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- 2013
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- 2013
- TV-14
- NBC
Dracula
Season 1 Premiere: 2013
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7.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
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36% Mixed
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21% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
55
42% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
36% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
21% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
The gorgeous art direction make this great fun, and Rhys Meyers plays his part with such blood-slurping, mouth-wiping gusto that even a dentist could love him. [25 Oct/1 Nov 2013, p.94]
All dark shadows and gloom, there's a comic-book vigor to the series, and the narrative contortion of a soap.
The first five episodes of Dracula, although unwieldy and murky at times, flex just enough storytelling power to keep the juices flowing.
This supernatural thriller is much more attuned to the times than PBS’ costume period piece “Downton Abbey,” which filters such hot topics as women’s rights and homosexuality through a modern lens.... Mina’s aspirations to become a surgeon are publicly disparaged by the person closest to her next week in a moment that hits harder than the onscreen horror. Dracula’s visit to an underground gay club next week is well, bizarre, but it captures how homosexuals dwelled in the shadows, terrified of exposure. Those moments are far more biting than any of the so-called scares.
Turning Dracula into a fanged insurgent battling ruthless oligarchs is a nifty idea, and the electricity plot allows for diverting steampunk-meets-“Bride of Frankenstein” visuals. But nothing about the show is as much fun as it should be. The storytelling is slow and anemic, spelling everything out at length.
Strip away the name and this is the story of a man trying to tear apart an oil monopoly, which makes Dracula every bit as scary and sexy as the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Not funny enough to be campy, not smart enough to be serious, NBC's Dracula is an incomprehensible mishmash in period costumes.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 200 User Ratings
7.7
76% Positive
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
14% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
11% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 200 User Ratings
7.7
76% Positive
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
14% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
11% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Flame Ventures
- Playground Entertainment
- Universal Television
- Carnival Film & Television
Initial Release Date: 2013
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Nomination
