The best vampire TV series

Top 13

1. 1

   Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

   Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sunnydale's Hellmouth.

   ▲ 12 ▼ 1

   ▲ 11 ▼
2. 2

   True Blood (2008-2014)

   Vampires come out in Louisiana.

   ▲ 12 ▼ 1

   ▲ 11 ▼
3. 3

   What We Do in the Shadows (2019-2024)

   A mockumentary about vampire housemates on Staten Island.

   ▲ 11 ▼ 0

   ▲ 11 ▼
4. 4

   Interview with the Vampire (2022-)

   Louis and Lestat from Anne Rice.

   ▲ 10 ▼ 1

   ▲ 9 ▼
5. 5

   The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017)

   Elena and the Salvatore brothers.

   ▲ 9 ▼ 1

   ▲ 8 ▼
6. 6

   Angel (1999-2004)

   Buffy's spin-off in Los Angeles.

   ▲ 10 ▼ 3

   ▲ 7 ▼
7. 7

   Midnight Mass (2021)

   A priest arrives on an isolated island, from Mike Flanagan.

   ▲ 8 ▼ 1

   ▲ 7 ▼
8. 8

   Dracula (2020)

   Claes Bang in Moffat and Gatiss's miniseries.

   ▲ 7 ▼ 1

   ▲ 6 ▼
9. 9

   The Originals (2013-2018)

   The Mikaelsons in New Orleans.

   ▲ 7 ▼ 2

   ▲ 5 ▼
10. 10

    Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)

    Victorian monsters, with Eva Green.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 2

    ▲ 5 ▼
11. 11

    Being Human (2008-2013)

    A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a flat in Bristol.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    ▲ 5 ▼
12. 12

    Castlevania (2017-2021)

    Warren Ellis's animated series about Dracula and the Belmonts.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 3

    ▲ 4 ▼
13. 13

    The Strain (2014-2017)

    Vampires as a parasitic plague, from Guillermo del Toro.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 3

    ▲ 2 ▼

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