Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!

This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three vampire films - all different in tone and approach - that are each directed by beloved auteur horror filmmakers. We start with George A. Romero's long-inaccessible "Martin" from 1976, which just received a new 4K UHD release from Second Sight. The disc is gorgeous, but the film itself, we argue, is the antithesis of what people expect of a vampire film and is more of a bleak character study. And it's incredible. Then, we move into "Vampires" from 1998 from Master of Horror John Carpenter. We have some nice things to say about it, particularly the look, the western vibes, Carpenter's score, and the makeup and VFX, but we knock the core casting as well as the pacing. Finally, we move into a fascinating mess with 1995's "Vampire in Brooklyn," the last Eddie Murphy feature under his Paramount contract and directed by Wes Craven. Craven's sensibilities are present, and so are Murphy's, but do they mesh well? You'll have to listen to find out.

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Timecode:

0:00-52:01: "Martin"

52:02-1:26:21: "Vampires"

1:26:22-2:05:34: "Vampire in Brooklyn"