Raising the stakes: the 25 best vampire TV shows, ranked

is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Brian McGreevy, who codeveloped this Netflix series produced by Eli Roth. Set in the fictional struggling steel town of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, the show focuses on Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron), a Romani teenager suspected of being a werewolf … which he is. The town’s primary employer is the Godfrey Institute for Biomedical Technologies, headed by the vampire Olivia Godfrey (Famke Janssen) and her son, Roman Godfrey (future Pennywise clown Bill Skarsgård). The first season, which follows the book more closely, is the best as it explores the unlikely friendship/rivalry between impoverished Peter and rich-boy Roman. The two subsequent seasons deviated from the source material and were mostly forgettable. All three seasons are being pulled from Netflix on October 22, 2022, so if you’re curious, binge the series (or at least the first season) before it gets staked. [Robert DeSalvo]