Vampire High

Vampire High has recently started showing on Sky One and I have been watching it since the first episode, ok that may only be three so far ( correct at time of press 23/07/01 ) but I think it is a good program. It's not quite "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but it's got potential.

This tv show (so far) has had about 25 episodes, and i'd have to say that i am impressed by the plot line. When i first saw this show i did not think that it would go far with the whole romeo and juliet thing, but it went beyond the whole Drew and Sheri love story. It is a very good for a Canadian tv show.

The weird part being that I actually watch this.

Not by any means can I bring myself to say that this series has any depth, or offers excitement. It takes no risks plot-wise, and the characters seem to do what fits the story, rather than what fits with some sort of consistent personality.

The main story is that 5 "young" vampires have been sent to a boarding high school to become civilized and to learn to act human. Why I can't understand, since they act very human right from the start. They're considerably more humane than their living counter parts. The school seems to have one major staff member: the middle-aged, not very strong-looking headmaster, and yet not a single vampire ever does anything to even offend him. Even though they're five very fast and strong supposedly untamed bloodsuckers, when he shouts, they cringe. Even when they haven't fed for 24 hours or so, and become frenzied, bloodthirsty monsters, they go to their human, blood-filled headmaster to sit close to him and TALK IT OVER. Quite uncivilized and scary, huh?

It is virtually impossible to take this series seriously, but it works very well as a relaxing background noise. The characters don't go through any noticeable changes between ep. 1 and ep. 26, so don't worry about missing anything if you just let this run while doing something else.

Vampire High was and is one the the most stylish ant intense programmes that I have ever seen. Not only is it well written and well directed but the general tone and setting is perfect.

The way it delve's into the characters and finds out more an more about them is indeed an exciting prospect. Never before has a show to my knowledge looked so deep into a character to study them. The plot of the show is the characters themselves, they are the plot and their general mannerisms.

This show is so much more then a vampire TV show but a show that has a balance and the line between the characters and how they can cope with trying to be human.

-Scanjet www.vampirehigh.net

I thought that it was one of the best vampire shows around when I first started watching it on YTV. And now that Space has picked it up, I actually bother to get up before noon every Sunday just to watch it. I really hope that, with new interest, someone might pick the series up again. Kinda like after the success of Hellsing in both the US and North America has given birth to the Hellsing OVA. It was so sad when the canceled it. But it was rather nice that they left it open just enough for it to be taken up again. Hopefully someone will pick it up. Hopefully someone will remember us fans. Or, at least, hopefully they will put it out on DVD. Please bring back Vampire High.