Penny Dreadful has some suspenseful moments in it. I don't hate the film, but I'm not crazy about it either. The acting by the 2 female leads, Rachel Miner and Mimi Rogers, are well done. The direction is also decent. My main problem is the pacing. The movie feels longer than it is. At some points it's stressfully uninteresting. I found myself on the edge of my seat wanting them to come on and get going. I do admire the film for not being your cookie-cutter teenage horror flick. It does have some by-the-book horror foundations, such as: darkness, isolation, shadowed lighting, etc. However, those can be forgiven. I was delighted by the fact that the killer was a woman. That was unexpected, and surprisingly different. All in all, it's not a bad movie, but it could have been better.
Review of Penny Dreadful
