BBC Dracula

stimpsonslostson

I watched episode 1 on iPlayer last night & really enjoyed it. 

Gory, funny, scary & a bit camp... Excellent. 
Apart from a couple of misfires with Dracula's accent the beeb seem to have nailed it- Sister Agetha being a highlight. 
MrsLostSon made me pause it for a breather at one point. 

I enjoyed the twists on the well known story & am looking forward to where they take it next. 

Feel free to post spoilers if you feel the need- the story is 100 years old. 

underdog

Second episode was a bit slow I thought, but the last half hour was ok and ended with a good twist ready for the final episode. 

TheMarlin

Put together by the same team as Sherlock, so bound to be half decent. 

ten77guitar

First episode was better than the second but thought it was brilliant. Can’t wait for the finale tonight.

not_the_dj

Missed it on Wednesday so watched the 1st episode last night and really enjoyed it, although Dracula's accent once he'd de-aged was a weird choice.

A few "easter egg" style lines in the script, like Sister Agetha saying she has a "detective friend in London"

I liked the wolf/man transformations being more visceral than the usual quick puff of smoke transformation.

Snags

Snags' household in the "good stuff" camp, with a good combination of the original story and interesting/fun liberties taken (especially as the original novel is actually pretty chuffing dull, particularly if one comes to it with cinematic expectations of the story).

Could have done without Dracula coming across as a slightly less evil David Walliams at times (yeah, don't much rate David Walliams) but other than that, good fun and effective.

paulnb57

We have it recorded and watched the first episode last night, really enjoyed it, camp, quirky, funny, great characters, even made me jump a couple of times, even when I knew it was going to happen...

paulnb57

Oh and some great one liners.....

ourmaninthenorth

paulnb57 said:

Oh and some great one liners.....

"I'm undead, not unreasonable" 

Made me titter.

Sassafras

My favourite Dracula was Christopher Lee.

Haven't seen any of these but I thought Penny Dreadful was very entertaining.

ourmaninthenorth

Sassafras said:

My favourite Dracula was Christopher Lee.

Haven't seen any of these but I thought Penny Dreadful was very entertaining.

Give it a watch.

It's uncanny how similar in looks this new geezer is to Christopher Lee in certain scenes. I know Mr Gatiss is somewhat of a fan, so I doubt it's coincidence. 

I think they've done a great job of it. 

Clarky

paulnb57 said:

Oh and some great one liners.....

there is no one..... living.... here

Fretwired

not_the_dj said:

Missed it on Wednesday so watched the 1st episode last night and really enjoyed it, although Dracula's accent once he'd de-aged was a weird choice.

A few "easter egg" style lines in the script, like Sister Agetha saying she has a "detective friend in London"

I liked the wolf/man transformations being more visceral than the usual quick puff of smoke transformation.

It's very good. Interesting to see if there's a crossover and Holmes and Watson turn up ... :-)

prowla

I started watching it, but got bored and watched something else.

rlw

Enjoyed it and will watch episode two shortly.

breakstuff

Yep, really enjoying it so far, Dolly Wells being the standout to me. She's very good in it. 

Anyone notice the Crowded House reference?
Couldn't suss out the context for putting it in if deliberate though. 

Philly_Q

Bloody marvellous.

So far.

The twist at the end of episode 2 was a genuine surprise - well done BBC for not even hinting at it in the trailers - but I have no idea where it goes now.  I really hope it doesn't get too Sherlock and collapse under its own smart-arsedness.

earwighoney

Sassafras said:

My favourite Dracula was Christopher Lee.

Haven't seen any of these but I thought Penny Dreadful was very entertaining.

Christopher Lee is my favourite everything.  His films with Peter Cushing in particular are ones that seem to bring me more joy as a viewer than almost all other films. 

RobDavies

I will give it a whirl... although I hope it's better than Gatiss' interpretation of Martin's Close, which was the dullest thirty minutes of TV that I've seen in recent years.

shrinkwrap

RobDavies said:

I will give it a whirl... although I hope it's better than Gatiss' interpretation of Martin's Close, which was the dullest thirty minutes of TV that I've seen in recent years.

Ah, now I enjoyed Martin's Close but found this Drac well over the top.

Too many horror items bunged in.

earwighoney

RobDavies said:

I will give it a whirl... although I hope it's better than Gatiss' interpretation of Martin's Close, which was the dullest thirty minutes of TV that I've seen in recent years.

I didn't see it but his short horror last year about the editor wasn't great, it seemed like he'd been watching 'Berberian Sound Studio' and wanted to do something inspired by it and the new one looked the same for the film 'The Witch', I'll still give it a watch at some point though.