Vampire Videos

[BONUS] Surprise! To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the We Made This network, and Tom Baker's 90th birthday, we're teaming up for a special crossover with fellow WMT show The TARDIS Crew!

Making their debuts on Vampire Videos are TARDIS Crew co-hosts Baz and Ben Greenland, who are lending their expertise to discuss the 1980 Doctor Who serial "State of Decay" where the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) encounters vampires suppressing a local population's technological advancement...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guests: Baz Greenland & Ben Greenland

Editor: Dan Owen

"You're wrong. The Doctor is not weaponless. He has the greatest weapon of all. Knowledge." -- Lady Camilla

You can pre-order Baz's book UNIT: The Legacy of Doctor Who here, and follow him on Amazon here.

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

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[6x5] We're back with our second Guillermo del Toro vampire film, Blade II, which finds Wesley Snipes returning as the super-cool vampire hunter and having to join forces with his enemies to defeat an even greater threat to mankind...

Helping us bite into the film is comic-book writer and colourist Wayne Talbot, creator of the World War II Nazferatu vampire comic...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Wayne Talbot

Editor: Dan Owen

"There's an old saying: Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer." -- Blade

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[6x4] We return to the well of Hammer horror for Scars of Dracula, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Christopher Lee once again as the eponymous Count, this time being antagonised by two brothers at his castle home...

To talk about this film, our returning guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Mary Muñoz

Editor: Hugh McStay

"What we shall be facing in a few hours' time is not a man. He is evil. He is the embodiment of all that is evil. He is the very Devil himself." -- The Priest

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[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! For this year's Christmas Special, we have Mark Gatiss's adaptation of M.R James' famous story, Count Magnus, as part of the BBC's annual A Ghost Story at Christmas tradition.

In this spooky tale, an English writer (Jason Watkins) visits Sweden and becomes intrigued by a mausoleum containing a tomb covered in heavy chains...

PLUS - we have some hilariously awful vampire jokes and a special quiz with our guest under the spotlight! And making another return for this festive edition of the podcast is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn....

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Editor: Hugh McStay

"Are you awake, Count Magnus? Are you asleep, Count Magnus?"

Why not buy Sorcha's books for Christmas? Postmodern Vampires and Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales.

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[6x3] This week, we're delving into the entire first season of AMC's vampire horror drama Interview with the Vampire from 2022, starring Jacob Anderson as an old vampire recounting his life's story to an ageing reporter, which involves how he was created by the enigmatic Lestat (Sam Reid)...

And making her return in the sarpodphagus is Ghouls magazine writer and social manager Kim Morrison...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Kim Morrison

Editor: Hugh McStay

"I have loved you with all myself." -- Lestat

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[6x2] It's vampires vs. werewolves in Len Wiseman's 2003 action horror film Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale as a vampire 'Death Dealer' tasked with protecting her kind from vicious enemy Lycans...

And making his long overdue debut in the sarcophapod is writer and podcaster Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Pod...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Craig McKenzie

Editor: Dan Owen

"We have a serious problem." -- Selene

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[6x1 ] Season VI launches with Robert Rodriguez's 1996 crime horror From Dusk Till Dawn, written by Quentin Tarantino, which finds two criminal brothers (Tarantino & George Clooney) fleeing across the US-Mexico border and finding themselves at a nightclub run by vampires...

And making her debut in the sarcophapod is writer and podcaster Iona Smith from Ghouls magazine...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Iona Smith

Editor: Dan Owen

"Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!" -- Seth

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[BONUS] Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on Season V and reveal their combined Top 10 ranking of everything they saw. They'll also quiz each other about each film for added fun! Can Dan finally beat Hugh's four-win streak?

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Editor: Hugh McStay

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Opening & Closing theme music: 'Tales from the Grave' by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen & 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle, both via Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav.

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[5x10] Season V draws to a close with our 50th episode (excluding bonuses) and we're tackling a favourite for many: Stephen Norrington's 1998 comic-book action film Blade, with Wesley Snipes as the eponymous half-vampire/half-human who stalks Los Angeles slaying vampires to keep the world safe...

And helping us explore this Marvel blockbuster is film critic and podcaster Darren Mooney, making his third appearance on the show...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Darren Mooney

Editor: Dan Owen

"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill..." -- Blade

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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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[5x9] Count Yorga is back for this fast-tracked sequel, again directed by Bob Kelljan, which finds the master vampire (Robert Quarry) resurrected to terrorise the staff of an orphanage...

Back for a fourth time to help discuss the film is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Editor: Hugh McStay

"Dr Baldwin, this is Count Yorga. You are going to die. You are going to die a most horrible death! You've been a fool, doctor, and now you are to die! -- Count Yorga

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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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