Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This spooky season (extended), we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week, we talked about the 1995 Canadian masterpiece- Blood and Donuts! If you'd like to catch up on our past coverage of other 1990s vampire flicks, check out these episodes: Episode 16: Interview with t…

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week, we talked about Abel Ferrara's 1995 vampire film The Addiction. We didn't get into it in the episode, but this movie is chock full of actors from The Sopranos. If you'd like to catch up on our coverage of other 199…

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. This week we cover Guillermo del Toro's first film, Cronos (1992/1993)! Bri and Leah are known members of the GDT cult, so I think you can guess how this one turned out. If you'd like to hear us discuss GDT some more, check o…

Welcome to our '90s Vamps series! This October, we'll be discussing some of the most interesting vampire films of the 1990s. We kick off the theme with From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's vampire crime western that spawned off a franchise. Bri and Leah had never seen it before, and we were... not of the majority opi…

This week, Leah and Bri dive into Let Me In (2010, dir. Matt Reeves), the American remake of Let the Right One In. While this film is pretty well regarded as far as English-language remakes go, we both find it lacking. If you haven't listened to our episode on the original, make sure to check that one out, too! It's much more positive. As always, t…

This week Leah and Bri cover a relatively new release, The Last Voyage of the Demeter (dir. André Øvredal, 2023). Taking inspiration from a single passage in the Bram Stoker classic Dracula, this film spins an embellished tale of the last doomed voyage of the cargo ship the titular vampire took over on his way to England. Find out what we thought o…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double feature because the penultimate and final episodes of the season aired together. We are covering 5.9, "A Weekend at Morrigan Manor," and 5.10, "Exit Interview" (both…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This week, we discuss episode 5.8, "The Roast" (aired August 24, 2023). The housemates try and get Lazslo out of his funk by hosting a roast with the Baron (and Sean) in attendanc…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This week, we discuss episode 5.7, "Hybrid Creatures" (aired August 17, 2023). Nadja gives back to the Antipaxon-American community, Colin and Nandor have a teach-off, and Guiller…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double feature because life got in the way, but hurray for twice the laughs this week! We are covering 5.5, "Local News," and 5.6, "Urgent Care" (aired August 3rd and Augus…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. We're covering 5.4, "The Campaign" (aired July 27, 2023). Colin Robinson runs for comptroller, Nandor tries to make a new friend, and Nadja introduces Laszlo to the crew in Little…

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. We're covering 5.3, "Pride Parade" (aired July 20, 2023). It was just as gay and wild as you'd expect and we loved every depraved minute, as usual. Support the show Sound effects …

Join Leah and Bri this summer as we recap the new episodes of season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows! We are so excited to cover this season episode-by-episode as it airs. This a double episode, since FX dropped the first to eps of the season at once. We're covering 5.1, "The Mall," and 5.2, "A Night Out with the Guys" (both aired July 13, 2023). Do…

This week, Bri and Leah disagree about the merits of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003, dir. Stephen Norrington). It's a Fang Club reunion, with quite a few returning players making appearances in this episode! As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Support the show Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” b…

This week, Leah and Bri chat about another Irish vampire film: Boys from County Hell (dir. Chris Baugh, 2020). We enjoyed this folk-horror spin on the usual vampire lore! We're out here stumping for Shudder (our favorite streaming service) yet again. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for some swearing. Support the show Sound effects credits…

For our momentous 75th episode, Bri and Leah finally decided to cover Only Lovers Left Alive (2013/14, dir. Jim Jarmusch). This film is a personal favorite of both hosts and a major entry in the 21st-century vampire film canon. We previously discussed this film briefly in our Hot Vampires Valentine's Day special (episode 21), if you want a little m…

That's right, it's time to wrap up our Underworld coverage with an episode on the fifth (and so far final) installment in the franchise. Underworld: Blood Wars (2017, dir. Anna Foerster) doesn't end the series with a bang, but we still liked it better than Awakening. Stay until the end for Bri and Leah's official Underworld rankings. As usual, this…

