Award winning comic book writer Warren Ellis brought gothic horror franchise CASTLEVANIA from Japanese video game developers Konami to the streaming service Netflix in 2017 and we sat down to watch the first episode. A story of love and revenge set initially in the year 1455 which sees intrepid scientist Lisa seek out Vlad Tepes Dracula to learn from him in the hope of becoming a better doctor only for the pair to fall in love. When Lisa is burnt at the stake 20 years later after the local clergy declare her a heretic, an enraged Dracula vows revenge, and it is a violent and bloodthirsty one when it arrives, Netflix being unafraid to embrace the brutality with a cast of many dispatched in multiple creative and horrific ways. Sidey was a huge fan of this, and there is a lot to enjoy including great animation and strong serialised story-telling but this was a little bit too grim and serious for me though the scenes featuring drunken peasants declaring their 'affection' for an attractive local goat hint that the series does have a much needed sense of humour.
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