SummaryIn Victorian London, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) encounter Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) and his creature (Rory Kinnear) in this psychosexual horror series created by John Logan.
SummaryIn Victorian London, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) encounter Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) and his creature (Rory Kinnear) in this psychosexual horror series created by John Logan.
What makes Penny click is the chemistry among the characters, especially the psychic and the gunslinger, who end up seducing the viewer with their seductive encounters. They make you forget this is an action show
The achievement of Penny Dreadful is that within its highly stylized, delightfully elaborate and occasionally batsh-t world, it has created complex, fascinating characters--or rather, it has begun to.
As the season goes on, the narrative grip will (one hopes) tighten and grow as richly decadent as the surrounding production--or Eva Green. [26 May 2014, p.39]