{"id":105786,"date":"2025-10-30T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/105786\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:12:08","slug":"14-years-ago-one-of-the-best-supernatural-horror-tv-series-first-premiered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/105786\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Years Ago, One of the Best Supernatural Horror TV Series First Premiered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supernatural horror stories make for great television series. Just look at Supernatural. That series ran for an epic 15 seasons and even survived the end of one network (The WB) to make the leap to its successor (The CW) to tell its story of two supernatural being-hunting brothers. But while shows like Supernatural can be popular,<\/a> there\u2019s one series that was slightly overshadowed and had a shorter run, but still stands as one of the best series within the genre, blending elements of horror, fantasy, and even police procedural \u2014 and it first debuted 14 years ago this week.<\/p>\n

The series we\u2019re talking about is Grimm. Grimm debuted on October 28, 2011, on NBC with the series ultimately running for six seasons and a total of 123 episodes. The series, which leans into elements from Grimms\u2019 Fairy Tales, had a simple premise. Portland homicide detective Nicholas Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) discovers that he\u2019s not just a cop but a Grimm, the latest in a line of guardians who have the sworn duty to confront monsters and mythological creatures (called Wesen) and keep the balance between them and humanity. The series also starred Elizabeth Tulloch, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, and Claire Coffee.<\/p>\n

Grimm Is Dark and Complex \u2014 And Much More Than Just Monsters<\/p>\n

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While the premise of Grimm may sound a little like it lends itself something a little campier and fantasy-oriented, Grimm went the other direction with things. Yes, the mythological fantasy element of it was strong, but this wasn\u2019t a fairy tale-based show. Instead, Grimm leaned into the procedural element of things and dug deep to take on not just the various creatures and monsters that Nick had to deal with, but the complicated world it all opened up for him \u2014 including ancient vendettas, conspiracies, and the various bloodlines that play into everything. By embracing more than just the monsters, the series functioned as something much more human. Even as Nick is doing his job both as a detective and a Grimm, he\u2019s also dealing with more personal aspects of things, such as his own identity, the balance of right and wrong, and questions about legacy and power. Nothing about Grimm was merely black and white, but always in rich tones of gray.<\/p>\n

Grimm also excelled due to its structure. While the series utilized the classic \u201cmonster of the week\u201d format, it wasn\u2019t simply beholden to it. While each episode did feature some new creature or challenge that Nick had to take on, it wasn\u2019t simply a situation of dealing with the threat and moving on. Nick\u2019s work complicates everything for him and over time, what he does as a Grimm impacts everyone in his life, creating lasting fallout that left no one untouched \u2014 including his love interest, Juliette (Tulloch) who ends up turning into a Hexenbiest and gets shot with a crossbow.<\/p>\n

Grimm Made Supernatural Horror More Than Just Monsters \u2014 and a Reboot Could Be In The Works<\/p>\n

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With all its complexity, layers. and characters with their own stories and roots, Grimm elevated the idea of fairy tale creatures and mythological monsters and their intersection with the \u201creal world\u201d into something that felt very grounded and never sugar-coated. Even episodes that didn\u2019t necessarily tie into the overall story arc had importance, expanding the world and history surrounding the Wesen. That approach won over a devoted audience and even saw the world expand to a 12-issue comic book series and three novels.<\/p>\n

And Grimm\u2019s story \u2014 and its masterful approach to supernatural horror \u2014 may not be done just yet. In January, it was reported that a reboot film was in development at Peacock. Not much is known about the status of that project at this time, but Tulloch previously said that she knew a script was being written.<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supernatural horror stories make for great television series. Just look at Supernatural. That series ran for an epic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[57781,69423,146,69424,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-105786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-answer-feature","tag-elizabeth-tulloch","tag-entertainment","tag-grimm","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}