Fang Club

Before we formally come back from hiatus, here's a cute little holiday bonus episode from the vault! There are a few issues with the audio quality (which is probably why we didn't release it last year), but we thought it was fun enough to share. Join Leah & Bri as they discuss Red Snow (2021, dir. Sean Nichols Lynch), a Christmas horror comedy for the vampire-obsessed. Support the sh...

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This spooky season (extended), we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week, we talked about the 1995 Canadian masterpiece- Blood and Donuts!   If you'd like to catch up on our past coverage of other 1990s vampire flicks, check out these episodes: Episode 16: Interview with the Vampire (1994), Holiday Bonus...

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week, we talked about Abel Ferrara's 1995 vampire film The Addiction . We didn't get into it in the episode, but this movie is chock full of actors from The Sopranos .   If you'd like to catch up on our coverage of other 1990s vampire flicks, ch...

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week we cover Guillermo del Toro's first film, Cronos (1992/1993)! Bri and Leah are known members of the GDT cult, so I think you can guess how this one turned out. If you'd like to hear us discuss GDT some more, check out our Blade II episode here:...

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. We kick off the theme with From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's vampire crime western that spawned off a franchise. Bri and Leah had never seen it before, and we were... not of the majority opinion. If you love this movie, maybe...

This week, Leah and Bri dive into  Let Me In (2010, dir. Matt Reeves), the American remake of  Let the Right One In . While this film is pretty well regarded as far as English-language remakes go, we both find it lacking. If you haven't listened to our episode on the original, make sure to check that one out, too! It's much more positive. As always, this episode is marked explicit for a...

This week Leah and Bri cover a relatively new release, The Last Voyage of the Demeter (dir. André Øvredal, 2023). Taking inspiration from a single passage in the Bram Stoker classic Dracula, this film spins an embellished tale of the last doomed voyage of the cargo ship the titular vampire took over on his way to England.  Find out what we thought of this latest 'surprise' Dracula fall c...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double feature because the penultimate and final episodes of the season aired together. We are covering 5.9, "A Weekend at Morrigan Manor," and 5.10, "Exit Interview" (both aired August 31, 2023). The...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This week, we discuss episode 5.8, "The Roast" (aired August 24, 2023). The housemates try and get Lazslo out of his funk by hosting a roast with the Baron (and Sean) in attendance and things go wrong as old secrets ar...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This week, we discuss episode 5.7, "Hybrid Creatures" (aired August 17, 2023). Nadja gives back to the Antipaxon-American community, Colin and Nandor have a teach-off, and Guillermo must clean up a mess Laszlo made in...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double feature because life got in the way, but hurray for twice the laughs this week! We are covering 5.5, "Local News," and 5.6, "Urgent Care" (aired August 3rd and August 10th, respectively). The va...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. We're covering 5.4, "The Campaign" (aired July 27, 2023). Colin Robinson runs for comptroller, Nandor tries to make a new friend, and Nadja introduces Laszlo to the crew in Little Antipaxos.  Support the show Soun...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. We're covering 5.3, "Pride Parade" (aired July 20, 2023). It was just as gay and wild as you'd expect and we loved every depraved minute, as usual.   Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wa...

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows ! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double episode, since FX dropped the first to eps of the season at once. We're covering 5.1, "The Mall," and 5.2, "A Night Out with the Guys" (both aired July 13, 2023). Don't worry, we spend...

This week, Bri and Leah disagree about the merits of  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen  (2003, dir. Stephen Norrington). It's a Fang Club reunion, with quite a few returning players making appearances in this episode! 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://...

This week, Leah and Bri chat about another Irish vampire film:  Boys from County Hell (dir. Chris Baugh, 2020). We enjoyed this folk-horror spin on the usual vampire lore! We're out here stumping for Shudder (our favorite streaming service) yet again. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for some swearing.  Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of F...

For our momentous 75th episode, Bri and Leah finally decided to cover Only Lovers Left Alive (2013/14, dir. Jim Jarmusch). This film is a personal favorite of both hosts and a major entry in the 21st-century vampire film canon. We previously discussed this film briefly in our Hot Vampires Valentine's Day special (episode 21), if you want a little more  Only Lovers  chat! Support the show Soun...

That's right, it's time to wrap up our  Underworld coverage with an episode on the fifth (and so far final) installment in the franchise.  Underworld: Blood Wars (2017, dir. Anna Foerster) doesn't end the series with a bang, but we still liked it better than  Awakening . Stay until the end for Bri and Leah's official Underworld rankings. As usual, this episode is marked explici...

This week, Bri and Leah chat about a new release! We're talking about Renfield (2023, dir. Chris McKay). If you want to listen to the review but haven't seen the film yet, you can listen to the first part of this episode! In a change of pace for us, we stay spoiler-free until 17:52. (We also verbally note in the episode when we get to the spoiler section.) As always, the episode is marke...

Join Bri and Leah as they attempt to explain the Canadian cult curio that is Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001, dir. Lee Demarbre). As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs.  Here's the "Atheists in the park fight" in all of its glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYEy6rbK8k   Support the show Sound effects credits:  “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum...

This week, Bri and Leah discuss The Transfiguration (2017, dir. Michael O'Shea). We talk about how this film positions itself in the lineage of "realistic" vampire movies like Martin and Let the Right One In .  **CORRECTION:  The Transfiguration  did get a limited theatrical release in the U.S. after its North American festival debut at SXSW in 2017.** Support the show Sound effects...

If you love listening to Bri and Leah talk about vampires... would you like to join us for a new podcast project? The Fang Club co-hosts will be recapping the first season of NBC's  Hannibal  week by week, in honor of the show's 10th anniversary. Bri and Leah are huge fans of the show, and we invite you to rewatch the brilliant first season with us.  We thought we'd give our Fang Cl...

This week, Leah and Bri take a look at the Australian, microbudget, queer, transgender vampire film So Vam (2022, dir. Alice Maio Mackay).  We did look into the research on Bram Stoker's sexuality, and here's a good primer on why it's more than likely that Stoker was a closeted gay man: https://www.salon.com/2022/08/30/dracula-queer-horror-bram-stoker/   (This isn't the most ac...

This week, it's Guillermo del Toro time! We're talking about Blade II (2002). This episode is marked explicit for some swearing and, uh, blood cocaine.  CORRECTION: Leah incorrectly states that the three films GDT made before  Blade II were not in English. Del Toro's second film was, in fact, in English; he made Mimic  (1997) for Miramax's Dimension Films. Del Toro has publicly...

This week, Bri and Leah do something a little different: we're talking about cannibals! But these cannibals could definitely pass as vampires if they wanted to. We're looking at  Ravenous (1999, dir. Antonia Bird) and  Bones and All (2022, dir. Luca Guadagnino). While these films might seem like a weird double feature... hear us out! The articles Leah promises at the end of the episode:...