Episodes

  • 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 "Quote." -- Name 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
  • 87. Vampyr (1932) with Prof. Stacey Abbott

    87. Vampyr (1932) with Prof. Stacey Abbott
    Nov 4 2024
    [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
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Bonus: Halloween Special 2024 - Dracula 2000 (2000) with Mary Muñoz

    Bonus: Halloween Special 2024 - Dracula 2000 (2000) with Mary Muñoz
    Oct 28 2024
    [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
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 86. Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971) with Anthony Bowman

    86. Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971) with Anthony Bowman
    Oct 21 2024
    [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 Frankencast 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
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 85. Stoker (2013) with Zoë Rose Smith

    85. Stoker (2013) with Zoë Rose Smith
    Oct 7 2024
    [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
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 84. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) with Kim Taylor-Foster

    84. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) with Kim Taylor-Foster
    Sep 30 2024
    [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
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    1 hr and 4 mins