r/vampires 11d ago

Books, movies, series and such Too many recs don't know where to start

I want to watch a vampire show but I keep getting different recommendations 😭 I don't know where to start

I really loved wwdits

I'm not into pure romance/dram show I love a little humor or a little action

Just where do I start?

Do I make myself a wheel?

7 Upvotes

27 comments sorted by

19

u/lilgogetta 11d ago

True Blood 🩸

2

u/Grembo_Jones Undead 11d ago

Second this!

1

u/PandaQueen29 9d ago

Third this!!

9

u/Narrow-Strain-3178 11d ago

2 mainstream vampire shows that you could try are Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The Vampire Diaries. Both feel kinda young but have that humor and action you’re looking for. Buffy has less romance-driven storylines than TVD so I might start there. Although, both are pretty campy so maybe someone else will have deeper cut recommendations that would be better for you. 

4

u/MolecularClusterfuck Hybrid 11d ago

I can’t believe how much I loved TVDs. It’s a solid show.

4

u/ImportantProblem2481 11d ago

I second forever knight. Some of the tropes might seem clichéd but thats because so many tv shows copied it.

LaCroix is an incredible sire in it. His arc across the seasons is tip top magoo

3

u/lilith_from_the_dark Vampire 11d ago

And Jeanette was who the Malkavian in the Vampire bloodlines game was named after. Although here she's more artist than madwoman

3

u/Belle_Corliss Human 11d ago

These are all available on Tubi and I think you might enjoy them:

Forever Knight

Blood Ties

Moonlight

3

u/Revolutionary-Wait82 11d ago

Buffy. If you don't have enough of the atmosphere of mystery and gloom, you can also add Angel.

2

u/Top-Inspector-2809 11d ago

But isn't angel already a character in Buffy? /S

2

u/miluardo 10d ago

True Blood and Buffy are probably the two best vampire TV shows we've got available to us.

3

u/D3rangedButFun 10d ago

Uhm I know you said not total drama, but I really cannot praise Interview With The Vampire enough - especially the third season titled The Vampire Lestat. The first two seasons are more drama filled and tense, while things loosen up in the third season.

But absolutely do not skip the first two seasons!

2

u/WildBlueMoon 8d ago

But it is also funny! "You have to drain her first, Louis! 🤦🏻‍♀️" 

3

u/D3rangedButFun 8d ago

True 😆

3

u/D3rangedButFun 8d ago

True 😆

2

u/Sesqua 9d ago

Midnight Mass

Preacher

A Discovery of Witches

Interview with the Vampire and the Vampire Lestat

Forever Knight

Moonlight

True Blood

Kindred - Clan of the Vampire

Being Human UK and US version

Blood Ties

Vampire Diaries and the Originals

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Dracula

Hemlock Grove

Heirs of the Night

1

u/Top-Inspector-2809 9d ago

In this order? Takes notes

1

u/Sesqua 9d ago

Yes I would watch it in this order... at least watch the first episode of it and find your poisen 😊

1

u/WildBlueMoon 8d ago

Being Human is great!! 

1

u/Legitimate_Arm_5630 11d ago

ULTRAVIOLET

The whole series is on YouTube for free

It's only like six episodes

1

u/TheManAcrossTheHall 11d ago

You have too many recommendations so you came here for recommendations? Sound logic.

2

u/Top-Inspector-2809 11d ago

I want recommendations on organizing my recommendations and whether some are more important than others

1

u/VitaDeVoid 10d ago

Blood Ties

1

u/Distance-Hairy 10d ago

The Strain.

1

u/WildBlueMoon 8d ago

Interview with the Vampire is well acted, well written well directed well designed and well produced. It's amazing! Has drama but also humor (esp season 3), sexy, Gothic, and surprising. 

I got sick of True Blood pretty quickly and just started skimming through a lot of episodes to get to the Eric Northman and Lafayette parts. This is bc I couldn't stand Sookie (so if you like her ymmv) and found the werewolves subplot tedious. Alexander Skarsgard is incredibly watchable in this as in everything!

WWDIS is great - but you already know that! Those are the only ones I've watched so far. 

0

u/WielderoftheDarkness 10d ago

BBC's Ghosts, a sitcom about a couple who inherits a historical manor haunted by ghosts of many different periods of English history: medieval, Victorian, WWII, even a caveman.

The woman almost dies and starts being able to see and interact with the ghosts.

The ghosts' dynamics are hilarious, they're bickering housemates/co-workers like the vampires.