No matter how much we know that it’s all just a fantasy, yet we are fascinated, charmed and sometimes spooked by the supernatural world displayed on popular TV series. Whether its magic, superhuman strength or immortality, we wish to become one of the supernatural characters or hunts them down as a hunter, if given a chance.
Thanks to pop culture around the supernatural theme, the genre is quite popular among all age groups across the globe. Maybe it takes us to a whole new world of fantasy, where the only concern is how to overcome the evil and survive. Although I don’t believe in any of those supernatural beings or cultures, I often wondered where the ideas about such supernatural theme come from!
Despite not having any beliefs in such fantasy supernatural world, I am a huge fan of this pop culture. Hence, today I will share a list of some awesome TV series, which is highly based on a supernatural world, theme, things or characters.
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Best Supernatural Themed TV Series
Supernatural
The first on my list the adventures of the Winchester brothers, where they hunt down vampires, witches, werewolves, shapeshifters, demons and sometimes even rogue angels. Supernatural, as the name suggests, has each and every supernatural creature ever created and as hunters, Sam and Dean Winchester must kill them for good. The show already has a successful run for 11 seasons now and is among the top Supernatural themed shows ever.
The Vampire Diaries
Well, the vampires are not always evil and that’s what The Vampire Diaries is all about. This TV series based around the city of Mystic Falls follows the story of Elena, Damon and Stefan. Damon and Stefan are the vampire brothers, who fall for the same girl Elena, a teenage girl of Mystic Falls. The series talks about dark magic, witches, werewolves, hunters, and, of course, the main attraction is garnered by the vampires on the show.
The Originals
A spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals follows the life of Mikaelson siblings, Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. The series is basically about the Mikaelson siblings quest to regain control over the city of Orleans, they had been forced to flee from their vengeful father. However, the origin of the series is cut down from The Vampire Diaries, The Originals focuses around a completely independent plot with different storylines.
Fringe
Fringe is an American Supernatural Science Fiction TV Series. TV Show is about an FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham a Mad Scientist Walter Bishop and his Son peter Bishop. They Investigate aspects of Fringe Science. Fringe is highly inspired by X-Files, The Twilight Zone and some other supernatural TV Shows.
Grimm
Grimm is a police procedural fantasy drama series, where the main protagonist discovers that he belongs to a long lineage of guardians known as Grimm’s and he must maintain the balance between humanity and the mythological characters called Wesen. All the mythological creatures featured on the TV series are inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Grimm has a successful run for 5 years since it premiered in 2011.
True Blood
HBO’s True Blood is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, True Blood is an American television drama featuring the life of Sookie Stack house, a telepathic waitress and her encounters with the other co-existing vampires. Besides vampires, there are also other supernatural creatures such as werewolves, shapeshifters, faeries, witches and a maenad feature in the series.
