And so, when the show actually turns out to be about fatal pregnancies, possible amnesia and secret love affairs that require someone to pretend to be German, our ensuing delight is all the more unexpected. Everything we see - whether it’s the exquisite costumes, the veteran character actors or the frequent dialogue assuring us that the show is Really About Something (in this case, the rapidly changing class relations in post-WWI Britain, as exemplified by the servants and nobility of the titular Abbey) - assures us that we are watching a serious, artistic work. Whereas a show like Days of Our Lives can’t seem to help but be campy, Downton’s appeal has always lain in the fact that its silliness is presented under the guise of impeccable taste. The now-venerable BBC period drama - whose fourth season began airing on American TV last night - has rightfully earned a reputation as TV’s foremost provider of extremely classy-looking trash. Drink, Slay, Love is available for streaming on DirecTV and Lifetime.In TV terms, Downton Abbey is the equivalent of those restaurants that make a name for themselves by selling 'the most expensive dessert in the world': ice cream with a diamond bracelet stuck in it.Īh, Downton Abbey. Pearl ( Cierra Ramirez) is sixteen, a vampire, and newly immune to death by sunlight that keeps the rest of her family caged - an immunity that sees them sending her to high school to meet people her own age, make some friends, and ultimately betray them to be slaughtered at a feast fit for a Vampire King! Pearl’s attitude quickly makes her popular, but when she begins to develop feelings for her new friends - and for one boy in particular - she begins to develop a conscience that may save her friends’ lives, or doom them all. Most vampire romances are told from the perspective of the human lover-slash-victim, but the movie Drink, Slay, Love, based on the book of the same name by Sarah Beth Durst, pulls a reverse card by making the teenage vampire the focus of the story.
The Vampire Diaries is available for streaming on HBO Max. The show found a loyal audience in the early 2010s and produced two spinoff series. More Shows and Movies like Vampire Academy to Watch NextĪnother vampire teen drama based on a book series of the same name and directed by Julie Plec? Sign us up! The Vampire Diaries follows orphaned teenager Elena ( Nina Dobrev) as she navigates a love triangle between vampire brothers, wholesome Stefan ( Paul Wesley) and dangerous Damon ( Ian Somerhalder), and struggles to survive various supernatural threats, chief among them being Damon’s former lover and her own vampire doppelgänger, Katherine.
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