"Closer Than Sisters" was Penny Dreadful's strongest episode yet, and with the backstory of The Creature in play, that's really saying something. The show seems to be getting more into a pattern of ...

Every artist dreams of being adjectived, which is a word I just verbed and my spell check refuses to acknowledge — much like the word “verbed,” in which I literally verbed the word “verb.” This is how ...

“There is only one worthy goal for scientific exploration: Piercing the tissue that separates life from death.” So says a young scientist in the first episode of Showtime's magnificent new drama, ...

When Showtime premiered Penny Dreadful a decade ago, we altogether expected a grand monster mash-up. And certainly, series creator John Logan delivered just that over the course of the three seasons ...

This past Sunday night, the jaws of viewers everywhere were on the floor when we saw the title card “The End” come up after the devastating third season finale of Showtime’s gothic horror/drama Penny ...

If you are the sort of person who likes all things Victorian, vampiric, lycanthropic, occult, or Frankensteinian (not to mention Oscar Wildian), then you are likely well aware of last year’s Showtime ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Penny Dreadful fans might find it a bit of a bummer that the Season 3 finale was actually the ...

John Logan is a mix-and-match kind of guy. A Tony Award–winning playwright (Red) who's been nominated for three screenwriting Oscars (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo), he's the sort of moviegoer who ...

Sunday’s surprising, satisfying “Penny Dreadful” finale beautifully tied up several of the storylines that creator John Logan has subtly spun throughout the season, while setting up a Season 2 that I ...

Patrick Caoile is a freelance writer for Collider. While he calls New Jersey his home, he is now pursuing a Ph.D. in English--Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. When he's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sophie Turner and Kit Harington in "The Dreadful" (Credit: Lionsgate) Every artist dreams of being adjectived, which is a word I ...