
Shows that feel likeThe Originals (2013–2018)
If you loved The Originals, the closest series we have are Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018), Penny Dreadful (2014) and The Strain (2014). All three share The Originals' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Agatha All Along (2024).
If The Originals hit the spot, these will too

Gothic witchcraft as a family business, with loyalty pulling both ways
The difference: Teen-facing camp and horror pastiche, lighter on dynastic bloodletting

Immortals with long memories and older grudges
The difference: Victorian gothic, beautiful and much bleaker

Vampires as an ancient power moving on a city, ugly and territorial
The difference: Outbreak procedural horror, no family melodrama, no seductive villains

Vampires openly running a southern city's politics
The difference: Sexier and sillier, with real camp

The same family mythology, carried into the next generation
The difference: A school and monster-of-the-week, much lighter

The same two preoccupations: witch, and spin off
The difference: Trades the stillness of The Originals for an angle of its own

Secret orders, werewolf packs and magic used as a weapon in a turf war
The difference: Campus-scale and jokier across two short seasons, far less grandeur

Impossible abilities and inherited destiny, played with total sincerity
The difference: Slow, hushed and strange, with no power struggles or bared teeth

Old-world evil surfacing in an American town with a long cursed history
The difference: A buddy-cop monster hunt with jokes, less operatic, less bloodline drama

A damaged family at the centre of forces older and stranger than they are
The difference: Case-of-the-week science mysteries, cool and clinical, no gothic pull

Supernatural power wielded by people with terrible family histories
The difference: Wilder and much funnier, and openly blasphemous

History and dread braided together, with something inhuman circling
The difference: Anthology built on real events, grim and restrained, no ongoing family
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