Carmilla is a Canadian single-frame web series co-created by Jordan Hall, Steph Ouaknine, and Jay Bennett.

[1] The series stars Elise Bauman and Natasha Negovanlis, and is loosely based on the novella of the same name by Sheridan Le Fanu.

[3] The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in Styria, Austria, and is told through vlogs recorded by Laura, a first-year student.

[6] At the Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, it was announced by Elise Bauman that an unnamed prime time series was in development.

[9] The series is told through a fictional vlog broadcast by Laura Hollis, a freshman studying journalism who has decided to document her college experience.

Canon Twitter accounts under Laura, Carmilla, and LaFontaine's names relay the group's encounters with supernatural Styrian dangers while trying to escape the Silas campus.

[10] Between stories on the Twitter accounts, a Christmas special was released detailing the group's not-so-pleasant encounter with a seemingly-pleasant Mama Klaus.

Other strange occurrences on campus draw the attention of Carmilla's adoptive sister Mattie and the Silas Board of Governors.

Laura and her friends decide to launch an election to replace Mattie as the Chair of the Board with a kindly old baron.

Laura and her friends spend most their time hiding out in the sentient campus library, that has been mentioned in previous seasons.

Thirteen podcasts of Mel, detailing the daily life and several different events that happen while the students of Silas University are trapped in the pit digging for the dean.

[14] According to news first reported by Variety, the following actresses and actors appeared in the film: Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Grace Lynn Kung, Cara Gee, Annie Briggs, K Alexander, Nicole Stamp, and Matt O'Connor.

Perry and LaFontaine own a start-up, Danny is a vampire rights activist, and Mel and Kirsch have joined Laura in journalism.

Due to budgetary constraints, the actors cast in season one were not members of ACTRA, a Canadian labor union for artists and performers.

[8] Its use of LGBT characters and fantasy has earned it comparisons to the hit television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.