Dracula2013
“The legend takes new life.”
Created by Cole Haddon, Daniel Knauf
🏆 5 nominations total
The premise
It's the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night - useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan... until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
Horror Vault's take
Dracula arrives in Victorian London wearing the mask of a charming American industrialist, wielding the promise of electric light as both weapon and cover for his true, centuries-old agenda. Beneath the gas-lit glamour of high society, he pursues a long-simmering vendetta against the shadowy order that damned him. His carefully laid plans grow complicated when a fateful encounter stirs feelings he thought buried with the past. Equal parts period drama and gothic horror, the series blends seduction, intrigue, and supernatural menace across its single-season run.
Content: Violence, Sexual Content, Vampire Blood-Drinking
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · The Blood is the LifePremiere6.6Oct 25, 2013 · 45 min · Dir: Steve Shill
Alexander Grayson becomes drawn to a woman who looks like his dead former love, while her fiance, Harker, worries about his ability to give her the life she deserves.
S1.E2 · A Whiff of Sulfur5.9Nov 1, 2013 · 45 min · Dir: Steve Shill
Grayson and Lady Jayne become lovers as he looks into her connections; Grayson helps Mina face a challenge; Jonathan strikes a bargain that has unexpected consequences.
S1.E3 · Goblin Merchant Men5.7Nov 8, 2013 · 45 min · Dir: Andy Goddard
Grayson investigates whether Lady Jayne is a vampire hunter; Lucy employs absinthe, romance and a tour of London to mend Nina's broken heart; Grayson earns a powerful enemy.
S1.E4 · From Darkness to Light6.6Nov 15, 2013 · 45 min · Dir: Andy Goddard
Grayson tries to win Lady Jayne's heart; Lucy hides her broken heart behind planning Mina and Harker's engagement party; Grayson's reunion with an old friend complicates matters; Van Helsing suffers a setback.
S1.E5 · The Devil's Waltz7.4Nov 29, 2013 · 45 min · Dir: Nick Murphy
Harker learns Gen. Shaw isn't the hero he pretends to be; Van Helsing's first test with the solar serum is a failure; Davenport's people abduct Renfield; when Grayson dances with Mina at her engagement party, their feelings are revealed.
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Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes
Jessica De Gouw
Mina Harker
Katie McGrath
Lucy Westenra
Victoria Smurfit
Lady Jayne Wetherby
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Jonathan Harker
Nonso Anozie
Renfield
Robert Bathurst
Lord Thomas Davenport
Thomas Kretschmann
Abraham Van Helsing
Ben Miles
Browning
Charlotte Asprey
Lady Mary Laurent
Miklós Bányai
Szabó
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