Because to me, either obsession with the vampire is correct.

Polidori, in his story, the vampire was birthed as both a romantic hero and a monster at the same time, so there is room for both versions in entertainment. I realized that what interested me the most was not that the vampire was romantic, but the idea of this hollow corpse that was inhabited by an unholy will. When the vampire was first birthed by John W. I have collected a lot of vampiric lore over the years, in fact. Guillermo del Toro on Making Vampires Scary Again: Well, I’ve been dreaming of the idea of this vampire ever since I was a teenager. Then, we’ll eventually transition into this place where it’s the humans versus the vampires and I think that’s going to be a lot of fun for viewers. I think the cross-genre elements of The Strain are really effective, so making this more about epidemiology at first felt like a great way to introduce these vampire creatures as something more than they have been as of late. Then I did Lost, which was an adventure show mixed with a lot of science fiction elements, which, again, I really enjoyed. The very first show I ever did was The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr.,which played with the western genre. I’m also drawn to the genre-crossing ideas as well.

I felt like that concept, working along with Guillermo’s ability to create creatures and tell amazing stories, and then my own confidence in my ability to be able to turn this into a really good television story- those were the elements that excited me the most. I think we’ve had enough of the romantic, brooding vampires and so this idea of upending the genre and returning to the roots of vampires, which makes them scary and these evil parasitic creatures for audiences, was great.

The Strain airs on FX each Sunday at 10 pm EST/9 pm CST.Ĭarlton Cuse on Creating A New Vampire Television Series: Well, the appeal to me was the fact that The Strain subverts the vampire genre. Daily Dead recently chatted with del Toro, Hogan as well as The Strain’s executive producer Carlton Cuse about their collaboration on FX’s newest series.Ĭheck out the highlights from our interviews with the trio below and look for more on The Strain in the upcoming preview issue of DEADLY - Horror & Sci-Fi Magazine this September. For The Strain, Guillermo del Toro’s first foray into the world of television, he used his own fascination with vampires to inspire the story he first collaborated with Chuck Hogan on almost half a decade ago.

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