Genre: Supernatural, Teen drama
Created by Victoria Schwab
Based on “First Kill” by V. E. Schwab
Starring: Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise, Gracie Dzienny, Dominic Goodman, Phillip Mullings, Jr. & Jason R. Moore.
Music by Kurt Farquhar
Executive Producers: Victoria Schwab, Emma Roberts,Karah Preiss, Jet Wilkinson, Felicia D. Henderson
Production Locations: Savannah, Georgia
Cinematography: Amy Vincent, Keith L. Smith, Cliff Charles
Editors: Bjørn T. Myrholt, Karen Castañeda, Angela Latimer, Marc Pollon
Producers: James Bigwood, Matt Matruski
Distributor: WaterWalk Entertainment, Inc., Belletrist Productions
Plot: Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope because one’s a vampire and the other’s a vampire hunter — and both are ready to make their first kill.
Season 1 of First Kill as Pretty Good.
Pros: I enjoyed seeing the effort given to this stale vampire genre. I like the relationship between Juliette and Calliope from lovers to splitting up. I was surprised at the other storyline involving the character Theo. This show doesn’t shy away for showing blood when it has to.
Cons: There wasn’t that much action going on. And sadly there’s won’t be another season of this show because it got cancelled.
Casts & characters:
Main:
- Sarah Catherine Hook as Juliette Fairmont
- Imani Lewis as Calliope “Cal” Burns
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Margot, Juliette’s mother
- Aubin Wise as Talia, Cal’s mother
- Gracie Dzienny as Elinor, Juliette’s older sister
- Dominic Goodman as Apollo, Cal’s older brother
- Phillip Mullings, Jr. as Theo, Cal’s eldest half-brother
- Jason R. Moore as Jack, Cal’s father
Recurring:
- Will Swenson as Sebastian, Margot’s formerly human husband
- Jonas Dylan Allen as Ben Wheeler, Juliette’s best friend
- MK xyz as Tess Franklin, Cal’s best friend
- Joseph D. Reitman as Clayton Cook
- Walnette Santiago as Carmen
- Polly Draper as Davina Atwood, Margot’s mother and ruler of the Legacy vampires
- Dylan McNamara as Oliver, Juliette’s older brother and Elinor’s twin brother
In addition, Roberto Méndez co-stars as Noah Harrington.
I recommend giving this series a chance.
Rating: 6 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.