Which side are you on – Team Vampire or Team Werewolf? Both of them are nocturnal creatures, and while the bloodsucking ghouls sleep in their crypts during the day, the lycanthropes lead ordinary lives right until the moment when full moon shines in the sky. Both of these creatures appear in some pretty decent TV shows.
What We Do in the Shadows
- Rating IMDB – 8.6
- Genre: Comedy, horror
- US production / 2019
- Directed by: Yana Gorskaya, Kyle Newachek, Jemaine Clement
- Cast: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillen, Mark Proksch, Kristen Schaal, Doug Jones, Anthony Atamaniuk, Veronica Slovikowska, Jake McDorman
After the 2014 movie of the same name got overwhelmingly positive reviews, its producers decided to make hay while the sun shines and do a TV show in the same vein. So, if you liked that film, you definitely do not want to miss this series.
A group of vampires who had settled in New York City have been doing the same thing for centuries – looking for poor people who can be their source of fresh blood. But as the world keeps evolving, the leader of the group Nandor, his closest assistant Guillermo, his friend Nadia and the dumb Laszlo find it harder and harder to adapt to modern realities.
One of the episodes marks the cameos of several world-famous actors who once played the role of vampires appear.
Luna, el misterio de Calenda
- Rating IMDB – 7.3
- Genre: Fantasy, detective
- Production: Spain / 2012
- Directed by: Jesús Rodrigo, José Ramon Ayerra, Alexandra Graf
- Cast: Belen Rueda, Daniel Grao, Alvaro Cervantes, Fran Perea, Marc Martinez, Belen Lopez, Lucia Guerrero, Macarena Garcia, Cesar Goldi, Alex Maruni
Sara Cruz’s husband, who is a police officer, is transferred to the small provincial town of Calenda. Sara, who works as a judge, decides to stay with her teenage daughter Leire in Madrid. But a long separation makes it clear that she feels too lonely without her husband, and Sara decides to move after all.
She dreams of a happy and quiet life in the province, but in fact Calenda is not such a quiet town as they imagined. The locals believe that the nearby woods are inhabited by real werewolves. And when mysterious murders occur, Sarah begins to investigate these ancient legends.
Most of the series creators, including the director Jesus Rodrigo, and screenwriters Laura Belloso and Abraham Sastre, worked on another popular Spanish series The Black Lagoon Boarding School, which received very good reviews from viewers and critics. As of now, it is rated 8.1 on IMDb.
The Originals
- Rating IMDB – 8.4
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Detective, Horror
- US production / 2013
- Director: Matthew Hastings, Chris Grismer, Geoffrey J. Hunt
- Cast: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Yusuf Gatewood, Danielle Campbell, Lea Pipes, Riley Voelkel, Stephen Krueger, Claire Holt
Once upon a time, in the 1920s, the ancient vampires Rebekah, Klaus, and Elijah Mikaelson lived without any troubles in New Orleans. Here, in a city filled with nightclubs and perpetual fun, they settled in wonderfully. They managed to secretly control its inhabitants so that the city became a great place for these supernatural beings to live.
But war with the local werewolves forced them out of their comfort zone. They wandered from town to town for a long time, but could not find anything to their liking. So, the Mikaelsons return to New Orleans to reconcile with their old enemies.
This TV show is a spin-off of the popular series The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017).
The Vampire Diaries
- Rating IMDB – 7.9
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Romance, Detective
- US production / 2009
- Director: Chris Grismer, Joshua Butler, Michael A. Allowitz
- Cast: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candace King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Stephen R. McQueen, Matthew Davis, Michael Malarkey
17-year-old Elena Gilbert has recently had her parents died in a terrible car accident. She was left alone with her younger brother in her care. She has a hard time going through this loss. Seeking a way to distract herself from her grief, Elena inadvertently falls in love.
The mysterious and handsome newcomer Stefan Salvatore attracts Elena’s attention. He also shows her signs of attention, but for completely different reasons. It turns out that he is a real vampire, who has been alive for 162 years. Stefan likes Elena because she is very similar to the girl that he loved in the late 19th century.
Damon and Stefan have the same rings with gemstones. The stone in those rings is lapis lazuli.
