Penny dreadful : the complete series / Showtime presents in association with Sky ; producers, Sheila Hockin, James Flynn, Morgan O'Sullivan ; created by John Logan.
Publisher:
Paramount,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
9 videodiscs (24 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Widescreen. Special features: What is a Penny Dreadful?; Literary roots; Coming together; The Artisans Pt. 1; The Artisans Pt. 2; The Grand Guignol; Prostitution and sex in Victorian times; British exploration & the search for the Nile; The science of medicine; Video production blogs; Reeve Carney round table; History of the occult; Hecate's witch prosthetics; The making of of Dr. Jekyll's lab; Vanessa's costumes; The dead zoo; Character profiles. Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear, Patti Lupone, Billie Piper, Wes Studi, Harry Treadaway, Josh Hartnett. Originally broadcast on television 2014-2016.
Contents:
Season 1, Disc 1. Night work -- Seance -- Resurrection. Disc 2. Demimonde -- Closer than sisters -- What death can join together. Disc 3. Possession -- Grand Guignol -- Special features. Season 2, Disc 1. Fresh hell -- Verbis diablo -- The nightcomers -- Evil spirits in heavenly places. Disc 2. Above the vaulted sky -- Glorious horrors -- Little scorpion -- Memento mori. Disc 3. And hell itself my only foe -- And they were enemies -- Special features. Season 3, Disc 1. The day Tennyson died -- Predators far and near -- Good and evil braided be -- Special features. Disc 2. A blade of grass -- This world is our hell -- No beast so fierce -- Special feature. Disc 3. Ebb tide -- Perpetual night -- The blessed dark -- Special features.
Summary:
"Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. They are joined by a core of original characters in a complex, frightening new narrative. Penny Dreadful is a psychological thriller filled with dark mystery and suspense, where personal demons from the past can be stronger than vampires, evil spirits and immortal beasts."--Container.
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