--- title: "Being Human" year: 2011 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/being-human" fi1m_id: "being-human" imdb_id: "tt1595680" tmdb_id: 32022 wikidata_id: "Q814788" fi1m_score: 70 critics_reviews: 3 published: "2026-09-17" updated: "2026-09-20T21:11:03.875001+00:00" region: "SI" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Being Human (2011) Created by Toby Whithouse · 43m · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy ## Identity Being Human - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/being-human - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** being-human - **IMDb ID:** tt1595680 - **TMDB ID:** 32022 - **Wikidata ID:** Q814788 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/32022, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q814788 **Fi1m score: 70** · Critics: 3 of 6 reviews so far *In a sentence:* The monsters are manageable; it is the shared bathroom that nearly kills them > An American remake that had no obvious reason to exist and turns out to have a reason to be watched. Witwer, Rath and Huntington make the house-share believable; the seasons run long, and the first few episodes creak before they settle. ## Synopsis Boston. Aidan Waite (Sam Witwer), a vampire who wants to stop killing, and Josh Levison (Sam Huntington), a werewolf who has walked out on his family, work the wards of a city hospital and rent a house together, hoping a shared kitchen will keep them passing for ordinary. The house comes with Sally Malik (Meaghan Rath), a ghost who died there, cannot leave, and has just found two people who can see her; the man she was going to marry is now the landlord. Aidan has already broken his own rule with a woman called Rebecca (Sarah Allen), Josh is avoiding a nurse, Nora Sergeant (Kristen Hager), who likes him, and the full moon is coming. ## Review Toby Whithouse’s British series about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a house arrived in 2008 with six episodes and not much money, and it did not obviously need translating. This version moves the arrangement to Boston, keeps the shape and stretches a season to thirteen episodes of 43 minutes. It is better than it had any right to be. It is also slow to become itself, and anyone judging it by the first two hours would be forgiven for stopping there. The premise still works. Aidan Waite (Sam Witwer), a vampire trying not to feed, and Josh Levison (Sam Huntington), a werewolf who has run from his family, work at a Boston hospital and rent a house together in the hope that a front door and a kettle will keep them ordinary. The house comes with Sally Malik (Meaghan Rath), who died in it, cannot leave it, and has just discovered that the two men can see her. Three people, one lease, and a rule that nobody is allowed to be what they are indoors. Witwer is the surprise. He plays Aidan with his shoulders down and his voice low, a man who has done terrible things for a long time and has decided that the least he can do is be tired about it. Huntington is louder and it takes a while to stop minding; by the middle of the first season the nervous chatter reads as fear rather than sitcom, and his scenes with Nora Sergeant (Kristen Hager), the nurse he cannot bring himself to ask out, are the warmest thing in the run. Rath has the hardest job, since Sally cannot touch anything or go anywhere, and she does it by standing still in doorways and looking at the life she is not having. The craft is modest and mostly honest about it. The hospital is lit flat and pale, corridors and strip light and nothing hidden, and the house is the opposite, brown and cluttered and always a little dark, so that coming home reads as coming home. The werewolf change is done the old way, behind a locked door, with a lot of breaking sounds and not much shown, and on this money that is the right choice. There is a habit of putting a mournful indie song under the last two minutes of an episode to tell us how to feel about it, and by the sixth or seventh time we could hear it coming. Here is the moment that got us. In the first episode Sally watches from the stairs while the man she was going to marry, who now owns the house, shows her two new flatmates round it and never once looks up. Rath plays it without a line, and we found it sadder than a ghost in a rented house had any business being. The series is at its best whenever it remembers that being unable to leave is worse than being dead. The seasons are long and they feel it. Thirteen episodes is a lot of room, and the writers, among them Jeremy Carver and Anna Fricke, fill it with a vampire power struggle that takes over the back half of the first year and is less interesting than the kitchen. Seven directors share the episodes and the result is a house style rather than a voice; nothing is badly done, and nothing is done in a way you would recognise from one episode to the next. The British version had the advantage of being over before it could repeat itself. This one repeats itself, and then, to its credit, notices and moves on. Against the original it is a different animal: less funny, more patient, better resourced and more inclined to explain. We missed the jokes. It ran four seasons of thirteen from 17 January 2011, which is longer than the premise strictly deserves and about right for the people in it. Give it three episodes. If Witwer’s tiredness and Rath’s stillness have not got to you by then, they will not, and the werewolf will not change your mind. If they have, you have forty-nine more, and the house gets more crowded before it gets any easier. *Fi1m score 70, published 17 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is Being Human worth watching?