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[BONUS] Dan and Hugh reconvene around the vampire campfire to reflect on Season VI and reveal their combined Top 12 ranking of the films and TV shows they reviewed. They'll also quiz each other about each film for added fun! The overall score is 5-1 in Hugh's favour, so can Dan pull things back? PLUS - we tease what's to come in Season VII and announce a special run of podcasts for Bitten subscrib...

[6x10] Our Season VI finale is on the neo-western action horror Vampires, directed by the legendary John Carpenter, starring James Woods as the leader of a Vatican-approved gang of vampire slayers who must stop the first vampire from acquiring a cross that will enable him to walk in daylight... And making his debut on Vampire Videos is podcaster Anthony Bowman from the Frankencast show. Hosts: Hug...

[6x9] It's our first foray into Russian cinema with Timur Bekmambetov's 2004 supernatural urban thriller Night Watch, which finds the forces of Light and Dark enforcing a centuries-old truce on the streets of Moscow... Back once again to help us discuss it is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby, who reveals an unexpected link to Russia... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Dee Molumby Editor:...

[6x8] We're back with another Dracula adaptation, only this one focuses on a specific chapter in Bram Stoker's novel - it's André Øvredal's 2023 horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter, which finds Dracula boarding the titular ship on his way to England, only for the crew to realise they have a murderous stowaway aboard... To help us take a bite out of this box office flop, making his return in...

[6x7] Tim Burton's adaptation of the 1960s US soap opera Dark Shadows is up for discussion this week, in a film that finds 18th-century vampire Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) reawakened in 1972, where he must restore the fortunes of his descendants whose business is under threat from the witch (Eva Green) who cursed him... And making her return to the show is Read & Buried podcast co-host Frankie...

[6x6] Brad Michael Elmore's teen vampire drama Bit is about an 18-year-old transgender girl (Nicole Maines) moving to Los Angeles with her brother, only to find herself mixing with a group of feminist vampires led by Duke (Diana Hopper), and it's our film this week! And making her debut in the sarpodphagus is Ghoulfriends co-host Lindsay Drysdale... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Lindsay Dry...

[BONUS] Surprise! To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the We Made This network, and Tom Baker's 90th birthday, we're teaming up for a special crossover with fellow WMT show The TARDIS Crew! Making their debuts on Vampire Videos are TARDIS Crew co-hosts Baz and Ben Greenland, who are lending their expertise to discuss the 1980 Doctor Who serial "State of Decay" where the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)...

[6x5] We're back with our second Guillermo del Toro vampire film, Blade II, which finds Wesley Snipes returning as the super-cool vampire hunter and having to join forces with his enemies to defeat an even greater threat to mankind... Helping us bite into the film is comic-book writer and colourist Wayne Talbot, creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay G...

[6x4] We return to the well of Hammer horror for Scars of Dracula, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Christopher Lee once again as the eponymous Count, this time being antagonised by two brothers at his castle home... To talk about this film, our returning guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Hugh McStay "What we shall be...

[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! For this year's Christmas Special, we have Mark Gatiss's adaptation of M.R James' famous story, Count Magnus, as part of the BBC's annual A Ghost Story at Christmas tradition. In this spooky tale, an English writer (Jason Watkins) visits Sweden and becomes intrigued by a mausoleum containing a tomb covered in heavy chains... PLUS - we have some hilariously awful vampire...

[6x3] This week, we're delving into the entire first season of AMC's vampire horror drama Interview with the Vampire from 2022, starring Jacob Anderson as an old vampire recounting his life's story to an ageing reporter, which involves how he was created by the enigmatic Lestat (Sam Reid)... And making her return in the sarpodphagus is Ghouls magazine writer and social manager Kim Morrison... Host...

[6x2] It's vampires vs. werewolves in Len Wiseman's 2003 action horror film Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale as a vampire 'Death Dealer' tasked with protecting her kind from vicious enemy Lycans... And making his long overdue debut in the sarcophapod is writer and podcaster Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Pod... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Craig McKenzie Editor: Dan Owen "We have a s...

