‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ review: LA-set spin-off swaps creepy Victorian horror for muddled Mexican folklore
Penny Dreadful creator John Logan returns to his dark, televisual universe for a new spin-off series. Consisting of 10 episodes, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trades creatures of the night for Mexican folklore and late 1930s socio-economic conflict, which means its similarities to Logan’s original show – airing for three seasons between 2014 and 2016 – begin and end with the title.Taking place in the middle of Hollywood’s Golden Age, City of Angels finds LA’s American and Mexican communities struggling to get on.