[BONUS] Season XIII is sadly over, so Dan and Hugh return to the warm vampire campfire to reminisce about the season's many offerings, rank the 14 titles in order of merit, quiz each other on their content, and tease what Season XIV has in store for listeners! Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Dan Owen⁠ Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[BONUS] Season's bleedings! It's that festive time of the year again, so we've invited two of our favourite guests to join us for a candlelit Christmas dinner in the Vampire Videos Villa... And the table talk will focus on Anders Banke's 2006 horror-comedy Frostbiten, about a mother and daughter embroiled in a vampire uprising in a small Swedish town experiencing a month-long polar night... We'll also be telling some terrible cracker jokes, while playing three different party games along the way! And the guests joining us for this feast of fun is podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby and writer and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Dinner Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Party Guests: Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz Elvish Editor: Dan Owen⁠ Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Music & Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x10] The Season XIII finale offers a return to Anne Rice's Immortal Universe on AMC, with the first season of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Here, a young mindreader called Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton) joins an arcane organisation sworn to protect humanity from supernatural creatures, including vampires... And we have our Interview with the Vampire regular Kim Morrison back to help us assess the third TV series set in this world... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kim Morrison Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "We watch. And we are always there." -- Helen Help Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13:9] Our penultimate Season XIII episode finds us worshipping Netflix miniseries Midnight Mass, from writer-director Mike Flanagan, which finds a mysterious new priest (Hamish Linklater) arriving on an impoverished remote island. But the miracles he brings are revealed to have a high price... in blood... And taking a pew with us is comic-book writer, podcaster, and atheist Wayne Talbot... 1. THE GATHERING. Priests: Father McStay & Bishop Owen Congregant: Monsignor Wayne Talbot Holy Editor: Father Hugh "That's what it means to have faith. That in the darkness, in the worst of it, in the absence of light and hope, we sing." --- Father Paul 2. ORDER OF SERVICE [ 00:00:00 ] Book I-II: "Genesis", "Psalms" & "Proverbs" [ 01:04:42 ] Book IV-V: "Lamentations" & "Gospel" [ 01:50:08 ] Book VI-VII - "Acts of the Apostles" & "Revelation" 3. GIVING COMMUNION If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a saintly review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Donate alms on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! 4. PRAISE BE Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. And please buy Wayne Talbot's Nazferatu comic-book here. Amen. 5. FINAL BLESSINGS Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x8] This week, we have a direct-to-video sequel continuing the story from Dracula 2000. Dracula II: Ascension finds a group of medical students experimenting on the vampire's corpse and getting more than they bargained for. .. And helping us dig into this one is film writer and co-host of the podcast Kim 'n' Em vs EVIL, Kim Taylor-Foster... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Taylor-Foster Editor: Hugh McStay "Don't you wonder, Priest, ever since you stared into the abyss and saw nothing?" -- Dracula II Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on ⁠Ko-fi⁠ or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ Episode artwork: ⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠ Sound FX: ⁠Epidemic Sound⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x7] It's time for another return to Forks, Washington, for director David Slade's third instalment of romantic fantasy drama The Twilight Saga -- Eclipse. Here, Bella must decide between vampire Edward and werewolf Jacob before her graduation, as a spate or strange murders strike Seattle... And returning from our recent Halloween Special, it's writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Lindsay Drysdale Editor: Hugh McStay " I'm from a different era. Things were a lot less complicated." --- Edward Help Us Grow the Show! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on ⁠Ko-fi⁠ or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ Episode artwork: ⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠ Sound FX: ⁠Epidemic Sound⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires. In this film, a crew of astronauts land on an alien world and come under the eerie influence of its ancient inhabitants... And making his debut on Vampire Videos is an author and the man behind many podcasts, including Writers on Film, it's John Bleasdale... