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[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... Hosts Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest Tony Black Editor 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 Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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 Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[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. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[7x3] A modern low-budget indie is up for discourse this week. It's Jonathan Cuartas's 2020 horror drama My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To, starring Patrick Fugit as the brother of a chronically ill sibling who needs to drink fresh human blood to stay alive... And making his long-awaited return is entertainment and lifestyle journalist Steve O'Brien... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Steve O'Brien Editor: Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[7x2] We're back in the late-1970s for Stan Dragoti's vampire comedy Love at First Bite, starring George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who's evicted from his Transylvanian castle and flies to New York City to start a new life, only to fall in love with a fashion model... And making his debut in the sarpodphagus is Canadian vampire scholar Murray Leeder... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Murray Leeder Editor: Dan Owen "I'm going out to get a bite to drink." -- Count Dracula. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[7x1] We start our seventh season with Gary Shore's action horror Dracula Untold, starring Luke Evans as a 15th-century warrior who makes a deal with a vampire to be granted dark powers, in order to protect his people from invaders... And returning to help us parse this movie is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Dee Molumby Editor: Dan Owen "My father was a great man, a hero, so they say. But sometimes the world doesn't need another hero, sometimes what it needs is a monster." -- Ingeras Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

[BONUS] Dan and Hugh reconvene around the vampire campfire to reflect on Season 6 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 subscribers! Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to help support us. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x10 - JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES (1998) 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 slayer 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 Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest Anthony Bowman Editor Hugh McStay "Let me just ask you one thing: after 600 years, how's that dick workin', pretty good?." -- Jack Crow Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x9 - NIGHT WATCH (2004) It's our first foray into Russian cinema with Timur Bekmambeov'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 Hugh McStay "... And so it will be, until a man emerges who is meant to become the Great One. And, if he chooses the side of Light, then Light will win. But, those, to whom the truth has been revealed, say that he will choose Darkness. For it is easier to kill the Light within oneself, than to scatter the Darkness around... The prophecies are coming true." -- Geser Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x8 - THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (2023) 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 the sarcophopod, it's the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark... Hosts Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest Robert Clark Editor Dan Owen "A boat without rats... such a thing is against nature." -- Joseph Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x7 - DARK SHADOWS (2012) 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 descendents 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 Pellatt... Hosts Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest Frankie Pellatt Editor Dan Owen "I have already prepared my counter-proposal. It reads thusly: You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!" -- Barnabus Collins Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x6 - BIT (2019) Brad Michael Elmore's teen vampire drama Bit, about an 18-year-old transgender girl (Nicole Maines) moving to L.A with her brother, only to find herself mixing with a group of feminist vampires led by Duke (Diana Hopper), is our film this week! And making her debut in the sarpodphagus is Ghoulfriends co-host Lindsay Drysdale... Hosts Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest Lindsay Drysdale Editor Hugh McStay "What about my family?" -- Laurel Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

Bonus - DOCTOR WHO - "State of Decay" (1980) 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 is 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) encounters vampires suppressing a local population's technological advancement... Hosts Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guests Baz Greenland & Ben Greenland Editor Dan Owen "You're wrong. The Doctor is not weaponless. He has the greatest weapon of all. Knowledge." -- Lady Camilla You can pre-order Baz's book UNIT: The Legacy of Doctor Who here, and follow him on Amazon here. Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x5 - BLADE II (2002) 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 Guest Wayne Talbot Editor Dan Owen "There's an old saying: Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer." -- Blade Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x4 - SCARS OF DRACULA (1970) 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 facing in a few hours' time is not a man. He is evil. He is the embodiment of all that is evil. He is the very Devil himself." -- The Priest. Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

BONUS - COUNT MAGNUS (2022) 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 jokes and a special quiz with our guest under the spotlight! And making another return for this festive edition of the podcast is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn.... Hosts Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor Hugh McStay "Are you awake, Count Magnus? Are you asleep, Count Magnus?" Why not buy Sorcha's books for Christmas? Postmodern Vampires and Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales. Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.

6x3 - INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: SEASON ONE 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... Hosts Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest Kim Morrison Editor Hugh McStay "I have loved you with all myself." -- Lestat Why not get Bitten and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to listen to episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on various social media platforms here. A proud part of the We Made This podcast network. Vampire Videos theme music composed by Nela Ruiz • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/vampire-videos--5546381/support.