This week, Bri and Leah chat about a new release! We're talking about Renfield (2023, dir. Chris McKay). If you want to listen to the review but haven't seen the film yet, you can listen to the first part of this episode! In a change of pace for us, we stay spoiler-free until 17:52. (We also verbally note in the episode when we get to the spoiler s…

Join Bri and Leah as they attempt to explain the Canadian cult curio that is Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001, dir. Lee Demarbre). As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Here's the "Atheists in the park fight" in all of its glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYEy6rbK8k Support the show Sound effects credits: “Crea…

This week, Bri and Leah discuss The Transfiguration (2017, dir. Michael O'Shea). We talk about how this film positions itself in the lineage of "realistic" vampire movies like Martin and Let the Right One In. **CORRECTION: The Transfiguration did get a limited theatrical release in the U.S. after its North American festival debut at SXSW in 2017.**…

If you love listening to Bri and Leah talk about vampires... would you like to join us for a new podcast project? The Fang Club co-hosts will be recapping the first season of NBC's Hannibal week by week, in honor of the show's 10th anniversary. Bri and Leah are huge fans of the show, and we invite you to rewatch the brilliant first season with us. …

This week, Leah and Bri take a look at the Australian, microbudget, queer, transgender vampire film So Vam (2022, dir. Alice Maio Mackay). We did look into the research on Bram Stoker's sexuality, and here's a good primer on why it's more than likely that Stoker was a closeted gay man: https://www.salon.com/2022/08/30/dracula-queer-horror-bram-stok…

This week, it's Guillermo del Toro time! We're talking about Blade II (2002). This episode is marked explicit for some swearing and, uh, blood cocaine. CORRECTION: Leah incorrectly states that the three films GDT made before Blade II were not in English. Del Toro's second film was, in fact, in English; he made Mimic (1997) for Miramax's Dimension F…

This week, Bri and Leah do something a little different: we're talking about cannibals! But these cannibals could definitely pass as vampires if they wanted to. We're looking at Ravenous (1999, dir. Antonia Bird) and Bones and All (2022, dir. Luca Guadagnino). While these films might seem like a weird double feature... hear us out! The articles Lea…

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the recent Irish horror-comedy Let the Wrong One In (2022, dir. Conor McMahon). Surprising no one, we reveal that our favorite man on Buffy is Giles. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. Support the show Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://fre…

This week, Bri and Leah discuss the absolute worst vampire film of the 21st century: Uwe Boll's BloodRayne (2005). It's... something. We hated it, profoundly. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. Support the show Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Doo…

Welcome to our series... "Dracula: Where Is He Now?" which focuses on Dracula's one hundred years of film stardom. Leah and Bri have periodically released the parts of this series over the last year; this is the final installment! Each part thematically groups pre- and post-2000 Dracula films. "Part Four: Romantic Dracula" highlights two adaptation…

Welcome to our series... "Dracula: Where Is He Now?" which focuses on Dracula's one hundred years of film stardom. Leah and Bri have periodically released the parts of this series over the last year; this is the final installment! Each part thematically groups pre- and post-2000 Dracula films. "Part Four: Romantic Dracula" highlights two adaptation…

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the Netflix original action-comedy Day Shift (2022, dir. J. J. Perry). The main theme of this episode? How much we hate Dave Franco. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Support the show Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.or…

This week, Bri and Leah chat about a recent indie gem: My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (dir. Jonathan Cuartas, 2021). We dug this grim, disturbing, low-key spin on the vampire film. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Show Notes: If you're curious (or if you think you recognized any spots and wanted to conf…

This week, Bri and Leah discuss Tim Burton's 2012 remake/reboot of the classic supernatural soap Dark Shadows. This movie is a mess, but Eva Green remains our queen. Support the show Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jsha…

This week, Bri and Leah observe a holiday episode tradition by discussing Interview with the Vampire. This year, instead of the 1994 movie, we're talking about season one of the 2022 TV adaptation. We LOVE this show, and we hope you enjoy our super-sized discussion of the perfect first season. As promised, here's the link to the first of Leah's rec…

