The Strain/Season 1

Season One of the vampire horror series The Strain aired on the FX Network from July 13th, 2014 to October 5th, 2014, spannign a total of thirteen episodes. Episodes aired on Sunday evenings at 10:00 pm and are rated TV-MA. The series is based on a series of novels written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. This season starred Corey Stoll as Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, David Bradley as Abraham Setrakian; Mia Maestro as Nora Martinez, Kevin Durand as Vasiliy Fet, Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer, Richard Sammel as Thomas Eichorst, Sean Astin as Jim Kent, Jack Kesy as Gabriel Bolivar, Natalie Brown as Kelly Goodweather, Miguel Gomez as Augustin Elizalde, and Ben Hyland as Zach Goodweather with Lance Henriksen as the voice of The Master.

Production

 * Guillermo del Toro - Executive producer; Creator
 * Chuck Hogan - Executive producer; Creator
 * Carlton Cuse - Executive producer
 * Gary Ungar - Executive producer
 * Regina Corrado - Co-executive producer
 * Bradley Thompson - Co-executive producer
 * David Weddle - Co-executive producer
 * J. Miles Dale - Producer
 * Gennifer Hutchison - Producer
 * Ra'uf Glasgow - Co-producer
 * Cory Bird - Associate producer
 * Richard J. Anobile - Associate producer


 * Andrew Zolot - Line producer
 * Ramin Djawadi - Composer
 * Checco Varese - Director of photography
 * Gabriel Beristain - Director of photography
 * Miroslaw Baszak - Director of photography
 * Colin Hoult - Director of photography
 * Sidney Wolinsky - Editor
 * Kathryn Himoff - Editor
 * Christopher Nelson - Editor
 * Sarah Boyd - Editor
 * Anthony Miller - Editor
 * April Webster - Casting

Directors

 * Charlotte Sieling
 * David Semel
 * Deran Sarafian
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Guy Ferland


 * John Dahl
 * Keith Gordon
 * Peter Weller
 * Phil Abraham

Writers

 * Bradley Thompson
 * Carlton Cuse
 * Chuck Hogan
 * David Weddle


 * Gennifer Hutchison
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Justin Britt-Gibson
 * Regina Corrado

Home video

 * Episodes of the series have been made available for viewing on Hulu's streaming video service.


 * Episodes of this season have been made available for download from iTunes and Amazon.com. Amazon video services offered season one episodes for $2.99 per episode in HD, or $19.99 for the entire season in high definition.


 * The Strain: The Complete First Season was released on DVD in Region 1 format by 20th Century Fox on December 2nd, 2014.


 * A Blu-ray version of The Strain: The Complete First Season was released in the United Kingdom.