What is Dracula about?
Transylvania, 1897. The blood-drinking Count Dracula is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
An ancient evil plots against Victorian London as suspenseful, gritty drama unfolds with chilling atmosphere.
A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Dracula parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, and graphic gore, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the gore, and sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Properly scary
- Frightening, not just tense.
- Jump scares
- Several
- More than a couple of sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is Dracula scary?
- Yes, properly. Dracula is the real thing without being an endurance test.
- How gory is Dracula?
- Graphic gore and strong violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Dracula rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with real scares, several jump scares, and moderate sex and nudity.
Cast and crew
Created byMark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Claes Bang
StarringClaes Bang, John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Mark Gatiss, Morfydd Clark, Morfydd Clark
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