The Strain - Specials (2014)

Something dangerous lurks in the forest. See the thrilling, animated prequel of The Strain.

When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event--an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness.

A short animation that explains the long, winding history of the Occido Lumen, an occult text with a bloody past. For all the evil it brings, however, this text may just be the last hope humanity has in facing the Strigoi.

Guillermo del Toro and cast explains the show's “Gothic Approach to Science”