Fang Club

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the recent Irish horror-comedy Let the Wrong One In (2022, dir. Conor McMahon). Surprising no one, we reveal that our favorite man on Buffy is Giles. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Clos...

This week, Bri and Leah discuss the absolute worst vampire film of the 21st century: Uwe Boll's  BloodRayne  (2005). It's... something. We hated it, profoundly. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual.  Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav...

Welcome to our series... "Dracula: Where Is He Now?" which focuses on Dracula's one hundred years of film stardom. Leah and Bri have periodically released the parts of this series over the last year; this is the final installment! Each part thematically groups pre- and post-2000 Dracula films. "Part Four: Romantic Dracula" highlights two adaptations that turn Stoker's...

Welcome to our series... "Dracula: Where Is He Now?" which focuses on Dracula's one hundred years of film stardom. Leah and Bri have periodically released the parts of this series over the last year; this is the final installment! Each part thematically groups pre- and post-2000 Dracula films. "Part Four: Romantic Dracula" highlights two adaptations that turn Stoker's...

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the Netflix original action-comedy  Day Shift  (2022, dir. J. J. Perry). The main theme of this episode? How much we hate Dave Franco. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs.  Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (...

This week, Bri and Leah chat about a recent indie gem: My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (dir. Jonathan Cuartas, 2021). We dug this grim, disturbing, low-key spin on the vampire film. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Show Notes: If you're curious (or if you think you recognized any spots and wanted to confirm, like Leah did), The Salt Lake Tribu...

This week, Bri and Leah discuss Tim Burton's 2012 remake/reboot of the classic supernatural soap  Dark Shadows . This movie is a mess, but Eva Green remains our queen.  Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ ( www.jshaw.co.uk ) of Freesound.org...

This week, Bri and Leah observe a holiday episode tradition by discussing  Interview with the Vampire . This year, instead of the 1994 movie, we're talking about season one of the 2022 TV adaptation. We LOVE this show, and we hope you enjoy our super-sized discussion of the perfect first season. As promised, here's the link to the first of Leah's recaps of the show for Screen Speck:...

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the third installment in the  Underworld  franchise: 2009's  Rise of the Lycans (dir. Patrick Tatopoulos). It's Michael Sheen o'clock again at Fang Club! Show Notes: The clip of Michael Sheen's inspirational speech for the Welsh football team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fpV0OFC0vc Start this clip at 2:24 for the s*x scene if you've...

This week, Bri and Leah discuss a new Shudder original: Blood Relatives (dir. Noah Segan, 2022). We enjoyed this low-key vampire road movie. Here are a couple of those interviews Leah mentioned in the episode! With Megan Navarro for Bloody Disgusting: https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3740275/blood-relatives-filmmaker-noah-segan-shares-touching-stories-about-horrors-togetherness-interview/...

This week, Bri and Leah unofficially cap off Twilight November with a discussion of the 2010 parody film  Vampires Suck (dir. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer). Also, Leah reveals the embarrassing number of times she's watched  Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by v...

Twilight November #3  This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the epic conclusion to the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 (2011) a...

Twilight November #2  This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the filling in the Twilight sandwich: the middle films, New Moon (2009,...

Twilight November #1 This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the original film, Twilight (2008, dir. Catherine Hardwicke). Bri tries t...

'80s Vamps #4  For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're talking about Tony Scott's debut film The Hunger (1983). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A...

'80s Vamps #3  For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're chatting about Kathryn Bigelow's vampire-Western Near Dark (1987). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Show Notes/Supplemental Reading: Sarah Welch-Larsen for Bright Wall/Dark Room on how the film engages with the myth of individualism...

'80s Vamps #2  For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're coving a film that might not count as a classic, but has nonetheless been reclaimed: Lifeforce (1985, dir. Tobe Hooper). We invited friend of the pod Terry Waldher back to chat about this wild film with us. This episode is marked explicit because Lifeforce is gleefu...

'80s Vamps #1 For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! We had to start with The Lost Boys (1987, dir. Joel Schumacher), one of Bri's favorite movies of all time. Join us as we discuss the film that basically invented the teen vampire genre. This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual.  Support the show Sound effects credi...

This week, Bri and Leah are joined by Mariana Delgado to discuss the recently wrapped season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows . (If you want a discussion of the previous three seasons, check out Episode 33 with Veronica Phillips!) We discuss each character's season four arc in detail. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. Find Mariana on Twitter @spiceymemory , and follow...

This week, Bri and Leah are joined by Leah's friend Nick to discuss Blade (1998, dir. Stephen Norrington). We chat about how Blade influenced almost a decade's worth of vampire action movies, whether or not Blade has a social security number, and why bananas late '90s CGI rules, actually. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. (Because Blade is f'in COOL.) ...

This week, Bri and Leah try to spin straw into gold. We got 45 minutes of discussion out of Bloodsucking Bastards  (2015, dir. Brian O'Connell), but only about 20 of those are on topic. Come for the movie talk, stay for the extended Horny Corner chat about our king Pedro Pascal. We kept the thirsting PG-13, but the episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual.  Sound effects credits:...

This week, Leah and Bri chat about a new(ish) release: The Invitation  (2022, dir. Jessica M. Thompson). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual.  Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ ( www.jshaw.co.uk ) of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/...

This week, Leah and Bri unpack their feelings about the indie horror comedy Summer of Blood  (2014, dir. Onur Tukel). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual.  Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ ( www.jshaw.co.uk ) of Freesound.org ( https://f...

This week, Leah and Bri chat about the Shudder exclusive Blood Vessel  (dir. Justin Dix, 2020), a Nazi vampire film that really doesn't have many Nazis in it. This episode is marked explicit for some swearing and some *speculation* about how Daddy bat-vampire pleasures his lady vamp.  Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377...

This week, Leah and Bri discuss the TV show  First Kill  (2022, 1 season on Netflix).  Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/322377/ )  "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ ( www.jshaw.co.uk ) of Freesound.org ( https://freesound.org/s/411791/ )  Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by vis...