Teen Wolf
- Rating IMDB – 7.9
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Drama, Romance
- US production / 2011
- Directed by: Russell Mulcay, Tim Andrew, Jennifer Lynch
- Cast: Tyler Posey, Holland Roden, Dylan O’Brien, Lynden Ashby, JR Bourne, Melissa Ponzio, Tyler Hoechlin, Shelley Hennig, Dylan Sprayberry, Crystal Reed
What can a 16-year-old guy think and dream about? Scott McCall is a regular kid who thinks about getting good grades in school, dreams of not breaking up with his girlfriend Lydia, and, along with his best friend Stiles Stilinski, winning the next high school lacrosse game.
But one night, something happens that turns Scott’s life upside down. Rumors are spreading through town that the body of some man has been discovered in the woods. While the police start searching, Scott and Stiles set out to find the body, as well. The guys lose each other in the night woods and Scott is attacked by someone. He manages to get away only with some scratches, but it’s enough to change his life forever.
Usually, movies and TV series are based on books or comic books. In this case, it was the other way around: in 2011, Image Comics began publishing comic books based on the series.
To fully transform Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) into a werewolf, the makeup artists had to work for about four hours.
Being Human
- Rating IMDB – 7.6
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama
- Production: Canada, USA / 2011
- Directed by: Paolo Barzman, Stefan Pleszczynski, Adam Kane
- Cast: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Gianpaolo Venuta, Connor Price, Mark Pellegrino, Dianna Russo, Kyle Schmid, Vincent Leclerc
The reasonable and handsome intern Aidan and the simple-minded orderly Josh are very different, but they share a common problem: they are both monsters and suffer from it. Aidan is a vampire who has lived for 260 years. He has long dreamed of severing all ties with other vampires and, most importantly, of getting rid of his eternal bloodlust.
Josh, on the other hand, is a werewolf who has to hide his secret even from the people closest to him. Aidan and Josh work in the same hospital and try to maintain, at least, the semblance of normal life. One day the buddies decide to move in together to support each other. But here, too, misfortune awaits them. It turns out that their new home is haunted.
The first season of Being Human, released in 2011, was nominated for a Gemini Award in the categories Best Leading Actor in a Drama (Sam Witwer), Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for a Saturn Award, but the series never managed to receive any of these awards.
Lost Girl
- Rating IMDB – 7.7
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama, Romance, Detective
- Production: Canada / 2010
- Directed by: Steve DiMarco, Paolo Barzman, Ron Murphy
- Cast: Anna Silk, Kristen Holden-Reed, Zoe Palmer, Richard Howland, Xenia Solo, K.K. Collins, Rachel Skarsten, Paul Amos, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Vincent Walsh
Bo grew up in the most ordinary family. But she has known for a long time that she is unusual. In fact, she is a demon capable of seducing anyone. However, the girl does not just attract men, but also sucks all the life force out of them.
Confronting her own nature has led Bo to abandon her familiar life and become a fugitive. And by a trail of dead bodies, the Fae clan finds her. They are just like her, and have been involved in the struggle between Light and Dark since the dawn of time. But Bo is not going to take part in this ancient squabble. So, she takes the side of the people, who are not protected in this fight.
The first episode of Lost Girl’s Season 1 drew 400,000 viewers, making it the most successful Canadian series on Showcase. Therefore, two months after the premiere, it was announced that the series would be renewed for a second season.
Penny Dreadful
- Rating IMDB – 8.2
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama
- Production: Ireland, UK, USA / 2014
- Budget:t £1,000,000
- Director: Damon Thomas, James Hawes, Brian Kirk
- Cast: Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Harry Treadaway, Josh Hartnett, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Billie Piper, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Llewelyn, Alan Armstrong
Victorian London could never be called a happy and sunny city. But now things have changed for the worse. The British capital has become a haven for numerous monsters who have divided it into their own territories.
Somewhere Dr. Jekyll, or rather his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is wreaking havoc. And in the suburbs of another area of ordinary citizens are waiting for the bloodthirsty Count Dracula along with his fellow vampires. In other parts of London, one can meet Frankenstein or Dorian Gray.
But sooner or later it had to end. Arriving from America, skilled marksman Ethan Chandler gathers those around him who will help him fight the evil.
For Season 2 of the series, its creators invented a fictional language consisting of a mixture of Aramaic, ancient Greek, Latin and a little-known dialect of Arabic.
American Horror Story: Hotel
- Rating IMDB – 8.1
- Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Drama
- US production / 2015
- Directed by: Bradley Booker, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Michael Uppendahl
- Cast: Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloe Sevigny, Denis O’Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Angela Bassett, Lady Gaga
This is the fifth season of the truly legendary AHS series. It is a horror anthology with each season telling a completely different story.
Los Angeles in 2015 is still welcoming all its visitors. There is always entertainment to suit all tastes. And for guests from all over the world, a wide variety of hotels will always open their doors.
But do not check into the Hotel Cortez, because you may never get out of it… Things are so strange in the hotel that sometimes even the owners do not understand what is happening in reality, and what they just imagined.
Many seasons of this series echo each other. In the fifth season, several characters from previous seasons appear. The list includes the realtor Marcy, Dr. Charles Montgomery and the psychic Billy Dean Howard from Murder House and Queenie from Coven.
Legacies
- Rating IMDB – 7.5
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Detective, Adventure, Horror
- US production / 2018
- Directed by: Jeffrey J. Hunt, Lauren Petzke, Michael A. Allowitz
- Cast: Danielle Rose Russell, Matthew Davis, Kylie Bryant, Jenny Boyd, Aria Shahghasemi, Peyton “Alex” Smith, Quincy Fous, Chris Lee, Ben Levine, Leo Howard
This series takes place two-three years after the ending of The Originals. It follows the life of a hybrid of several supernatural species. Her name is Hope Mikaelson and she is the daughter of Klaus Mikaelson and the werewolf leader, Hayley Marshall. She now attends the Salvatore School for children with superpowers.
At school, Hope is friends with the witch twins Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, vampire MG Grizzly, and werewolf Raphael Waite. All students have to follow an important rule, according to which no one must know about the secrets that the walls of Salvatore School keep. But one day one of the werewolves turns into a wolf right in front of his half-brother. Now the safety of the school and all its students is threatened.
Jenny Boyd, one of the twin witches on screen, used to take acting classes with Candice King, who played Caroline on The Vampire Diaries. And when Boyd got the role of Lizzie, she called King and said: “I’m going to play your daughter”.
Death Valley
- Rating IMDB – 7.8
- Genre: Horror, comedy
- US production / 2011
- Directed by: Drew Daywalt, Austin Reading, Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Cast: Texas Battle, Bryce Johnson, Tanya Raymond, Charlie Sanders, Bryan Collen, Caity Lotz, Toby Meuli, Vene L. Arkoraki, Cantu R.J.
Not so long ago, it seems, the San Fernando Valley in California was an ordinary place. The average citizen lived here, ordinary shopkeepers served them in ordinary stores, familiar hairdressers cut their hair, and the most ordinary police officers guarded them.
But suddenly werewolves, zombies, vampires, and others supernatural beings began to appear here. To combat them, the police formed a special unit – Undead Task Force (UTF). They go out on all calls related in one way or another to the supernatural activity.
The original script for Death Valley was created Michael David Cummings (a.k.a. Spider One), musician and lead singer of the rock band Powerman 5000, and MTV commissioned the 12-episode series.
Being Human
- Rating IMDB – 7.9
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama, comedy
- Production: UK / 2008
- Worldwide gross: $1,269,821
- Directed by: Philip John, Colin Teague, Daniel O’Hara
- Cast: Lenora Critchlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinead Keenan, Michael Socha, Damien Moloney, Jason Watkins, Kate Bracken, Donald Sumpter, Paul Casey
These three people may seem completely different, but they live together in the same house, and they share one mystery. The fact is that they are monsters – a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost, and each of them suffers in their own way.
The vampire doesn’t want to feed on human blood, but he cannot keep himself from it. The werewolf is tormented by the fact that every full moon he turns into a bloodthirsty creature. He tries to make sure that no one gets hurt every time, but he doesn’t do a very good job. The ghost, on the other hand, is forced to inhabit the house. She’s a little strange and wayward, but thankfully she can be seen by only a few people.
The pilot episode was released in 2008, but the rest of the series was delayed. The full first season aired only in 2009, with some actors replaced.
Dracula
- Rating IMDB – 7.9
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama, comedy
- Production: UK / 2008
- Worldwide gross: $1,269,821
- Directed by: Philip John, Colin Teague, Daniel O’Hara
- Cast: Lenora Critchlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinead Keenan, Michael Socha, Damien Moloney, Jason Watkins, Kate Bracken, Donald Sumpter, Paul Casey
This story begins in Transylvania in 1897. Exhausted Jonathan Harker asks to enter the women monastery. He tells the sisters that he has just escaped from the castle of Count Dracula himself. Sister Agatha shows the greatest interest in the weary traveler. She studies Jonathan’s notes and asks him to tell the whole story in more detail.
