TV still can’t quite terrify us like movies can
IN THEORY, the return to the airwaves tonight of gothic horror Penny Dreadful ought to be a cause of dread and disquiet. Shot in Wicklow and Dublin, on paper this Victorian romp contains all the ingredients required of a full-tilt fright fest: fountains of blood, body parts in jars, things that not only go bump in the night but gibber and moan outside your bedroom door.
Last year’s opening series culminated with our rag-tag heroes doing battle with pallid she-vampires, while another main character sprouted wolf hair and howled at the moon. What could be scarier?
