TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... where vampires have emerged from the coffin?? and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin?? Golden Globe(R)-winner for "ue Blood"?? Academy Award??-winner for "e Piano") works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte's. Though outwardly a typical young woman?? she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron - 173-year old Bill Compton (Steven Moyer?? "ills") - and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. Delivering the best of what audiences have come to expect from Creator and Executive Producer Alan Ball (writer of Oscar??-winning Best Picture "merican Beauty"?? creator of the Emmy?? Award-winning HBO?? series " Feet Under") TRUE BLOOD is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heart - and the neck - of the Deep South.
]]>Amazon.comAlan Balls True Blood series works well for television as it has enough sensationalism to tantalize and enough story girth to make the viewer care about the characters. That one can finally invest emotion into monsters including an undead Civil War victim a transformer who can shapeshift into various animals and a female mind reader speaks volumes about Americas willingness to accept fantasy. Of course television has always produced good fantasy shows (I Dream of Jeannie) but True Bloods Southern Goth brand of fun horror is more macabre and more perverse not to mention gorier than most shows of its kind to date. Adapted from Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novels True Blood thrills because of its equal blend in each episode of erotica humor tragedy mystery and fantasy.?Set in a rural swampy Louisiana parrish the show centers around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her clan?? sweet grandmother Adele (Lois Smith) and air-headed br"her Jason (Ryan Kwanten). Illicit love is spawned early on?? when Sookie saves vampire Bill Compton (St