To Slay or Not to Slay?

Say hello to the vampire slayer, the hunter, the hero! Or are they the villain? Rebecca and Hannah chew on the big questions: Who has the right to slay? Where do they get their mad skills? And isn’t killing vampires murder? They discuss their favorite (and least favorite) hunters, break down the five main slayer archetypes, and sing a little Corey Hart.

Come vamps, join us around the campfire — for the final episode of Season 1!

Major Spoilers:

* Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997-2003

* The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, 2020

* House of Crimson Hearts by Ruby Roe, 2024

Other media mentioned in this episode:

Fiction

* I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, 1954

* The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, 1985

* Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins, 1989

* Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton, 1993-2023 (series)

* Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith, 2010

* Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff, 2021

* Forged in Blood by Sadie Kincaid, 2024

* Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma, 2024

* Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab, 2025

Film

* Vampire Hunter D, directed by Toyoo Asahida, 1985

* The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher, 1987

* Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992

* Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington, 1998

* Dracula 2000, directed by Patrick Lussier, 2000

* Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, directed by Toyoo Ashida, 2000

* Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro, 2002

* Van Helsing, directed by Stephen Sommers, 2004

* Daybreakers, directed by Peter Spierig, 2009

* Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, 2012

* Only Lovers Left Alive, directed by Jim Jarmusch, 2013

* Vampires vs. the Bronx, directed by Oz Rodriguez, 2020

* Saltburn, directed by Emerald Fennel, 2023

* Nosferatu, directed by Robert Eggers **2024

* Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, 2025

TV

* Vampire Diaries, 2009-2017

* Dracula, 2013

* The Strain, 2014-2017

* Castlevania, 2017-2021

* What We Do the Shadows, 2019-2024

* Legacies, 2018-2022

* First Kill, 2022

* Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, 2025

Comics

* Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, 2006-2008

* Tomb of Dracula #10, July 1973

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This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rebecca Glazer & Hannah Spiegelman

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