Victorian horror series Penny Dreadful premieres its 3rd season two weeks from tonight and will feature a fresh rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic mad-scientist manifesto The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

“Penny dreadfuls” were a 19th-century London publishing phenomenon that featured a mass influx of cheap, illustration-heavy horror-based drama pieces.

Darkness will soon be upon us. Are you prepared? #PennyDreadful premieres May the first on @Showtime.https://t.co/6TJSx36dFk

— Penny Dreadful (@SHO_Penny) April 7, 2016

Walter White

Peytr Baelish

Peggy Olson

Gregory House

Frank Underwood

Outstanding rational in a drama series

Saul Berenson

Nucky Thompson

Olenna Tyrell

Sherlock Holmes

Honorable mention : Rory Kinnear : John Clare : Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful is an elegant and clever amalgam of 17th century horror classics most notably : Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein,  Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey, among others.

The show focuses mainly on ***madness*** or : the tragic existence of a kindhearted Vanessa Ives who unwillingly serves as a conduit for the abstract notion of the apocalypse or “end of days”.

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

***Showtime is now available exclusively online for a thirty day free trial on Hulu.  Check it out here.***

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