[6x1 ] Season VI launches with Robert Rodriguez's 1996 crime horror From Dusk Till Dawn, written by Quentin Tarantino, which finds two criminal brothers (Tarantino & George Clooney) fleeing across the US-Mexico border and finding themselves at a nightclub run by vampires... And making her debut in the sarcophapod is writer and podcaster Iona Smith from Ghouls magazine... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McS...

[BONUS] Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on Season V and reveal their combined Top 10 ranking of everything they saw. They'll also quiz each other about each film for added fun! Can Dan finally beat Hugh's four-win streak? Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Hugh McStay Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and fo...

[5x10] Season V draws to a close with our 50th episode (excluding bonuses) and we're tackling a favourite for many: Stephen Norrington's 1998 comic-book action film Blade, with Wesley Snipes as the eponymous half-vampire/half-human who stalks Los Angeles slaying vampires to keep the world safe... And helping us explore this Marvel blockbuster is film critic and podcaster Darren Mooney, making his...

[5x9] Count Yorga is back for this fast-tracked sequel, again directed by Bob Kelljan, which finds the master vampire (Robert Quarry) resurrected to terrorise the staff of an orphanage... Back for a fourth time to help discuss the film is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor: Hugh McStay "Dr Baldwin...

[BONUS] Hugh and Dan are back for another spooky special, this time focusing on three short films about vampires. And joining us around the vampire campfire is a triptych of VIP guests: author and podcaster Tony Black, film critic and broadcaster Dee Molumby, and easily the podcast's No.1 fan Violet Hammond... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guests: Tony Black (Suicide by Sunlight) • Violet Hammond...

[5x8] A vampiric witch (Barbara Steele) returns from the grave to try and possess the body of her beautiful look-alike descendant in Mario Bava's influential horror classic Black Sunday. And making her debut in the sarcophopod is Frankie Pellatt, co-host of the Read & Buried podcast... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Frankie Pellatt Editor: Dan Owen "You will never escape my vengeance, or of...

[5x7] The Master of Horror, Stephen King, wrote Sleepwalkers for Mick Garris to direct, which concerns two incestuous shape-shifting vampires trying to sustain the existence of their species by feeding on the energy of virginal women... And making his belated return in the sarcophopod is the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Robert Clark Edito...

[5x6] Tom Holland's classic Fright Night is our film this week, which concerns a teenage boy who becomes aware his next-door neighbour is a vampire responsible for a series of local murders, so in desperation enlists the help of an over-the-hill English actor famous for slaying the undead at the movies... Back for a third time to help discuss the movie is university lecturer, author, and vampire e...

[5x5] Christopher Lee returns once again as Count Dracula for Peter Sasdy's Hammer horror sequel Taste the Blood of Dracula, which concerns three gentlemen who decide to resurrect the master vampire as part of their desire to chase transgressive experiences... Our guest this week is screen, stage, and radio writer Brendon Connelly... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Brendon Connelly Editor: Da...

[5x4] The cult indie Let's Scare Jessica to Death, directed by John Hancock, is up for discussion this week. This 1971 horror film concerns a recently institutionalized woman called Jessica (Zohra Lampert) who has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse... Our guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Mary Muñoz...

[5x3] This ill-fated summer blockbuster from director Stephen Norrington is next in store; a big-budget adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, about a group of Victorian literary heroes - led by Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) - assembled to prevent a world war... And making an incredible sixth appearance on Vampire Videos, it's author and...

[5x2] This week, we have Joe Begos's 2019 horror film Bliss, starring Dora Madison as a struggling Los Angeles artist who takes a hallucinogenic drug to reignite her creativity... only to realise the substance has given her a dangerous thirst for blood... And joining us via our new sarpodphagus (or is it sarcophopod?) is Ghouls magazine writer and social manager Kim Morrison... Hosts: Hugh McStay...

[5x1] Season V launches with John Badham's adaptation of Dracula, starring Frank Langella as the master vampire, the sole survivor of a Yorkshire shipwreck who starts seducing the local women to the chagrin of their partners and fathers... And joining us via our new sarpodphagus is a veteran guest, the film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dee Molumby Editor...