Reviews

Mr Harker certainly didn't look well which made me wonder if their was a Dracula form of AIDS after the sex obsessed nun suggested a homosexual relationship. What he needed was a good drink of Virgin blood - but not from those nuns! No virgins in this show. The BBC creatives would love to give us a bisexual, cross dressing, trans thing preferably Vegan and looking like a woman. That would make a great comedy or satire in other hands but they would expect us to take the idea seriously. What a pastiche. If I had not known who the creators were I could have guessed. In their world what 95% of the population might think is normal is abnormal, and abnormal normal. The preposterous and the unbelievable are normal. Even so, OK it is a sort of horror comedy, just when you think it is going somewhere it becomes even more ridiculous than before - beyond ridiculous! At which point it becomes silly and suitable for children - like the nun's at the end. And like an unbelievable and preposterous piece of "logical" nonsense way to find a map! Children might not notice but adults should. There was absolutely no sense in what he said about the paintings. The horror in the castle is way beyond anything in the book. The zombies, trapped in boxes etc. And lots of other things like the Lucy nun and the absurd "love" of Lucy. The Lucy character is just unbelievable - the parody of love carried too far. I couldn't wait for her to be eaten alive especially when she is so thick she hasn't learnt anything at the end as she invites him in. Please send her to hell! This is 40% Stoker and 60% Gattiss/ Moffat, his version believable, theirs all on the ridiculous to nonsensical side just like Dr Who. They just can't make anything without going over the top - like in Sherlock - superb start, absurd finish. It is Pantomime Pastiche. Episode 2 was 90 minutes onnthe ship and 90 minutes to drag out. Episode 3: Dracula talks too much - kept fast forwarding it. Long winded and pointless changes for no good effect. Logic suitable for 12 year olds.

After 123 years they find him and having learnt nothing, easy predictable escape. Mad woman wanders around the house - alone of course. She must have swallowed Green Kryptonite to overpower Dracula (just as daft) but no it was cancer. And when we see the new human race, better they were all food for Dracula.

Moffatt is so conceited he puts himself in his own fantasies. The idea that they would release the Count just because a lawyer turns up is simply unnacceptably stupid to any adult who has a brain. It just got sillier and sillier. The story should be at least creepy this one turned out to be morbid, grotesque, disgusting and way off the mark with Dracula talking far too much. Horrible. Reduce the whole thing into 2 hours max and it might be watchable but don't let the writers do it. They need an editor with a big stick. Ep.1 40% Stoker, 60% writers; Ep2. 20% Stoker; Ep.3 1% Stoker.

This started out well enough, sort of, if you can suspend all intelligence and just enjoy hokum. But the more it has gone on the more irritating it has become. Nothing makes any believable logical sense. Who is this Eve? How come she is the keeper of a pair of magic bracelets? Where do they come from? You will never find out. She is nothing but trouble. Why does she give a bracelet to a bad character. Who is she? Can somebody wake me up?! Even Superman has an origin, an explanation of what he is - a backstory - to use that horrible word. All the Superheroes have a cause and effect but not this story. The "hero" becomes weaker and weaker, more and more pathetic, she becomes stronger and stronger - and why? How? Who knows. The last episode is a piece of ridiculous overblown, unbelievable nonsense when we are supposed to feel sorry for the evil one? Really? And it didn't take much effort to get rid of her, too easy. Or maybe there will be the Moriarty effect and she will be back. God I hope not.

I was glad when it was finished. The only reason I watched was because of Nesbitt, his performance holds the whole thing together but his character became irritatingly weak, hysterical and resorted to huffing and puffing, and it seemed he never understood what was going on! Yet another wasted opportunity like a lot films that depend on special effects that are often really good- but the story needs a believable plot, at least some element of believability and possibility. Terminator was fantasy but grounded in logical possibility as is Aliens. Modern series producers think we are all so stupid they don't need to bother with intelligent plots anymore.

Horrible characters and characterisation. Idiotic plot movements that are entirely predictable. Paul turns up to rescue his girlfriend and by episode 5 still doesn't know he is walking into an obvious trap. Who would have guessed. That is lazy silly plotting.

God help us if all we have is a Paul to save the world. The main character is a half baked often pathetic idiot who wants be nice to everybody including the man eating zombies. In episode 5 he still spends half the time with a jaw dropped mouth wide open look of stupor as stuff happens all around him. Episode 5 and he still doesn't know whats going on!! I just found him irritating. How can anybody be so dumb. Constantly asking What did I do? What is going on? Right till the end.

The only likable character is his sidekick, Mac who actually behaves like a clever teenager might.

As usual the baddies are the strongest and cleverest outwitting the dumb Angelics at every turn. All the good people are pathetic. And why would the zombies be going up instead of down to hell? No answers. And who needs enemies when there is a psychotic angelical!

The body count gets huge and yet there are no news bulletins, journalists or TV crews. Mobile phones but no cctv for the police to use. Since Paul knows what the evil leader looks like why doesn't he tell the police like any intelligent person would. And where is God in all this? Cant he fix his own system? Useless. The plot just does not stand up to the believability test.