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Vampire Academy (2022)

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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 145 Ratings

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Vampire Academy (2022)

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Peacock | Release Date: September 15, 2022

Summary: Vampire-human hybrid Rosemarie Hathaway (Sisi Stringer) and her Moroi vampire best friend Princess Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir (Daniela Nieves) are some of the students at St Vladimir's Academy in Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre's adaptation of Richelle Mead's book series of the same name.

Creator: Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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S1:E10. Ascension
Air Date: October 27, 2022
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S1:E9. Darkness
Air Date: October 20, 2022
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S1:E8. The Trials
Air Date: October 13, 2022

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Metascore

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Critic Reviews

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Collider Maggie Lovitt

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: Vampire Academy is a must-watch for anyone tempted by the idea of a world of vampires touched by magic, flush with forbidden romance, and filled with vast potential. Read full review

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Paste Magazine

Anna Govert

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: It’s fresh, it’s smart, it’s a hell of a lot of fun, and it’s absolutely worth sinking your teeth into. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Saloni Gajjar

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: Vampire Academy remains entertaining due to its fast pace, noteworthy female leads, and twisty second half. Read full review

60

The Hollywood Reporter

Angie Han

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show seems to want to have it both ways: to suck you into its sprawling world, with its endlessly complicated lore, while hand-waving over the world’s basic details. There are worse problems for a series to have than a surplus of storylines and ideas, and Vampire Academy‘s excess does often make for a tasty binge. It’s just not always a totally satisfying one. Read full review

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Variety

Caroline Framke

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: Ends up intriguing enough, if also unavoidably cheesy in its attempts to stand out amongst the fray. Read full review

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Decider

Abby Monteil

Sep 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: While there’s nothing truly terrible about Vampire Academy, there’s little about it that stands out amid today’s crop of fantastical YA dramas. Read full review

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i Rachael Sigee

Sep 14, 2022

Season 1 Review: The result is a total – and entirely unoriginal – mess. Literally nothing about this show is coherent in any way. At times, it is impossible to follow, hurtling through the action and chucking about terminology we are yet to grasp; at others, it drags and is downright boring. Read full review

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TristenCrone

Sep 18, 2022

Loving the diversity of the characters while also keeping the spirit of who they were in the books. Also glad the showrunners are going with the more mature political themes from later books vs the high school drama from the early stages of the story. So far, very excited for this adaption

6 of 38 users found this helpful632

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Nevenaa

Sep 19, 2022

They have nailed the adaptation from the book. It does deviate however it’s worth it and works better for the show adaptation. It’s the characters I love from the books with a slight twist. Go. Watch. Now!

2 of 30 users found this helpful228

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tiffaniallement

Sep 19, 2022

Despite the differences with the book I love the show! It really has the essence of the books and of the characters and the actors are amazing!

3 of 32 users found this helpful329

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ScarlettBass

Jan 24, 2023

It’s like they set this show up to fail, which is sad because if they’d done it right this could have been as amazing as the books are. The plot for the show is barely anything like the one from the books. They’ve taken bits and pieces and put them together out of order and completelyIt’s like they set this show up to fail, which is sad because if they’d done it right this could have been as amazing as the books are. The plot for the show is barely anything like the one from the books. They’ve taken bits and pieces and put them together out of order and completely removed majority of the books, only to replace all those missing pieces with bits and pieces from OTHER people’s work (think handmaids tale, divergent etc.)

I don’t expect actors to look 100% like the characters are described in the books, but these people couldn’t have been further from the descriptions of the characters so many of us have loved for well over a decade now. How some of them can call themselves fans of the books and take on one of the roles I’ll never know. All of my love for the books aside, and this show was just meh-bad. I agree with others about the plot, acting and script being done wrong. The plot was rushed and has too much happening, the acting was just sad and embarrassing, and the script really does sound like it was written by whatever children they have working over at the cw offices. The action, special effects and music were all wrong too. The action just looked like some kind of ridiculous dancing, the special effects were anything but, and the music was loud too and used when not needed – to not fitting into the scenes at all.… Expand

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SteffiRut

Dec 20, 2022

I can not for the life of me see how this could possible be considered an adaptation in any sense of the word. It is just plain terrible! From the casting of the characters to the horrible acting, to the cringeworthy dialogue and total disregard of the books and plot. I'd bet good money thatI can not for the life of me see how this could possible be considered an adaptation in any sense of the word. It is just plain terrible! From the casting of the characters to the horrible acting, to the cringeworthy dialogue and total disregard of the books and plot. I'd bet good money that the creators never even cracked open the books. None of the characters even remotely look like their book counterparts and they certainty don't act like them. This "adaption" is so horrible I couldn't even make it through the first two episodes. If you're a fan of the beautiful books written by Richelle Mead like I am, I would skip this "adaptation" altogether. The movie may not have been perfect but it is still a much more faithful adaptation than whatever this is.… Expand

11 of 11 users found this helpful110

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Waverly_Irvine

Oct 13, 2022

This show is being spammed with votes and reviews (by the same people from multiple accounts) to try and get its views up so it gets renewed; and the producers, writers and cast are even begging people to... that's how bad it is. Poor acting by most of the cast; very wooden and feels forced.This show is being spammed with votes and reviews (by the same people from multiple accounts) to try and get its views up so it gets renewed; and the producers, writers and cast are even begging people to... that's how bad it is. Poor acting by most of the cast; very wooden and feels forced. They're also all way too old to be playing teenagers and barely any of them have any chemistry together, so certain scenes are very uncomfortable for everyone involved. Clothing and sets just look ridiculous; it's like they couldn't decide what century they wanted to be in so mashed them all together. I'm not one for fight scenes (more into romance, which this is not) and whatnot, but these ones were just stupid. Don't really know how to describe it, but there is nothing realistic about them.
This show also comes off as being market towards young adults/teenagers, but I would not let anyone under 18 watch this. Not that I would recommend it to any adults, but still.… Expand

28 of 28 users found this helpful280

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ElisabethHyde

Oct 18, 2022

The characters in the show could definitely have worked, but the casting seems all over the place and the shows needs better actors and writers. The main characters, which seems to be most of them, are supposed to be teenagers but they’re played by varying ages, late twenties to thirties,The characters in the show could definitely have worked, but the casting seems all over the place and the shows needs better actors and writers. The main characters, which seems to be most of them, are supposed to be teenagers but they’re played by varying ages, late twenties to thirties, and it’s horrible and just not believable that they are in school. Not that this academy seems to play much of a role in this show, but still. The casting is so horrible that it makes this show feel like a hastily put together pilot that everyone knows will never see the light of day so they’ve just slapped it together with whoever was on hand at the time. When shows like this get aired it really makes you wonder how much nepotism has played a hand in forming it because professionals who know what they’re doing could never have put this out there. This is the product of incompetence and enablement at this highest level. It’s too awful to be anything else.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 2022
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  S1:E10. Ascension
  Air Date: October 27, 2022
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  S1:E9. Darkness
  Air Date: October 20, 2022
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  S1:E8. The Trials
  Air Date: October 13, 2022
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  S1:E7. Beyond the Wards
  Air Date: October 6, 2022
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  S1:E6. Molnija
  Air Date: September 29, 2022
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  S1:E5. Near Guard, Far Guard
  Air Date: September 22, 2022
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  S1:E4. Benchmark
  Air Date: September 15, 2022
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  S1:E3. Death Watch
  Air Date: September 15, 2022
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  S1:E2. Earth. Air. Water. Fire.
  Air Date: September 15, 2022
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: October 26, 2022