Penny dreadful season 1an erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga, penny dreadful completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters'. '.strtoupper('d')orian gray, victor frankenstein and timeless figures from dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations.penny dreadful season 2penny dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller where some of literature's most famously terrifying characters including dr'. '.strtoupper('f')rankenstein and his creature, dorian gray and iconic figures from the novel dracula become embroiled in victorian london'. '.strtoupper('t')he series weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation.