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It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…
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Join your Vampire Videos hosts, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay, as they embark on a thrilling journey through a century of blood-soaked cinema. From the chilling shadows of early German Expressionism to the glittering fangs of Hollywood's Golden Age, we'll delve into every crypt, coven, and coffin on celluloid. Prepare for a feast of B-movie thrills, Hammer Horror chills, blockbuster battles, and even the occasional rom-com with a bite. We'll dissect every fang-tastic flick with the help of special guests and horror experts... one bite at a time. Ready to explore the dark side of cinema? Visit our Linktree (www.linktr.ee/vampirevideos). A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network (www.filmstories.co.uk). Don't miss out – it'll be a scream!
Innhold levert av Film Stories. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Film Stories eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Join your Vampire Videos hosts, Dan Owen and Hugh McStay, as they embark on a thrilling journey through a century of blood-soaked cinema. From the chilling shadows of early German Expressionism to the glittering fangs of Hollywood's Golden Age, we'll delve into every crypt, coven, and coffin on celluloid. Prepare for a feast of B-movie thrills, Hammer Horror chills, blockbuster battles, and even the occasional rom-com with a bite. We'll dissect every fang-tastic flick with the help of special guests and horror experts... one bite at a time. Ready to explore the dark side of cinema? Visit our Linktree (www.linktr.ee/vampirevideos). A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network (www.filmstories.co.uk). Don't miss out – it'll be a scream!
[11x9] From the studio behind the Underworld and Resident Evil films, we're tackling 2011's Priest , with Paul Bettany as the titular cleric, who goes after a gang of vampires after they kidnap his niece... And making his debut on the show is popular online film critic and author 'Outlaw Vern' ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Outlaw Vern Editor : Dan Owen ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for FREE . ★ "After all, if you're not committing sin... you're not having fun." -- Black Hat 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…
[11x8] We're back in rainy Forks, Washington, for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from director Chris Weitz. In this 2009 sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson) split up, opening the door for hunky werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to make a play for her affections... And making her return to the show is film critic and videographer Sarah Williams ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Sarah Williams Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for FREE . ★ "What a happy surprise! So Bella is alive after all. Isn't that wonderful? I love a happy ending... they are so rare." -- Aro 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…
[11x7] Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror Sinners is our next serving, concerning twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, only to discover a great evil is now lurking there... And making another welcome return to the show is editor, film critic, and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Mary Muñoz Editor : Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for FREE . ★ "You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home." -- Jedidiah 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…
[11x6] We complete the From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy with P.J Pesce's straight-to-video sequel The Hangman's Daughter , which reveals the origin story of Santanico Pandemonium in the Old West as a ragtag group consisting of a famous author, a religious couple, and Mexican outlaws find themselves at a brothel full of vampires... And making her first return to the show is film critic Becci Sayce ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Becci Sayce Editor : Dan Owen "My singular critique of the Good Book is that its covers are too far apart." -- Ambrose Bierce. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also donate 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…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[10x6] We take our first step into animation and Japanese film with 1985's Vampire Hunter D from director Toyoo Ashida, which adapts the famous novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi about a half-human/half-vampire ridding the world of the undead in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's been overrun with monsters and mutants... To help us, making his debut on the show is comic-book writer Jared Wayne Gifford ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Jared Wayne Gifford Editor : Dan Owen "I have lived in this world for 10,0000 years, and yet you lack the capacity to understand what that truly means. When years cease to have meaning, boredom is a mortal foe. It is a war for constant stimulation, and if that means debasing our line with humans, then so be it." -- Count Magnus Lee 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…
[10x5] We're back in the Underworld franchise with the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans from director Patrick Tatopoulos, which explains the origin of Lycan leader Lucian (Michael Sheen), set against the backdrop of his doomed romance with vampire Sonya (Rhona Mitra) and a Lycan rebellion... And returning to the show is Frankencast co-host Anthony Bowman ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Anthony Bowman Editor : Dan Owen "I have no wish to remove one shackle from around your necks, only to replace them with one of my own." -- Lucian 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…
[10x4] We take to the skies for the Netflix action horror film Blood Red Sky , directed by Peter Thorwarth, which finds a terminally ill German woman travelling across the Atlantic for life-saving treatment with her son, only to find their flight taken over by terrorists. But, unfortunately for the hijackers, her symptoms include drinking human blood... And back to help us dissect this movie is Ghoulfriends podcaster Lindsay Drysdale ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Lindsay Drysdale 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…
[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…
