Fang Club

Fang Club

A podcast dedicated to vampire movies of the 21st century, co-hosted by Leah Carlson-Downie and Bri Martin.

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September 22, 2023 42 mins

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 of this latest 'surprise' Dracula fall content, spoiler: we disagree!  

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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 aired August 31, 2023). The Guide gets her revenge; then Guiller...

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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 attendance and things go wrong as old secrets are revealed!   

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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 Guillermo must clean up a mess Laszlo made in his science lab.

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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 August 10th, respectively). The vampire gang gets into some shenanigan...

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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 Antipaxos. 

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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.  

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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). Don't worry, we spend plenty of time discussing whether o...

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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.

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July 1, 2023 41 mins

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. 

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May 26, 2023 66 mins

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 more Only Lovers chat!

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May 5, 2023 50 mins

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 episode is marked explicit for a handful of f-bombs and a descri...

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April 21, 2023 58 mins

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 section.) As always, the episode is marked explicit for some f-bombs (as in,...

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April 14, 2023 37 mins

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 

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April 8, 2023 59 mins

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.**

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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. 

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March 31, 2023 42 mins

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-stoker/ 

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March 18, 2023 55 mins

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. 

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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 Leah promises at the end of the episode:

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March 3, 2023 38 mins

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.

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