Vampire high
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Vampire high |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2001-2002 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , fantasy , horror |
| idea |
Garry Blye Mark Shekter |
| music | Simon Carpentier |
| First broadcast | September 15, 2001 on The WB / YTV |
| occupation | |
Vampire High is a Canadian television series based on the idea of Garry Blye . It first aired on The WB and YTV in September .
action
A civil war breaks out among the vampires in which they fight against each other for control of the undead. The vampires threaten to exterminate themselves. The surviving young vampires are sent to a human boarding school by the elders to learn how to live among mortals. While the vampires stay among themselves at first, a little later the vampire Drew falls in love with the mortal student Sherry.
occupation
Main cast
- Meghan Ory as Sherry Woods
- Jeff Roop as Drew
- Karen Cliche as Essie Rachimova
- Ilona Elkin as Merrill Young
- Paul Hopkins as Karl Todman
- David McIlwraith as Dr. Reginald Murdoch
- Joris Jarsky as Marty Strickland
- Marianne Farley as Dillan Vanderson
Supporting cast
- Jodie Resther as Mimi Sperling
- Adam MacDonald as Nick McAllister
- Patrick Thomas as Malcolm Frye
- Daniel Pilon as Vakaal
- Wendii Fulford as Marianne Hackett
- Miklos Perlus as Derek
- Omari Newton as Dalton Nemers
background
Vampire High comprises 26 episodes and is set at the fictional Mansbridge Academy.
Mark Shekter came up with the story on a night flight from Toronto to Cairns. At first he wanted to publish it as a comic. When he imagined the first scenes, however, it was clear to him that he wanted to film the story. He wrote the first episode of Vampire High after landing.
During the shooting, not all episodes were finished, but more scripts were created. Therefore, the actors also had a little influence on the further development of their characters.
Production of the series was interrupted for a short time during the first half of the shooting of the first season for budget reasons, but resumed a little later. Shortly thereafter, Meghan Ory announced that she wanted to get out of the series, which is why the character Sherry had to be written out of the series. Therefore, Dillan Vanderson, played by Marianne Farley , was introduced to the series as the new main character.
After the first season, the series was discontinued, although the script for the second season was written. No reasons were given for this, but it was assumed that this was due to budgetary reasons.
Vampire High has been shown on television in Canada, the United States, Italy, and Israel.
On March 1, 2005, the first DVD for the series was released in the United States. On the DVD, the first four episodes were cut into a 90-minute film. The film was titled Vampire High - School's A Pain In The Neck! . A little later, the next two DVDs were named Vampire High: Second Semester High School Bites and Vampire High Bites Back. They're Dying To Meet You! released.
In 2011, the Vampire High documentary Vampire High: 10 Years Later Documentary was produced and published by ATV . The 25-minute documentary discusses, among other things, how the series came about.
reception
The reviews for Vampire High have been mixed. On TV.com, users gave Vampire High 8 out of 10 points. The series received 6.6 out of 10 points on Imdb.
HM Grynberg from Unification France thinks the mythology about the origin of vampirism, the vampire relationships with humans, the other supernatural beings and the legends are interesting in the series, but are shown without any passion. The cliffhanger at the end of the series would leave a feeling of incompletion.
Spiked's Dolan Cummings believes that Vampire High lacks a strong female character, much like Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Vampire High has female characters that correspond to the stereotype of submissive Asian women. The series also does not show the image of the many women who break out of this role, which makes the whole thing a little boring. There is little violence and little humor in the series. However, some vampiric puns are good. There are also worse ways to pass the time than watching Vampire High .
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in Canada | German language first broadcast (-) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | Rules Are Rules | September 15, 2001 | - | Carl Goldstein | Mark Shekter |
| 2 | 2 | - | There's a New Vampire in Town | September 22, 2001 | - | Adam Weissman | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | In your dreams | September 29, 2001 | - | Carl Goldstein | - |
| 4th | 4th | - | A grave matter | October 6, 2001 | - | Adam Weissman | Alex Epstein |
| 5 | 5 | - | Things That Go Vamp in the Night | October 13, 2001 | - | Carl Goldstein | Mark Shekter |
| 6th | 6th | - | That's Why the Lady Is a Vamp | October 20, 2001 | - | Daniel Grou | Ann MacNaughton |
| 7th | 7th | - | Feeding frenzy | October 27, 2001 | - | Carl Goldstein | Matthew Hastings |
| 8th | 8th | - | What's Up Doc? | November 3, 2001 | - | Jim Kaufman | Laura Kosterski, Craig Volk |
| 9 | 9 | - | The withing | November 10, 2001 | - | Giles Walker | Laura Kosterski |
| 10 | 10 | - | Dads and Monsters | November 17, 2001 | - | Daniel Grou | Mark Shekter |
| 11 | 11 | - | Advice | November 24, 2001 | - | Adam Weissman | Laura Kosterski |
| 12 | 12 | - | The quivering | December 1, 2001 | - | Adam Weissman | Mark Shekter |
| 13 | 13 | - | The summoning | December 8, 2001 | - | Jim Kaufman | Michael Leo Donovan |
| 14th | 14th | - | Odd man out | February 9, 2002 | - | Jim Kaufman | Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz |
| 15th | 15th | - | The test | February 16, 2002 | - | Jim Kaufman | Garry Blye, Mark Shekter |
| 16 | 16 | - | Little Sister | February 23, 2002 | - | Daniel Grou | Jennifer Furlong Sellar, Laura Kosterski |
| 17th | 17th | - | Love's Labor Not Lost | March 2, 2002 | - | Daniel Grou | Gerald Wexler |
| 18th | 18th | - | The Huntress | March 9, 2002 | - | Jim Kaufman | Laura Kosterski, Mark Shekter |
| 19th | 19th | - | The portrait | March 16, 2002 | - | Eric Canuel | Laura Kosterski, Nancy Trites-Botkin |
| 20th | 20th | - | The Awakening | March 23, 2002 | - | Eric Canuel | Mark Shekter |
| 21st | 21st | - | Both sides now | March 30, 2002 | - | Daniel Grou | Ann MacNaughton |
| 22nd | 22nd | - | Sunrise | April 6, 2002 | - | Daniel Grou | Mark Shekter |
| 23 | 23 | - | Lost Weekend | April 13, 2002 | - | Jim Kaufman | Garry Blye, Mark Shekter |
| 24 | 24 | - | Breaking up | April 20, 2002 | - | - | Garry Blye |
| 25th | 25th | - | Blood Trip | April 27, 2002 | - | Eric Canuel | Mark Shekter |
| 26th | 26th | - | Vampire's patient | May 4, 2002 | - | Eric Canuel | Mark Shekter |
Web links
- Vampire High in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Vampire High at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vampire High (série, 2001s)
- ^ A b The Official Vampire High: 10 Years Later Documentary
- ^ Vampire High (2001–) Release Info
- ↑ Vampire High - School's A Pain In The Neck!
- ↑ Vampire High The First Season DVDs
- ↑ Vampire High
- ↑ Vampire High
- ↑ Il était une fois les séries TV: Vampire High
- ↑ TV UK, 13 July Vampire High: There are worse ways to spend the time until The Real One is back with us.