It turns out that Jonathan came to Dracula from London to sign some real estate papers. The young Briton had no intention of staying in Transylvania, but the Count would not let him go on various pretexts, and then he imprisoned him altogether. Jonathan could not find his way out of the endless labyrinths of the castle, he was plagued by terrible nightmares at night, and the eccentric aristocrat began to look younger as the days passed.
The development of this series began in 2017, while the entire first season was filmed in just five months.
True Blood
- Rating IMDB – 7.9
- Genre: Fantasy, thriller, drama, melodrama, detective
- US production / 2008
- Directed by: Michael Lehmann, Scott Winant, Daniel Minahan
- Cast: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Deborah Ann Woll, Denis O’Hare
The events of this TV show take place in an alternate reality, where in a small town near New Orleans, humans and vampires live side by side. A Japanese corporation has invented synthetic blood, so now vampires don’t have to kill common folk.
It’s been two years since each vampire officially claimed their identity. But not all humans are willing to accept these bloodthirsty creatures as ordinary neighbors. And not all vampires are willing to give up their usual way of sustenance.
The pictures of the cast and crew can be seen at Merlotte’s Bar and Grill.
The Bon Temps police station scenes were filmed in a real prison in Hawthorne, California.
Wellington Paranormal
- Rating IMDB – 7.6
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
- Production: New Zealand / 2018
- Directed by: Jemaine Clement, Tim van Dammen, Jackie van Beek
- Cast: Mike Minogue, Karen O’Leary, Maaka Pohatu, Thomas Sainsbury, Ben Frensham, Richard Day, Linda Topp, Jason Hoite
This is a mockumentary series following the two regular police officers Minogue and O’Leary that are interviewed by local journalists. They have no idea that the most ordinary duty in the small provincial town of Wellington can turn into a monster hunt. In each episode, simple patrolmen will have to face more and more supernatural creatures.
This series was created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who wrote, directed and acted in the movie What We Do in the Shadows.
Midnight, Texas
- Rating IMDB – 7.4
- Genre: Fantasy, drama, detective
- US production / 2017
- Director: David Solomon, Nick Gomez, Tim Andrew
- Cast: François Arnault, Dylan Bruce, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Arielle Kebbel, Jason Lewis, Peter Mensah, Sarah Ramos, Yul Vazquez, Bernardo Gallegos, Jamie Ray Newman
The powerful medium Manfred Bernardo needs to find a secluded and quiet place to work and live. And it seemed to him that the provincial town of Midnight would be exactly the haven he was looking for. But it turned out that the small Texas town is already inhabited by a variety of supernatural creatures.
There are werewolves who don’t like the full moon, vampires who are constantly craving blood, skilled witches, and even a few angels. Manfred realizes that this is where he belongs. Together with the locals, he creates a community that is designed to confront aliens from other worlds.
This show is based on the series of books by Charlaine Harris, whose novels were previously adapted for TV in the True Blood series.
Bitten
- Rating IMDB – 7.1
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama, detective
- Production Canada / 2014
- Directed by: James Dunnison, Grant Harvey, T.J. Scott
- Cast: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund, Michael Xavier, Jenelle Williams, Tommy-Amber Peary, Paul Green, Fiona Hyatt, Natalie Brown
Elena Michaels is probably the only person in the world who has been bitten by a werewolf and managed to survive afterwards. The girl tries to ignore her true identity and to resist being turned into a wolf. In order to create some semblance of a normal human life, she moves to Toronto, gets a job as a photographer and starts a relationship with a guy.
But everything falls apart when bad news comes from Stonehaven, the place where she met a werewolf. What should she do? Stay in Toronto or go back to the old life she tried to forget?
The series is based on the Women of the Otherworld series of novels by writer Kelley Armstrong.
Laura Vandervoort, playing the leading role, is actually from Toronto as is her character.
Hemlock Grove
- Rating IMDB – 7.1
- Genre: Horror, science fiction, fantasy, thriller, drama, detective
- US production / 2013
- Budget: $52,000,000
- Directed by: David Straiton, Deran Sarafyan, Russell Lee Fine
- Cast: Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Landon Liboiron, Joel de la Fuente, Kanyechtio Horn, Dougray Scott, Madeleine Martin, Penelope Mitchell, Freya Tingley, Laurie Fortier
The series follows the members of the Godfrey family that own and control the most important facilities in town, being the most influential family in Hemlock Grove. But one day the quiet and peaceful life of the town is disrupted by the mysterious murder of a local high school girl.
