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Penny Dreadful: The Literary Origins
Ужасы по дешевке: Литературные истоки

Уже посмотрела, ночью! До сих пор прихожу в себя! Джоша ТАКОГО не видела никогда! Потрясена, показал себя во всей красе, и сексуальность, и опасность, настоящий хищник. Внешность, прическа, бородка, по роли идеально подходит. Совместные сцены с Евой/Ванессой впечатлили, серия пролетела на одном дыхании, страшно, достаточно пугающих моментов, напряжение присутствует всю серию, начиная с первых кадров. Сюжет раскрывают постепенно, пока ещё много вопросов, и большое желание смотреть дальше. Ужастики, кровь, трупы и разная прочая нечисть- все качественно сделано и снято очень реалистично.

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Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful” Premier Episode Review

Stephanie’s Review

Victorian age, London.  This is where we begin.  No music plays.  It is quiet, save for the sounds of breathing.  A young woman and her daughter are asleep on a bed, until the mother gets up.  This sets the scene for a jump-worthy scene and the tone for the rest of the episode.  Welcome to “Penny Dreadful,”

In the age of television shows that delve into the supernatural world which are geared for a much younger audience, Showtimes brings us a good old fashioned gothic horror, complete with vampires, demons, Dr. Frankenstein, and so many other wildly creepy characters.

The show stars Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray, a character with many secrets, one of which we learn fairly quickly.  His daughter is missing, supposedly taken by the creatures of nightmare.  Eva Green plays the wickedly beautiful Vanessa Ives.  She is eerie in her own right; I’m left unsure whether I should trust her or not.  Josh Hartnett, Rory Kinnear, and Harry Treadaway round out the main cast of this week’s episode.  Once character I am certain will add his own brilliance is Dorian Gray.  Yes, the Dorian Gray, as many of the characters of “Penny Dreadful” are taken from Victorian age literature.

With all the buildup in the last few months, I was left wondering what the show could offer.  Nothing prepared me for what came after the opening sequence and I’m left with the words ‘bravo,’ ‘brilliant,’ and ‘wicked cool.’  Way to go Showtime!  You have a disturbingly marvelous hit on your hands.  After this, I am certain I DO believe in monsters.

Marty’s Review

We’ve all seen the media for “Penny Dreadful” for awhile now.  We knew it was going to have a phenomenal cast headed by Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray.  We knew it was going to be Victorian gothic.  Yeah, that’s what we knew.  But all that didn’t prepare me for what it actually was.

“Penny Dreadful” is a beautifully filmed, well written and well acted ensemble piece that brings together some of our favorite characters from literature.  The brilliant cast included Eva Green as Vanessa Ives, Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler, Harry Treadaway as Victor Frankenstein, and Rory Kinnear as The Creature.  There are creatures that nightmares are made of, the ones who made us check under our beds ad bedtime when we were kids.  There are things we’ve never seen before and I’m not sure I want to see again.  There are characters we’ve not met yet, like Dorian Gray who I can’t wait to meet in this incarnation!

The first episode is full of twists and turns, ghastly murders and plenty of ‘whodunit.’  There was just the right amount of ‘teasing’ with each character that makes you want to know more.  For instance, what exactly is Ethan Chandler hiding?  There is more to him than meets the eye and that, among other intriguing questions, will definitely bring me back for more!  Way to go, Showtime and the cast and crew of “Penny Dreadful” for a wowzer of a new series!

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Review: Penny Dreadful is Shaping Up to Be Must-See Television
Few TV shows can boast of the pedigree behind Showtime’s new series Penny Dreadful. Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall, Gladiator) created and executive produces it. Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) is another executive producer. And the first two episodes are directed by J.A. Bayona, who helmed The Orphanage and is attached to the forthcoming World War Z sequel and A Monster Calls.

Throw in a cool premise, and expectations are pretty high, as they should be. Based on the first two episodes, Penny Dreadful is must-see TV. Granted, other recent shows have showed a lot of promise only to completely fall apart (The Following), but it’s hard to imagine this show suffering a similar fate.It is London, September 1891. Residents are on edge about Jack the Ripper. After a woman is savagely attacked (she is literally torn to pieces), the papers wonder if the Ripper is responsible. The murder is followed by an introduction to an American named Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett). He is part of a traveling Wild West show where he shows off his shooting skills and brags about all of the danger he’s encountered in the U.S. He also drinks too much and has a weakness for the ladies.

Clearly, Ethan is not exactly thrilled about his current career. He gets a chance to do something different when he is approached by a mysterious “spiritualist” named Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). She represents Sir Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton), who is desperately searching for his missing daughter. They want Ethan to help locate her. This involves a trip to what Vanessa describes as a “half-world between what we know and what we fear.” Whatever kind of world it is, it is dangerous and creepy. There are piles of dead bodies and creatures with Hieroglyphics underneath an exoskeleton. The show wastes no time in establishing the fact that this particular London is a weird and violent place.

While Ethan, Malcolm, and Vanessa search for Malcolm’s daughter, the gruesome murders continue. The second episode opens with a man and woman (not together) murdered in a park late one night. We catch a glimpse of someone in the shadows, but it’s impossible to see who (or what) it is. A conversation between Murray and a police inspector lets us know that there are many unsolved murders in the area and the killer is taking murders. Murray tells the inspector that the killer is a beast and not a man.As if the missing daughter and the murders aren’t enough, the show also introduces Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) and Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney) in the first two episodes. So there are a lot of characters and is a lot going on. Hopefully, the show is able to effectively balance this as it moves forward.

For now, pretty much everything is clicking with Penny Dreadful. It isn’t perfect of course. Chandler is a very familiar character at this point. Also, the dialogue isn’t always sharp (“we all have our curses don’t we”) and it can get a little hokey. When Malcolm admits that he doesn’t know the source of the Hieroglyphics on a creature’s body, an Egyptologist shares that it is from the Book of the Dead in as ominous and dramatic a way as possible, as if that has never been uttered in film or television history.

Minor issues aside, it is intoxicating and mystifying in all the right ways. There are some decent chills, including a very odd séance at a party that goes very wrong, and plenty of horrific gore. The production values are strong and the acting solid. And it tantalizingly teases out the existence of things we have yet to see, things that are not human. Malcolm’s missing daughter is almost beside the point, and the show doesn’t treat it as all that important. It’s just a way to bring viewers into this world, one where you never know what’s behind the corner. Through two episodes, it’s a world that’s a lot of fun to visit.

Penny Dreadful premieres on Showtime on Sunday, May 11th
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Penny Dreadful SHO.com spot.  Видео! 

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