The Vampire Lovers (1970) feat. Mary Beth McAndrews

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4.7 • 932 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 103 minutes

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On this week's episode, we're making our first foray into Hammer Horror with a journey to 19th century Styria in Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers. Joining us for the discussion is Scarred for Life co-host Mary Beth McAndrews, who brings her own passion for vampires to the episode. After a brief crash course on Hammer Horror, we'll laud the performances of Ingrid Pitt as the thrice-named anti-heroic vampire Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla, marvel at the unusual vampire lore (shrouds?!), and lament the lack of any interesting male characters (though that is undoubtedly the point). Plus, Mary Beth leads us in a frank discussion of bisexuality and the vampire sub-genre's relationship to it, which isn't too shocking considering this film is sexy af. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Mary Beth: @mbmcandrews Support the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Come to me.
0:01.4	Focus features invites you to succumb to the darkness.
0:05.2	Osferatu.
0:06.1	From director Robert Eggers comes a masterpiece of horror.
0:10.1	He is coming.
0:14.0	This creature is a force more powerful than evil.
0:18.5	It is death itself.
0:22.3	Nalsferatu.
0:23.6	Radu, Under 17-9 a minute without parent.
0:25.8	Only in theaters Christmas Day.
0:27.3	Special engagement in Dolby and IMAX.
0:30.8	This is the bloody disgusting podcast network.
1:03.3	The Network. Lord, please! Elton Jesus Christ, hurry! Please! And welcome back to horrorqueers. We're talking Hammer Horror.
1:05.3	We're talking Gothic horror.
1:07.3	And we're talking, you must die.
1:09.6	Everyone must die.
1:13.1	And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace. And we're talking, you must die. Everyone must die. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace,
1:18.7	and we're talking lots of boobies. Yeah, see, I left that for you. I knew. I knew that you would want that. No, it's not that I want. Honestly, so, you know, I have my whole, like,
1:22.7	list of things that I have to get out of the way, like, in the beginning of each episode recording. And you'd think by now I would know, okay, what's the one thing I'm going to say? And I always forget until we start.
1:31.9	And so literally, like, when you're going through your spiel, I'm, like, going through my plot
1:35.4	summary of the movie, like, oh my God, what can I say?, so I try to leave the most obvious thing for you.
1:45.5	No, I'll get better about it.
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