The Strain on FX

Last time I try and French Kiss the undead... Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan are bring their graffic novels to the small screen... Andromeda Strain meets Dracula?

With those tongues, I am reminded of a horrible TV mini series with Tony Perkins from 1990 Daughter of Darkness, where teeth extended from tongue to suck blood. Kind of like an Ripley Scott Alien, except tongue looked sort of normal UNTIL it tried to suck your blood. Tony Perkins was a Dracula in retirement type trying to keep his daughter our of the family business/legacy...

I have loved one show after another from FX & AMC. So I have great expectations here...

FROM IMDB

A thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.


FROM WIKI

The Strain is an upcoming vampire horror television series that is in production at FX. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Del Toro and Hogan scripted the pilot episode, which was directed by del Toro. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013.[1] It is set to premiere in July 2014.[2][3] Carlton Cuse will serve as showrunner.

A plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport with lights off and doors sealed. Epidemiologist Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll) and his team are sent to investigate. On board they find two hundred corpses and four survivors. The situation deteriorates when the bodies begin disappearing from morgues. Goodweather and a small group of helpers find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved ones, but the entire city, from an ancient threat to humanity



Corey Stoll as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC Canary Team in New York City. Goodweather and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with the hallmarks of vampirism.

David Bradley as Professor Abraham Setrakian, a Holocaust survivor turned New York pawn-shop owner who may have answers about the outbreak.

Recurring del Toro collaborator John Hurt played the character in the pilot, but later dropped out.
Del Toro had previously expressed interest in casting Roy Dotrice, who played Setrakian in several live-action advertisements for the first novel.

Kevin Durand as Vasiliy Fet, a once-solitary rat exterminator of Ukrainian descent who joins the war against the vampires.

The character was originally created with regular del Toro collaborator Ron Perlman in mind.

Mía Maestro as Dr. Nora Martinez, a caring biochemist forced take up a new identity as a fearless warrior.
Ben Hyland as Zach Goodweather, the son of Ephraim and his ex-wife Kelly.

Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer, an elderly billionaire invalid driven to obtain immortality by any means necessary.

Richard Sammel as Thomas Eichorst, a mysterious figure from Setrakian's past whose reappearance in New York is not coincidental.

Javier Botet, an actor who previously played the titular monster in the del Toro-produced Mama.

Miguel Gomez as Augustin "Gus" Elizalde, a gang banger just out of juvenile prison who becomes an effective warrior against the vampires.

Natalie Brown as Kelly Goodweather, Ephraim's ex-wife who has embarked upon a new life after winning custody of their children but ignores her husband's warnings about the contagion. Brown takes over the role from previously cast actress Lauren Lee Smith

Jack Kesy as Gabriel Bolivar, a philandering rock star with an appetite for pharmaceutical drug use.[18] Sean Astin as Jim Kent, a CDC administrator who works with Goodweather and Martinez in investigating and controlling the vampire outbreak.

Robert Maillet as the Master, one of seven Ancient vampires. He is responsible for bringing an evil strain of vampirism to New York City

Francis Capra as Crispin, a con artist who is always on the lookout for the easy and profitable way out.[20] Roger Cross as Mr. Fitzwilliams, Palmer's caregiver and head of security.

Leslie Hope as Joan Luss, one of the outbreak's few survivors.

Regina King as Ruby Wain, Bolivar's intelligent and accomplished manager.

Melanie Merkosky as Sylvia Kent, Jim Kent's cancer-stricken wife.

Jim Watson as young Abraham Setrakian, featured in flashbacks involving Setrakian being captured by Nazis and sent to a concentration camp