TV sets were steaming up all across the country when True Blood premiered in 2008.
The vampire obsession was already in full force thanks to the HBO show’s debut alongside the release of Twilight that same year.
Starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgård, the Louisiana-set vampire fantasy series raised temperatures and broke down barriers — with lots and lots of sex scenes, among other wild moments.
Paquin plays local waitress Sookie Stackhouse, whose disinterest in men changes when the dark and handsome vampire Bill Compton (Moyer), walks into the bar where she works.
The attraction between Sookie and Bill is immediate, and from then on the series oozes with sexuality.
Vampire fever was at its peak in 2008, and the HBO series banked on it by leaning into wild sex scenes and sultry love triangles.