The creator of BBC's Dracula has revealed that he hopes the show gives viewers "nightmares".
Speaking recently, Dracula and one-time Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat explained that he wants the show to be "actually funny", as well as making people "have nightmares and jump" but without being too bleak. Charming!
"I hope people have nightmares and jump and all that, but it is actually funny," he told the Radio Times.
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He added: "It’s not the kind of horror that harrows you and makes you feel that the world is a miserable, wretched place or whatever."
Dracula stars Claes Bang as the renowned Bram Stoker creation, as he travels from Transylvania to London.
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Moffat's comments follow the first-look teaser trailer for the show, which dropped last week and majorly excited fans in the process.
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Prior to the trailer drop, Moffatt discussed how the character will be “the hero of his own story” in their adaptation, telling the Radio Times: "There's lots of things that are challenging about Dracula.
“Having an evil lead character is actually really difficult. That's been the main challenge I think. But how we've handled, that you'll have to wait and see."
Co-creator Mark Gatiss added: "It's been very exciting though. Because we sort of made a promise to ourselves and the people who are making it, paying for it, that we'd make Dracula the hero of his own story, and less of a shadowy presence."
Dracula will air on BBC One in the UK and on Netflix outside of the UK and Ireland, but no official release date has yet been confirmed.
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