Dracula (BBC/Netflix, 2020)
Claes Bang’s Count, sharp and funny, in a version that does not stay in the nineteenth century.
Treat the novel as a starting point, make the Count witty, and see what happens if the story keeps going.
You want a clever version with a witty Count, and you are happy to argue about the last episode afterward.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Jonathan at the castle and the voyage of the Demeter, with Van Helsing reimagined as Sister Agatha Van Helsing.
Changes: the century, in the last episode, which jumps ahead more than a hundred years. People still argue about it.
Whose story is it?
the Count’s and Agatha’s, as a duel.
How much time does it ask?
Three feature-length episodes.
Created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat; Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, John Heffernan.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Netflix · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Draculas: Nosferatu (1922) · Dracula (1931) · Dracula (1958), or Horror of Dracula