Dracula (2020)

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 4, 2020
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 208 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 116 out of 208
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 208
  3. Negative: 56 out of 208

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  1. Justadude84
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    Mr Gatiss and Mr Moffat's Dracula is the most fun I've had with a vampire story in ages. It has equal parts charm, wit, and fright, and manages the tricky task of paying homage to Bram Stoker's Dracula while making the story feel exciting and contemporary. Nicely done.
  2. AthanasiosT
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    Congratulations BBC. Excellent is a one word description for all the aspects of this show : Writing; the adaptation perfectly follows but doesn't copy the classic story, dialogues are smart and sharp. Casting; superb acting from everyone. Directing, photography; Gothic atmosphere is captured and depicted. Even the -fashionable- diversity is not forced, but nicely blended in. After Hammer'sCongratulations BBC. Excellent is a one word description for all the aspects of this show : Writing; the adaptation perfectly follows but doesn't copy the classic story, dialogues are smart and sharp. Casting; superb acting from everyone. Directing, photography; Gothic atmosphere is captured and depicted. Even the -fashionable- diversity is not forced, but nicely blended in. After Hammer's Christopher Lee, I didn't expect to find another Dracula worth of my time, but I'm glad I was proven wrong. Netflix, please give the Witcher to BBC for a reboot.… Expand
  3. HtetOoWaiYan
    Jan 6, 2020
    9
    Ooh... 2020 starts well.

    I thought the show's gonna be a plain adaptation from the book (which I still might enjoy), but it turns out to be a modern take on Dracula with wacky dialogues and some unexpected-but-welcome decisions. All three episodes are a smart mix of horror and humor, and I like every second of it. The first and second episodes are solid 8 out of 10. But, the final    Ooh... 2020 starts well.

    I thought the show's gonna be a plain adaptation from the book (which I still might enjoy), but it turns out to be a modern take on Dracula with wacky dialogues and some unexpected-but-welcome decisions. All three episodes are a smart mix of horror and humor, and I like every second of it.

    The first and second episodes are solid 8 out of 10. But, the final episode is just remarkable both in the storytelling and the technical aspects. The actors are terrific, especially the two leads, Claes Bang and Dolly Wells. I must say Bang makes himself a fantastic Dracula.

    Dracula (2020) is not too over the top and not too grounded either, the balance of it is what I adore about it.    … Expand
  4. nanamihs
    Jan 5, 2020
    10
    835/5000
    This series is perfect! It brings us rich scriptwriting and genius. The horror is explicit there, the elegance of the dracula with seduction was conveyed to perfection. from bram stoker, falls into the trap perfectly. I like the confusion the show has, it makes you wonder what is going on all the time, and then reveals it with a big surprise. clearly observes the talent of the    835/5000
    This series is perfect! It brings us rich scriptwriting and genius. The horror is explicit there, the elegance of the dracula with seduction was conveyed to perfection. from bram stoker, falls into the trap perfectly. I like the confusion the show has, it makes you wonder what is going on all the time, and then reveals it with a big surprise. clearly observes the talent of the production. Only thing that the series to be lost was in the relationship of Luci and in the fitting of Jack and the doctor there, but closing with a golden key the end. in a very magnificent and philosophical way.    … Expand
  5. ThiagoSimoes
    Mar 19, 2020
    0
    Terrible. From the very beginning nothing makes sense and it only gets worse.
  6. Nashi
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    Great just f*****g GREAT, the series is perfect in so many point. So, i don't wanna spoil or something but the ending is soo magic, you have to see one of the best series from January
  7. silverseb
    Jan 8, 2020
    2
    This is one the stupidiest adaptation of Dracula that i've evere seen.
    The ending is so stupid it is hard for me to express
    A waste of time for the people and a waste of money for BBC
  8. SeussMyTub
    Jan 12, 2020
    2
    Boy, this was a three part limited series, and it went from a promising first episode to a complete crapfest by the third. Ugh, so utterly disappointing. What could have been a good classic tale of Gothic horror comes totally undone by the final act. It's like two different TV shows were mashed together halfway. What a waste.
  9. Ryanfold
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    So epics. I’m only 2 of 3 in, but I’m totally hooked!!!

    What a sleeper hit!
  10. Deadheadbill
    Jan 6, 2020
    1
    Where to begin? It's just sooo bad. The intended funny scenes are groan inducing. The forced "modern sensibilities" onto a Dracula story are again...groan inducing. There is no sense of Gothic Horror that should accompany any decent telling of the Dracula mythos. Bram Stoker must be rolling in his grave.
  11. Yourmumsbills
    Jan 9, 2020
    0
    I had high hope for this, based on the writers previous work. But sadly this was awful. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be comedic or serious? the writing is all over the place, the acting (from a mostly very talented cast) is really bad and most importantly the main character of Dracula is just ridiculous. I really wish they'd just written some more Sherlock instead of this terrible cr*p.
  12. Yurchik
    Jan 7, 2020
    0
    Van Helsing is a woman... This is a new trend!? Do the main characters is female!? Or I don't understand something!?
  13. HermesRatatoskr
    Jan 6, 2020
    1
    Poorly written, laughably acted and carelessly put together - I have no idea why this dreadful piece of work has impressed so many paid reviewers.
    As is now typical of Netflix (and increasingly the BBC) the show looks like it was made on the cheap and wears its disrespect for its source material as a badge of apparent honour.
    Oh, and please - enough with the sneering at Catholicism, Netflix.
  14. TheDevilCorrect
    Jan 4, 2020
    8
    My first thought was it's a very cool depiction of Count Dracula, and updated too. My second thought was, wow Claes Bang would make an excellent James Bond.

