25. Byzantium (2012) with Kat Hughes

03/06/23 • 62 min

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[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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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

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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24. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) with Prof Stacey Abbott

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[3x4] It's Hammer time again! We venture back into the vault of the legendary British horror studio for Dracula: Prince of Darkness, starring Christopher Lee as the master vampire who's resurrected after four English travellers make the mistake of staying in his castle.

And we have real expertise at hand this week, with Stacey Abbott, a professor of film and television and self-proclaimed vampire/horror/zombie scholar...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Professor Stacey Abbott

Editor: Dan Owen

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

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[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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