Episodes

  • 93. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) with Becci Sayce

    93. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) with Becci Sayce
    Jan 6 2025
    [10x3] It's been a long time coming, but we're finally watching 2010's 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, the direct-to-video sequel to the 2007 movie. The story picks up with Stella (Kiele Sanchez), the sole survivor of the attack on the Alaskan town of Barrow, giving seminars about the existence of vampires... which draws the attention of vampires and vampire hunters alike... A new guest is joining us too, in the shape of freelance journalist Becci Sayce from Fangoria, Dread Central, and Second Sight... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Becci Sayce Editor: Dan Owen "I never wanted a war. I just wanted people to know what happened here. 98 men, women, children. My husband. And yet no one believed. They rebuilt the town. Life went on. But I was already dead inside. I never wanted a war." --- Stella 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. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 92. Fright Night (2011) with Sarah Williams

    92. Fright Night (2011) with Sarah Williams
    Dec 30 2024
    [10x2] A remake of a Vampire Videos favourite is up for discussion this week, with Craig Gillespie's 2011 version of Fright Night, starring Anton Yelchin as a teenager who starts to suspect his new neighbour Jerry (Colin Farrell) might be a vampire... And we have a new guest making her debut via podcast, too! It's film critic and videographer Sarah Williams... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Sarah Williams Editor: Dan Owen "Well security is a little lax since everybody got their throat torn out." -- Charley Brewster 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. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Bonus: Christmas Special 2024 - The Radleys (2024) with Frankie Pellatt

    Bonus: Christmas Special 2024 - The Radleys (2024) with Frankie Pellatt
    Dec 23 2024
    [BONUS] Seasons bleedings! Our 2024 Christmas Special takes a look at a British family vampire movie, Euro Lyn's The Radleys, based on the best-selling YA novel, about a family of abstaining vampires living in modern-day Whitby. And podcaster Frankie Pellatt is our very special seasonal guest, joining us inside the snowbound Vampire Villa to talk about the film... but also tell terrible Christmas crackers jokes and play three festive games we've each devised in secret... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Frankie Pellatt Editor: Hugh McStay "Blood doesn't satisfy cravings. It magnifies them." 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 91. The Vampire Lovers (1970) with Mary Muñoz

    91. The Vampire Lovers (1970) with Mary Muñoz
    Dec 16 2024
    [10x1] Season X launches with us rewinding the clock on Hammer to tackle non-Dracula strands of the famous production company's archive. And we begin with The Vampire Lovers from Roy Ward Baker, with Ingrid Pitt playing a female vampire preying on affluent women in 19th-century Germany... And completing her unintended recent trilogy of Vampire Videos guest appearances, it's copywriter and podcaster Mary Muñoz once again... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Hugh McStay "You must die! Everybody must die!." -- Marcilla 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Bonus: Season IX Ranking

    Bonus: Season IX Ranking
    Dec 9 2024
    [BONUS] Season IX has come to an end, which can mean only one thing: Dan and Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the recent episodes, rank the 11 films covered in order of merit, share interesting stats about the season, and tease what's to come next week with the launch of Season X... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay 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. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 90. Vamp (1986) with Mary Muñoz

    90. Vamp (1986) with Mary Muñoz
    Nov 25 2024
    [9x10] The Season IX finale is here, with a review of Richard Wenk's 1986 horror comedy Vamp, where two college students drive to the big city to hire a stripper for a frat party, only to find one nightclub's employees are all vampires... And making a welcome return, so soon after the Halloween Special, is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Dan Owen "Testy! You wanna know why I'm testy? I'll tell you why I'm testy. Today I was nearly hung, I got into a fight with a psychotic albino, I met a human pin cushion in the bathroom, I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappears and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator! I'VE HAD A BAD DAY!” — Keith 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. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 89. Salem's Lot (2024) with Dee Molumby

    89. Salem's Lot (2024) with Dee Molumby
    Nov 18 2024
    [9x9] Finally, it's time to head back to Salem's Lot for Gary Dauberman's long-delayed adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror story, where a best-selling author returns to his hometown to discover the community is being taken over by vampires... Helping us dissect the film is prolific Vampire Videos guest, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dee Molumby 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 88. The Addiction (1995) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

    88. The Addiction (1995) with Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
    Nov 11 2024
    [9x8] It's mid-1990s arthouse cinema time with Abel Ferrara's vampire drugs allegory The Addiction, starring Lili Taylor as an NYU student who is bitten by a vampire one evening and finds herself addicted to drinking human blood... And making her belated return in the podcasket is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor: Dan Owen "To face what we are in the end, we stand before the light and our true nature is revealed. Self-revelation is annihilation of self.”—Kathleen 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins