The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season

Based on the Bestselling Young Adult Book Series from Alloy Entertainment

Vampire Diaries: The Complete First SeasonTwo vampire brothers - one good, one evil - are at war for 17-year-old Elena Gilbert's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all of the residents of Mystic Falls, Virginia, as Warner Home Video debuts The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray and DVD.

Starring Nina Dobrev ("DeGrassi: The Next Generation"), Paul Wesley ("Fallen"), Ian Somerhalder ("Lost"), Steven R. McQueen, Katerina Graham, Sara Canning, Candice Accola, Zach Roerig, Kayla Ewell, Michael Trevino and Matt Davis, "The Vampire Diaries" DVD contains 22 episodes of the first season plus over 8 hours of bonus features, including four brand-new featurettes unaired scenes, gag reel and more. The release also includes a bonus downloadable audiobook of The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith, the first book in the bestselling series from HarperCollins that started it all.

"For over a century, I have lived in secret. Until now. I know the risk, but I have to know her." Dark, brooding, pulsing with bloodlust and transcendent with romance, "The Vampire Diaries" - which started as a series of must-read novels by L.J. Smith - has become a must-watch television hit. The Complete First Season offers unforgettable characters, living and undead. They are vampire brothers Stefan and Damon, one good and one evil; Elena, a double for the beauty both brothers loved some 150 years earlier; plus Jeremy, Bonnie, Matt and more denizens of Mystic Falls, Virginia. All are caught up in a spellbinding web of secrets, passion and terror.

"Vampires are extremely popular right now, as evidenced by the runaway success of such properties as Twilight and "True Blood"," said Caroline Skillen, WHV Marketing Director. "The new hit series The Vampire Diaries is a riveting and unique addition to the genre, and we are eager to bring the Blu-ray and DVD release to the series' enthusiastic fans."

Based on the series of books by L.J. Smith, "The Vampire Diaries" from Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. The executive producers are Kevin Williamson ("Scream," "Dawson's Creek"), Julie Plec ("Kyle XY," "Wasteland"), Leslie Morgenstein ("Gossip Girl") and Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl").

The Vampire Diaries Episodes Featured
1. Pilot
2. The Night of the Comet
3. Friday Night Bites
4. Family Ties
5. You're Undead to Me
6. Lost Girls
7. Haunted
8. 162 Candles
9. History Repeating

10. The Turning Point
11. Bloodlines
12. Unpleasantville
13. Children of the Damned
14. Fool Me Once
15. A Few Good Men
16. There Goes The Neighborhood
17. Let the Right One In
18. Under Control
19. Miss Mystic Falls
20. Blood Brothers
21. Isobel
22. Founder's Day

Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
Available to rent and own on DVD & Blu-ray from 1 September 2010.

Special Features:
o Deleted Scenes
o Audio Commentary
o Into Mystic Falls - featurette
o When Vampires Don't Suck! - featurette
o Second Bite - Gag reel
o A New Breed of Vampires - featurette
o Vampires 101 - featuretteo Audiobook: The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening
RRP $59.95

BLU-RAY
Special Features:
o Deleted Scenes
o Audio Commentary
o Into Mystic Falls - Featurette
o When Vampires Don't Suck! - Featurette
o Second Bite - Gag reel
o A New Breed of Vampires - Featurette
o Vampires 101 - Featurette
o Audiobook: The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening
RRP $69.95


Review: The Vampire Diaries, is a really well casted, exciting series. By no way is it a copycat of the Twilight Saga. In fact it actually doesn't even follow it's own book series, changing characters and situations, this exciting new vamp series is realistic & completing addictive. The chemistry between Stefan, Elena & Damon is compelling, and the relationship between Elena and her brother Jeremy is easy to relate to. Do yourself a favour, don't compare to other Vampires in books or on screen, just watch and enjoy!