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  • It by Stephen King writer

    It' is difficult to summarize as the story alternates between two periods (1957-1958 and 1984-1985). It is a novel about friendship and the magic of childhood. The novel centers around seven core characters, friends who bonded as children during a summer of darkness. Twenty-seven years later, they reunite to fulfill a promise made that terrible summer. Evil lives under their hometown and, for some reason they do not understand, these seven have been destined to bring an end to the terrible cycle of death and destruction. These friends fought It once before, but now It is back, and they must end the evil for good. It is a novel of magic, mystery, and horror that will entertain readers of all ages. (source: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-it-stephen-king/#gsc.tab=0)

    genreshorror
    keywordschildhood trauma - friendship
    content warningsprofanity: mild - violence: yes - sex: no
    languagesEnglish
    length1184 pages
    source material
    related worksThe book has been filmed (2x), other novels by the same author
    availability of fanfictionLess than 100 entries

  • Vampire Diaries by Kevin Williamson developer - producer, Julie Plec developer - producer

    In the fictional town of Mystic Falls, a place with a history of supernatural events, a teenage girl loses both her parents in a car accident. She meets a vampyre and falls in love with him. Things get more complicated when the Vampyres older brother steps into the scene, and after many antagonism a love triangle erupts. The series then continues who have both brothers protect the girl from super natural enemis while vying for her love.

    genresromance young adult horror
    keywordssubstance abuse
    content warningsprofanity: mild - violence: yes - sex: yes
    languagesEnglish
    length171 episodes in 8 seasons, episodes are around 40 minutes
    source material
    availability of fanfictionBetween 1000 and 50,000 entries on FanFiction.net
    notesProbably the quintessential TV show that came after the initial wave of success of the Twilight films. Very underwhelming at first, but it is generally agreed that the series improved during the later seasons.

  • Walking Dead by Frank Darabont developer

    After the Zombie apochalypse destroyed human civilization, the last remnants of humanity try to survive the Zombie onslaught as well as the other humans. The series initially follows the Sherrif's Deputy Rick Grames as he tries to survive in this apocalyptic scenario, but quickly multiple plot threads with different characters get introduced. The plots of each episode mainly concern themselves with petty human relationships (petty considering the circumstances).

    genresyoung adult horror
    keywordsaddiction - child abuse - divorce - domestic violence - major character death - racism - rape or sexual assault - self-harm - substance abuse - suicide - nihilism - humanity as ultimate evil - zombies - post apochalypse
    content warningsprofanity: yes - violence: graphic - sex: yes
    languagesEnglish
    length115 episoded as of April 2018 each about 55 minutes
    source material
    related worksThe Walking Dead is based on a Comic series of the same name created by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, which to most accounts is superior to the TV show. There is also a video game series created by Telltale Games, where the first two seasons garnered much accolades in the gaming media but has been in a decline since.
    availability of fanfictionBetween 1000 and 50,000 entries on The Walking Dead Fanfiction
    notesThe authors of this series have a very negative attitude towards humans and lack the psychological and sociological as well as the historical understanding to make a compelling narrative within the setting. Characters are more concerned with pointless personal squabbles than anything important or ultimately interesting. Note that this is the same with George Romero's Night, Dawn, Day and Land of the living Dead films, so this has been a staple of Zombie narratives from the inception of the Genre. The notable difference is strength of these theme and artistic execution. While of course a matter of taste the series is very divise on how it handles its themes.