Join Mattie Tucker (mattie-tucker.com), Robyn, Mona, Geoffrey Sperl (geoffreysperl.com), and Fred (@alysdragon; in a cameo at the very end) for a discussion of three vampire comedies from the 1980s and 90s: Once Bitten , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and A Vampire in Brooklyn . It's a lively and strong discussion—enjoy!
Oct 26, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Robyn, Mona, and Geoffrey Sperl (geoffreysperl.com) for Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire . We discuss the novel at length, plus the movie and a tiny bit of the new TV series. This also serves as a lead-in to our next episode on The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned . Is it a standalone book? Is it truly the start of a series? Very importantly, is it a vampire novel? If you're interested in getting this book for yo...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), and Geoffrey Sperl (geoffreysperl.com) for Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories . We also discuss a bit of how the novel serves almost like a counterargument to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (which we will be tackling in the near future). If you're interested in getting this book for yourself, see our (US) affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3pxl0Az
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for another LOST EPISODE! In this episode (recorded in February 2019), we discuss Octavia Butler's FLEDGLING (and there's a reference to some of what Geoffrey and Mona were talking about recently on BabylonSquared, too!), question where the capitalist American vampire originated, and discuss some VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE. We also apologize for the slight background h...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a LOST EPISODE! In this episode (recorded in April of 2017), we discuss Holly Black's THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN (and there's a reference to BABYLON 5, too!). References abound to our first episode (CERTAIN DARK THINGS) and some foreshadowing for BLOOD SINISTER, too! And... is Mattie really Holly Black?!? If you're interested in getting this book for yourself,...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), Mona Lucius, and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Bela Lugosi's vampire movies: DRACULA (1931), MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE, and ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (fine, fine... and MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE if you're into self-punishment). If you're interested in getting these movies for yourself, see our (US) affiliate links: DRACULA and ABBOTT & COSTEL...
Jan 16, 2022•2 hr•Season 1Ep. 8
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of the Dracula audio drama trilogy by Big Finish (with Mark Gatiss as the count). And a shout-out to a new podcast Geoffrey's on—BablyonSquared (https://babylonsquared.thepodcasting.studio), which is a weekly Babylon 5 rewatch podcast. If you'd like to buy them (these are non-affiliate links), they are Dracula (https://www.bigfinish.com/releas...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Salem's Lot by Stephen King (and a bit about the casting news from Netflix's The Sandman ). If you'd like to buy the novel, please check our affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3fCzACG
May 31, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Fangland by John Marks. If you'd like to buy the novel, please check our affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3h83kpM
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly. If you'd like to buy the novel, please check our affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3dmPfCQ
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Blood Sinister by Celia Rees. If you'd like to buy the novel, please check our affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2DZrdxb
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Join Alys Wilfred Earl (@alysdragon), Mattie Tucker (@doomedrider), Michael Gordon (@bengoram), and Geoffrey Sperl (@geoffreysperl) for a discussion of Let the Right One In (the novel and film) and the Hammer English language adaptation, Let Me In . If you'd like to buy the novel or movies, please check our affiliate links! Novel (translated to English): https://amzn.to/304HBoS Original film: https://amzn.to/31kA9XS English language remake: https://amzn.to/2ZOtOHQ...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The very first episode in which we discuss Silvia Moreno-Garcia's CERTAIN DARK THINGS (available at https://galfrid.us/2MZ8tnw).
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1