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The Evolution of Horror

VAMPIRES: Pt 18 - Blade (1998) & 30 Days of Night (2007)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 142 minutes

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This week Mike is joined by two guests to discuss two vampire movies based on comic books: TV Presenter and comedian Susan Calman drops in to discuss 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007) and then Chris Hewitt joins Mike to discuss the ultimate Marvel / horror mash-up, BLADE (1998).

Music by Jack Whitney.

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0:00.0

By the late 90s and 2000s, it wasn't just classic vampire novels that were being adapted

0:29.4

to the big screen. Filmmakers also began adapting comic books with vampire protagonists and using

0:36.0

the vampire archetype for an entirely different type of storytelling. In 1998,

0:43.8

director Steve Norrington made one of the earliest Marvel comic book film adaptations

0:49.5

with his R-rated superhero horror film, Blade. Less than a decade later, David Slade adapted

1:02.8

a comic book series by Steve Niles, which brought the vampire back to pure horror and became one

1:10.4

of the scariest vampire movies of the 21st century. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution

1:24.0

of the vampire and we discuss 30 days of night and blade. Welcome back to the evolution of horror.

1:36.6

My name is Mike Munter and as ever, I am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time,

1:41.6

then welcome. In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror

1:46.8

genre by looking at particular sub-jummers one series at a time. We are currently in the middle

1:52.2

of our eighth series exploring the evolution of the vampire movie and this is part 18. This week's

1:59.5

episode is sponsored by $20 Patreon subscriber Anthony Nelson and in this week's episode,

2:05.2

as that intro suggested, we're going to be looking at two modern classic vampire movies both

2:10.5

based on comic books. That's Blade from 1998 and 30 days of night from 2007. Now we're going to do

2:18.8

these films the opposite way around to usual. So later in this episode, I'll be joined by Chris

2:23.4

Huett to discuss Blade in spoiler-rific detail. But first of all, I've got a very exciting guest

2:30.0

joining me to discuss 30 days of night. This is her first time on the podcast, but you might

2:34.7

recognise her from radio or from TV. She is a presenter and comedian. Welcome to the podcast,

2:40.4

Susan Cowman. Hello, Susan. Hello, how are you? So good. Thank you. How are you? I'm super

2:45.8

excited for two days. Firstly, I'm sitting in Louise Blaine's flat with permission. I feel

2:53.9

it's very important to see that. She has a podcast set up and I last time I tried to do a podcast,

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