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Shows about teenagers rarely get the budget, marketing, or fanfare they deserve (especially those featuring or aimed at teenage girls, it must be said). Maybe First Kill shouldnвЂ™t bother to compete, and instead focus on its characters and heart - those are the big stars here. And personally, I hope they keep the old school SFX! WeвЂ™ve got plenty of shows with mind-blowing visuals already. IвЂ™m hoping that First Kill does well enough to get a couple more seasons, so that we can get that more fleshed out mythology that these star-crossed, sapphic teens deserve. But itвЂ™s also a story about the choice to be human or a monster, and how those definitions arenвЂ™t set by our species. Ultimately, First KillВ is a story about vampires, hunters, and teenage hormones. In fact, it seems to want to drive the point home that theyвЂ™re happy with that - even the opening credits feature catchy lyrics which make reference to Bella and Edward from Twilight. The show doesnвЂ™t shy away from pop culture comparisons to the likes of Buffy and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Elena and Damon in The Vampire Diaries. Jutting, kitschy vampire teeth and iffy CGI will annoy some viewers, but there is an existing precedent for this effects style and those are the fanbases this show feels like itвЂ™s wanting to attract.ДЇirst Kill can be cheesy, and it seems to wholly embrace that. The kinds of effects used in the seriesВ will be familiar to fans of shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural. These effects are clearly a choice - the physical effects feel like a deliberate throwback to the initial wave of vampire media. Given the shows other dips into both cheese and self-awareness, I donвЂ™t think they were meant to be. Is it cutting edge CGI, fully believable? Not at all. The special effects also need to be mentioned. While thatвЂ™s effective in avoiding information dumps upfront (that often end up tripping shows up in later seasons), and also bodes well for future seasons being able to build and grow the lore as they go on, many viewers will finish the first season with a sense that thereвЂ™s a more complex world just out of reach. While there is clearly a wider world of monsters and fiends out there, First Kill keeps its focus on Juliette and Cal, and leaves many questions unanswered. Where First Kill is lacking is in depth beyond the sapphic chemistry and rampant hormones. Lewis did a fantastic job with the fight scenes, which definitely helps the character as a whole. Give that girl something to hit and sheвЂ™ll come alive. More self-assured than Juliette, Cal seems most comfortable when she gets to react physically instead of expressing herself any other way. Her character is much more stoic and contained, meaning that Lewis has to work a little harder to sell her. ThereвЂ™s not as much to go on, unfortunately, on CalвЂ™s side. Juliette feels like a teenager first, a vampire second - even with supernatural attributes, she can still be awkward and a bit unsure, embodying the way teenagers havenвЂ™t quite grown into themselves fully yet. Hook plays Juliette compellingly, with just enough angst and sexual frustration. The show purposely highlights the physical aspect of their relationship, in a way that feels like deliberate pushback against the overly sanitized versions of queer relationships that are usually allowed on screens.

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Other performances of note include Elizabeth Mitchell ( Lost), Gracie Dzienny ( JupiterвЂ™s Legacy), Will Swenson ( Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Dylan McNamara ( Euphoria).ДЇrom the very first episode, First Kill allows Juliette and Cal the same tropes other series like this get. Sarah Catherine Hook ( The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It) plays the role of vampire Juliette, and Imani Lewis ( Vampires vs. They meet at school, and hormones take over from thereвЂ¦ДЇirst Kill elevates some lesser-known talents, as well as including a few familiar faces. Calliope вЂњCalвЂќ Burns is a hunter, out to make her first kill. Juliette Fairmont is the vampire character, a вЂњlegacy vampвЂќ with ethics who wants to avoid killing people at any cost. Following in the footsteps of many well-known vampire properties from the past couple of decades - such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, and so on - this series is focused on a high school girl who is more than she appears, and her friends, enemies, and complicated love life.

First Kill is a supernatural, LGBTQ+ romance with a little more bite than the average teen love story.

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