Vampire Videos We Made This
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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.
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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...
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Hugh McStay & Dan Owen
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Tony Black
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Hugh McStay
"Movies are just a comforting fairy-tale compared to the real deal. Bram Stoker, he wrote a good yarn. But the events that he described back in 1897, God, that was just a tiny piece of the mosaic." -- Hannibal King
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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...
And 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 see it in ruins... weeds, vines growing over it, bats flying in and out the broken windows." -- Madame Zimba
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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 bottom of the hour glass or something." -- Adam
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65. The Reflecting Skin (1990) with Mary Munõz
[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 Dove.
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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 returing 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 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 Mitcham
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Bonus: Interview with a REAL Vampire
[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-long existence? And why does it involve Kevin McCloud? Listen to find out...
Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen.
Guest: Count Antoniu Caliban.
Editor: Dan Owen.
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Customer Reviews
Insightful and smart!
Great, well-informed, and insightful podcast! Loved the deep dive into Shadow of the Vampire and the relationship of film to the undead! Great podcast.
5 Fangs out of 5
Great show! Dan and Hugh are very funny and bring a lot of insight into the films they talk about, and they always find the best guests to bring on. Highly recommend to horror/vampire fans, or film fans!