True Blood

Bayou bloodsucker drama

True Blood is a vampire-themed HBO television series (2008–2014) set in Louisiana, where synthetic blood allows vampires to live openly among humans.

The phrase itself refers to this fictional beverage that sustains vampires without human victims.

Outside the show, true blood can mean authentic lineage or pure ancestry: She's true blood aristocracy.

supernatural

shifter

Device for changing gears

maenad · brujo · medium · Lafayette · witch · Marnie · werepanther · necromancy · possession · telepathy

series

HBO

Premium cable network

Sookie · seasons · premiere · finale · cast · ensemble · Anna Paquin · soundtrack · credits · streaming

gothic

Southern Gothic

Regional literature of decay

  • bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
  • swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
  • darknessTotal absence of light

moonlight · nightlife · humidity · moss · cemetery · crypts · plantation · backwoods · sultry · atmospheric

themes

integration

Combining into a whole

civil rights · mainstreaming · otherness · desire · addiction · power · corruption · identity · sexuality · mortality

vampires

mainstreaming

Including in standard settings

glamour · silvering · staking · bleeds · Lilith · Pam · Jessica · coffin · immortality · undead

Categories
Opposites
content tone

True BloodSesame Street

Educational children's television program

7th Heaven · The Waltons · Full House · Gilmore Girls · The Andy Griffith Show

vampire portrayal

True BloodTwilight

Vampire romance phenomenon

Hotel Transylvania · Bunnicula · Count Chocula · Buffy the Vampire Slayer

network/production approach

True Bloodnetwork television

Major channel broadcasting

NCIS · Hallmark Channel · Disney Channel · broadcast standards

Family

true, truth, blood, truly, bleed, truthful, trustworthy, bloody, bleeding

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R