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: John Bleasdale Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "A captain... should not be afraid... I confess now... that today, now, I... am experiencing fear." -- Captain Mark Makary Help Us Grow the Podcast! If you enjoy what we do, please take a moment to: Subscribe and leave a positive review! Your feedback and ratings are vital for bringing you more great episodes. Want more? Support us directly! Make a donation on Ko-fi or unlock special perks by joining our Bite Club! Follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. We're part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Credits: Opening music: ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ Episode artwork: Dan Owen⁠ Podcast artwork: ⁠Keshav⁠ Sound FX: Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[BONUS] It's spooky season! This Halloween, on a dark and stormy night, Dan and Hugh have taken refuge inside a small tent beside the vampire campfire until the bad weather passes. Fortunately, three guests have been invited along to talk about a particular entry of a horror anthology... [00:00:34] MONSTERS - "The Waiting Game" Writer Brendon Connelly talks to us about a third season instalment of this 1980s US horror anthology series, involving nuclear war and the terror beyond an underground bunker... [00:32:46] INSIDE NO.9 - "Stake Out" Then, writer and podcaster Tony Black is back to talk about the fifth series finale of this British anthology comedy-drama, involving two policemen on a literal graveyard shift... [01:09:26] V/H/S/94 - "Terror" And finally, writer and podcaster Lindsay Drysdale talks about the final segment of this horror anthology film sequel, involving a found-footage tale of terrorism and white supremacy... with vampire rabbits? And that's not all! As each guest will also be regaling us with a personal tale of terror; a real life ghost story guaranteed to make your blood run cold... Hosts & Editors: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay If you'd like to see Lindsay's freaky ghost photo (and other supplemental material for all our ghost stories), be sure to check out this week's Bloodletter. And subscribe for easy delivery straight to your inbox. Love what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠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 FX from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x5] Radu! Radu! Radu! We reach mid-season with a return to the Subspecies universe, covering the first sequel Bloodstone: Subspecies II, which finds vampire Prince Radu (Anders Hove) resurrected and going after American student Michelle, who's been bitten and is slowly turning into a vampire herself... And making another return to the show to talk about it is cultural essayist and film critic Kim Pierce... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Pierce Editor: Hugh McStay "Forgive me brother! But the bloodstone is mine!" --- Prince Radu Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠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 FX from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x4] It's a quick trip across the English Channel this week for Adrien Beau's 2023 period horror The Vourdalak, which finds a French aristocrat forced to stay with a rural family whose tyrannical patriarch has been transformed into an undead creature... And joining us the person who brought this film to our attention, writer and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "Wait six days for me. If, after those six days, I have not returned, say a prayer in memory of me, for I shall have been killed in battle. But if ever, and may God preserve you, I were to return after six days have passed, I enjoin you to forget that I was your father and to refuse me entry whatever I may say or do – for then I shall be no more than an accursed vourdalak." -- Gorcha Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠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 FX from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x3] It's time for another Hammer horror, and after completing the Karnstein trilogy we rewind the clock back to 1963 for Don Sharp's Kiss of the Vampire, which finds a newlywed couple encountering a vampire secret society while on their honeymoon... And we have a new guest arriving by podcasket to help us bite into this classic, in the shape of film critic Kristin Battestella... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kristin Battestella Editor: Hugh McStay "When the devil attacks a man or woman with this foul disease of the vampire the unfortunate human being can do one of two things. Either he can seek God through the church and pray for absolution or he can persuade himself that his filthy perversion is some kind of new and wonderful experience to be shared by the favoured few. Then he tries to persuade others to join his new cult." --- Professor Zimmer. Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x2] It's a rare trip to the east this week with the Hong Kong supernatural comedy Mr Vampire, directed by Ricky Lau, which finds a Taoist monk and his students facing off against a 'hopping vampire' after a village elder's corpse is reinterred... And making her debut on the show is film journalist and critic Katie Smith-Wong... