The Strain

In the first season of FX's The Strain, most of the narrative was spent following the citizens of New York as they stood by in denial about the vampirism that was slowly but surely overtaking the city. As such, it was up to Eph  Despite playing strigoi-battling vampire hunters on The Strain, the FX show's … Read more

The Strain is one of many current television adaptations of literary works, but where The Strain differs from the likes of Game of Thrones or Outlander is in its faithfulness, or lack thereof, to the source material. As Season 1 of  The first season of The Strain centered on New New Yorkers in denial about … Read more

As season two of The Strain commences, we flash back to young Abraham (Sammy Silver) dutifully devouring soup with a wooden spoon at the behest of his bubbe (The Affair's Kathleen Chalfant), who's spinning him a carefully chosen yarn about a  SAN DIEGO – Digital vampires passed muster with people who ought to know, cast … Read more

Season two of The Strain begins with a flashback of Abraham Setrakian as a child in 1932, listening to his grandmother tell a story. She recalls the tale of Jusef Sardu – a man who had giantism and walked with a silver blade cane. Sardu's brother put Season two of The Strain begins with a … Read more

(CNN) — Tender, loving vampires? Look elsewhere than FX's "The Strain." The new thriller series, produced by Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse and author Chuck Hogan, wants to make bloodsuckers scary again. "The vampire genre has sort of been overrun  Every week, Todd VanDerWerff will be joined by one of Vox's many experts in subjects … Read more

HitFixs Alan Sepinwall invites his readers to review the premiere of FXs The Strain, the new vampire drama adapted from the book trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. In FX's new series 'The Strain,' New York City finds itself battling a vampire epidemic, with only a few members of the CDC standing in … Read more

FX has learned that some people just can't stomach billboards that promote The Strain, the cable net's new horror show that's based on the book trilogy by director Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim) and author Chuck Hogan. Every week, Todd VanDerWerff will be joined by one of Vox's many experts in subjects other than television … Read more

Guillermo del Toro's new project The Strain premieres on FX this weekend, but many people aren't aware that the vampire series has had not one, but two previous incarnations: the original novel trilogy by del Toro and Chuck  Guillermo del Toro's new project The Strain premieres on FX this weekend, but many people aren't aware … Read more