Vampire Videos

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Welcome, children of the night! Join Dan Owen and Hugh McStay for VAMPIRE VIDEOS as they explore a century of bloodsucking cinema with weekly guests and experts... From early German Expressionism and Hollywood's Golden Age, into 1950s B Movies and Hammer horror, to modern blockbusters, comedies, indie dramas, and romantic fantasies, we'll cover every variety of the vampiric on screen... one bite at a time. Visit our Linktree for all socials and links. A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

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69. The Forsaken (2001) with Kat Hughes

May 11 2024 58 mins

[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 M

68. Blade: Trinity (2004) with Tony Black

May 05 2024 74 mins

[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...HostsHugh McStay & Dan OwenGuestTony Black

67. Son of Dracula (1943) with Kim Pierce

Apr 28 2024 59 mins

[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...And making her debut on the show is Trashwire podcaster and Geek Girl Authority film writer Kim Pierce...Hos

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

Apr 21 2024 70 mins

[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

65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Munõz

Apr 07 2024 57 mins

[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: H

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

Apr 01 2024 69 mins

[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 Nazferat

Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire

Mar 31 2024 27 mins

[BONUS] In this surprise episode, Dan Owen & Hugh McStay 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... an actual undead vampire, Count Antoniu Caliban.What secrets can be discovered about real-life vampire lore and the mysteries of Count Caliban's millennia-l

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

Mar 25 2024 50 mins

[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

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

Mar 18 2024 69 mins

[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 McStayGu

61. Dracula Untold (2014) with Dee Molumby

Mar 11 2024 70 mins

[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"M