Carmilla is a transmedia web series produced by Steph Ouaknine and Jay Bennet and uploaded to YouTube. The series is based on the 1871 novella of the same name by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It follows the story of Laura Hollis, a college freshman who is just starting to adjust to university life when her roommate Betty goes missing. Laura is frustrated to find that the police and the university are uncooperative in finding Betty, so she starts taking matters into her own hands. Then, the school assigns her a new roommate, a mysterious girl named Carmilla, whom Laura suspects might be involved in Betty's disappearance.
The Carmilla series is unique and influential for a number of reasons. All of the show's main characters are female, and the majority of the crew is too. In addition, many, if not all of the characters are lesbians, and their sexualities are treated as normal and never questioned, which was a breath of fresh air for LGBT+ communities. Both of those things helped make Carmilla an extremely successful web series with a fiercely loyal fanbase.
Watch the Carmilla trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_3IwC3hC4
