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

03/20/23 • 63 min

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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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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.

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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25. Byzantium (2012) with Kat Hughes

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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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27. The Invitation (2022) with Dee Molumby

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[3x7] Jessica M. Thompson's 2022 horror thriller The Invitation is our next bite. It concerns a young American woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) travelling to the UK after discovering she's related to the English aristocracy, blissfully unaware they're also vampires plotting to wed her to their handsome patriarch...

And accepting the invite to join us is film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dee Molumby

Editor: Hugh McStay

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