The Strain S1-S4

In this frightening vampire story, producer, director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) and Chuck Hogan have created a bleak and grotesque horror about a monstrous, unstoppable virus that arrives in the USA on a contaminated plane. The series is based on The Strain trilogy, written by Hogan and Del Toro.

“The Strain isn’t eye candy, it’s eye protein as the vampires are vampirism parasite worms that infect humans through their eyeballs,” explains Guillermo. The Strigoi (Romanian vampires) are the modern-day army of the undead created by The Master, the ancient one created by the parasites.

Their enemies aren’t sunlight or holy water, but The Born – vampires with a consciousness who fight alongside human resistance fighters led by Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley), who has first-hand experience with The Master.

Fans of horror will enjoy this refreshing take on the old Dracula story.

Be warned: you’ll need a strong stomach – the gross-out factor is off the charts.