Penny dreadful. The complete first season

Author

John Logan

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

English or Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned.

Performers

Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Danny Sapani, Harry Treadaway, Josh Hartnett, Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory.

Publication Information

Hollywood, Calif. : CBS DVD : Paramount Pictures, 2014.

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes of the television series on Showtime in 2014.

Special features: What is a penny dreadful? ; Literary roots ; Coming together ; The artisans pt. 1 ; The artisans pt. 2 ; The Grand Guginol ; Sex and prostitution in the Victorian Age ; British exploration & the search for the Nile ; The science of medicine ; via E-Bridge technology: Ray Donovan: season 1, episodes 1 & 2; The affair: episodes 1 & 2.

Contents

• Night work ; Seance ; Resurrection
• Demimonde ; Closer than sisters ; What death can join together ; Possession
• Grand Guignol.