maximusa-22603 Phenomenal acting and story line, characters are 3 Dimensional. A ingenious spin on the classic horror films of old. Best Netflix series created imo, every episode leaves you wanting more.

scarlet812-593-111967 Finally getting around to watching this on Netflix...If you like movies or shows about monsters and monster hunters/fighters, this is right up your alley. I've only watched 3 episodes, so far, and I am loving it. The only aspect of the show I dislike is the casting of Billie Piper, whose attempt at an Irish accent is like nails on a blackboard. I've seen her in a couple things, and I just don't like her. However, the other characters are so intriguing that I can ignore her when she's on screen. This show has a fair amount of graphic sex and violence; the graphic sex stuff isn't my cup of tea, but thankfully, someone invented fast-forward. The episode "Demimonde" is particularly loaded with cringeworthy content. So far, the storyline has jumped back and forth in time quite a bit, so it can be difficult to follow at times; I just go to a fandom site when I get too confused (beware spoilers in those sites, though, if you don't like knowing ahead of time what will happen). The costumes and sets are very well done. The seedy side of old London is as seedy as it gets. The best thing about the show are the characters & how they've been brought together; for those who have read the classics of horror, or are even just familiar with the modern re-tellings, characters from Dracula, Frankenstein, etc. have been brought to cross paths with each other, along with some unknowns added. Dorian Gray and Vanessa Ives are my favorites, but every character other than Brona is a pleasure to watch and hear. I've peeked at some spoilers [can't seem to watch anything anymore without doing that], and I am eagerly anticipating the story progression.

Spike Neil Where do I start?.....At the beginning I guess. And 5 minutes on from that I stopped. Awful acting, terrible story and once again (da da) a series for the simpler people of TV world. Can't say much more really without profanities!!

J-Tone Not knowing what to watch, I gave this show a chance and got hooked immediately. There is this wonderful Victorian age setting, sinister and dark. There are the characters surrounded by mystery and it makes you wonder which horrible secrets they keep. The story starts to evolve along with two side stories and you cannot wait to see how the three strings will intertwine. Sad truth is: They don't. The main story line gets completely out of hand and the side stories don't contribute to anything. The main story, carefully built up in Season 1 just goes downhill and appears to be more of a sequence of random events rather than following a clear story line, which is getting worse in SE 3. The mysterious ambiance of SE 1 was replaced with a series of hollow and meaningless new characters to cover up the missing depth of the plot. Catriona is a perfect example of how the quality of the series has decreased over time. All of this leads up to the show's finale which was a huge disappointment. While the episodes moved along I couldn't shake the feeling that the sole purpose of the two side stories was to fill the 50 minutes per episode due to the lack of content of the main story. I kept waiting how and when they will link back to the main plot or lead up to their own conclusive end but they don't. Lily's and John Clare's story line have close to no substance and leave you somewhat puzzled, but not in a good way. I don't know if the script was so bad that it was almost impossible to create something out of it or if it was a case of miscast. Lily probably became the most annoying character on the show and the portrayal of a woman seeking revenge for the pain in her past life just didn't seem authentic. John Clare, the monster yet sensitive and poetic, is just a bit too much and he looks more like a 40-year old dad heading to a costume party than a haunted human monster. Rory Kinnear just doesn't fit from a visual perspective. Maybe they should've also been a bit easier on the make-up. All in all, it's really a shame that the show turned out this way. I loved Season 1, which for me was somewhere 8 or 9 out of 10. I don't know what happened afterwards but the show did not live up to my expectations that were set during the first episodes.