Vampire Videos

[11x5] The middle of Season XI arrives with Italy's first horror film: Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri, which concerns a French journalist investigating murders across Paris that may be the work of a vampire...

And making another return to the show is the horror expert and university lecturer Prof. Stacey Abbott...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Prof. Stacey Abbott

Editor: Hugh McStay

"You'll feel nothing. It's better this way." -- Prof. Julien du Grand.

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[11x4] We're excavating Tales From the Crypt for the anthology horror show's 1996 movie spin-off Bordello of Blood, from director Gilbert Adler, which finds a private investigator (Dennis Miller) trying to find a reporter's missing brother, only to discover he made the mistake of going to a local brothel full of vampires...

And making his belated return to the show is writer Brendon Connelly...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Brendon Connelly

Editor: Hugh McStay

"I'd rather Crazy Glue my dick to the bullet train than fuck you." --- Rafe Guttman

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[11x3] We return to the second instalment of Hammer's 'Karnstein Trilogy' with Jimmy Sangster's Lust for a Vampire, which finds a novelist pretending to be a teacher at a girl's finishing school which may be the hideout of a resurrected female vampire...

And making her first return to the show is film critic Kim Pierce...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Kim Pierce

Editor: Hugh McStay

"What you said, sir, about the Karnsteins being dead is true. but they still have the power to reincarnate themselves. And now is the time for their return. I tell you, sir, this village lives in a state of terror." --- Landlord

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[11x2] We return to classic Universal horror with the lesser-known sequel to Tod Browning's Dracula - it's Dracula's Daughter, starring Gloria Holden as the offspring of the famous vampire, who shows up in England and arouses suspicion...

And making a welcome return to the show is academic and writer Murray Leeder...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Murray Leeder

Editor: Dan Owen

"You think this night will be like all the others, don't you? Well, you're wrong. Dracula's destroyed. His body's in ashes. The spell is broken. I can live a normal life now, think normal things. Even play normal music again. Listen. A cradle song. A song my mother once sang to me long, long ago, rocking me to sleep as she sang in the twilight." --- Countess Marya Zaleska

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[11x1] Season XI launches with Timur Bekmambetov's 2012 horror action film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, starring Benjamin Walker as the 16th President of the USA, who in this fictionalised telling of his life story was secretly trained to kill vampires...

And making a welcome return in the podcasket is Labours of Hercule podcaster Frankie Pellatt...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Frankie Pellatt

Editor: Dan Owen

"History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood." --- Abraham Lincoln

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[BONUS] Season X draws to an official close with our Ranking episode, as Dan & Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the last 11 films and rate them in ascending order of quality. There's also the return of our regular quiz, which Hugh is currently winning 8-1, so can Dan pull things back a touch? Oh, and all of Season XI's planned episodes are also teased...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Editor: Hugh McStay

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[10x10] We did it! Vampire Videos has reached 100 episodes (ahem, +15 bonus specials), and it’s time to mark this impressive milestone with a super-sized special. Do you have ~4 hours to get through this episode in one sitting? If not, don't worry, there are approximate time stamps if you want to jump around a bit...

(00:02:26) INTRODUCTION

Dan and Hugh reflect on 31 months of making Vampire Videos together, including a funny insight into the Discord message that started the ball rolling in March 2022. We also read listener messages about reaching 100 episodes, with many more interspersed between the other segments.

(00:28:57) NOSFERATU (2024)

Our Bite Club time-limited exclusive from January 2025 is now available for everyone to listen to, so you can finally hear us discuss Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake with returning guest Chris Brosnahan.

(01:51:27) GUEST ROUNDTABLE

Dan and Hugh hosted a Zoom chat with our three most prolific guests - Mary Muñoz, Tony Black, and Dee Molumby. We discussed the show, spoke about our personal experiences being involved, shared a few memorable recording moments, reflected on some of the awful films we had to endure, gave our thoughts on modern vampire media in general, and… revealed our faces for the first time. That's right, Dan and Hugh finally clap eyes on each other after two years.

(02:39:19) TOP 100 VAMPIRE FILMS

We’ve been counting down the Top 100 films and TV shows we’ve covered on social media in the run-up to this episode. But now you can hear our thoughts on the scummy dreck that didn't even make the Top 100 chart... before we unveil our Top 20 Vampire Films. 

(03:38:39) FANGED FUTURE 

A short wrap-up with some amusing facts and stats about the show (like our “stake to live” ratio so far), and end with a tease of what the future holds for the next hundred episodes. That's if we make it that far!

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guests: Chris Brosnahan, Tony Black, Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz.

Editors: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Thanks to every familiar who made the time to send us a message: Kathleen from Nova Scotia, Andrew Saturley, Paul Wood, Colin Woodward, Darren Gray, Chris Evans, Carmelita Valdez McKoy, Hayden Orr, James Duffy, Frankie Pellatt, Kat Hughes, Darren Mooney, Stacey Abbott & Count Caliban.

Special thanks to viral TikTok star Tim Arnell as the voice of Count Orlok.

Forever indebted to our kind and loyal Bite Club subscribers: Hayden Orr, James Duffy & Violet Hammond. You too can leave a donation at Ko-fi to show your appreciation for all the hard work over 100+ recordings.

Follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network.

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[10x9] Our penultimate Season X episode looks at Adam Randall's Netflix original film Night Teeth, which follows a night in the life of a young Los Angeles chauffeur (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) who unwittingly picks up two young vampire ladies...

And continuing her prolific appearances across nearly 100 episodes, it's podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Dee Molumby

Editor: Hugh McStay

"You wouldn't know a party if it fucked you in the face." -- Zoe

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[10x8] Over two years later, we finally get around to the US adaptation of Let the Right One In, retitled Let Me In, from director Matt Reeves. This again tells the story of a bullied boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) growing up in the early-1980s, who befriends a visiting vampire girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who's allied herself with a serial killer...

And making her first return to the show is writer and broadcaster Kim Taylor-Foster...

Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen

Guest: Kim Taylor-Foster

Editor: Hugh McStay

"Just so you know, I can't be your friend.." -- Abby

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[10x7] We begin a new vampire franchise with Ted Nicolau's direct-to-video cult horror Subspecies, where three female American students arrive in Romania to study, only to become embroiled in the machinations between two vampire brothers, Radu (Anders Hove) and Stefan (Michael Watson)...

And making her return to the show after a lengthy break is writer Kim Morrison...

Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay

Guest: Kim Morrison

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

Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.