Episodes

  • Bonus: Christmas Special 2025 with Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz

    Bonus: Christmas Special 2025 with Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz
    Dec 22 2025
    [BONUS] Season's bleedings! It's that festive time of the year again, so we've invited two of our favourite guests to join is for a candlelit Christmas dinner in the Vampire Videos Villa... And the table talk will focus on Anders Banke's 2006 horror-comedy Frostbiten, about a mother and daughter embroiled in a vampire uprising in a small Swedish town experiencing a month-long polar night... We'll also be telling some terrible cracker jokes, while playing three different party games along the way! And the guests joining us for this feast of fun is podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby and writer and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Dinner Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Party Guests: Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz Elvish Editor: Dan Owen⁠ Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Music & Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • 130. Talamasca: The Secret Order - Season One (2025) with Kim Morrison

    130. Talamasca: The Secret Order - Season One (2025) with Kim Morrison
    Dec 8 2025
    [13x10] The Season XIII finale offers a return to Anne Rice's Immortal Universe on AMC, with the first season of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Here, a young mindreader called Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton) joins an arcane organisation sworn to protect humanity from supernatural creatures, including vampires... And we have our Interview with the Vampire regular Kim Morrison back to help us assess the third TV series set in this world... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kim Morrison Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "We watch. And we are always there." -- Helen Help Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • 129. Midnight Mass (2021) with Wayne Talbot

    129. Midnight Mass (2021) with Wayne Talbot
    Dec 1 2025
    [13:9] Our penultimate Season XIII episode finds us worshipping Netflix miniseries Midnight Mass, from writer-director Mike Flanagan, which finds a mysterious new priest (Hamish Linklater) arriving on an impoverished remote island. But the miracles he brings are revealed to have a high price... in blood... And taking a pew with us is comic-book writer, podcaster, and atheist Wayne Talbot... 1. THE GATHERING. Priests: Father McStay & Bishop Owen Congregant: Monsignor Wayne Talbot Holy Editor: Father Hugh "That's what it means to have faith. That in the darkness, in the worst of it, in the absence of light and hope, we sing." --- Father Paul 2. ORDER OF SERVICE [ 00:00:00 ] Book I-II: "Genesis", "Psalms" & "Proverbs" [ 01:04:42 ] Book IV-V: "Lamentations" & "Gospel" [ 01:50:08 ] Book VI-VII - "Acts of the Apostles" & "Revelation" 3. GIVING COMMUNION If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a saintly review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Donate alms on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! 4. PRAISE BE Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. And please buy Wayne Talbot's Nazferatu comic-book here. Amen. 5. FINAL BLESSINGS Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 17 mins
  • 128. Dracula II: Ascension (2003) with Kim Taylor-Foster

    128. Dracula II: Ascension (2003) with Kim Taylor-Foster
    Nov 24 2025
    [13x8] This week, we have a direct-to-video sequel continuing the story from Dracula 2000. Dracula II: Ascension finds a group of medical students experimenting on the vampire's corpse and getting more than they bargained for. .. And helping us dig into this one is film writer and co-host of the podcast Kim 'n' Em vs EVIL, Kim Taylor-Foster... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Taylor-Foster Editor: Hugh McStay "Don't you wonder, Priest, ever since you stared into the abyss and saw nothing?" -- Dracula II Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on ⁠Ko-fi⁠ or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ Episode artwork: ⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠ Sound FX: ⁠Epidemic Sound⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 127. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) with Lindsay Drysdale

    127. Twilight: Eclipse (2010) with Lindsay Drysdale
    Nov 17 2025
    [13x7] It's time for another return to Forks, Washington, for director David Slade's third instalment of romantic fantasy drama The Twilight Saga -- Eclipse. Here, Bella must decide between vampire Edward and werewolf Jacob before her graduation, as a spate or strange murders strike Seattle... And returning from our recent Halloween Special, it's writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Lindsay Drysdale Editor: Hugh McStay " I'm from a different era. Things were a lot less complicated." --- Edward Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on ⁠Ko-fi⁠ or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ Episode artwork: ⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠ Sound FX: ⁠Epidemic Sound⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 126. Planet of the Vampires (1965) with John Bleasdale

    126. Planet of the Vampires (1965) with John Bleasdale
    Nov 10 2025
    [13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires. In this film, a crew of astronauts land on an alien world and come under the eerie influence of its ancient inhabitants... And making his debut on Vampire Videos is an author and the man behind many podcasts, including Writers on Film, it's John Bleasdale... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: John Bleasdale Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "A captain... should not be afraid... I confess now... that today, now, I... am experiencing fear." -- Captain Mark Makary Help Us Grow the Podcast! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Bonus: Halloween Special 2025 with Brendon Connelly, Tony Black & Lindsay Drysdale

    Bonus: Halloween Special 2025 with Brendon Connelly, Tony Black & Lindsay Drysdale
    Oct 27 2025
    [BONUS] It's spooky season! This Halloween, on a dark and stormy night, Dan and Hugh have taken refuge inside a small tent beside the vampire campfire until the bad weather passes. Fortunately, three guests have been invited along to talk about a particular entry of a horror anthology... [00:00:34] MONSTERS - "The Waiting Game" Writer Brendon Connelly talks to us about a third season instalment of this 1980s US horror anthology series, involving nuclear war and the terror beyond an underground bunker... [00:32:46] INSIDE NO.9 - "The Stakeout" Then, writer and podcaster Tony Black is back to talk about the fifth series finale of this British anthology comedy-drama, involving two policemen on a literal graveyard shift... [01:09:26] V/H/S/94 - "Terror" And finally, writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale talks about the final segment of this horror anthology film sequel, involving a found-footage tale of terrorism and white supremacy... with vampire rabbits? And that's not all! As each guest will also be regaling us with a personal tale of terror; a real life ghost story guaranteed to make your blood run cold... Hosts & Editors: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay If you'd like to see Lindsay's freaky ghost photo (and other supplemental material for all our ghost stories), be sure to check out this week's Bloodletter. And subscribe for easy delivery straight to your inbox. Love what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Sound FX from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • 125. Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) with Kim Pierce

    125. Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) with Kim Pierce
    Oct 20 2025
    [13x5] Radu! Radu! Radu! We reach mid-season with a return to the Subspecies universe, covering the first sequel Bloodstone: Subspecies II, which finds vampire Prince Radu (Anders Hove) resurrected and going after American student Michelle, who's been bitten and is slowly turning into a vampire herself... And making another return to the show to talk about it is cultural essayist and film critic Kim Pierce... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Pierce Editor: Hugh McStay "Forgive me brother! But the bloodstone is mine!" --- Prince Radu Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Sound FX from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins