Television series

Supernatural

Name: Supernatural
Genre: Drama, Action, Supernatural
Released: 2005
Cast: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Alexander Calvert

Fifteen seasons of two brothers, one leather-seated Impala, and pretty much every monster folklore ever invented. It starts as moody procedural horror—salt lines, silver bullets, small-town dread—then swells into full apocalyptic mythology with angels, demons and God's own family drama. The tone lurches from gore to gag reel and back, but the Winchesters' brotherhood is the engine that never stalls. Comfort horror for the long haul.

TVMaze rating

8.3

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