[Blade] The House of Chthon

Spike TV's Blade series was short-lived.

The House of Chthon was the pilot episode, in movie form.
While not the greatest show on earth it had a lot of the aspects that we look for in a good one.
First up, it was very honest and true to the original Blade film. One bad-ass vampire hunting daywalker with very snazzy shades stalking his way towards the big bad.

Next up, a couple of flawed sidekicks, one the tech guy, the other in over their head. Techie Shen also tries to liven things up as the slight comic relief - although the stereotypes of a vampire genre, as usual, do this to a certain extent. As far as Krista goes she is the plot device that drives the show and Blade.

Trying to find out about her twin brothers murder of course proves to be a big mistake, as these things often do, and Krista finds herself in the position of being turned into a vampire newborn by the 'big bad' Marcus. Torn between doing the right thing (due to an injection or five of Blade's serum to quell her bloodthirst) and what she is starting to learn about her abilities and her benefactor Marcus, Krista is of course set up as the weakness in Blade's armour.

In the end, the pilot/movie ends up as a setup for the show more than a tale of its own, with many loose ends that prove why these things take time. It is however what Spike TV would expect from a Blade series - Violence, blood and sex. Oh and a splattering of plot thrown in too.