Penny dreadful. The complete first season [DVD video]

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Carney, Reeve, actor.

Dalton, Timothy, 1944- actor.

Green, Eva, 1980- actor.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[Place of publication not identified] : CBS DVD, [2014]

New York, NY : Showtime Entertainment

Physical Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

An erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga that completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein, and timeless figures from Dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul, even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations.

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Title from container.

Widescreen.

Special features: What is a Penny Dreadful?; Literary roots; Coming together; The artisans pt. 1 & 2; The grand guignol; Sex and prostitution in the Victorian age; British exploration & the search for the Nile; The science of medicine; Plus Ray Donovan: Season one, episodes 1 & 2; The affair, episodes 1 & 2 (via eBridge technology).

Performers:

Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green.

Contents:

Disc one. Night work -- Seance -- Resurrection. Disc two. Demimonde -- Closer than sisters -- What death can join together -- Possession. Disc three. Grand guignol -- Special features.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subject Term:

Characters and characteristics in literature -- Drama.

Fictitious characters -- Drama.

British literature -- 19th century -- Drama.

Supernatural -- Drama.

Werewolves -- Drama.

Genre:

Horror television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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