Almost at the same time, the Rumancek family arrives in town. They are gypsies, accustomed to a nomadic way of life and now they settle in the trailer of their deceased uncle on the outskirts of town. And so it happens that Roman Godfrey, the spoiled heir and Peter Rumancek, a visiting gypsy, somehow bond and begin their own investigation into strange deaths, the first of which was the death of a high school girl.
Bill Skarsgard plays a vampire in this series, while his older brother Alexander Skarsgard plays a vampire in True Blood (2008).
The Passage
- Rating IMDB – 7.3
- Genre: Horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, thriller, drama, detective, adventure
- US production / 2013
- Director: Jason Ensler, Allison Liddy, Jessica Laurie
- Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniya Sidney, Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezi, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Brianna Howey, McKinley Belcher III, Henry Ian Cusick, Vincent Piazza, Kesha Lewis-Evans
A group of scientists discovered a certain enzyme in a bat cave, which could be the basis for a cure for all diseases. It was decided to develop the vaccine in a secret government laboratory.
However, the experiment does not go according to plan and instead of cured people, the scientists got a group of vampires. But the researchers do not admit defeat, and believe that the next test subject should be a child. For this role they choose a girl, Amy, from an orphanage. They assign Federal Agent Brad Wolgast to deliver her to the lab.
The title of each episode encrypts a phrase said by one of the characters.
Wolfblood
- Rating IMDB – 7.7
- Genre: Fantasy, family
- Production: UK / 2012
- Budget: £3,500,000
- Directed by: Germain Julien, Matthew Evans, John Dower
- Cast: Aimee Kelly, Bobby Lockwood, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Louise Conolly-Burnham, Leona Vaughn, Jack Brett Anderson, Sidney Wade, Louis Payne, Gabrielle Green, Michelle Gale
The series is set in the small town of Stoneybridge, where the half-wolves Smiths have lived for centuries. The only half-wolves in the area, Maddy and her parents have been living among humans for centuries and are used to hiding their superhuman abilities.
But on the eve of Maddy’s first transformation, a new student shows up in school, and Maddy recognizes a half-wolf in him. Rhydian was adopted by the human family, so he lives all alone, without his wolf pack.
The Scholar Who Walks the Night
- Rating IMDB – 7.4
- Genre: Fantasy, melodrama, thriller
- Production: South Korea / 2015
- Directed by: Lee Sung-jun
- Cast: Lee Joon-gi, Lee Yu-bi, Shim Chang-min, Choi Tae-hwan, Jang Hee-jin, Kim So-eun, Lee Soo-hyuk, Moo Jin-sung, Lee Sun-jae, Jung Kyu- su
For many years now, this scholar has been hiding from people, immersed in his research. Some say that the old man is just sick with leprosy, which is why he does not show his face in public and does not allow anyone to touch him.
The only one allowed access to the house is quick-witted Yang-sun, forced to impersonate a man. She has lost all her kin to corrupt power, so she has to hide her identity in order to somehow ensure her existence.
A vampire named Gwi runs the entire royal army, he is 120 years old, and nothing else is known about him. The series creators never reveal when and how he became a vampire, who turned him, and why Hae-seo became his teacher.
The Gates
- Rating IMDB – 7.2
- Genre: Fantasy, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Detective
- US production / 2010
- Directed by: David Barrett, Fred Gerber, Terry McDonough
- Cast: Rhona Mitra, Frank Grillo, Marisol Nichols, Luke Mably, Travis Caldwell, Skyler Samuels, Chandra West, Colton Haynes, Janina Gavankar, Justin Miles
The Monahan family moves from bustling Chicago to the quiet suburbs. Nick is here to work as the chief of police. His spouse Sarah is a housewife looking after their two children, Charlie and Dana.
On the way to the new family home, Nick is surprised by a thirteen-foot-high gate, which are heavily guarded. Soon it becomes clear to the Monahan family that the picturesque gate is not intended to protect those who live behind it, but to conceal the dark secrets of the locals.
Rumors about the production of the second season appeared almost immediately after the end of the filming of the first season. They were based on comments made by actor Frank Grillo, suggesting that his contract would not be renewed.
Blood
- Rating IMDB – 6.8
- Genre: Melodrama, fantasy
- Production: South Korea / 2015
- Directed by: Ki Min-soo
- Cast: Ahn Jae-hyun, Koo Hye-sung, Chi Jin-hee, Jung Hae-in, Kim Gap-su, Sung-sook, Jin-kyung, Cho Jae-yoon, Jung Hye-sung, Kim Soo-hyun
He never asked for this. Park Ji-sang’s parents were infected with the vampire virus, so he was already born a vampire. He couldn’t change his essence when he was young, but now Park is actively trying to do something about it.
