A vampire that a senile old priest convinced himself was an angel because “it saved him”. Felt pretty straightforward.

When the Mother says to the pastors assistant “God loves my son just as much as he loves you. Why does that make you so angry?” THAT’S what so many people need to hear. This show was a masterpiece of metaphors.

Riley, and his Parents were able to refrain themselves from drinking blood because they have been practicing sobriety for what Riley did. Hence why his younger brother did not drink with his buddies in the uppards in the first episode. They have learned not to give Into cravings and control themselves. Very good Writing there for sure!

I mean, a Vampire trapped in the middle of a desert sounds like it's imprisoned, no blood to consume and too much sunlight to escape. The fallen angel origin theory makes sense.

Interestingly, the worst and most violent parts of the show aren't because of the vampire. It was Bev who poisoned that dog, it was Bev who decided that a mass murder suicide was the way to go. The vampire just went along with it.

as someone who reads a lot about abrahamic religions, i never actually seen it as a vampire, i just assumed that it was a fallen angel (demon) from the begining and the whole sun weakness and blood drinking are just symptoms of him being a literal mockery of regular angel -it is said in ancient jewish texts that angels were casted down into great, dark caves uder ground (the cave where we meet him) -it is said that they are banished from the light and "may they never see the sun again" (they die from light) -it is said that they are a mockery of god (they literally mock the resurrecton of christ by reviving people as monsters and mock the eucharist by drinking their own corrupted blood instead of the blood of christ, the demon in the show also chooses to use a man of faith as his tool to kill a whole flock of his followers) -it is said that they are deceiving (literally tricks an entire town of people into commiting suicide) Vampires are kinda just an extension of what christians would call a demon if you think about it that way (but not entirely ofc, the original and earliest tales of vampires from slavic mythology (wąpierz) describe that vampires were once humans who were cursed during life, but you get what i mean)

Man, Mike Flanagan is such a criminally underrated director.

I've been grieving a lot recently , this moments where they spoke about death in this show truly helped me. AMAZING show .

This show was a gem. Highly underrated.

I'm surprised nobody else tossed this option out there, from what I've seen at least, but a cave in the Middle Eastern desert and seemingly granting wishes but enacting a price sounds more like a D'jinn than a vampire or fallen angel. Especially when taken into consideration that some D'jinn were good, others bad and some in a gray area.

Before watching midnight mass I had been reading about the nephalim from the book of Enoch. The children of angels and human women, they were giants who drank blood and devoured everything in their path, including eventually each other from their hunger. I think that's what the "angel" was

I could imagine the “angel” as a fallen angel. Something that was once an angel who was struck down into something that’d have to hide from the light and feed on the beings it could’ve hated. Kinda like how some stories, Satan hated humanity getting the love of God, and therefore fully decided to rebel then.

I've always believed and still believe 100% that this thing is a Vampire, Monsignor Pruitt just has his beliefs so strongly that he thinks this creature is a angel when it clearly has all the call signs of being a vampire and the creature used Pruitt's beliefs against him to fool him into thinking he was a good angel of the lord when it's actually a blood drinking demon, but also I would find it more interesting if this creature was some kind of demonic angel of some kind that would be very different

My two-cents: The Creature is a vampire that inspired the myth of angels. Monsignor Pruitt discovered the Creature in ruins buried beneath the sands of Jerusalem, where it could've been trapped for centuries. The Creature spared Pruitt only after it heard his prayers, which seems to imply it knew of Pruitt's Christian faith. I'd further speculate it not only knew about Christendom but also played a hand in its founding. The Creature weaponized Monsignor Pruitt's faith as it's likely done many times before. Pruitt was just its most recent disciple (and hopefully last).

In the show it was made clear that this wasn’t just an ordinary cave but some kind of ancient structure, likely a temple or some kind of prison perhaps as when he’s inside it you can definitely make out that it’s much bigger than the initial room he is in, it has vaulted ceilings and there were a few hallways that stretched into the darkness and went around corners. He mentioned early many ancient ruins had been uncovered by the recent storms, I’m thinking this was a ruin from the time of the ancient Assyrians or something even older, as many of their deities and what we would even call demons were pictured with wings of a sort. Perhaps this was one of them that they could not kill and so had to imprison it somehow so they built the tomb to contain it.

