Video Vampires

Can you believe we haven't done an episode on 1989's The Church? Neither can we. But here it is along with Jessica telling you the good, the bad, and the ugly about recent films and Mickey extolling the virtues of the BMX film classic Rad!

It's a new year and we're off to a grand start with one of the best giallo films: The House With Laughing Windows

We're back from our Thanksgiving hiatus and we chow down on a real turkey. There's two Oliver Reed snake films of the 80's and we pick the bad one! We're talking about 1983's Spasms where Oliver Reed yells "BLOATING" while strapped in a chair. Good stuff!

Halloween is days away and the Video Vampires duo have got a scary pick for you....none other than the 2007 Spanish horror flick Rec. Listen as they talk about the movie that inspired 3 sequels and an American remake (Quarantine)

There's always room for giallo when the Video Vampires duo talk the Sergio Martino 1971 gem The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh aka Blade Of The Ripper aka Next!

We're coming back next week with a new episode (hope you like Giallo films) but in the meantime Mickey wants to tell you about a special project he's working on and how you can help: https://seedandspark.com/fund/bigmouth#story

The Video Vampires duo talk some new releases and then dive right into a film that frankly deserves even more love than it gets when it comes to zombie horror: 1974's The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue AKA Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

We talk the long awaited sequel "28 YEARS Later" and then talk the curious little LA horror flick "Star Time" from 1991 starring Michael St Gerard (Hairspray) and John P Ryan (It's Alive)

The late 80's and early 90's saw a lot of movies about executed killers coming back for revenge but how many of those movies starred Lou Diamond Phillips as a cop tracking one down? Only one and that's the one we watched in this episode. That's right folks we're talking about The First Power from 1990!

The Video Vampires duo return with a recap on recent movies and then dive into the charmingly weird My Demon Lover where a guy turns into a demon every time his new girlfriend gets him.....excited.

It's time to get weird with a dive into this 80's curiosity "White Of The Eye" starring David Keith (not Keith David) and Cathy Moriarty. Get ready for some esoteric symbolism in the desert with this one!

Jessica and Mickey catch up after Jessica's big move and they launch into recent TV, the Oscars, and David Lynch before things get cheesy and sleazy with "Dr. Butcher M.D. aka Zombie Holocaust."

We're back and giving an often overlooked 90's horror film a chance when we watch the 1996 werewolf film Bad Moon starring Eddie from Eddie and the Cruisers (aka Michael Pare)

Come sit and your enjoy a nice holiday meal whilst we talk about Home For The Holidays, the 1972 made for TV horror starring Jessica Walter and Sally Field and a slasher in a raincoat!

When five kids randomly show up to your fancy house in Lake Arrowhead what could possibly go wrong? Find out as the Video Vampires duo talk Devil Times Five aka People Toys aka The Horrible House On The Hill

It's Halloween again, our favorite time of the year, and in this special Halloween episode we pick our favorite Halloween films!

What's scarier: 90's dial up internet wait times or 2002's "Fear Dot Com" Listen as the Video Vampires duo try to decide while talking about William Malone's strange millennial horror flick

Following on the heels of Dark Shadows and Count Yorga comes another modern vampire film from the 70's- one of the crazier ones- Grave Of The Vampire. Listen as the Video Vampires duo dive into this wonderful piece of cinematic insanity.

It's time for a quiet visit to a totally not creepy house near a totally not creepy marsh where there's a totally not creepy woman in black. That's right, in this episode we talk the original 1989 TV movie The Woman In Black which was adapted by Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale and directed by British TV mini-series legend Herbert Wise

It's a hot summer and to cool off we're going up to the Great White North for a chilly little viewing of the troubled 1983 film Curtains

This an episode not to be missed! We talk about your future favorite movie, the Serbian horror comedy Strangler Vs Strangler from 1984. Serbian serial killers, bumbling detectives, and new wave collide in this underrated gem!

In honor of those that raised us we kick back and talk the very un-family friendly Mother's Day from 1980

"THE KILLER DOLLS!!!!" That's right, the gang is back and this month we talk new releases before diving into the 1987 killer doll flick Dolls directed by the late great Stuart Gordon

The Video Vampires duo tackle an interesting one in this episode. A movie that spawned a video game that inspired another video game which eventually had it's own film franchise. What kind of craziness is this? It's the 1989 Japanese horror film Sweet Home. What video game did it inspire? Check it out right now!