This week, Bri and Leah chat about the third installment in the Underworld franchise: 2009's Rise of the Lycans (dir. Patrick Tatopoulos). It's Michael Sheen o'clock again at Fang Club! Show Notes: The clip of Michael Sheen's inspirational speech for the Welsh football team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fpV0OFC0vc Start this clip at 2:24 for th…

This week, Bri and Leah discuss a new Shudder original: Blood Relatives (dir. Noah Segan, 2022). We enjoyed this low-key vampire road movie. Here are a couple of those interviews Leah mentioned in the episode! With Megan Navarro for Bloody Disgusting: https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3740275/blood-relatives-filmmaker-noah-segan-shares-touch…

This week, Bri and Leah unofficially cap off Twilight November with a discussion of the 2010 parody film Vampires Suck (dir. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer). Also, Leah reveals the embarrassing number of times she's watched Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. As usual, this episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs. Support the show Sound …

Twilight November #3 This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the epic conclusion to the Twilight Sa…

Twilight November #2 This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the filling in the Twilight sandwich: …

Twilight November #1 This November, Bri and Leah are finally tackling THE vampire films of the 21st century. That's right, we're covering the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part II. Our Twilight Saga series will be three episodes. This week, we're talking about the original film, Twilight (2008, dir…

'80s Vamps #4 For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're talking about Tony Scott's debut film The Hunger (1983). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Door, Wo…

'80s Vamps #3 For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're chatting about Kathryn Bigelow's vampire-Western Near Dark (1987). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Show Notes/Supplemental Reading: Sarah Welch-Larsen for Bright Wall/Dark Room on how the film engages with th…

'80s Vamps #2 For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're coving a film that might not count as a classic, but has nonetheless been reclaimed: Lifeforce (1985, dir. Tobe Hooper). We invited friend of the pod Terry Waldher back to chat about this wild film with us. This episode is marked explici…

'80s Vamps #1 For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! We had to start with The Lost Boys (1987, dir. Joel Schumacher), one of Bri's favorite movies of all time. Join us as we discuss the film that basically invented the teen vampire genre. This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Support…

This week, Bri and Leah are joined by Mariana Delgado to discuss the recently wrapped season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows. (If you want a discussion of the previous three seasons, check out Episode 33 with Veronica Phillips!) We discuss each character's season four arc in detail. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. Find Ma…

This week, Bri and Leah are joined by Leah's friend Nick to discuss Blade (1998, dir. Stephen Norrington). We chat about how Blade influenced almost a decade's worth of vampire action movies, whether or not Blade has a social security number, and why bananas late '90s CGI rules, actually. This episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs, as usual. …

This week, Bri and Leah try to spin straw into gold. We got 45 minutes of discussion out of Bloodsucking Bastards (2015, dir. Brian O'Connell), but only about 20 of those are on topic. Come for the movie talk, stay for the extended Horny Corner chat about our king Pedro Pascal. We kept the thirsting PG-13, but the episode is marked explicit for som…

This week, Leah and Bri chat about a new(ish) release: The Invitation (2022, dir. Jessica M. Thompson). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freeso…

This week, Leah and Bri unpack their feelings about the indie horror comedy Summer of Blood (2014, dir. Onur Tukel). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual. Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.…

This week, Leah and Bri chat about the Shudder exclusive Blood Vessel (dir. Justin Dix, 2020), a Nazi vampire film that really doesn't have many Nazis in it. This episode is marked explicit for some swearing and some *speculation* about how Daddy bat-vampire pleasures his lady vamp. Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Free…

This week, Leah and Bri discuss the TV show First Kill (2022, 1 season on Netflix). Sound effects credits: “Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/) "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/411791/) Support the show Sound effects credits:…

Welcome to True Blood July! Leah and Bri will be discussing the TV show True Blood (2008-2014) for the rest of the month. It's hot outside, and we know you're thirsty. This is the third episode of the series, although the episodes don't necessarily have to be listened to in order. We discuss a different group of characters in each episode; we don't…