[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 podcasket, 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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[9x7] An early "talkie" is up for discussion this week, in the form of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 Gothic horror film Vampyr , where a student of the paranormal stays overnight in a village inn apparently stalked by a blood-sucking creature... And making her belated third trip in the podcasket is university lecturer and horror expert Professor Stacey Abbott ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor : Hugh McStay "Why does the doctor always come at night?" -- Léone 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…
[BONUS] It's the spookiest time of the year, which means Dan and Hugh are back around the vampire campfire for another Halloween Special . This time, reviewing the winner of the social media 'DRECKULA' poll, Dracula 2000 , starring Gerard Butler as the famous vampire. But they'll also be sharing some real-life bloodcurdling ghost stories along the way... Joining the boys around the fire is the editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz , who has her own scary story to share too... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Mary Muñoz Editors : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen "You made the world in your image. Now I make it in mine." -- Dracula 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 • "The Forgotten Rusty Carousel" Music + sound effects from Epidemic Sound • Episode art by Dan Owen . Podcast art by Keshav . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[9x6] It's a clash of the titans in B-movie director Al Adamson's Dracula vs. Frankenstein , where the Prince of Darkness joins forces with a descendent of Dr Frankenstein to benefit from a serum to enable him to walk around in daylight. (It sounds better than it is...) The Frankencas t co-host Anthony Bowman makes his first return to the show to explain himself... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Anthony Bowman Editor : Hugh McStay "They have seen all the illusions in my creature emporium, but they have yet to face the greatest illusion: the illusion of reality."---Dr Durea Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also donate 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…
[9x5] The mid-Season IX point arrives with director Park Chan-wook's 2013 "vampire film" Stoker , which concerns a sullen 18-year-old girl (Mia Wasikowska) who comes under the spell of her mysterious uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) following the death of her father... Making her long-awaited debut in the podcasket to talk about one of her favourite films is the film journalist and author Zoë Rose Smith ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Zoë Rose Smith Editor : Hugh McStay "He used to say, sometimes you need to do something bad to stop you from doing something worse." -- India Stoker 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…
[9x4] We rummage inside the direct-to-video bin for Scott Spiegel's 1999 horror crime thriller From Dusk Till Dawn: Texas Blood Money , where a gang of criminals (led by Robert Patrick) are slowly transformed into vampires while trying to pull off a bank heist in Mexico... And a new guest is arriving by podcasket, in the shape of author and broadcaster Kim Taylor-Foster ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Kim Taylor-Foster Editor : Dan Owen "El Coyote? What's that mean in American?." -- Ray Bob 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…
[9x3] Hammer's Dracula saga comes to an end with The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires , which finds Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) helping eight siblings reclaim their mountain village from seven powerful vampires and an army of the undead... And back to help us pick this final Dracula story apart, it's comic-book writer and podcaster Wayne Talbot ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Wayne Talbot Editor : Dan Owen "I need to walk this Earth again, free from these walls, free from this mausoleum. I will return to your temple, in your image, Kah. I will recall the 7 Golden Vampires, as my own host. Tools of my vengeance on mankind, I will take on your mentor.."---Count Dracula 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…
[9x2] We're heading to the skies for another Stephen King adaptation - it's Mark Pavia's 1997 adaptation of his short story The Night Flier , about a despicable tabloid reporter (Miguel Ferrer) investigating what seems to be a vampire flying into local airfields to drink the blood of whoever's unfortunate enough to cross his path... And returning for another appearance (and his second Stephen King film) is Creepy & Geeky podcaster Robert Clark ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Robert Clark Editor : Dan Owen "My wife Martha reads your paper. After she's done with it, I use it to line our kitty's toilet box. Soaks that cat piss real good." -- Ezra Hannon Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also donate 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…
[9x1] Season IX begins with a movie many have been waiting for! It's Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's best-selling romantic fantasy novel Twilight , which concerns a teenage girl who moves to a remote forest town and falls in love with a handsome classmate she soon learns is a vampire... And we have fresh blood to start a new run of episodes, with journalist and podcaster Tom Beasley ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Tom Beasley Editor : Hugh McStay "I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore.." -- Edward Cullen 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…
[BONUS] It's that time again! Dan and Hugh are still convened around the vampire campfire, this time to reflect on Season VIII and reveal their combined Top 10 of everything discussed. As ever, they'll also quiz each other about each movie! And to finish, a tease of what listeners can expect from Season IX is a great way to end the show... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen 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…
[BONUS] Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on two years of Vampire Videos and the 80 full episodes (+ bonuses) that have been released so far. The entertainment we have includes: Dan & Hugh's Top 10 Vampires! Our Top 6 Most Prolific Guests! All the Vampire Films That Are Coming Soon-ish... Maybe! 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 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
