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Webseries to Watch: Carmilla

November 15, 2014 By Jillian Boyd

Opening title screen to Carmilla

In April 2012, the webseries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries premiered on YouTube.

Created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, it was a modern-day adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice, with the story conveyed in the form of vlog updates.

It proved enormously popular, with The Guardian dubbing it “the best Austen adaptation around”. A Kickstarter campaign for a DVD release got funded in the space of six hours, and the series got its own book.

Carmilla, based on the classic gothic novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, takes on a similar stylistic approach, with the story being told through vlogs from the perspective of the main character.

Created by VerveGirl TV, the series follows Laura Hollis (Elise Bauman), a college freshman at the rather sinister Silas University. In the first episode, her dorm roommate Betty goes missing after a night out, with the college maintaining that Betty has left.

Laura is in disbelief and vows to find out what really happened – especially when she meets her new roomie, the stand-offish, broody Carmilla (Natasha Negovanlis).

Screenshot from Carmilla, the YouTube series

The five main characters in Carmilla are all female and all queer dominated. The show is getting tonnes of praise for its balance between comedy and darker topics.

Carmilla has set itself up as a true mulimedia, multi-platform kind of show, with story also being told through Laura and Carmilla’s Twitter and Tumblr pages.

The cast is brilliant in interacting online with the fandom (called the Creampuffs, after one of Carmilla’s nicknames for Laura). They even create their own behind-the-scenes features.

Feast for Geeks

So as well as being a must-watch show, Carmilla is also an immersive experience: once you get into it you’re set for life. There’s even a 10-part canon extension of the series up on Wattpad (called Silas Confidential) which gives you more insight into the bizarre world of Silas University.

This first season will have 36 episodes for you to get addicted to. They’re all short bursts of up to five minutes, so you’ll breeze through them.

You’ll be begging for a second season, trust me.

Not convinced? Here’s the series trailer.

Ah yes! Where can I get on board?

Watch Carmilla on Youtube

Follow the show on Twitter

Follow the show on Instagram

Follow the show on Tumblr

Follow the cast on Twitter

Elise Bauman (Laura)

Natasha Negovanlis (Carmilla)

Kaitlyn Alexander (LaFontaine)

Annie Briggs (Perry)

Sharon Belle (Danny)

Read more about Carmilla on Buzzfeed

New episodes of Carmilla are online every Tuesday and Thursday.

Jillian Boyd

Jillian Boyd is a lifestyle blogger, author of romantic/erotic fiction and a self-confessed film addict. Likes Doctor Who, Hannibal, Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye comics, crafting and baking.

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