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Join us as we look at what it might be like to never grow up as we talk about what vampire metaphors can tell us about the nuclear family in suburban 1980s America, with a fair amount of chat about oiled-up musclebound saxophonists, and a bewildering amount about Batman Forever.

Recordeed when we had covid, a run-through of Harry Kumel's hallucinatory sapphic vampire film, teasing out feminist themes, horrible erotica and excellent threads,

It's been a while, but we are back with the first in a small series of Vampire Films - Neil Jordan's lush 90s take on Anne Rice's modern gothic classic.  We recorded this a wee while ago, so references to current events are a little out of date, but it's a 30 year old film about 200 year old people, so I reckon we're in the clear.

Something of a Christmas special as we look at a bit of 60s telly that one of us watches every year, and every year he's unnerved by it.  A canter through that includes digressions on ghosts, plus-fours and talking while eating.  So much wet egg.

It's Christmas, so we have lined up a festive episode with digressions on censorship, radio djs and Phoebe Cates' dress. Listen in the dark, don't get it wet and don't feed it after midnight.

A dip into the cinematic sewers this week for Pete Walker's exploitation trash that doesn't live up to its poster.  It's called The Flesh And Blood Show, but there's a lot more of one than the other.