    I wasn't really thrilled with episode 3 (but the graveyard scene is a must see), nor the conclusion, but it's I feel the first two episodes made up for it. For this genre, the end was fine, but not extraordinary.
  15. Someguy780
    Jan 5, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First two episodes where vaguely interesting followed by episode three. Which was the biggest train wreck off a cliff I have seen in a bit. With a weird time skip into modern day and a complete **** the bed ending after I would not recommend this show to anyone.… Expand
  16. GarethB
    Jan 5, 2020
    3
    Starts with a flourish but ends with a whimper. The tale of Dracula has its corpse dragged through the instagram era.
  17. otavio98
    Jan 6, 2020
    10
    Amazingly creative! Such a good story. I didn't liked Dracula so far, now I'm fan!
  18. Gnewa
    Jan 6, 2020
    0
    What a pile of junk, all the promise of a great show that just continued to burn to a crisp as the story progressed. Your typical BBC PC bile. Why am I forced to pay this waste of space corporation my hard earned money.
  19. Andrewzc
    Jan 7, 2020
    10
    Excellent script, casting, acting and production values. If you're not from the UK and are wondering if some of the BBC haters on here ever watch the programmes they hate, and are wondering why they bother two things. First, many of them don't actually watch the programmes (or if they do, they're masochists given the level of hatred they exhibit. Secondly, they are politically motivated:Excellent script, casting, acting and production values. If you're not from the UK and are wondering if some of the BBC haters on here ever watch the programmes they hate, and are wondering why they bother two things. First, many of them don't actually watch the programmes (or if they do, they're masochists given the level of hatred they exhibit. Secondly, they are politically motivated: the hard right and hard left hate the BBC and want to see its licence fee funding removed. Their reviews are driven entirely by their desire to shut the organisation down. Hope that helps.… Expand
  20. Vl_cz
    Jan 5, 2020
    0
    Первый эпизод был многообещающим, казалось, что сделают сериал по оригинальному произведению. Но потом появились монашки феминистки, негры, геи и прочие прогрессивные темы, которые начали портить впечатление. Третий эпизод - это вообще просто позор какой то, он настолько плох, что затмевает все немногочисленные достоинства сериала.Первый эпизод был многообещающим, казалось, что сделают сериал по оригинальному произведению. Но потом появились монашки феминистки, негры, геи и прочие прогрессивные темы, которые начали портить впечатление. Третий эпизод - это вообще просто позор какой то, он настолько плох, что затмевает все немногочисленные достоинства сериала.
  21. Manolux
    Jan 5, 2020
    1
    Otra producción de Netflix donde la homosexualidad, el feminismo y la inclusión racial son usados; esta vez, para destruir un personaje icono como lo es Dracula.
  22. KGardnerXX
    Jan 4, 2020
    3
    I watched all three of these episodes today I’ve seen the work of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat many times before on Sherlock and Doctor Who so I was hoping for the same quality of work. But I’m afraid this just doesn’t work.

    It’s hard to describe what I was feeling while watching this. It was painfully dull at times while I was watching a straight forward Dracula horror movie with all    I watched all three of these episodes today I’ve seen the work of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat many times before on Sherlock and Doctor Who so I was hoping for the same quality of work. But I’m afraid this just doesn’t work.

    It’s hard to describe what I was feeling while watching this. It was painfully dull at times while I was watching a straight forward Dracula horror movie with all the boring bloody scenes while the actor playing Dracula acted suave and glib as he murdered people. I kept feeling that I was watching a movie from ten or twenty years ago. The plot had been changed a bit but it’s still stank of boring writing and boring acting.

    Then I got what I was expecting with all their writing, the inevitable twist. You’ll see it if you bother to watch all the way through, but I guarantee you’ll feel like you’re in an M Night Shyamalan movie, and that’s not a compliment. It was so obvious and inevitable that when it came, I almost didn’t bother to finish it.

    To be clear, I usually love these guys work. I loved Moffat’s run on Doctor Who and Gatiss’ work on Sherlock, but this is too much of the same old thing and it just doesn’t work this time. Instead of new and interesting, you get the feeling of a horse that has gone to the same well once too many times. It’s not new, it’s a gimmick that just makes you roll your eyes.

