003)It's vampires vs. werwolves in Len Wiseman's 2003 action horror film Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale as a vampire 'Death Dealer' tasked with protecting her own kind from vicious enemy Lycans...And making his long overdue debut in the sarcophapod is writer and We Made This regular podcaster Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Pod...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestCraig McKenzieEditorDan Owen"We have a serious problem." -- SeleneWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x1 - FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)Season VI launches with Robert Rodriguez's 1996 crime horror From Dusk Till Dawn, written by Quentin Tarantino, which finds two criminal brothers (Tarantino & George Clooney) fleeing across the US-Mexico border and finding themselves at a nightclub run by vampires...And making her debut in the sarcophapod is writer and podcaster Iona Smith from Ghouls magazine...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestIona SmithEditorDan Owen"Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!" -- Seth GeckoWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

5x10 - BLADE (1998)Season 5 draws to a close with our 50th episode (excluding bonuses) and we're tackling a favourite for many: Stephen Norrington's 1998 comic-book action film Blade, with Wesley Snipes as the eponymous half-vampire/half-human who stalks Los Angeles slaying vampires to keep the world safe...And helping us explore this Marvel blockbuster is film critic and podcaster Darren Mooney, making his third appearance on the show...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStay GuestDarren MooneyEditorDan Owen"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill..." - BladeWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

5x9 - THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA (1971)Count Yorga is back for this fast-tracked sequel, again directed by Bob Kelljan, which finds the master vampire (Robert Quarry) resurrected to terrorise the staff of an orphanage...Back for a fourth time to help discuss the film is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn....HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestDr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditorHugh McStay"Dr Baldwin, this is Count Yorga. You are going to die. You are going to die a most horrible death! You've been a fool, doctor, and now you are to die! -- Count YorgaWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

5x8 - BLACK SUNDAY (a.k.a THE MASK OF SATAN) (1960)A vampiric witch (Barbara Steele) returns from the grave to try and possess the body of her owns beautiful look-alike descendant in Mario Bava's influential horror classic Black Sunday.And making her debut in the sarcophopod is Frankie Pellatt, co-host of the Read & Buried podcast...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestFrankie PellattEditorDan Owen"You will never escape my vengeance, or of Satan's! My revenge will seek you out, and with the blood of your sons, and of their sons, and their sons, I will continue to live forever! They will restore me to life you now rob from me!" -- Princess Asa Vaja.Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

5x7 - SLEEPWALKERS (1992)The Master of Horror, Stephen King, wrote Sleepwalkers for Mick Garris to direct, which concerns two incestuous shape-shifting vampires trying to sustain the existence of their species by feeding on the energy of virginal women...And making his belated return in the sarcophopod is the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark...HostsDan Owen & Hugh McStayGuestRobert ClarkEditorDan Owen"No vegetables, no dessert... that's the rules." -- Mary BradyWhy not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

5x6 - FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)Tom Holland's classic Fright Night is our film this week, which concerns a teenage boy who becomes aware his next-door neighbour is a vampire responsible for a series of local murders, so in desperation enlists the help of an over-the-hill English actor famous for slaying the undead at the movies...Back for a third time to help discuss the movie is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn....HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestDr Sorcha Ní FhlainnEditorHugh McStay"Oh, you're so COOL, Brewster!" - Evil Ed.Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier?Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here.A proud part of the We Made This podcast network.Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.