Angels were terrifying to look at. They had to request people to not be afraid of them

It's interesting that a curse like vampirism is given a scientific explanation in Midnight Mass, which kinda makes sense to a layman. Of course, if there was a God and it decided to curse someone then it would just be an insanely advanced virus or something that wouldn't make sense to us which I find interesting and would have endless possibilities in fiction. If someone from 2000 years ago saw us in our world today, they may consider us to be of some higher power. Not having to push doors to open them, flying without wings etc. I wish Midnight Mass had a prequel or sequel. Mike Flanagan is on a roll right now.

I accidentally stumbled across this series and then could not stop watching for 8 straight hours. It is one the best vampire shows I have ever seen but it’s so much more than just about vampires. It is more to do with human nature than anything else

I loved this show. The soliloquy at the final scene, where Erin describes her view of life and death, brought me to tears. It was so vast and encompassing, far more open than any one religion. I even wrote it down. The creature reminded me of the winged creatures in the film, Jeruzalem.

Guillermo Del Toro's THE STRAIN has the seven original vampires, known as The Ancients, as manifesting from the original angel who was killed and torn into seven individual pieces for the unforgivable crime of killing his angel brother so to drink his blood (which was silver, so in life silver hurts them). They, The Ancients, must also maintain and keep the dirt/soil from which they landed after being torn apart and cast down. They also cannot cross over moving water by themselves. We see this in the show as The Master's coffin box is filled with his dirt and loaded into a van to be driven across the bridge to be taken into Manhattan (which is an island). Kudos to you for souring them! Love your channel. ❤️

To me, it seemed implied that it was a vampire and arguably, the entire belief system was based on the manipulation of the vampire(s), with them misinterpreting the things it could do as miracles. The vampire clearly recognized that Monsignor was religious and kept him alive to try and reestablish the fanatical religion around itself, like it instantly went along with it all implying it's happened before but the show had no indication that a god even existed or had anything to do with it as they explained what the vampire was doing to the people. I don't think it was an angel in the religious sense, it doesn't do anything the show doesn't explain as scientific or akin to a virus or parasite. I think the entire premise is basically the snowball effect of fanatic belief and blind faith starting from the Monsignor and spreading just like the vampire virus not letting people see reality or how unbelievably hypocritical and evil they had become.

I agree: it's a Fallen Angel. It lived without blood in the cave since it was immortal and only fed because it wanted, not needed to. The townspeople are the ones who become vampire, after they die while having drank the blood of the angel

Fallen angel was my impression throughout, but I was struck by its limitations and how it doesn’t vibe with the War in Heaven. The first problem is that it wasn’t physically impressive and was very susceptible to physical harm, seeming mundane despite it’s longevity. Maybe it was of a species older than humanity with only a few remnants left. Maybe it was a fallen angel that was extremely weak after long imprisonment and he was setting the town up to drain them after trapping them there as easy pickings after the curse. I wish it were better explained. Secondly, fallen angels were sent to Hell in huge numbers, and after the Nephilim debacle and flood, God restricted all interactions in the mortal world. A fallen angel shouldn’t be lingering in some cave, as both God and Satan would have taken note. After consideration it makes more scriptural sense that the “angel” could have been a Nephilim that survived the flood within the cave and had been there since, or maybe Cain and the curse is his mark. I’m left uncertain. It’s really too bad the creators won’t expand on the show. I’m a horror aficionado and this production touched all of the right bases. I just wish I understood it.

I think you are spot on, and figured much the same when I saw the show: the creature design being so close to the imagery of fallen angels, the fact that it was found in the Holy Land, how it responded to the word angel and was seemingly into wearing the vestments and appearing to the congregation, etc. It seems more thematically consistent if it is a fallen angel, rather than "just" a vampire. But as you noted, the origin of vampires varies greatly from story to story, so maybe the real answer is: it's both. As for the doctor's porphyria explanation, I figured that was just our limited science grasping at the tiniest fraction of the truth. I mean, who is to say that angels - or what our civilization came to call angels - don't have some sort of recognizable cellular structure, even if the specifics are far beyond our understanding? I know not everybody cares for that sort of blurred line between science and the supernatural, but I really liked that aspect of the story.

Here's a theory: the creature is Lazarus. Maybe once J.C. did his thing, he came back...different. The cave was actually his original tomb, perhaps.

Midnight Mass was a great change of pace and I thought this is one of the best vampire stories that isn’t so cliche but makes u think about it after. It has some major Stephen King vibes too. I’m pretty convinced now that this creature is indeed a fallen angel, perhaps the last one. I mean what if there was another one that turned Dracula or perhaps was turned by a follower of this very same angel that had lived for centuries. Might be a cool prequel idea

Great video! One thing I would disagree with is that the Angel was only enjoying the blood. I think it was part of its punishment: being overwhelmed by the lust for blood so much, it is not bothered with people shooting at him or even cutting his wings. Succumbing to one of the seven deadly sins is certainly a fitting punishment for an angel which driven by its own ego and selfishness challenged God.

What I never understood is why the vampire in midnight mass wanted to make so many more vampires. That's more competition for food for the original vampire. I could see it wanting a few more vampires but not a whole town full. It would be difficult to control that many vampires. That also puts him at higher risk for the rest of the world to know of his existence if some of the other vampires are discovered. Once his existence is discovered he could be hunted.

Two things I'd like to add 1) The blood didn't make father Paul convulse, it was because he ingested rat poison. 2) About how it comunicates and if it influences people, it is mentioned a couple of times that those that are fully changed hear the angel's voice inside their head giving them instructions and they are encouraged to obey My own personal take, I believe it was a vampire, the priest was senile and he made sense of what he saw based on his belief as did the islanders .

I think the show itself ultimately doesn't care what the "angel" is. It cares about individual people coming to terms with death, faith and their place in the world. The creature works equally well as an unknown species or mutant as it does as a clever vampire or fallen angel. It never tells us its perspective, we only have speculation from human characters, which makes the creature all the more mysterious, terrifying and, in some senses, horribly divine. The creature seems very cunning, it can choose its prey, it may be able to communicate mentally, it can certainly understand and use gestures and echo voices. It may have manipulated the priest, it certainly abetted him and was angry when he was harmed. It also shows animalistic behaviours. It shrieks when angry, it does not contain its hungers even when they arouse suspicion, crucially it becomes so absorbed in feeding that it can be shot or stabbed and hardly notices or cares. If the creature does burn up in the sun, it is because instincts blinded it to the harm Erin was inflicting on it. Fire, the bane of beasts, does hurt or frighten it though. This suggests a different species enthralled to instinct as much as to intelligence. But could also mean a vampire so ancient that it has lost human thought patterns or even common sense. This doesn't sound much like a demon or fallen angel, who are often depicted as being at least as wise and intelligent as humans. But perhaps even an angel could be altered by a curse over time. It might also be alien to us because angels and demons simply aren't human. The lack of interest in outside interference when feeding might possibly be explained as sheer arrogance - it doesn't think anyone can really harm it. Again, I think the very fact that multiple conclusions could be drawn about the creature goes to the heart of the show, which presents multiple views on life, death and the afterlife. (Though I think the writers / show-runners probably favour Erin's point of view.)

I’m a Christian and whether you’re religious or not, this is an AMAZING SHOW. the quality, writing, the ideas and the dialogue all so good. Mike Flanagan does not miss.

The most interesting thing about this vampire was the feeling that he needed Pruitt as much as Pruitt needed him...This creature may have not fed in centuries until Pruitt wandered in, who knows? I loved this dynamic. Like why would this creature only follow Pruitt back across the world? For whatever motive, he needed Pruitt.

The pacing and mystery of this series was one of my favorites, and some of the acting is phenomenal, tear jerking

A vampire for sure. It used the father’s religion against him and that was the beauty of his plan.

What makes me so sad is the one who I thought was evil (the priest) turned out to be the most honest, humanitarian one of all. And he basically did all of this for his loved ones 😭 his senile and pure mind genuinely thought he had found an angel. So sad.

I just watched Midnight Mass with my Dad (his first viewing, my second) and he's a Pastor, a man of God one might say and he was terrified of the angel in this series. He said "I think it's the devil. The devil after all is often called the prince of darkness" hence why this angel can't go into sunlight. This and the theories presented in this video makes sense because in most vampire stories they are repelled by holy objects or walking into a house of God. So it makes sense this would be the devil or a demon (though I'm going with my Dad's theory) since they were once angels.

@7:19 when you rewatch it you realise that the convulsion isn't about the resurrection but it's caused by the poison. When Monsignor Pruitt dies and comes back it's actually because Bev poisons him as a way to force him to admit the secret to at least the mayor and his wife. Before that point he was still able to walk in the sun, which is how they learnt that everyone had to die to fully complete the change. She literally went on a limb thinking he was like Jesus and would resurrect, inadvertently causing the final events.

It could be a fallen angel/demon. It’s smart and disciplined enough to know when to hang back. When the storm unburies it, it could have immediately gone back to Jerusalem and started feeding but it didn’t feel like it. When the priest came into its cave, it was going to kill him to keep its secret. But when it realized he was religious, it knew it could have a little fun. So it agrees to cloak itself and fly to the island with the assumption that it could torment the island.

I recently four your channel and omg I’m binging all of your videos. I love vampires and love that your content has a focus on vampires in our modern media🧛‍♂️

In Dracula 2000, the vamp was Judas, living out the curse played upon him when he betrayed Jesus. I thought that was an interesting take on vampire lore. Great video, btw!

I'm not usually much of a vampire movie viewer. I Binge watched this series in just a few days. Not because of the impending horror, but because of the well defined characters. So much of the series focused on the church and what the priest was telling his parish that it was tough to turn away. Very well done show. Good writing is so rare, so I was happy to find this by accident.

Well the Priest was senile. So maybe the vampire influenced his mind. Cause I'm sure most people would assume it's a demon.

Your theory makes a lot of sense. Every time an angel shows up they utter the phrase "Be not afraid." A more accurate translation could be "Please stop screaming it hurts my ears"

Fallen angel or not, there is the viral aspect and there is the supernatural aspect: that Angel is the progenitor, the source of the infection and it's sole purpose is spreading it. Also, it can communicate, and possibly manipulate, those infected by it - as Pruit said, he could feel every death, every person affected by the "miracle", thus we can assume that the Angel could've had a better mastery and possibly even control, of that sense. This might explain the mimicry of the voice even. And most certainly that is how it "talked" to father Pruit.

I still think it's just a vampire, but you do propose an interesting hypothesis. As to why a handful didn't give in to the lust, I think it's just that their good people at heart. The transformation brings out the beast inside, so to speak, but there are some folks who genuinely have a good core. It's not that unusual in vampire stories to see someone hold off for a while, only to later give in as their humanity slow fades in comparison to the hunger. Very much an addiction allegory. In time I think they would have fed, but for then their morals were strong enough to let them control their hunger.

It was a Vampire, but not just *ANY* Vampire - Much like with Demons, there are, call them, "Positions of Authority," for lack of a better term. Given how powerful it was, even starved as it must have been, I would class it as a Vampire Lord. Most 'Lesser" vampires would have died from starvation - THIS one didn't. That alone suggests it's power. Beyond that, there is a reason it responded to Pruitt's words - One can find them in the Old & New Testament: The Blood is The Life. (Which is probably why blood drinking is so proscribed, but that's for another discussion...)

man, it's nice to finally have a channel where you don't have to wonder whether or not VtM will be mentioned when it's relevant very nice :)

I liked this. The biblical description of angels are terrifying, not vampiric, but terrifying, angels are the militant wing of heaven, makes sense they'd be scary.

The producers said it's a vampire, my guess it started out as a human and was cursed by god thousands of years ago becoming a shadow of its former self. The sunlight weakness could also have a biblical explanation, in some cultures, the sun is a symbol for god.

I loved the part when the priest turned on the lighter and right in front of him was the vampire shouting "its morbin time"

I think the vampire kept the Priest alive because it saw him as a way out of his prison. Mostly likely the vampire was trapped in the dessert because obviously there isn't much shade in the dessert for hundreds of miles. Also, at the end about 30 min before dawn the vampire flew off with damaged wings trying to fly to the mainland 30 miles away did leave a possible sequel.

When they said people were terrified when they’ve seen an angel, it was probably refering to very early depictions of angels, as flying objects with eyes surrounded by wings

I have one weird suggestion for a video topic. This one's pretty out there, the Fangires from Kamen Rider Kiva- and probably by extension the Wolfen race of the same series. The Fangies are vampiric creatures albeit different from the norm. Hopefully the source material of the creatures aren't too different since it's more of a superhero work aside from the usual video topic.

Genetically Modified Skeptic makes a good argument that the angel is an analogy for religious extremism, and that is how I interpret the angel. Further, there are a few points worth making. First, I agree that this version of vampirism is partially biological, and partly supernatural. We see Riley getting genuine prophetic visions of the bloodied church, which are implied to be sent by God; it is Riley's act of selfless sacrifice that tips the scales of fate just enough to stop the angel. Had he not done so, the angel would have won, as not even Erin believed his story of being turned until he burst into flames at sunrise. So there is definitely a pinch of implied divine intervention going on. Throughout the show, Father Paul explains that the angel can communicate telepathically with those who have drank the angel's blood. As he releases Riley, he makes the remark that over time, the angel's "voice" grows stronger over time and its thoughts become his thoughts. I assume that the end product here would be people incapable of resisting the angel's influence. This turns the whole ordeal into a nearly apocalyptic disease outbreak. Had the angel's curse spread to the mainland, it really would have been the end of humanity as we know it. So yes, I think ultimately that the angel was a fallen angel.

This is the best explanation to Midnight Mass. Thank you for the video.

Great cast/performances compelling story. I didn’t want it to end 😭🔥🔥🔥🔥

Azrael is actually the name. Idk where ozrael came from. Could be a variation I'm not familiar with. Azrael is the arch angel of death in cabbalistic belief

I'd be very interested in what your take on the Vampires of Nosgoth is/would be. The Soul Reaver franchise has a lot of interesting takes on what it is to be a "Vampire"

I shared your fun of exploring this fantastic show with your fantastic video. Thank you!

Coogs. Ur one of my favorite ppls. Really. I love these videos mane.

Vampire is really more of a descriptor, it's entirely possible for it to be both a fallen angel with vampiric abilities.

This was one of the greatest "vampire series ever, much less one of the best series on netflix. The show wouldnt have been nearly as good without the actor Hamish as the Priest. He is one of my favorite actors. Hes good in everything ive seen him play in, I especially enjoyed watching his role in legion. Hes pretty diverse, in legion hes more reserved and calculated where in midnight mass he was more frantic and maniacal. Hes been really sucessful in the roles he has gotten but I feel he is really under rated and under used in hollywood and I hope that changes.

Just came across the channel and I'm digging it my guy 👍

The part of the show where it shows Riley's parents being able to contain themselves and not attack others shows their true beliefs/morals, I think it's pretty open and clear what's going on.. They're genuinely good people who are not turned into monsters because they don't have "bad blood" and yes it was hard not to make that pun haha. But I believe that his parents and the child of the sheriff were not attacking others because they were "pure" and knew better, at their core, and that they wouldn't just give in to temptation. I think that is really shown well in the show, the fact that it's not easy to know others true selves, and that nothing makes you a monster, it can only shed light on those bad parts that you have, and bring it out of you. It's not making them violent, it's just loosening their inhibitions and letting them feel as if it's okay because "god" or an "angel" gave them permission. Says a lot about addiction and true, deeply held morals, or the lack there of.

I'm sold on it being a Demon, its resulting spawn could be considered vampires tho. Just not the science-y genetics type the antediluvian-curse type.

Based on the geographical & historical mythos aspects, it's more than likely that the creature is a "goul/ghoul." This is especially strong with the creature live in cave across deserts that hidden in the storm. Exactly the general description of ghoul in Arabian literature. Yes, all the vampiric Europen creatures also based on Middle Eastern ghoul mythos. Sometimes, ghoul could also be categorized to "djinn" & it does make sense in religious aspects for Abrahamic religions as Christians demons/fallen angels are what djinns are to Islamic mythos. In this aspects, it make sense how the djinn/creature able to grant people healing power or even immortality, also have some seemingly deceptive supernatural powers. Of course those perks comes with "heavy prices."

The people insisting the vampire creatture was litterally an angel or devil or demon missed the point of the show. Listen to Erin's dying monologue in the end.

I just found your channel and liked how you explained this.

Since you mentioned Vampire: the Masquerade, I feel like adding something there: in VTM there is a church of Vampires who see their kind as angels of death, blessed by god to end the suffering of humans who are living in hell-on-earth. This movie feels like it was either the inspiration for or inspired by the Church of Caine, depending on release dates.

I can see your theory here. You make a great argument with a strong point, however I'm choosing to still view the series as a more elaborate vampire story for the sole reason that the majority of viewers will never be able to connect those dots and therefore not be able to imagine more than what the series only shows. Great video though man. It was very entertaining and thought provoking.

I assumed it was a vampire, but the implications of that to me wasn't that this one priest had mistaken a vampire for an angel, but that angel's aren't real, and every Christian angel was in fact a vampire from the beginning to now. Hense the blood drinking rituals and obsession with resurrection.

@Cogan Lollins interesting take. Thank you for the clip.

This was actually a really great series. It took vampirism on a realistic spin and using Christianity, it manipulated and used the people of the island. It was believable that people would fall prey to something smarter than them.

I love these videos ugh. We need more vampire shows and movies!!!! Theres so much to do with vampires. Have you ever did twilight vampires? I went through your videos and I didnt see any.

Going by where it was found, its appearance and wings, I always assumed it was an ancient demon/fallen angel. It doesn't make sense that a vampire would be found in Jerusalem.

One of the best one off shows I have seen, hopefully we can get another from the director

I think the "fallen angel" theory is right, but I also think it's a vampire, in otherwords vampires are from fallen angels. Thank you so very much for the video.

In the book of Enoch, the Watchers came down to earth to take mortal wives. Afterward, they were damned forced to watch their children kill one another, then they were buried in the desert. This may have been one of those watchers unearthed.

"It's not an angel, but a fallen angel, or possibly an angel of death" So an angel...

I enjoyed this very much, would really like to see more of this story.

I was definitely skeptical up until you said it could be a Fallen Angel. Really have me thinking "Damn could be"

I was hoping it would look like a biblically accurate angel and use like a butterfly mouth to drink blood

Love the video, I just watched the Day Shift on Netflix hope you could do a video about the Vampires there

Watched the series twice already, one of the best.

The idea that it is a fallen angel is very interesting, and I can absolutely see it being the case.

It's either a fallen angel (demon), a creature created by a demon or just some high level vampire that has managed to sustain itself for a very long time.

I strongly hope there is no season two: this show is so good I wouldn't want it to be potentially spoiled for me by any sequel.

I like how in Legacy of Kain, the original Vampires are as described by Janos Audron, as "Divine". Angelic wings and all that. But then they were cursed with bloodlust. The curse they pass on however worsens on their 'children' so to say, making them look more 'demonic'. And while none of them ever grew wings after that, the right-hand that Kain sired, Raziel did grow wings. And his wings were demonic, featherless. It's an interesting juxtaposition. Also fits with the original intent for Soul Reaver when it was called a different name, being a story of an angel cast out of heaven climbing it's way back up. In Soul Reaver, Raziel is cast out of Kain's empire left for dead and he crawls his way back from the abyss to get his revenge. So if I were to build upon your theory; Yes it could had been an angel. Yes it could had been cast out of heaven when it lost. Yes there could be more. Having been cast out, they are also cursed and twisted to look like that. And their curse, is the traditional traits of Vampires we know. Which in this universe ( _Midnight Mass_ ) is what people associate with "miracles" as well as "vampirism".

I thought I was the only person still talking about this show. Halloween coming up and ima re watch it! It was SOOOO GOOD!! I’ve been trying to get people to watch this! Also, I do NOT want a second season! Please No. It was good how it was!

I think a lot of people are getting hung up on naming the creature as one or the other, when it could be all of the choices. The creature could be the or one of the originators of all the mythologies for vampires, angels, demons, etc. -- each of the names of these supernatural beings being different branches from the same root tree. The debate among those who wish to categorize it as originally one or the other may be moot. It is each of them and all of them are it -- a kind of synecdoche. That said about its official nomenclature -- discussion about if it is a historical or mythological figure, or if it gave rise through itself or its actions to those figures, is an ongoing & interesting debate, as well as the confirmation of its origin -- though I doubt we'll ever know unless told by the author (and I really don't think they probably had a concrete definition of that either). Happy hunting. ;)👹🧛👼🐧

A fallen angel and probably not the only one, that led to vampire myths is the best fit. Not that we know anything about this but base on what we know a vampire needs blood to survive and this one was hidden for 1-2 thousand years with no blood.

My buddy who played the monster is an awesome monster actor and I’m so happy to see how well he did

Hello again Cogan. I came here with more recommendations. some more TV/ movie/ games /anime Recommendations What We do in the Shadows ( Both Vampires and Werewolves) Being Humans (Both Vampires and Werewolves) John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vampire Mina Harker) The Order 1886 (Video Game / Both Vampires and Werewolves as well as immortals) The Order TV series (Lobisomem/Werewolves) Skyrim (Video Game/ Video Game movie Vampires and Werewolves and other mystic creatures) Howl 2015 (werewolves) Stephen King's Silver Bullet (Werewolf) An American werewolf in London (Werewolf) An American werewolf in Paris (Werewolf) Bad Moon (Werewolf) Cursed 2005 (werewolves) Ginger snaps franchise (werewolves) The Howling franchise (Werewolves) Werewolf:The Beast Among us (werewolves and Vampires) Helsing, Helsing Ultimate, Helsing the Dawn (Vampires and Werewolves) From Dusk till Dawn (Vampires) Dracula 2000 (Vampires) Dracula 3000 (Vampires) Night Teeth (Vampires) The Last Vampire Princess/Guardians of the Night (RUSSIAN Vampire movie) Sirius The Jaeger (Vampires) Luger code 1951 (werewolves and beasthumans) Supernatural The animations (all of them) Marvel Blade animation (Vampires and Werewolves from Asiatic folklores including Mannanangal ) Nightwatch and Daywatch ( RUSSIAN movie franchise on Vampire-Demon and Angelic like entities) Dark Shadows (Vampires) Vampire Academy (Vampires) Interview With a Vampire (Vampires) Bloodsucking B*tads / Bloodsucking Office Vampires (Vampires) (can't afford to spell that censored B word) Bloodrayne franchise (Vampires) The Lost Boys (Vampires) Cirque du Freak : The Vampire's assistant (Vampires) Ghoul (Indian movie on Ghoul)

I particularly love how this story places biblical tales and characters on the same footing as mythology.

I assumed Riley's parents and Ali didn't give in to the urge because they're good people, it's not that they're "different" from the rest is just that they realize killing people is bad; Mildred didn't kill anyone either

Angels are depicted in the Bible, and many other writings, as looking many different ways. Ophanim are wheels of light and cherubim three headed six winged beings. Yes. However, none of them can be freaking vanquished by a little bit of sunlight! The idea of fallen angels being the same thing as vampires is a cool idea and I understand it is a theory in the book trilogy “the strain“. However, they are more dangerous, they are not gargoyle bat people who have to rely on some patsy to drag them around in a suitcase. I just think we have to believe that this story takes place in a universe where people don’t know about vampires. Since this thing gives the priest youth and immortality, of a type, he wants to believe it is an angel. You’d think he would think it was a Demon

I LOVE these theories about fallen angels and demons. Biblical stuff portrayed in movies and media in general is my fav genre easily!

I BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GO OVER THE DETAILS IN THIS SHOW

I love Stephen King's Salem's Lot and recall that Larry Crockett is the dodgy real estate agent who unknowingly facilitates the arrival of the vampire. It seems like an homage or Easter egg not an integral thing; but in shows like this names are often intentional.

For Vampires I think Legacy of Kain/Soul reaver games are great and have a nice take on Vampire lore. For non Vampire why not cover The Ring american or japanese. Love the vids keep them coming :)