It's time for another trip to Italy as the Video Vampires duo watch Mario Bava's proto-giallo The Evil Eye from 1963 starring Letitia Roman and the one and only John Saxon

Christmas isn't over until you spend it with the Video Vampires duo. This holiday episode we cover the only film to feature a homicidal snowman: 1997's Jack Frost

After a short unexpected hiatus the Video Vampires duo return and for our post-Halloween episode we're talking about Abel Ferrera's 1993 remake "Body Snatchers"

Are maggots really terrifying or just an inconvenience? That's one of many things we discuss on our latest installment of international horror. In this episode we're checking out a bonafide classic in Italian horror cinema, Lucio Fulci's 1980 CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, the first in the infamous Gates Of Hell trilogy

We're taking a quick break from our International Film Tour part 2 to pay tribute to one of the greats. That's right we're freakin' on Friedkin and talk some of his more notable flicks before diving into his 2nd horror film 1990's The Guardian.

The Video Vampires World Tour continues as we tackle the Serbian folk horror Lepterica.

After an unexpected hiatus, we're back on our international tour. This episode we absolutely had to stay in Spain to cover Ivan Zulueta's crazy (and sadly only) feature film Arrebato. It's a wild ode to the charms and dangers of cinema and we dive right into it!

It's the next stop of our World Tour 2023. Today's episode brings us to Spain where we both hop off a train for no good reason and spend the night with the first installment in Spain's Blind Dead franchise: the 1972 Tombs Of The Blind Dead

It's International Horror part 2 and we're starting with a bang: it's the infamous 1999 Japanese horror flick Audition! Here us deep dive into the craziness that is this horror masterpiece.

If you're into European knock offs of The Exorcist than this episode is for you! We're going to take a trip to Italy with the 1974 sleaze and cheese fest that is 1974's The Antichrist.

It's Easter and we're looking at 1999's Resurrection, a shameless Se7en rip off starring the legendary Christopher Lambert. Will the killer finish assembling his Jesus Frankenstein or will Lambert go straight up Highlander on him? We check it out so you don't have to.....though you totally should.

It's horror spaghetti style when we watch 1980's Cannibal Apocalypse which merged the two big Italian horror subgenres (cannibal and zombie films) to make one hell of a flick starring the incomparable John Saxon

If you like your movies to blur the lines between reality and dreams than you're gonna dig our new episode where we talk Candyman director Bernard Rose's 1988 flick Paperhouse!

It's a new year and we're starting it off with a crazy one. Imagine if The Omen had a lovechild with 2001: A Space Odyssey and you might have an idea of the insanity of 1979's The Visitor. This is the flick we're ringing in 2023 with so come and join in the craziness!

It's that time of the year for more Xmas horror as the Video Vampires duo take a look at Curtis Harrington's Christmas themed entry in the "psycho biddy" sub-genre with Who Slew Auntie Roo?

Let it be known brothers and sisters that the Video Vampires duo celebrate Halloween by checking out the 1971 grindhouse shocker, "I Drink Your Blood," directed by David Durston and starring absolute legend Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury

The Video Vampires duo talk new releases like Hellraiser and Halloween Ends before taking a dive into the wonderfully weird world of Grandpa Joe and the 1981 cult classic "Dead & Buried."

It took years but the Video Vampires duo finally hit 100 episodes. Listen as they recap their favorites from previous episodes!

Believe it or not Pierce Brosnan's French accent isn't the scariest part of the 1986 flick "Nomads." The Video Vampires gang dive into this underrated, seldom seen atmospheric creepfest in this latest episode!

The Video Vampires raise some hell when they cover Brian DePalma's 1992 thriller "Raising Cain."

The Video Vampires duo are back and this time they're taking a trip to the ol' wax museum when they dive into the 1988 horror comedy Waxwork!

It's Video Vampires own Jessica's birthday and in her honor the gang dive into the creepy 1971 classic "Let's Scare Jessica To Death." Please note: No Jessicas were harmed while recording this episode.

Almost 100 episodes! In this episode Jess and Mickey take a look at the tragically neglected 90's vampire-esque film Def By Temptation, directed by James Bond III

The Video Vampires team takes a deep dive straight into the depths of hell when they watch the 1960's Japanese horror classic Jigoku.

It's the Last Christmas Tree On The Left time when the Video Vampires duo dive into David Hess' one and only directorial effort, the Christmas slasher To All A Good Night.

It's time to dive into the debut film of one of the greatest filmmakers of our time as the Video Vampires team watch Guillermo Del Toro's Cronos!