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Join your Vampire Videos hosts, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay, as they embark on a thrilling journey through a century of blood-soaked cinema. From the chilling shadows of early German Expressionism to the glittering fangs of Hollywood's Golden Age, we'll delve into every crypt, coven, and coffin on celluloid. Prepare for a feast of B-movie thrills, Hammer Horror chills, blockbuster battles, and even the occasional rom-com with a bite. We'll dissect every fang-tastic flick with the help of special guests and horror experts... one bite at a time. Ready to explore the dark side of cinema? Visit our Linktree (www.linktr.ee/vampirevideos). A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network (www.filmstories.co.uk). Don't miss out – it'll be a scream!

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What is Vampire Videos about?

We are reviewing as many vampire films and TV shows as we can from the past 100 years, in honour of Nosferatu’s centenary in 2022..

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Vampire Videos episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Vampire Videos for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Vampire Videos episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

26. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Steve O'Brien

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03/20/23 • 63 min

[3x6] We're heading Down Under to look at the cult Kiwi comedy What We Do in the Shadows, directed by Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, which is a mockumentary chronicling the lives of four dysfunctional vampires living in Wellington, New Zealand...

Helping us this week is freelance writer Steve O'Brien, whose work has appeared in the Radio Times, SFX, Digital Spy, and Yahoo Movies, amongst others...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Steve O'Brien

Editor: Hugh McStay

Read Steve's Let the Right One In interview for SFX.

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Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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25. Byzantium (2012) with Kat Hughes

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03/06/23 • 62 min

[3x5] Neil Jordan's less famous vampire movie, after Interview with the Vampire, is up for discussion this week. It's Byzantium, starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as two vampires using their abilities to protect women and ease people's suffering, who've spent centuries on the run from a patriarchal vampire society upset at their existence...

The Hollywood News' writer Kat Hughes joins us to delve into this overlooked gem of horror cinema...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Kat Hughes

Editor: Dan Owen

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Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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61. Dracula Untold (2014) with Dee Molumby

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03/11/24 • 72 min

[7x1] We start Season VII 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, to protect his people from invaders...

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

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Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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74. Underworld: Evolution (2006) with Lindsay Drysdale

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07/01/24 • 62 min

[8x4] We're continuing the vampires vs. werewolves franchise with Underworld: Evolution, which finds vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) discovering the true origins of her species...

To talk about this sequel, podcaster Lindsay Drysdale returns to the show...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Lindsay Drysdale

Editor: Dan Owen

"Ah. The predictable heart that never thaws. Pity it beats within such a fool. The eldest of the immortals, yet you have made no attempt to seize your destiny." -- Marcus

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Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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89. Salem's Lot (2024) with Dee Molumby

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11/18/24 • 79 min

[9x9] Finally, it's time to head back to Salem's Lot for Gary Dauberman's long-delayed adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror story, where a best-selling author returns to his hometown to discover the community is being taken over by vampires...

Helping us dissect the film is prolific Vampire Videos guest, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dee Molumby

Editor: Hugh McStay

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Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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98. Let Me in (2010) with Kim Taylor-Foster

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02/24/25 • 75 min

[10x8] Over two years later, we finally get around to the US adaptation of Let the Right One In, retitled Let Me In, from director Matt Reeves. This again tells the story of a bullied boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) growing up in the early-1980s, who befriends a visiting vampire girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who's allied herself with a serial killer...

And making her first return to the show is writer and broadcaster Kim Taylor-Foster...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Kim Taylor-Foster

Editor: Hugh McStay

"Just so you know, I can't be your friend.." -- Abby

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Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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Bonus: 2nd Fangiversary

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08/26/24 • 90 min

[BONUS] Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on two years of Vampire Videos and the 80 full episodes (+ bonuses) that have been released so far. The entertainment we have includes:

Dan & Hugh's Top 10 Vampires!
Our Top 6 Most Prolific Guests!
All the Vampire Films That Are Coming Soon-ish... Maybe!

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Editor: Hugh McStay

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Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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23. Cronos (1993) with Stewart Roche

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02/20/23 • 66 min

[3x3] Guillermo del Toro's debut Cronos is under discussion this week; a Mexican horror about an elderly antique dealer (Federico Luppi) who finds a mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life.

Joining us in the podcasket is Irish playwright Stewart Roche...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Stewart Roche

Editor: Hugh McStay

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76. Interview with the Vampire: Part II (2024) with Kim Morrison

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07/22/24 • 196 min

[8x6] We return to AMC's adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire for Season 2, where Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) try to escape the bad memories of Lestat (Sam Reid) by travelling to Europe during World War II, where they become embroiled with a theatre troupe of Parisian vampires...

This episode is a super-cut of the fortnightly discussions we originally made available to subscribers of our Bitten tier, all packaged together. So it's over three hours long!

To help you navigate and bookmark, here are some approximate timecodes:

2x1 - "What Can the Damned Really Say to the Damned" (00:00:30)
2x2 • 2x3 - "Do You Know What It Means to Be Loved by Death" • "No Pain" (00:30:56)
2x4 • 2x5 - "I Want You More Than Anything in the World" • "Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape" (01:07:26)
2x6 • 2x7 - "Like the Light by Which God Made the World Before He Made Light" • "I Could Not Prevent It" (01:44:00)
2x8 - "And That's The End of It. There's Nothing Else" (02:26:03)

Returning to continue the discussion of IWTV after the first season is freelance writer Kim Morrison...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Kim Morrison

Editors: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

"If you want the insanity back. If you want an escape from the prison of empathy I've locked you away in, all you had to do was ask, Louis." -- Armand

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15. Interview with the Vampire (1994) with Sarah Blair

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12/05/22 • 80 min

[2x5] It's time to take a bite into Neil Jordan's acclaimed adaptation of Anne Rice's best-selling novel, Interview with the Vampire, which finds a 200-year-old vampire called Louis (Brad Pitt) telling his life story to a reporter, which begins in the 18th-century when he was created by the mysterious Lestat (Tom Cruise)...

Helping us dissect this '90s classic is author Sarah Blair, co-host of The X Cast podcast...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Sarah Blair

Editor: Dan Owen

Get a free copy of Sarah's novel When Darkness Falls by clicking this link, and find out more via her website.

Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network.

Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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