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Katie Smith-Wong Editor: Dan Owen⁠ Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[13x1] We begin Season XIII with the BBC-Netflix three-part miniseries of Dracula, from the creators of Sherlock, which finds the Count (Claes Bang) being pursued across Europe in a post-modern twist on Bram Stoker's novel and the gothic Hammer traditions... And making his return to the show is author and podcaster Tony Black... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Tony Black Editor: Hugh McStay "I'm undead not unreasonable." -- Dracula Jump ahead to a particular episode: (00:01:55) "The Rules of the Beast" (00:34:02) "Blood Vessel" (00:57:13) "The Dark Compass" Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[BONUS] Season XII is over, so it's that time again... as Dan and Hugh meet around the glowing vampire campfire to reflect on the season, rank the last 10 episodes in order of merit, talk about some recent vampire film and TV news, then tease what Season XIII has in store for listeners... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Dan Owen⁠ Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x10] We finish Season XII with another of our occasional "pseudo vampire" films, with Karyn Kusama's Jennifer's Body. Here, a popular high school girl (Megan Fox) is murdered by a touring rock band and accidentally resurrected as a man-eating succubus demon (vampire?) creature... Back for more ghoulish delight is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Hugh McStay "Hell is a teenage girl." -- Needy Lesnicky Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x9] We're taking a look at the short-lived 1980s horror anthology series Nightmare Classics with the 1989 episode "Carmilla", which adapted the classic vampire story by Sheridan Le Fanu... And helping us tease it apart is a new guest - writer, editor, and content designer Ray Newman. Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Ray Newman Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "I may never see the sunrise, but I can take you to worlds beyond your dreams." --- Carmilla Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x8] It's been a long time coming, but we've finally grasped the nettle! This week, we're covering direct-to-DVD sequel The Lost Boys: The Tribe. Here, a brother and sister move to Santa Clara and soon realise a local surfer gang are actually vampires... And making a welcome return to the show is film critic and podcaster Kat Hughes... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kat Hughes Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "Build a man a fire, he's warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life!." -- Edgar Frog ★ Listen to Kat & Naomi's new Interview with the Vampire podcast, Savage Garden ★ Enjoying what you hear? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x7] It's another Stephen King edition of the show, but very loosely. A Return to Salem's Lot is writer-director Larry Cohen's 1987 sequel, which finds an anthropologist and his estranged son arriving in the Maine town and discovering the community are all vampires... And making her own return, to Vampire Videos, is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor: Hugh McStay⁠ "I'm not a Nazi hunter. I'm a Nazi killer." --- Van Meer Enjoying the show? Please subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠Film Stories⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠Nela Ruiz⁠ • Episode art by ⁠Dan Owen⁠. Podcast art by ⁠Keshav⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x6] Get ready for more fangs and fur! This week, we're sinking our teeth into the penultimate entry in the Underworld franchise: Awakening. Directors Måns Mårlind & Björn Stein throw Selene (the incomparable Kate Beckinsale) into a bleak near-future where humanity knows about vampires and Lycans---and they've almost wiped them out! Joining the hunt is writer and horror fanatic Kim Morrison. You won't want to miss this one! Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kim Morrison. Editor: Dan Owen⁠ "I dreamt of the day we would meet. Like a silly little girl. You're as cold as one already dead." --- Eve Enjoying what you hear? Subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ • Episode art by ⁠⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ • Podcast art by ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[12x5] Get ready for a bloody good time as we hit the halfway point of Season XII! This week, we're sinking our teeth into the low-budget Irish horror-comedy Let the Wrong One In. Imagine this: two brothers in Dublin, minding their own business, when suddenly one of them becomes a vampire! What could possibly go wrong? (Spoiler alert: everything.) Joining us to introduce this indie gem from her own stomping grounds is the brilliant podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby. Don't miss out on the craic! Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dee Molumby Editor: Hugh McStay Listen to Dee's new podcast, What's the Story Dublin? Enjoying what you hear? Subscribe, leave a rating, or write a review to help us keep bringing you great content! You can also show your support by leaving a donation at ⁠⁠Ko-fi ⁠⁠⁠. Stay connected and follow our social media ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. A proud part of the ⁠⁠Film Stories⁠⁠⁠ podcast network. Theme music by ⁠⁠Nela Ruiz⁠⁠ • Episode art by ⁠⁠Dan Owen⁠⁠ • Podcast art by ⁠⁠Keshav⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices