In this post I leave some
suggestions for series (Netflix, and other channels).
Each person
will obviously have personal preferences, some like some series and
others don't, but the objective was to list the various series that
address the occult and paranormal.
Any film or
series always has sensationalism and fiction, the spells and rituals in reality
do not produce effects as instantaneous and amazing as on TV, but these series
are always fascinating to watch.
Sometimes
they teach important tips on mythology, contain quotes from books or subliminal
messages, whoever is a keen observer will absorb these messages.
Charmed:
This series
of three witch sisters was fun and full of mysticism, aired on TV between 1998
and 2006, had 8 seasons, produced by The WB Network (short for Warner
Brothers). A remake came out in 2018, but it doesn't have the same fun and
it gets monotonous.
Supernatural:
This series
is classic, it is aired for several years and has 15 seasons.
The
Winchester brothers are monster hunters and investigators of the paranormal,
obviously the series has a lot of fantasy, but some interesting points I
found:
They promote
Aleister Crowley's Thelema immensely,
in one of the series the type logo was a hexagram used in thelema, that symbol appeared in immense
books and at the beginning of the series, there is still the demon Crowley who
ruled hell.
At the end of
the 14th season we can see "God" a little perverse, for him, we
are just another world created by him, a type of game for him to pass the time,
I got the feeling that they want to convey that this god who created the our
world is the false god of gnosis: Demiurge.
Once Upon a
Time:
It premiered
in October 2011, ending in May 2018, on ABC, had 7 seasons.
The series
follows several fairy tale characters who were brought to the real world and
had their original memories stolen by a powerful curse.
The Originals:
Premiered in
October 2013, with 5 seasons in all, this very good series tells the story of
the original vampire family (the Mikaelson).
It was a spin-off produced
by The CW and based on the North American series The Vampire Diaries.
The series
has a lot of occult and witchcraft that takes place in New Orleans, where there
are witches, voodoo practitioners, some spells in the series demonstrate real
procedures (with blood, voodoo dolls etc.), obviously mix some fantasy, witches
against vampires and werewolves, engaging stories and many philosophical
quotes from books.
Legacies:
This series
is a spin-off of "The
Originals", as it tells the story of the teenage Hope Mikaelson, daughter
of the vampire Klaus, has supernatural powers and is a hybrid witch.
The series
debuted in October 2018 on "The CW". Hope Mikaelson is a
teenager, powerful witch with supernatural powers who attends a "Salvatore
School" school where more students with psychic powers, vampires,
werewolves, etc, appear . There are already 4 season’s.
Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina:
Famous
Netflix series, follows the same wave
of Legacies, but here this blonde teenager is a witch who, belonging to a
family of witches and had to sign the book of shadows (blood pact) with the darkness
lord, she will try to fight evil in the name of love and friendship.
The series
has a lot of allusion to Satanism, black and blood magick quite often and
necromancy too, the figurine of Baphomet
appears frequently in their coven "Church of Night", so much so that
"The Satanic Temple" in
real life wanted to claim compensation Netlfix for image rights.
This series
is inspired by the comic books, the series was produced by Warner Brothers in
association with Berlanti Pr oductions. Four seasons.
Salem:
It premiered
in April 2014 on the WGN channel, it was one of my favorite series, it depicts
the village of Salem where many witches were chased and burned in the 17th
century. Series full of engaging mysticism, witchcraft, has had three seasons
and unfortunately has not been renewed.
Mary Sibley, one of the main and powerful witch, in the last season had
to face the son she had begotten (John), who was archangel Samael reincarnated.
The series
has interesting quotes and philosophies about Eden, the origin of humanity,
God, the forces of good and evil.
Constantine:
Series based
on the comic "Hellblazer"
created by Alan Moore, maybe in the movie Constantine too. The series (as
happened to many) had a season , but was later canceled for renewal,
but this character Constantine appeared in several episodes of the series
"DC legends of Tomorrow"
season 4.
When he starts making invocations in Latin and tracing luminous magickal
sigils in the air, he resembles "Dr
Strange" from the Marvel movies.
Penny
Dreadful:
This British
HBO series has had 2 seasons, it is said that there will be another.
The name is
inspired by old horror newspapers that were sold in England, in the 19th
century, and cost 1 cent, hence the name "penny" (cent) and Dreadful
(terrible, scary).
The series
shows famous fictional characters such as dr Frankenstein, Van Helsing, Dorian
Gray, among others, also appear witches, werewolves.
It is an American supernatural thriller web series, based on the book of the same name by Zoe Aarsen, which debuted on October 12, 2018, on Hulu. The series was created by R. Lee Fleming, Jr .. It reminds us a little of the movie "The craft", which also had teenage girls who got involved with the occult and witchcraft.
Five teenage girls as they deal with the supernatural consequences of an innocent game “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When they begin to die exactly as predicted, survivors must find out why they are being hit - and if the force of evil that hunts them is one of them.
It has 2 seasons so far.
Midnight
Texas:
American
supernatural series broadcast by NBC, based on books by author Charlaine
Harris. It started in July 2017.
It portrays
the life of the inhabitants of a small town inhabited by vampires, witches,
assassins, a fallen angel and other individuals with supernatural origins. Manfred
Bernardo is a psychic and constantly sees the spirit of his deceased
grandmother, who gives him information. He has the power to repel
supernatural entities.
It ended in December 2018 having only 2 seasons.
Diablero:
Aired in
December 2018, the name Diablero is
Mexican, or Latin for a wizard, exorcist, sorcerer.
It is a kind
of Mexican "Constantine", Diablero
Elvis Infante tries to avoid the apocalypse. The supernatural Mexican series
was broadcast on Netflix, based on Francisco Haghenbeck's book "El Diablo me obligó" (the Devil
forced Me).
At the moment 2 seasons are known, it is not known if there will be
another one.
Wynonna Earp:
It premiered
in April 2016 on the Syfy channel. This series I find difficult to
describe, it seems to me a mixture of "Supernatural" that had two
demon hunters brothers, here are two sisters, and it has some similarities with
the series " Van Helsing " that was a hunter of
vampires and demons .
But Wynonna
is a kind of western, a badass gunfighter that has a
"peacemaker" pistol that manages to send demons to Hell, the city
where they live is Purgatory.
The series is
interesting, engaging, has had 4 seasons.
Emerald City:
Fantasy
series broadcast by NBC based on the OZ book series (Wizard of Oz, Land of Oz).
It premiered
in January 2017. I found the series interesting, the actress Adria Arjona
(playing nurse Dorothy Gale) went to a parallel world in another dimension; Emerald
City, where meets the wizard of Oz.
In the series
there is a witch of the North "Glinda" and the witchcraft scenes have
very interesting special effects, I liked the story of the series,
unfortunately there were no more seasons. There was only one season, they say
the problem was the audiences, but there are rumors that there were differences
between the production and Josh Friedman.
American
Gods:
American
series from the Starz channel, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. It
debuted in April 2017, had two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards.
The series
focuses on Shadow Moon, a man serving three years in prison. With a few
days to go until his sentence ends, Shadow ends up being released unexpectedly
after his beloved wife, Laura, is killed. Later, Shadow finds himself next
to a man named Wednesday (who is actually the god Odin).
In this
series, several mythological gods emerge, these ancient gods are losing power
because humanity ceases to worship them and starts to worship technology as a
kind of new divinity (internet, television, the media, technical boy and mr
World).
Ancient gods
and entities appear as an Irish leprechaun (Mad Sweeney), Bilquis appears who
is a Jinn from Arab mythology (Queen of Sheba), Czernobog who in Slavic
mythology is a divinity of light and sun (Bielebog),
among others.
Shadowhunters:
This series
was very good, with an excellent soundtrack, good effects, and a great ending. Beautiful
actresses.
It debuted in
January 2016 and had 4 seasons, based on the literary series The Mortal
Instruments by Cassandra Clare, developed for television by Ed Decter. It
portrays the life of the young Clary Fray completely changes when she discovers
that she is part of a race of humans that hunt demons and have angel blood, the
Shadow Hunters (there was also the
film) have magical runes tattooed on their bodies, each rune awakens a power.
The series is
filled with vampires, werewolves, witches, wizards and other characters.
The opening
song is "This Is the Hunt" performed by Ruelle, and written by Maggie
Eckford and Jeff Bowman especially for the series.
In December
2015, Netflix acquired worldwide rights to show Shadowhunters, excluding the U.S., making the series available as
an original series the day after its North American debut.
The Order:
The Order is
an American television series of supernatural horror and drama created by
Dennis Heaton and Shelley Eriksen that premiered on Netflix on March 7, 2019.
Student Jack
Morton joins an initiatory order: Hermetic
Order of the Blue Rose.
As Jack
delves into the organization's history, he discovers dark family secrets and an
underground battle between werewolves and the arts of magical darkness. A
second season but will not be renewed.
Being Human:
I didn't see
the British series, only the American, so it is this version of the American remake that I will talk about. Broadcast
on the Syfy channel.
A vampire, a
ghost and a werewolf share the same apartment. The series uses a little
comedy and drama to show the three characters trying to live in harmony in a
"normal" way, in a world that disowns them.
I
particularly liked the story of Sally Malik, the girl who was a spirit, who was
trapped in the house without being able to get out, she was unable to manipulate
matter (move objects) and had to learn to be noticed. Later he met a ghost
Tony, who taught him some tricks, and teleport to other places.
Locke & Key:
This series has Netflix quality and good effects, premiered in February 2020, but is already involved in controversy and accused of copying another series (The Haunting of Hill House).
In its first episodes, it mixes horror and fantasy classics.
The series follows the journey of the Locke family, who moves to Key House, an old mansion located in Massachusetts, after the assassination of Patriarch Rendell. Facing the strangeness of arriving in a new place after losing a loved one, mother Nina and her children discover that their home is full of magical keys that confer supernatural powers on those who use them. However, these powers wake up an old evil that starts to haunt the new residents.
Adaptation of the comic of Joe Hill and drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez.
Dracula:
2020 miniseries. Developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
I found it quite interesting to have made a remake of Dracula, the story is interesting, good special effects, it is only worth having three episodes only, but they are long (about an hour and a half) which is equivalent to five or six episodes of another series (which have 40-minute episodes).
The series was broadcast and released on BBC One and Netflix.
Now, as it is fashionable to have lesbians and gays in all series, this dracula was a bit bisexual, as he converted a attorney Jonathan Harker into a undead and called him a bride.
Luna Nera:
Another series aired on Netflix. The Italian series was filmed in Rome and reflects the times of witchcraft in the 17th century, premiered in January 2020.
The story is based on the book Luna Nera by Tiziana Triana. The Netflix production follows a 16-year-old midwife named Ade who is accused of witchcraft after the death of a newborn. Afraid, Ade flees to the forest and finds a refuge and shelter in a witch community.
The plot mixes elements of fantasy, science fiction and terror. The first season has six episodes.
This series has Netflix quality and good effects, premiered in February 2020, but is already involved in controversy and accused of copying another series (The Haunting of Hill House).
In its first episodes, it mixes horror and fantasy classics.
The series follows the journey of the Locke family, who moves to Key House, an old mansion located in Massachusetts, after the assassination of Patriarch Rendell. Facing the strangeness of arriving in a new place after losing a loved one, mother Nina and her children discover that their home is full of magical keys that confer supernatural powers on those who use them. However, these powers wake up an old evil that starts to haunt the new residents.
Adaptation of the comic of Joe Hill and drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez.
Dracula:
2020 miniseries. Developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
I found it quite interesting to have made a remake of Dracula, the story is interesting, good special effects, it is only worth having three episodes only, but they are long (about an hour and a half) which is equivalent to five or six episodes of another series (which have 40-minute episodes).
The series was broadcast and released on BBC One and Netflix.
Now, as it is fashionable to have lesbians and gays in all series, this dracula was a bit bisexual, as he converted a attorney Jonathan Harker into a undead and called him a bride.
Luna Nera:
Another series aired on Netflix. The Italian series was filmed in Rome and reflects the times of witchcraft in the 17th century, premiered in January 2020.
The story is based on the book Luna Nera by Tiziana Triana. The Netflix production follows a 16-year-old midwife named Ade who is accused of witchcraft after the death of a newborn. Afraid, Ade flees to the forest and finds a refuge and shelter in a witch community.
The plot mixes elements of fantasy, science fiction and terror. The first season has six episodes.
I leave a final tip, before watching a series do not rely on the
negative reviews that some famous websites (or newspapers) write.
Decide for
yourself, watch the s series and formulate your own opinion. Many of
them are worth watching.
Asamod
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