Legacies (2018)
Young witches, vampires, and werewolves navigate impulses and destiny at a supernatural boarding school.
In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
How intense is Legacies?
Legacies is mildly scary, with light gore and strong violence. Emotionally it is heavy. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch. Rated TV-14.
What Legacies feels like
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attention
Where to stream Legacies
US availability via TMDB, last checked Sep 14, 2026. The app filters picks to the services you actually have.
Is Legacies for you?
Is Legacies scary?
Only a little. Legacies has a few tense moments (scare level 1 of 3), nothing that follows you to bed.
Is Legacies gory or violent?
Light gore (1 of 3) and strong violence (2 of 3).
Is Legacies sad or heavy?
It is emotionally heavy (2 of 3). Expect it to land.
Is Legacies OK for kids?
It is rated TV-14. Intensity: scare 1, gore 1, violence 2, each out of 3. Your call for older kids.
How long is Legacies?
Episodes run about 43m.
Where can I stream Legacies?
Legacies is streaming on Netflix.
Cast and crew
More like Legacies
Matched on genre, tone, intensity and pace, not just keywords.
The Vampire Diaries (2009)Mildly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTwo vampire brothers share an obsession with a mysterious woman, echoing a century-old, ruthless romance.
Supernatural (2005)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTwo brothers hunt down dark, demonic forces across America with gritty, suspenseful, and witty encounters.
Outlander (2014)Mildly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA 1940s nurse is swept to 1743 Scotland, igniting a passionate, dangerous romance across centuries.
The Originals (2013)Mildly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyMillennia-old vampires reclaim their city with darkly comic vengeance in this gritty, suspenseful, epic drama.
Silo (2023)Mildly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyUnderground survivors cling to a bleak existence, but one engineer unearths a truth that shatters their world.
FROM (2022)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTrapped residents in a nightmarish town fight for normalcy and survival against terrifying nocturnal forest creatures.
Game of Thrones (2011)Mildly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingNoble families clash in an epic, gritty war for control, while an ancient evil awakens in the frozen north.
Superman & Lois (2021)Mildly scary · strong violence · emotionally heavy · measuredA superhero and a journalist balance saving the world with the epic, uplifting challenges of modern parenting.
Find Legacies in
Want five more like Legacies?
Tell CouchRot the mood. It picks from what you can actually stream and learns from every rating.
Get CouchRot, it's freeThis product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.