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Penny Dreadful
TV series / 2014

Penny Dreadful

Sci-fi & fantasyDramaMysteryAction & adventure

★ 7.8/101587 votes

Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.

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The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 2014 · 8 episodes Season details

Vanessa Ives wages a personal battle against an evil demon determined to possess her; Sir Malcolm Murray tries to save his daughter from a fate worse than death; Ethan Chandler becomes enmeshed with a group of London vampire hunters and falls for a doomed local prostitute, even as his own mysterious past threatens to catch up with him; Dr. Victor Frankenstein must face the consequences of his successful death-defying experiments; Dorian Gray falls for the unapproachable Vanessa Ives; Brona Croft confronts her imminent demise from consumption.

Season 2 Season 2 2015 · 10 episodes Season details

Vanessa Ives and her allies find themselves locked in an epic battle against an unholy evil; Sir Malcolm falls under the spell of a bewitching temptress; Ethan's big secret becomes known as his past comes back to haunt him; Dr. Frankenstein's newest creation breaks hearts and then some; Dorian Gray falls for an unlikely woman.

Season 3 Season 3 2016 · 9 episodes Season details

Confronting new horrors in dangerous new lands, Ethan Chandler, Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Sir Malcolm, the Creature, and the ravishing but deadly Lily must each face -- and embrace -- their own most truly monstrous selves. But for Vanessa Ives, accepting her demons could exact a terrible cost and plunge the world into unending darkness.

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Jack HickeyJunior Inspector Olivia LlewellynMina Harker Patti LuPoneJoan Clayton · Dr. Seward Wes StudiKaetenay Shazad LatifHenry Jekyll Samuel BarnettRenfield Christian CamargoAlexander Sweet Jessica BardenJustine Tamsin TopolskiLavinia Putney Ruth GemmellOctavia Putney Nicole O'NeillWitch #1 Olivia CheneryWitch #2 Alex PriceProteus Sebastian CroftBoy Familiar Perdita WeeksCatriona Hartdegen Noni StapletonGladys Murray David HaigOscar Putney Stephen LordWarren Roper Brian CoxJared Talbot Jonny BeauchampAngelique Graham ButlerPeter Ronan VibertSir Geoffrey Hawkes Mary MurrayWoman #1 Owen RoeColonel Brewster Gus BarryYoung Victor Olivia FahyCowgirl Aoife QuinnSomnolent Woman Alun ArmstrongVincent Brand Amy De BhrúnProstitute Jade YourellLady Roxbury Michael O'FlahertyPolice Sergeant Mary StockleyCaroline Gail FitzpatrickTavern Woman Hannah TointonMaud Gunneson Leticia DoleraLady at the Séance (uncredited) Pagan McGrathGladys' Maid Noah JupeCharles Chandler Elif KnightBeggar Woman Bobby AherneTheatre Heckler / Rat-baiting Referee David HaigOscar Putney Charlotte BeckettBeautiful Witch Morgan C. JonesBroker Dave CurryFather Aideen WyldeMother Rachael DowlingDress Shop Owner Amber FernéeClare Chandler Tantoo CardinalOld Native American Woman Hayley CanhamGirl Outside Church Frank SmithCurator Adam William CahillRed Coat Soldier (uncredited) Nathan O'TooleErnest Anna ChancellorClaire Ives

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