Warner Home Video has added The Vampire diaries: The Complete First Season to their line-up, scheduling to release the TV show in August on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc.

“For over a century, I have lived in secret. Until now. I know the risk, but I have to know her.” Dark, brooding, pulsing with bloodlust and transcendent with romance, The Vampire Diaries – which started as a series of must-read novels by L.J. Smith – has become a must-watch television hit.  Season One offers unforgettable characters, living and undead. They are vampire brothers Stefan and Damon, one good and one evil; Elena, a double for the beauty both brothers loved some 150 years earlier; plus Jeremy, Bonnie, Matt and more denizens of Mystic Falls, Virginia.  All are caught up in a spellbinding web of secrets, passion and terror.

The release will feature all 22 one-hour episodes from the show’s first season, along with a Gag Reel, Unaired Scenes and a Commentary Track by the creators and director of the series. You will also find a number of Featurettes on the release, suc has ”Into Mystic Falls: Bringing Vampire Lore and the High School Experience from Page to Screen,” “When Vampires Don’t Suck!: The Popularity of Vampires and the Fans Who Love Them,” “The Vampire Diaries: A New Breed of Vampires –  Casting the Series,” “The Vampire Diaries: Vampires 101 – The Rules of the Vampire,” and “The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth Webisodes”. The releases will be rounded out by a Downloadable Audiobook of the Bestselling Novel “The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening” by L.J. Smith.

The series arrives on home video on August 31 and can be yours for $59.98 on DVD and $69.97 on Blu-Ray Disc.