US Readers, Watch The First Episode Of ‘Penny Dreadful’ Long Before Its May 11th Premiere!

Briefly: It won’t premiere on television for another two weeks, but Showtime has just debuted the entire first episode of their anticipated series Penny Dreadful for free online.

The link, of course, is US only, so international readers will need a VPN to view the episode.

In the series, some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters – including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula – have become embroiled in Victorian London. The series is a frightening psychosexual thriller created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Logan’s Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road), both of Neal Street.

Take a look at the episode below (unless you want to wait until May 11th), and let us know what you think!