Creators:
John LoganComposer:
Abel KorzeniowskiCast:
Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Helen McCrory, Danny Sapani, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Lord (more)VOD (3)
Seasons(3) / Episodes(27)
Plots(1)
There is some THING within us all. Penny Dreadful is a powerfully written saga filled with dark mystery and suspense. It lives in a demimonde - a half world between reality and the supernatural - where personal demons from the past can be stronger than vampires, evil spirits and immortal beasts. An erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga, Penny Dreadful completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and timeless figures from Dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul - even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations. (Paramount Pictures AU)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Malarkey (1)
Penny Dreadful (2014)
My interest was piqued by both the premise and the actors, so I decided to give this series a go. At the beginning of each episode, Penny Dreadful shows the same television logo as I got used to in Dexter, which is that of Showtime. So I was expecting this show to be as uncompromising. Uncompromising though it may be at times, it is also full of bullshit, even though I’m not saying that the paperbacks sold in the 1800s London were any better. But I don’t think it’s a good idea to pick up the most interesting elements from several books and mix them with some new plots into a single story. The only reason to watch this series are the actors. Both Eva Green and Josh Harnett delivered excellent performances. Eva might have been a just tiny bit better – she is able to play absolutely anything.
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