Penny Dreadful
TV Show • 2014 • Mystery
ReportThis tv show contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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A dog dies in a flashback of Victor's childhood, and his corpse is shown in detail.
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Many horses. Some are eaten by vampires, some are killed by witches amd some are being worn down by their riders.
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Rats are being eaten, ripped and chewed by a dog. Its some sort of bloodsport. Really graphic and horrible.
A Rabbit is being killed - Vanessa breaks its neck with her hands.
Cows are being killed by a witch
A sheep is attacked and eaten by a werewolf
A Rabbit is being killed - Vanessa breaks its neck with her hands.
Cows are being killed by a witch
A sheep is attacked and eaten by a werewolf
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A horse is beaten
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There's a graphic scene of a dog killing several rats for sport.
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It's a reoccurring theme.
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Season 1 episode 4 about halfway through the episode Sembene kills a cat to feed to a creature
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So many spiders 😦
S01E07, 13:00: Spider on the card, jumpscare.
S01E07, 13:00: Spider on the card, jumpscare.
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creature follows dr frankenstein for weeks at a time, showing up at various places where he travels to work
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Justine, who's a teenager, was sexually abused her whole life until Dorian and Lily adopt her.
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brona croft's ex fiance was physically abusive and it is discussed. she also hits ethan once.
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[SPOILERS] Dr. Frankenstein is addicted to morphine and shoots up several times onscreen.
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Graphic, non-consensual cutting of long hair in an institutional setting.
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S2E5: Extended, very detailed scene of lynching
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A character chews partially through his own wrists to escape shackles, in episode 4. Not fingers, but hand trauma.
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brona has tuberculosis and coughs up blood frequently
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Vanessa has seizures due to her condition around 25minutes
She struggles to breath among other things
She struggles to breath among other things
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[SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS!!!]
- When Vanessa is possessed, she channels Sir Malcolm's son Peter, who died on a journey to Africa with his dad. While it's later revealed he was a grown man, some viewers may initially take him to have been a child who died because of Vanessa's voice when she channels him.
- When John Clare goes sailing with a group of strangers (with a child onboard), the ship crashes in a frozen wasteland where most of the sailors have frozen to death. The captain says the child has only a few days to live, so John Clare mercy kills him by snapping his neck.
- Brona/Lily had a baby named Sarah, and froze to death when Brona had to leave for s*x work one night. While Sarah is not shown on screen, we do see her grave and Lily explains the story in-depth to Victor.
- John Clare's son dies of an illness. While Marjorie suggests that John should take him to Victor to be revived, he refuses since he doesn't want to put his son through the same pain he did. He puts his son to rest at sea instead.
- When Vanessa is possessed, she channels Sir Malcolm's son Peter, who died on a journey to Africa with his dad. While it's later revealed he was a grown man, some viewers may initially take him to have been a child who died because of Vanessa's voice when she channels him.
- When John Clare goes sailing with a group of strangers (with a child onboard), the ship crashes in a frozen wasteland where most of the sailors have frozen to death. The captain says the child has only a few days to live, so John Clare mercy kills him by snapping his neck.
- Brona/Lily had a baby named Sarah, and froze to death when Brona had to leave for s*x work one night. While Sarah is not shown on screen, we do see her grave and Lily explains the story in-depth to Victor.
- John Clare's son dies of an illness. While Marjorie suggests that John should take him to Victor to be revived, he refuses since he doesn't want to put his son through the same pain he did. He puts his son to rest at sea instead.
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raspberrysys
But not as a slur, as a historic word several times.
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Technically Mina in the first season was kidnapped by the Vampires.
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Major theme of the show.
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In Season 2, Episode 5, a transgender woman is spat on by a cisgender male for being herself.
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No one has cancer, but Brona has tuberculosis.
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A large part of Vanessa's backstory takes place in an asylum, and there's episodes that go into full-depth about this. There's several other episodes that take place at Bedlam, which was a real asylum, known for abusing neurodivergent people.
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The same character uses needles to inject serum into people he deems "mentally ill", with the intention of removing their trauma and tendencies towards violence.
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In third season quite frequent
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Graphically shown a character is influenced by witchcraft in the second season.
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The main character, quite brutally, for all of the show
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Character in second season performs one, third episode I believe.
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[SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2]
Angelique, a trans woman, is poisoned after she discovers Dorian is an immortal.
Angelique, a trans woman, is poisoned after she discovers Dorian is an immortal.
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there is ableism typical of the time period the show is set in. there is violence against people with mental disorders (such as Vanessa, who is locked in a padded room for months and subject to several cruel medical treatments), and John Clare is ostracized because of his deformed appearance. there is also a brief use of the r-slur, but it had a completely different context in Victorian England and back then, was used as a medical term.
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Dorian offhandedly says Angelique isn't female (for context, Angelique calls herself a "defenseless female" while Dorian jokingly says she's neither), but he otherwise accepts Angelique for being a trans woman and never misgenders her.
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Victor refers to Lily, his love interest, as his cousin, but they are not actually related. in the time period the show was set in, romantic relationships between cousins was seen as normal.
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No, but someone who still believes in Santa shouldn't see this show!
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Depends on what you view as sad. Main character is killed in mercy.
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ethan is rather gun happy.
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