About this episode

The episode discusses the film Byzantium, comparing it to Twilight and exploring its themes of vampires and emotional immaturity.

We say goodbye to Mays Days with Byzantium, which is like if Twilight was for emotionally immature adults! Daniel Mays is in this movie as a young man who is down on his luck and just wants to spend 50 quid on a sex act. Luckily the vampire mom and daughter squad take a liking to him and use his house to start a new brothel in this rundown small town. But trouble follows these two vampires played by Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton. Will they be able to get themselves out of the grasp of vampires who hunt vampires!? Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-other-half/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: The Other Half

Topics covered

• vampires
• brothel
• small town
• emotional immaturity
• horror comedy

Keywords

• Byzantium
• Twilight
• vampires
• comedy
• film analysis
• Daniel Mays
• Saoirse Ronan
• Gemma Arterton

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Twilight, Byzantium

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