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Season 1 – Kindred: The Embraced

1996 Drama Fantasy Horror List
30% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
"Dracula" meets "The Godfather" in this complicated but short-lived supernatural drama, in which San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek makes an unsettling discovery: His city is home to a horde of vampires divided into moblike clans. What Frank doesn't realize is that he is under the protection of Julian Luna, the prince of the San Francisco vampire society and head of the Ventrue clan. While Julian tries to maintain peace among the clans, he faces a bitter challenge from Eddie, leader of the warlike Brujah. Julian faces different pressures from newspaper reporter Caitlin Byrne, who threatens to expose the vampires. Others in Julian's netherworld society include Daedalus, head of the violent Nosferatu, and Lillie, leader of the arts-loving Torreadors.
Kindred: The Embraced — Season 1

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Kindred:The Embraced is another amalgamation from Aaron Spelling that tries to revamp its ancestral lore to disastrous effect.

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David Kronke Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com Slick and stupid, with character motivations and plotting more appropriate to some other planet than Earth. Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times Pretty good stuff. Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Guardian Staff Guardian It's updating of vampire lore is just a little too drastic. Oct 12, 2022 Full Review Robin Dougherty Miami Herald Shallow and vapid and fascinating at the same time. As a new incarnation for glitzy nighttime soap, it's brilliant. Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Monica Yant Tampa Bay Times May be the most embarrassing excuse for drama. Rated: D- Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Bill Mann San Francisco Examiner Sillier than it is vulgar and tasteless. Oct 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Windy Lynn W I have the series on vcr tapes. I love it. Hard to believe it's been over 25 yrs. Reminds me of an Anne Rice novel with a actors who have been all over the place in mostly straight to tape B movies, but you gotta love 'em. Romance, blood, vampires, clans, action, cops. It's all there. If you can handle the 1990s style, watch it. The show is fun. Too bad the lead died, in real life. He surely had swag. No season 2 because of it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Cool idea. Could have used more writing effort. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It was awfully bad when it was released, it's impossible to rewatch now except to get a good laugh. Maybe not even then... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review andrew k I enjoyed it when it was on, but it does not hold up all these years later. Plus, I swear to god that Sasha woman says the she's Brujah every time she speaks. 🙄 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a very sexy Vampire Series in the mid 1990's with Kelly Rutherford as a Journalist in Love with a Beautiful Vampire.Done more sophisticated than most Vampire Series or Movies, with lots of Lovely To Look at Vamps to go around, & some interesting Vampire Clan Lore, & differences in Types of Vampires that I found interesting.It made a return appearance for a few months on the SciFi Channel last year, which is where I became spellbound to it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member vampire 90210 loved this show and such a shame i didnt last becuase the guy that played the prince died in real life from a bike acceneint. This show had so much promice but the acting could be a little better but for it being low bugeted it really wasnt bad. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 2, 1996 Pilot Five clans of modern vampires live and work in San Francisco; with Mark Frankel; C. Thomas Howell; Stacy Haiduk. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 3, 1996 Prince of the City Frank (C. Thomas Howell) is framed for murder; Julian (Mark Frankel) hires a human reporter (Kelly Rutherford) to be city editor. Details Episode 3 Airs undefined Night Stalker Julian and Frank (Mark Frankel, C. Thomas Howell) track down a serial killer who was embraced as a Kindred. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 10, 1996 Romeo & Juliet Julian (Mark Frankel) orders Daedalus (Jeff Kober) to dispose of a predatory Kindred doctor; Cash's plan to embrace Sasha (Brigid Walsh) fails. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 17, 1996 Live Hard, Die Young, and Leave a Good Looking Corpse Julian (Mark Frankel) orders Lillie (Stacy Haiduk) to expel a young rock star (Ivan Sergi) who embraces female groupies without permission. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 24, 1996 The Rise and Fall of Eddie Fiori A private detective, hired by Lillie (Stacy Haiduk), spots an assassin attempting to kill Julian (Mark Frankel). Details Episode 7 Aired May 1, 1996 Bad Moon Rising Julian (Mark Frankel) tracks down two Nosferatu vampires to save a human baby they kidnapped for a ritual sacrifice. Details Episode 8 Aired May 8, 1996 Cabin in the Woods The Brujah order hit men to kill Julian (Mark Frankel); Frank (C. Thomas Howell) suspects Sonny (Erik King) is a vampire. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, John Leekley
Network
Fox
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 2, 1996