"In 1897 Transylvania, the blood-drinking Count draws his plans against Victorian London."
- IMDB
I started watching the new series Dracula on Netflix. It is a 3 episode mini series giving a new perspective on the story of Dracula. Each episode is 1.5 hours long and does a good job of mixing up the Dracula fantasy.
The series stars Claes Bang as Dracula and Dolly Wells as the main supporting character. Although I will say Dolly's character really steals the show.
Compared to Bram Stoker's Dracula, Netflix's adaptation is far darker and grittier. The new Dracula is more in your face and graphically horrific. Although I don't remember seeing Claes Bang in anything in the past, he absolutely nails the role of Dracula. Although without spoiling anything, I think Dolly Well's character is what I found most interesting and entertaining in the show.
When I first started the show, I had no idea it was only a mini series and there are no future seasons planed. I was hoping for a longer and future seasons but that's what it is.
I really liked the mystery feel to the second episode, although you as the viewer know the secret, it is fun to watch along as the rest of the cast struggle along.
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Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/86850-dracula?language=en-US
Critic: AAA
All images are from IMDb
@themarkymark, Currently i am watching Toy Boy. Hopefully i will watch this Series after this one. Have a pleasant time ahead and stay blessed.
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I watched this on the BBC when it went out around new year. It was very good and the leads did a great job. They made Dracula himself quite funny whilst making his actions horrific. The portrayal of the undead was very creepy. I'm not a big horror fan, but this was compelling. Lots of nice twists, but writer Mark Gatis is known for that with things like Sherlock. I needed some light relief after watching the last part and so watched Lego Batman.
3 episodes not enough :) I hope they continue it
As far as I have seen, there are no plans to. It's more of a long movie than anything.
i really liked this series. at first i thought of it as kind of boring. Because jonathan was just talking about his experience and it kind of felt, dull and slow.... And then in a few minutes when dracula gets younger, it became a little more interesting. So i kept watching. i didn't thought i could enjoy this type of slow moving show(except for westworld) but i did. i enjoyed it very much. agatha travelling to the future in his blood was specially a good scene.
and at the end the sunlight twist was really really twisting.....
I was planning on watching this too but haven't gotten around to it. Netflix and Dracula don't initially sound like a match made in heaven, but if it's gritty, I'm all for it. Glad you pointed out it's only 3 episodes, so I can mentally prepare to binge watch it in a day.
It's really dark and in your face. It isn't gentle.
Looks like it's worth seeing! thanks for the review!