Penny Dreadful
2014 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min
★ 7.8(1,537)unSUB Rating
In Victorian London, terrifying literary horror figures and dark origin stories collide in a psychological thriller. The series blends classic monsters with a new adult drama, weaving eerie plots of fear, mystery, and dread throughout the city’s darkest corners.
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Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+ and Showtime.
24 hours to watch · 27 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2014–2016
- Release date
- 2014-05-11
- Network
- Showtime
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.8/10 (1,537 votes)
About
Pick this up if you want a moody, gothic horror-and-mystery drama with rich period visuals and standout performances; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or want fewer monsters, as it may feel crowded compared with American Horror Story or FROM.
Pros: stunning costumes and sets; great cast performances; tense gothic atmosphere | Cons: slow story development; too many characters; some plots feel unfinished
Themes
- london, england
- witch
- monster
- underground
- vampire
- incantation
- black magic
- supernatural
- victorian england
- possession
- wolfman
- werewolf
- +15 more
Cast & crew
Eva Green
as Vanessa Ives
Josh Hartnett
as Ethan Chandler
Timothy Dalton
as Sir Malcolm Murray
Harry Treadaway
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Reeve Carney
as Dorian Gray
Rory Kinnear
as John Clare / The Creature
Billie Piper
as Lily / Brona Croft
Danny Sapani
as Sembene
Helen McCrory
as Madame Kali
Olivia Llewellyn
as Mina Harker
Directed by Toa Fraser, Kari Skogland, Dearbhla Walsh +6 more
Created by John Logan
Episodes3 seasons · 27 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Night Work54mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E2Séance56mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E3Resurrection48mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E4Demimonde60mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E5Closer Than Sisters55mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E6What Death Can Join Together51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E7Possession60mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S1E8Grand Guignol57mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1Fresh Hell56mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E2Verbis Diablo53mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E3The Nightcomers59mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E4Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places51mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E5Above the Vaulted Sky57mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E6Glorious Horrors55mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E7Little Scorpion47mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E8Memento Mori53mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E9And Hell Itself My Only Foe53mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S2E10And They Were Enemies54mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
Season 39 episodes
- S3E1The Day Tennyson Died59mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E2Predators Far and Near55mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E3Good and Evil Braided Be53mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E4A Blade of Grass57mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E5This World is Our Hell54mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E6No Beast So Fierce50mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E7Ebb Tide58mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E8Perpetual Night44mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu
- S3E9The Blessed Dark56mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Hulu