Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva
A podcast devoted to vampire fiction, fanged folklore, and the gothic imagination hosted by Dan Klefstad and Eva Vertrice.
Episodes
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva...It's "Steel Magnolias meets Dracula" when Grady Hendrix joins us to talk about his NYT best seller, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. This book is a Vamp Chat favorite so don't miss this conversation. Plus, Dan invites a young family member to review Castlevania, Seasons 2
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: the groundbreaking 1819 story, The Black Vampyre, edited in a new edition by our friend Brian Forrest. Brian returns to the show to discuss all the "firsts" contained in this story by Uriah Derick D'Arcy. Then Eva will review the 2021 Netflix miniseries, Midnight Mass
They're baaaaaaack -- this time on video! Dan & Eva finally enter the 21st Century with a new platform and a new guest. William Xavier Chandler will discuss his novel, House of the Black Moon, set in the American Southwest. Then Eva will spin the tale of the Appalachian Vampire. And finally, Dan will review Castlevania, Season 1.
In episode 1 we meet Dan Klefstad author of Fiona's Guardians and Eva Vertrice author of A Fury. Dan and Eva discuss Vampire books, stories and movies.
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: It's our Season 4 closer, and we have an action-packed show! We'll interview Jeffrey Yorio, author of a novel called Sundowners where vampires get dementia. Then Claude Miles of Kentucky Creature FX will join us to talk about vampire special effects. Last but not least, Sean Rourke, host of Vampire's Castle, will step in as our film/TV reviewer. Sean will also announce a specia...
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: They're baaaack! Stephen Zimmer and Holly Phillippe, co-directors of the Imaginarium Convention, will join us to talk about the stars coming to the 13th Imaginarium! We'll also ask them what it takes to put on a convention. Then Dan will read an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, Agripina's Firstborn. Finally, Eva will take the myth of the white worm to a whole new level!
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Don’t try this at home! We’ll talk with Professor John Edgar Browning who studied self-identified vampires in New Orleans who drink human and animal blood to sustain themselves. Then Eva will read an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, A Hellish Fury. Finally, Dan will review a 1990s film that uses vampirism as a metaphor for drug addiction.
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Vampires ain't all city folk, so we'll feature Down Home Country Vampire, an anthology of rustic undead tales. We'll talk with two of the contributing authors. Also, Dan will share his research into a vampire he first encountered in a Dungeons & Dragons book. Finally, Eva will review a movie adapted from one of our all time favorite authors.
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: A family of aswang vampires moves from the Philippines to America. We'll talk with Jason Tanamor about his novel, Vampires of Portlandia. Then, in honor of their March birthdays, Eva and Dan will share their thoughts about a vampire film from each of their birth years. Yep, your Vamp Chat hosts will finally put a date on themselves!
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: JM Celi returns to talk about the second installment of his series, The Unlife of Lisa Cooper. Plus, Eva will tell us about sucking blood with fingers and toes. She will also review Love at First Bite starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James.
Payback is hell when Dan & Eva reverse the tables and put Sako & The Moon in the hot seat. There’s no doubt they will pull out the skeletons from the coffins for a hilariously good time. Then Dan will review the Cliff’s Notes version of the many, many, many episodes of Dark Shadows. It’s a season opener you won’t want to miss.
Coming up on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: New York Times best-selling author, J.R. Ward, will join us for the final episode of Season 3. J.R. will talk about her Black Dagger Brotherhood series of novels which has been adapted by Passionflix. Is the series as steamy as the books? We’ll find out. And Eva will review the new Dracula A Love Tale, currently out in Europe and to be released here in the States in January. It...
Next time on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: How many couches does a vampire need? One for each victim! We’ll talk with Chris Hamilton and EA Logan about A Couch of Anguish and Blood, Book One of their On the Vampire’s Couch series. Then Brian Forrest will join us to share his expertise on the 1972 film, Blackula. Finally, Brian, Cris, Dan & Eva will have a roundtable discussion and review the film. It’s an amaz...
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Uber and Lyft ain't got nothing on this! We'll talk with David Wilson, author of Confessions of a Vampire from the Back Seat of a New York Taxicab. Then we'll talk about ScareFest Weekend with event manager Adrienne Deakins Elder. Dan's review will explore a gender bending Van Helsing twist. And you can bet Eva and Dan will have lots to say about their trip to Richmond, VA, with Dacr...
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Vs, cops, symbionts -- oh my! We'll talk with Coryn Noble, author of Vesper Glen, a new vampire novel. Then Jeffrey Holmes will discuss his vampire-themed events which include an upcoming weekend in Richmond, VA, featuring Dacre Stoker and your Vamp Chat hosts! Finally, Eva reviews episode 1 of the new Passionflix series based on J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels.
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Vampire Romance from a brand-new author. Jessica Lindsey will discuss her novel, Moonlight and Magnolias. We'll also speak again with Andy Boylan who reviews vampire content on his blog, Taliesin Meets the Vampires. Finally, Dan will reveal his "guilty pleasure" vampire film starring a 1980's rock singer.
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: the mystery behind Dracula — the Icelandic “translation”. We’ll talk with Iris Ichishita, host of The Powers of Darkness, about a shocking re-interpretation of Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece. How was it discovered? What’s the importance of an earlier Swedish version? And was this controversy engineered by someone who stood to gain from it?&...
This episode on VampChat with Dan & Eva: Lisa Cooper can still pass for human because she's avoided tapping into her full vampire powers., though, the riskier it gets for anyone involved with her. We'll talk with the author of The Unlife of Lisa Cooper, J.M. Celi. Then they speak with Sven Granlund, founder of KY Creature FX. Eva and Dan will wrap up with a review of the two versions of Fright Night -- the 1985 original a...
Join us on Vamp Chat as we tour through The French Quarter with Marita Crandle owner of The Boutique du Vampyre, The Vampire Cafe, Potions Absinthe speakeasy & The Apothecary. We chat about her books, the various vampire folklore of NOLA, & Marita’s own encounter with a vampire. Then Eva reviews the much talked about, and multi layered, 2025 movie Sinners.
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