** *Being Human* (2011) is worth watching for anyone who wants a quiet, domestic take on a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a house, and we scored it 70. Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington make the flatshare believable, but the first two episodes creak and the thirteen-episode seasons run long. Give it three episodes before deciding. **How long is Being Human, and what is it rated?** *Being Human* has episodes of about 43m. It is a drama and sci-fi & fantasy series. **Where can I watch Being Human in Slovenia?** *Being Human* is not on any streaming or rental service in Slovenia at the moment. It is available in 7 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily. **How violent or frightening is Being Human, and is it suitable for children?** *Being Human* (2011) carries a UK 15 certificate and is not suitable for children. The violence is mostly implied rather than shown: the werewolf transformation happens behind a locked door with breaking sounds, and the vampire's struggle not to feed is played as weariness rather than gore. Teenagers used to adult supernatural drama should be fine; it is sad more often than it is frightening. **How does Being Human compare to Buffy the Vampire Slayer?** *Being Human* (2011) is the quieter, sadder show; [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer) is the wittier one and the better of the two. Buffy uses its monsters as jokes about growing up and lands them; Being Human is less funny, more patient and more inclined to explain itself, and its best scenes are in a cluttered kitchen rather than a fight. Choose Buffy for wit, Being Human for melancholy. **What should I watch after Being Human?** After *Being Human*, try [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer) (1997, Fi1m 80): The template for monsters as metaphors for growing up, and still the wittiest. Then [*Let the Right One In*](https://film.one/film/let-the-right-one-in) (2008, Fi1m 88): A vampire and a lonely boy in a Swedish suburb; quiet, cold and devastating; and [*Truly Madly Deeply*](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply) (1990, Fi1m 80): A ghost who will not leave the flat, and grief that turns out to be the point. ### Reviews we read (3) - **The AV Club**, Scott Von Doviak (B+): The episode strikes the right balance between the show's darker impulses and the humor in its premise, with characters growing on the critic over successive installments. It leaves the reviewer more encouraged about the series' potential to maintain consistency. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/being-human-u-s-some-thing-to-watch-over-me-1798167147) - **Variety**, Brian Lowry (50/100, inferred): The US adaptation of the British series retains its basic structure and intriguing premise of a vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing an apartment, but suffers from weaker casting overall. The reviewer finds the early episodes likable if not exceptional, and better suited to the shorter British format. [Read](https://variety.com/2011/tv/reviews/being-human-2-1117944290/) - **Collider**, Ethan Anderton (80/100, inferred): The critic finds the SyFy series a surprising success with genuine drama and heartfelt characters struggling to retain their humanity. The strong performances, character dynamics, and indie soundtrack are singled out for praise. [Read](https://collider.com/being-human-series-premiere-review/) ## Details - **Created by:** Toby Whithouse - **Creator:** Toby Whithouse - **Director:** Stefan Pleszczynski, Adam Kane, Jeff Renfroe, Paolo Barzman, Jerry Ciccoritti, Mairzee Almas, Charles Binamé - **Writer:** Anna Fricke, Jeremy Carver, Chris Dingess, Nancy Won, Keto Shimizu, Lisa Randolph, Mike Ostrowski, Toby Whithouse, Craig LaMarsh, Michael Ostrowski - **Producer:** Irene Litinsky - **Cast:** Sam Witwer as Aidan Waite; Meaghan Rath as Sally Malik; Sam Huntington as Josh Levison; Deanna Russo as Kat Neely; Kristen Hager as Nora Sergeant; Sarah Allen as Rebecca Flynt; Katharine Isabelle as Suzanna Waite; Joseph Antaki as Samid Malik - **Runtime:** 43m - **Release (Slovenia):** 17 January 2011 - **Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy ## Where to watch in Slovenia Not streaming, renting or buying in Slovenia at the last check. Also available in: AU, CA, DE, FR, IT, NZ, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Being Human* (2008): The Bristol original: shorter, funnier, cheaper, and the flat is even more depressing. - *Ginger Snaps* (2000): Katharine Isabelle, years earlier, in the best werewolf film about being a teenage girl. - *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80: The template for monsters as metaphors for growing up, and still the wittiest. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) - *Let the Right One In* (2008), Fi1m 88: A vampire and a lonely boy in a Swedish suburb; quiet, cold and devastating. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/let-the-right-one-in.md) - *Truly Madly Deeply* (1990), Fi1m 80: A ghost who will not leave the flat, and grief that turns out to be the point. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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