He’s trained to be a doctor and has been working in the oncology department of the local hospital for several years now. But that’s just a cover, because what he’s really looking for is a cure for himself.
Actor Ahn Jae-hyun started his career in modeling, where he got noticed by directors and offered the lead part in Blood.
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series
- Rating IMDB – 6.9
- Genre: Action, horror, crime, fantasy
- US production / 2014
- Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Joe Menendez, Dwight H. Little et al.
- Cast: D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza Gonzalez, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Su Hu, Jake Busey, Wilmer Valderrama, Jamie Tisdale, Robert Patrick
They are wanted by FBI agents, several sheriffs and rangers for bank robberies. That’s why Seth Gekko and his mentally challenged brother Richard try to sneak off to Mexico.
To cross the border, Gekko takes a former priest and his family hostage. To their misfortune, they stop at a small strip club on the way, from which they may no longer escape.
Sheriff Earl McGraw (Don Johnson) is the same character that appeared in Death Proof, Planet Fear and Kill Bill, formerly played by Michael Parks.
Byzantium
- Rating IMDB – 6.5
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, thriller, drama
- Production: UK, Ireland / 2012
- Budget: £8,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $828,284
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Mays, Jonny Lee Miller, Thure Lindhardt, Uri Gavriel, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Caroline Jones
Eleanor and Clara, two vampires, are forced to leave their home and move to a small coastal town with no belongings and no money. By chance, Clara meets Noel, who has inherited a small empty house. Clara uses all her skills and enchants Noel to move into the house.
Meanwhile, we see another story that happened two hundred years ago, which Clara tries again and again to write down, but is never able to finish.
It was Gemma Arterton who suggested Saoirse Ronan for the role of Eleanor because Arterton was impressed by Ronan’s acting in Hannah.
V Wars
- Rating IMDB – 6.1
- Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Drama
- US production / 2019
- Directed by: Brad Turner, T.J. Scott, Kaare Andrews
- Cast: Ian Somerhalder, Adrian Holmes, Jackie Lai, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Peter Outerbridge, Michael Greyeyes, Sydney Meyer, Laura Vandervoort, Samantha Cole
Dr. Luther Swann, a successful virologist, is confronted with an unknown virus that his best friend Michael Fayne has contracted. The rumors are this is an ancient virus that was set free as a result of glaciers being melted.
The new virus is spreading rapidly, and the epidemic threatens to become a pandemic. It doesn’t kill the infected people, but turns them into dangerous bloodthirsty predators that feed on human blood.
Ian Somerhalder, known for his role as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, initially refused to participate in the series, but changed his mind after reading the original comic book.
Vampires
- Rating IMDB – 5.7
- Genre: Horror, fantasy, drama
- Production: France / 2020
- Directed by: Vladimir De Fontenay, Marie Monge
- Cast: Kate Moran, Munir Amamra, Juliet Kardinski, Pierre Lotten, Dylan Robert, Oulaia Amamra, Suzanne Clement, Alyosha Schneider, Beatrice Ring, Bilel Shegrani
There are a lot of books, movies, and TV series about vampires. However, no one believes in their existence. Meanwhile, real vampires may actually be living among us.
This is a story Marta Radescu’s family. She tries to lead a quiet and inconspicuous life for her 16-year-old daughter Doina, who is a half-human/half-vampire hybrid. Because of her, the balance between vampires and humans may be upset. So, the girl has to get used to her supernatural nature.
This French TV show is based on the novel by Thierry Jonquet.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Rating IMDB – 8.3
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama, Romance
- US production / 1997
- Budget: $2,300,000
- Directed by: Joss Whedon, James A. Contner, David Solomon
- Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Amber Benson
The family of high school girl Buffy Summers moves from crowded Los Angeles to the quiet provincial town of Sunnydale. None of the neighbors or classmates suspect that Buffy is actually not an ordinary schoolgirl, but the Chosen One – destined to fight vampires, demons and other evil beings.
At Sunnydale High, Buffy meets Mr. Rupert Giles, the school librarian, who turns out to be her personal Caretaker. He is sent to train Buffy to become a true Vampire Slayer.
Katie Holmes and Selma Blair were auditioned for the role of Buffy before Sarah Michelle Gellar landed the part.