    So, i know many of you out there will want to watch out of the reputation of these men, but do yourselves a favor and just binge watch some of their old episodes on the fore mentioned shows. It’ll be much better and a lot more fun.    … Expand
  23. lex_spellman13
    Jan 8, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esta serie es una producción muy buena, recién he visto dos capítulos y te atrapa, además de que te deja con la intriga de que es pasará en el siguiente capítulo y todo esto hace que corras a ver el capítulo siguiente.… Expand
  24. UncleWillard
    Jan 4, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dracula himself starts out okay, buy we soon learn from sister Agatha who the real villain is; the patriarchy! Of course she's a Van Helsing, but.hownever did she learn about science and mythology under the yoke of the patriarchy? I was hoping for a better standoff in episode one, but she basically sacrifices the entire convent to get some pretty basic answers. I predict shell.hobble back to England with, ironically helpless Mina and well go fom there. Also ironically, and I'll wager unintentionally, the men are the most interesting characters in this bastardization of the horror classic. As they were in the original. I hoped for more from the BBC, but alas, they're bloody gutless.… Expand
  25. OlivierPiel
    Jan 4, 2020
    1
    This is not high-brow artistic musing on romanticism. RIP Nosferatu. Ironic how at the same time Werner Herzog sold himself to Disney Plus to be unceremeniously and anonymously dispatched to an early death...
    The corpse of the BBC is now peddling campy juvenile mercantile entertainment for the masses through Netflix. Plebs and American critics rejoice! 90 on Metacritic! Yeeehheee. It's    This is not high-brow artistic musing on romanticism. RIP Nosferatu. Ironic how at the same time Werner Herzog sold himself to Disney Plus to be unceremeniously and anonymously dispatched to an early death...
    The corpse of the BBC is now peddling campy juvenile mercantile entertainment for the masses through Netflix. Plebs and American critics rejoice! 90 on Metacritic! Yeeehheee. It's higher than Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Resnais or Bergmann....or Herzog's own work.
    It even fails to deliver any real scary moments, going for the lazy cheap dark humor to flatter an audience with an average intellect .    … Expand
  26. R_1974
    Jan 5, 2020
    0
    Grausam schlecht mit viel unfreiwilliger Komik .Anstatt an einer vernünftigen Story zu Arbeiten wurde hier auf die LGBT Keule viel wert gelegt, dafür dürfte die Presse deswegen dann begeistert sein. Immer das gleiche Muster.....Star Wars, Ghostbusters,Witcher etc.
  27. Kalele005
    Jan 7, 2020
    9
    this show was simply amazing it was three great episode i just think that the third episode was neccessary but was the weakest episode, now i just hoping for a season 2 that bring us back in the dracula's past like seen his decent to sadness,madness and debut as the first vampire at his origins or maybe tell us more about his past event, i can't help myself i really did enjoy the first twothis show was simply amazing it was three great episode i just think that the third episode was neccessary but was the weakest episode, now i just hoping for a season 2 that bring us back in the dracula's past like seen his decent to sadness,madness and debut as the first vampire at his origins or maybe tell us more about his past event, i can't help myself i really did enjoy the first two episode and was shocked at the end of the second episode, thanks to the creators of this show to have created a emotional journey all along and a meaningful one, they choose the right actors, the right animator effects the right music composer, it was a dark and gothic athmosphere, i just a bit disappointed that we didn't see more badass action scene it would be my only complain otherwise this show is a huge respect for what have already been done in the past,it's my netflix favourite this year.… Expand
  28. Tooth2k
    Jan 8, 2020
    10
    This is the most fun& original Dracula yet. The count is usually depicted as a self loathing creep, or a one dimensional caricature of ‘evil’. This guy really IS evil, revelling in his omnipotence& gloating over his victims& Literally chewing up the scenery. Great job, BBC& Netflix!
  29. Qtips93
    Jan 9, 2020
    10
    Amazing show, even though it seems like it’s over I still have my fingers crossed for season 2
  30. Bencc
    Jan 4, 2020
    3
    After a middling start, it gets continually more and more rediculous. Finally concluding in an outstandingly dissatisfying final episode. The plot is almost non existent, the characters are under developed. Imagine the worst elements of the mofatt Dr who and Sherlock compiled into a three part mini series.
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jan 6, 2020
    40
    To call his retelling tedious is understating the problem. ... Laggardly scripting also obscures performances that might otherwise win over the audience. ... [Dolly] Wells’ Agatha is the first episode's saving grace. She gets some of the funniest lines and delivers them with a dry, peppery mien that gives one hope that she’ll survive.
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Tim Surette
    Jan 6, 2020
    50
    It's a shame that the season finale is awful, because the first episode of Dracula is fanf---ingtastic.
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  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Jan 6, 2020
    80
    Parts of the premiere's first half are a bit slow and some of the script’s attempts at humor and modern dialogue feel off in terms of tone, but the action really kicks in for the final half-hour in a way that makes it almost impossible for you not to watch another.
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