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Netflix. Watch First Kill — Season 1 with a subscription on Netflix. This sapphic soap about vampiric love is earnest enough to put a stake through the hearts of the genre faithful, but its...
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Netflix's "First Kill" spins its teenage lesbian love story...
- 1. First Kiss
Jun 10, 2022 · First Kill season 1 is now streaming on Netflix. Netflix’s 2022 vampire YA romance, First Kill, has officially been released. Whether you’re into vampires, queer romance, or teen stories...
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By Tara Bennett
Updated: Jun 10, 2022 8:20 pm
Posted: Jun 10, 2022 8:14 pm
First Kill premieres June 10 on Netflix.
In every generation, there must be a teen-centric, starcrossed, supernatural romance series. When you’ve got such standouts like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries, and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the next heir apparent needs to at least match the benchmarks of what’s come before. First Kill attempts to pick up the stake and run with its vampire vs. monster hunter in love premise, but the show’s lack of humor, propulsive chemistry, or strong writing makes this a forgettable entry in the genre space.
First Kill is based on the short story by bestselling YA novelist V. E. Schwab, who is both an executive producer and co-writer of the eight-episode first season. Framed as a modern day, sapphic Romeo and Juliet, the main story centers on two teens, Juliette Fairmont (Sarah Catherine Hook) and "Cal" Burns (Imani Lewis). Both attend Lancaster Academy in Savannah, Georgia, and are intrigued by one another. In the first half of the pilot, “First Kiss,” Juliette tells her side of the tale, literally and figuratively. Leaning far too much on voiceover, she shows and tells us about how she feels out of place in her opulent family that are all Waspishly gorgeous and well-attired. Juliette is instead sweet and socially awkward, and desperately trying to navigate what seems like onset puberty with family-prescribed pills she has to take several times daily.
Yes, it’s a metaphor as on the nose as you suppose, with Juliette being a vampire who is trying to suppress her inclination to fully evolve into a Daywalker by undertaking her first kill. The problem is Juliette is quite the pacifist, preferring to catch bees and release them in the wind, instead of biting anyone. Her confident and campy big sister, Elinor (Gracie Dzienny), encourages her to just “give into it” and start feeding, but Juliette is more focused on her school crush, Cal. The two “meet awkward” on campus, but it isn’t until a game of spin the bottle at a house party that they make out in a kitchen pantry. The camera lingers on the groping girls, until one accidentally dumps a jar of cherries on the floor, which is when the passion gets so crazy Juliette’s fangs take over. Yes, I kid you not, the visual allusions are not even a little subtle in this series. Outside of that scene, being excessively on the nose about everything isn’t even played for comedy – or camp or fun for that matter – which makes the show more of a slog too.
Post bite, the point of view swaps and we get to see Cal’s side of the story. And surprise, she comes from a long line of monster hunters who despise all supernatural creatures, especially vampires. It takes a whole 34 minutes into the first episode for a traditional monster to even show up, but that’s probably for the best because the directors don't seem concerned one iota with making any supernatural creature in the entirety of this series scary at all. The mix of prosthetics and special effects are not great, and mostly get supported by anemic fog machines.
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First Kill is a soapy supernatural star-crossed romance that doesn’t break any new ground in the genre, or elevate itself above the other mediocre series of its ilk. While it’s a plus to have teen drama with a lesbian couple as the leads, Sarah Catherine Hook (Juliette) and Imani Lewis (Cal), their chemistry is stuck at simmer. Plus, the writers le...
Netflix's "First Kill" spins its teenage lesbian love story into an engagingly batty, B-movie-style horror show. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 13, 2022
Netflix had an opportunity to really do something fun and interesting and different with this take on the classic "supernatural forbidden love" trope, but the poor writing and shoddy production really killed this show.
Jun 10, 2022 · First Kill season 1 Reviews - Metacritic. Netflix. Jun 10, 2022. Summary New vampire Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook) and vampire hunter Calliope (Imani Lewis) both seek their first kill but they develop romantic feelings for each other in this series based on the V.E. Schwab's short story. Drama.
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First Kill: Created by V.E. Schwab. With Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise. Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