[8x10] Season VIII draws to a close with Dan Curtis's 1974 TV film Bram Stoker's Dracula , starring Jack Palance as the famous vampire drawn to the reincarnation of his deceased lover after moving to England... Making his debut on the show to talk about it is writer and filmmaker Chris Brosnahan ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Chris Brosnahan Editor : Dan Owen Watch Chris's films on YouTube ! "Mr Harker... now I go to England, and you... to Hell!" -- Count Dracula 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…
[8x9] Our penultimate Season VIII episode is on Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet's 2024 horror-comedy Abigail , about a gang of criminals who get more than they bargained for when they hold the young daughter of a wealthy man for ransom, only to realise she's a deadly vampire... Film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby makes another return to the show to talk about it... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay "Sammy, those are fuckin' onions." -- Frank 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…
[8x8] We return to Timur Bekmambetov's Russian fantasy duology, with the concluding half to Night Watch ... it's Day Watch . A year has passed and Anton is accused of murder as he tries to find the real killer and an ancient object with the power to change destiny... And making her return to the show is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor : Dan Owen "Imperfections are hidden in darkness, Yegor. And people always have their imperfections." -- Zavulon 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…
[8x7] We're back for Pablo Larrain's alternate history of Chilean dictator (and vampire?) General Pinochet; a black comedy horror film that mixes real-world politics with the supernatural. It's El Conde . Does anyone care for a liquidised heart? Making another return to Vampire Videos to explore this fascinating film is author and podcaster Tony Black ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Tony Black Editor : Dan Owen "There's nothing more gruesome than seeing a man fall in love.." -- Margaret 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…
[8x6] We return to AMC's adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire for Season 2, where Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles) try to escape the bad memories of Lestat (Sam Reid) by travelling to Europe during World War II, where they become embroiled with a theatre troupe of Parisian vampires... This episode is a super-cut of the fortnightly discussions we originally made available to subscribers of our Bitten tier, all packaged together. So it's over three hours long! To help you navigate and bookmark, here are some approximate timecodes: 2x1 - "What Can the Damned Really Say to the Damned" (00:00:30) 2x2 • 2x3 - "Do You Know What It Means to Be Loved by Death" • "No Pain" (00:30:56) 2x4 • 2x5 - "I Want You More Than Anything in the World" • "Don't Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape" (01:07:26) 2x6 • 2x7 - "Like the Light by Which God Made the World Before He Made Light" • "I Could Not Prevent It" (01:44:00) 2x8 - "And That's The End of It. There's Nothing Else" (02:26:03) Returning to continue the discussion of IWTV after the first season is freelance writer Kim Morrison ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kim Morrison Editors : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay "If you want the insanity back. If you want an escape from the prison of empathy I've locked you away in, all you had to do was ask, Louis." -- Armand 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…
[8x5] We reach mid-Season VIII with Fright Night Part 2 , Tommy Lee Wallace's 1988 sequel to the 1985 original, which finds Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) encountering the sister of the vampire they slayed last time... And making another return to the show is Vampire Videos' favourite, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Dee Molumby Editor : Hugh McStay "Forewarned is forearmed... to the unending task of conquering the forces of evil, wherever they might appear." -- Peter Vincent 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…
[8x4] We're continuing the vampires vs. werewolves franchise with Underworld: Evolution , which finds vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) discovering the true origins of her species... To talk about this sequel, podcaster Lindsay Drysdale returns to the show... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Lindsay Drysdale Editor : Dan Owen "Ah. The predictable heart that never thaws. Pity it beats within such a fool. The eldest of the immortals, yet you have made no attempt to seize your destiny." -- Marcus 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…
[8x3] Christopher Lee makes his final bow as Count Dracula in Alan Gibson's Hammer horror sequel The Satanic Rites of Dracula , which finds the master vampire trying to cause a global genocide... And making a belated return to the show is Yahoo ! writer and James Bond A-Z podcaster Tom Butler ... Hosts : Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest : Tom Butler Editor : Hugh McStay "He'd want to bring down the whole universe with him. The ultimate revenge. Thousands dying of the plague, and like the shadow of death itself, one figure scything its way through the terror and anguish: Count Dracula. It's the Biblical prophecy of Armageddon.." -- Van Helsing 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…
[8x2] Will Smith is the last man alive in Francis Lawrence's 2007 retelling of the famous Richard Matheson story I Am Legend , set in a post-apocalyptic New Yorky City where infected people have become nocturnal creatures... And returning to the podcast is Ramblin Amblin podcaster and film critic Andrew Gaudion ... Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Andrew Gaudion Editor : Dan Owen "God didn't do this - we did!” -- Neville Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can donate 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…
[8x1] Season VIII begins with Mel Brooks' 1995 spoof comedy Dracula: Dead & Loving It , starring Leslie Nielsen as the eponymous vampire, in a spoof retelling of Bram Stoker's famous story... And making her return to the show is the Labours of Hercule podcaster and self-styled 'queen of puns', Frankie Pellatt . Hosts : Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest : Frankie Pellatt Editor : Hugh McStay "Would an enema help?." -- Dr Seward 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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