Episode 125: Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders + Ferat Vampire
- S3E125
- 2:17:27
- May 8th 2026
We're checking out a couple of weird riffs on the vampire from Eastern Europe this week. Jonathan Owen joins us to discuss the beautiful and bizarre Czech New Wave classic, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), directed by Jaromil Jireš and then a curious blend of vampire and car racing, Juraj Herz's Ferat Vampire (1982). Both films explore weird psychoerotic territory both grotesque and beautiful - and whatever you think of them, they are each pretty unique.
We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by skipping ahead to the 1:25:44 mark, and for Ferat Vampire by skipping ahead to 2:09:07.
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Cult movie fanatics Rob Spencer and Joe Odber dive deep into a double feature every episode, discussing the wonderful world of cult, psychotronic and exploitation cinema along with the films themselves. Play along, watch the films at home and join us for a full post mortem into whatever madness we have just witnessed on screen.
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