BONUS - Season 5 Ranking Dan and Hugh return to the vampire campfire to reflect on Season 5 and reveal their combined Top 10 ranking of everything they saw. They'll also quiz each other about each film for added fun! Can Dan finally beat Hugh's four-win streak? Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen & https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Editor Hugh McStay Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethisnetwork.com podcast network. Opening & Closing theme music: 'Tales from the Grave' by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen & 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle, both via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x10 - BLADE (1998) Season 5 draws to a close with our 50th episode (excluding bonuses) and we're tackling a favourite for many: Stephen Norrington's 1998 comic-book action film Blade, with Wesley Snipes as the eponymous half-vampire/half-human who stalks Los Angeles slaying vampires to keep the world safe... And helping us explore this Marvel blockbuster is film critic and podcaster Darren Mooney, making his third appearance on the show... Hosts https://twitter.com/danowen79 & https://twitter.com/angryscotsman81 Guest https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney Editor Dan Owen "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill..." - Blade Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethisnetwork.com podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x9 - THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA (1971) Count Yorga is back for this fast-tracked sequel, again directed by Bob Kelljan, which finds the master vampire (Robert Quarry) resurrected to terrorise the staff of an orphanage... Back for a fourth time to help discuss the film is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn.... Hosts https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay & https://linktr.ee/danowen Guest https://twitter.com/VampireSorcha Editor Hugh McStay "Dr Baldwin, this is Count Yorga. You are going to die. You are going to die a most horrible death! You've been a fool, doctor, and now you are to die! -- Count Yorga Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethisnetwork.com podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

BONUS - HALLOWEEN 2023 Hugh and Dan are back for another spooky special, this time focusing on three short films about vampires. And joining us around the vampire campfire is a triptych of VIP guests: author and podcaster Tony Black, film critic and broadcaster Dee Molumby, and easily the podcast's No.1 fan Violet Hammond... Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen& https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Guests https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter (Suicide by Sunlight) • https://linktr.ee/violet.h.310 (Elysia) • https://twitter.com/deirdremolumby (V) Editor Dan Owen Further listening: Tony and Hugh discuss In the Mouth of Madness https://www.spreaker.com/show/at-the-movies-in-the-90s. Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethisnetwork.com podcast network. Opening theme music: 'Fright Night' by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen. Closing theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle, both via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x8 - BLACK SUNDAY (a.k.a THE MASK OF SATAN) (1960) A vampiric witch (Barbara Steele) returns from the grave to try and possess the body of her owns beautiful look-alike descendant in Mario Bava's influential horror classic Black Sunday. And making her debut in the sarcophopod is Frankie Pellatt, co-host of the https://readandburiedpodcast.com podcast... Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen & https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Guest https://linktr.ee/frankieisswell Editor Dan Owen "You will never escape my vengeance, or of Satan's! My revenge will seek you out, and with the blood of your sons, and of their sons, and their sons, I will continue to live forever! They will restore me to life you now rob from me!" -- Princess Asa Vaja. Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethispodcasts.com/podcast/vampire-videos podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x7 - SLEEPWALKERS (1992) The Master of Horror, Stephen King, wrote Sleepwalkers for Mick Garris to direct, which concerns two incestuous shape-shifting vampires trying to sustain the existence of their species by feeding on the energy of virginal women... And making his belated return in the sarcophopod is the host of the Creepy & Geeky podcast, Robert Clark... Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen & https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Guest https://linktr.ee/creepyandgeeky Editor Dan Owen "No vegetables, no dessert... that's the rules." -- Mary Brady Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethispodcasts.com/podcast/vampire-videos podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x6 - FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) Tom Holland's classic Fright Night is our film this week, which concerns a teenage boy who becomes aware his next-door neighbour is a vampire responsible for a series of local murders, so in desperation enlists the help of an over-the-hill English actor famous for slaying the undead at the movies... Back for a third time to help discuss the movie is university lecturer, author, and vampire expert Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn.... Hosts https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay & https://linktr.ee/danowen Guest https://twitter.com/VampireSorcha Editor Hugh McStay "Oh, you're so COOL, Brewster!" - Evil Ed. Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethisnetwork.com podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x5 - TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (1970) Christopher Lee returns once again as Count Dracula for Peter Sasdy's Hammer horror sequel Taste the Blood of Dracula, which concerns three gentlmen who decide to resurrect the master vampire as part of their desire to chase transgressive experiences... Our guest this week is screen, stage, and radio writer Brendon Connelly... Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen & https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Guest https://brendonconnelly.carrd.co Editor Dan Owen "They have destroyed my servant. They will be destroyed..." -- Count Dracula. Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. Special note to explain what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss is for non-UK listeners. A proud part of the https://wemadethispodcasts.com/podcast/vampire-videos podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x4 - LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) The cult indie Let's Scare Jessica to Death, directed by John Hancock, is up for discussion this week. This 1971 horror film concerns a recently institutionalized woman called Jessica (Zohra Lampert) who has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse... Our guest this week is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay & https://linktr.ee/danowen Guest https://twitter.com/MissMaimePeas Editor Hugh McStay "I sit here and I can't believe that it happened. And yet I have to believe it. Dreams or nightmares? Madness or sanity? I don't know which is which." -- Jessica Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and have it reach more listeners. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethispodcasts.com/podcast/vampire-videos podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.

5x3 - THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (2003) This ill-fated summer blockbuster from director Stephen Norrington is next in store; a big-budget adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, about a group of Victorian literary heroes - led by Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) - assembled to prevent a world war... And making an incredible sixth appearance on Vampire Videos, it's author and podcaster Tony Black... Hosts https://linktr.ee/danowen & https://linktr.ee/hughmcstay Guest https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Editor Dan Owen "May this new century be yours, son, as the old one was mine." -- Allan Quatermain. Why not get https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideos/tiers and join our Ko-fi membership tier, to access episodes earlier? Or subscribe and leave us a rating or review to help spread the word. It's the best way to help grow the podcast and make it discoverable by more people. You can also leave a donation at https://ko-fi.com/vampirevideosand follow us on various social media platforms https://linktr.ee/vampirevideos. A proud part of the https://wemadethispodcasts.com/podcast/vampire-videos podcast network. Theme music: 'The Victim' by Mary Riddle via https://www.epidemicsound.com • Podcast artwork by Dan Owen.