Get your Spook on!

It's spooky season! Time for pumpkin carving, haunted houses, horror movies, and when those aren't good enough spooky shows. When I began to think about the show I'd like to cover this week that was the most fitting, I couldn't get my mind off one of my favorite series: The Vampire Diaries.

The Vampire Diaries, a world that connects humans, werewolves, vampires, witches, and many more wonders all within the local town of Mystic Falls. This show centers around the main character, Elena Gilbert, portrayed by actress Nina Dobrev, who goes to Mystic Falls high school with childhood friends Matt Damon, Bonnie Bennett, and Caroline Forbes. They are her rock and the only way she'll get through her senior year after losing both her parents in an accident the year before.

Waiting for her this year, Stefan Salvatore, the mysterious guy who happens to hold so many secrets as well as answers that were never to be found. The very person who changes Elena's life and even the community of Mystic Falls and you have to wonder, why? Who is Stefan Salvatore?

Stefan Salvatore, the new, attractive, and mysterious boy on Mystic Falls campus. No one really seems to know who he is or where exactly he came from. Well, maybe that's because this year is his first year back in a very long time. Stefan Salvatore was a founder to the city of Mystic Falls and although you might wonder how old that makes him, the answer is very old. So how is he pulling off a high school persona? Well, Stefan Salvatore is a vampire whos been alive for hundreds of years and has come back for Elena herself.

Elena resembles a past love in Stefan's life, Katrina Petrova, and for this we must meet her. While their first meeting is simply passing by on the way out the men's bathroom, their first real encounter is very intriguing and dark. Lets take a look.



You can definitely see the spooky vibes from the very beginning of this show! Its perfect for this time and season! So other than spooky vibes, what really makes this show great? Well it's dynamic. It's the vampires, wolves, witches, and all that come into Mystic Falls that make for the action built up in this show. There are great friendships, feuds, fights, and loves developed out of these many actors making it a action packed and captivating show.

While I was in high school, a friend of mine constantly recommended this show to me. She raved on and on about all the drama that's encased within and would tell me all about the epic love story. As a sucker for romance as well as someone who loves a good thriller, I thought, I have to give it a try. So I began watching and before I knew it, I was watching past the placement of my friend who recommended it. Next thing you know, I was faced with the struggle of having watched all Netflix could offer and being stuck to the weekly airing of The CW. I could no longer watch episode after episode in a sitting. I had to watch and yet every time I was at the edge of my seat and wanting more when the show was over, I was immersed.

So if you're in the Halloween spirit and ready for an adventure full of tears, love, and thrill, go to Netflix and watch the pilot. I dare you.