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Penny Dreadful, Ep. 2.01, “Fresh Hell” trades vampires for witches but keeps the blood flowing

Season one of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful was a gleefully gruesome gothic experience, firmly rooted in pulpy sensibilities and clearly influenced by Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. While it was not an altogether solid season of television, it had a ghastly charm reminiscent of lurid Hammer horror films of the past.

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