[BONUS] Hugh and Dan are back to reflect on Season II and rate each film individually, before combining their scores to create a Top 11 ranking. They'll also quiz each other about each movie for a few laughs along the way, and tease what's coming soon in Season III! Enjoy...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Editor: Dan Owen

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Opening theme music: 'Fright Night' by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen. Closing theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle, both via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Kesh

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[2x10] There's a monster mash for our Season 2 finale, as Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy and.... uh, Gill-Man...?... arrive in small-town '80s America where a group of kids have to prevent them from taking over the world.

Joining us to chat about Fred Dekker's notorious box office flop The Monster Squad, which he co-wrote with best friend Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), is Andrew Gaudion of the Ramblin Amblin podcast...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay 

Guest: Andrew Gaudion

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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[2x9] Found-footage horror is on the agenda as we tackle the Canadian vampire film Afflicted from directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, who also star as two vloggers who travel to Italy, where one's bitten by a vampire and suffers a startling transformation caught on camera...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Graham Hughes

Editor: Hugh McStay

Stream Graham's movie Death of a Vlogger here.

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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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[2x8] It's another celebrity special, as Canadian filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy (The Slumber Party Massacre) joins us to talk about Tony Scott's 1983 cult film The Hunger, starring Catherine Deneuve as a beautiful vampire preying on New Yorkers with the help of David Bowie as her cellist companion...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Danishka Esterhazy

Editor: Hugh McStay

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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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[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! It's our festive special, where regular guest Dee Molumby returns in a snowy podcasket to talk about a rarity in vampire cinema: a Christmassy movie! It's Red Snow, which concerns a struggling author spending the holiday in a remote cabin who unwittingly captures a handsome vampire...

But that's not all we have in store! As this is a Christmas edition, we'll also be pulling some crackers, telling some hilarious(?) jokes, and playing a 'Guess the Vampire Movie' game along the way. It's lots of fun, so we hope you enjoy it!

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dee Molumby

Editor: Hugh McStay

Check out Dee's new TikTok too!

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Theme music via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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[2x7] It's a celebrity special, as the multi-talented Josh Ruben (director of Werewolves Within, star of A Wounded Fawn) arrives to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula. This lavish production starred Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, who in this version is convinced Mina Murray (Winona Ryder) is the reincarnation of his long lost lover...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay 

Guest: Josh Ruben

Editor: Dan Owen

Visit Josh's website and stream his films Scare Me and A Wounded Fawn on Shudder.

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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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[2x6] Charlton Heston is the last man on earth in Boris Sagal's classic adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel about a global plague that's transformed some survivors into... vampires? It's The Omega Man!

Joining us to talk about this post-apocalyptic action film is author and podcast network chief Tony Black, making his fourth appearance...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay 

Guest: Tony Black

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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[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.

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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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[2x4] We've unearthed an overlooked gem in Michael O'Shea's 2016 horror drama The Transfiguration, which concerns the psychological breakdown of a teenage boy called Milo who escapes his tough Brooklyn upbringing by believing he's a vampire.

Joining us to discuss this tough but fascinating film is the founder of The London Horror Society, Chris Nials...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Chris Nials

Editor: Hugh McStay

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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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[2x3] We return to Hammer for the second in the legendary British studio's Dracula saga, Terence Fisher's The Brides of Dracula. It again stars Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, this time confronting a dashing disciple of Dracula's called Baron Meinster (David Peel).

And joining us to discuss this celebrated classic is horror novelist Stephen Laws, who has enviable personal connections to Hammer...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Stephen Laws

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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