As Penny Dreadful’s superb first season reaches its close, Becky traces the literary origins of its monsters…
This was also present in the scientific advances of the age.
Van Helsing refers to the vampires as creatures whose chief instinct is to survive.
Yet he is still granted the opportunity to tell his story and offer his motivations.
Were not content to just fight off Dracula now, we want to understand what makes him tick.
Read our spoiler-filled reviews of Penny Dreadfuls first season,here.
