Based on Gueillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's novel trilogy of the same name, 2014's "The Strain" follows Dr. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, the head of a major project at the CDC. When a plane lands at JFK Airport and stops responding to ground control, Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez are summoned to the scene. They discover that nearly all of the passengers and crew are dead from a contagion, and a coffin-like cabinet is taken from the plane and immediately stolen. As the contagion spreads and signs of vampirism emerge, Eph and the citizens of New York must fight to contain the problem.