While business keeps their business executive mother on the road, Americans Chris and Max Townsend are sent to live with their uncle, Gustav Helsing, in Europe. The teenagers soon discover that Uncle Gustav is a vampire hunter and his goal is the destruction of billionaire industrialist Alexander Lucard, who is really Count Dracula.

Where to Watch Dracula: The Series • Season 1

21 Episodes

  • Children of the Night
    E1
    Children of the NightWhen the Philadelphia bank Eileen Townsend works for transfers her to Europe, she takes her sons (teen-age Chris and 10-year-old Max) to stay with her uncle Gustav Helsing. Gustav's passions in life are schnitzel, polka music and, we will come to find out, hunting Dracula, who is living nearby as businessman Alexander Lucard. Also living with Gustav is teen-age Sophie Metternich, who impresses Chris. Max is also obsessed with vampires, and not knowing about Gustav's quest, he misreads several signs and becomes convinced that Gustav is a vampire. With his mother away on an assignment, Max goes to the only other adult he knows, the businessman his mother had introduced him to at a reception the previous day, Alexander Lucard. At Lucard's urging, Max lures Chris and Sophie to Lucard's castle. Upon their arrival, Lucard reveals his true nature. Max and Chris get away, but Sophie is left in Dracula's clutches. Unable to reach Gustav, Chris and Max return to the castle to rescue Sophie.
  • Double Cross
    E2
    Double CrossGustav's old friends Peter and Anna Dyson come for a short visit while Max takes the Cross of the Magyars—an artifact that prevents vampires from entering—from the house to be blessed. When Lucard learns the cross has been removed, it is a race to see whether it can be replaced before Lucard comes calling; but how did he find out that it was gone?
  • The Vampire Solution
    E3
    The Vampire SolutionGustav and former student Arthur Bauer locate a rare herb and develop a formula in hopes of reversing the effects of a vampire's bite. To test it, Gustav allows himself be captured and bitten by Lucard, unaware that the formula accidentally switched with Max's protein drink.
  • The Boffin
    E4
    The BoffinMax brings home bungling vampire-hunting scientist Magnus St. John-Smythe, who insists that a new laser gun he's developed can destroy vampires. Unfortunately, his 'anti-vampire gun' is being sponsored by Lucard.
  • Double Darkness
    E5
    Double DarknessArcheologist Dr. Gloria Cross uncovers the resting place of Lucard's ancient and bitter rival, Nosferatu.
  • Black Sheep
    E6
    Black SheepPaul Yeager, an aggrieved husband, asks Gustav to kill Klaus, the vampire who has taken his wife... and Lucard's second-in-command. Gustav, however, has a different plan in mind for Klaus, as they share a horrifying relationship.
  • What a Pleasant Surprise!
    E7
    What a Pleasant Surprise!When Gustav learns that Lucard is buying an old local cinema, he investigates to find out what the vampire's true interest is in the place.
  • Damsel in Distress
    E8
    Damsel in DistressEileen is doing business with Lucard; in fact, she's going to have dinner with him at the castle. Gustav and the kids learn of the dinner, but Gustav himself is vampirized by one of Lucard's assistants, and the kids are left on their own to rescue their mom.
  • Mind Over Matter
    E9
    Mind Over MatterGustav appears on a TV talk show to debunk zany psychic Lana Zorro, whose knowledge of Gustav's past grows increasingly terrifying. Meanwhile, Max is sure he's discovered the resting place of Dracula and can therefore destroy him.
  • A Little Nightmare Music
    E10
    A Little Nightmare MusicEncouraged by Gustav, Chris decides to take his rock music to a live audience. Meanwhile, Sophie becomes a guide to an influential Contessa who has business dealings with Lucard.
  • Get a Job
    E11
    Get a JobChris lands a job with a local art house, run by a lovely dealer named Julia, who happens to have dealings with Lucard.
  • The Great Tickler
    E12
    The Great TicklerLucard invites Mycroft Tickler, a lounge performer with delusions of grandeur, to give a recital at his castle. Gustav tries to warn Tickler, but he's utterly oblivious to anything other than the chance to further his career. However, Lucard actually has no interest whatever in Tickler's 'talents'; he knows that Tickler is none other than Magnus St. John-Smythe's brother.
  • Bad Blood
    E13
    Bad BloodLucard bites a teenage thief, unaware that he has a rare antigen in his blood that can kill the vampire who ingests it. Famed vampire doctor Gabor Varney informs him that there is only one cure: water from the Paquette Spring in the Bettange Valley. Sick and delirious, Lucard doesn't trust anyone, and insists on going himself. Meanwhile, Sophie is dating a creepy young existentialist poet who turns out to be the thief whom Lucard bit.
  • Sophie, Queen of the Night
    E14
    Sophie, Queen of the NightFollowing her romance with Vincent, Sophie has been turned into a vampire, and is serving an apprenticeship with Lucard. Mrs. Pfenning, Lucard's accountant, is plotting to overthrow her master and wants Sophie's help. Meanwhile, Gustav finds the key to restoring Sophie to her human self in Vincent's unusual blood type, and Chris is able to introduce the solution into her system with a kiss.
  • My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble
    E15
    My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be TroubleHaving been rescued by Chris, Sophie is about to fall for him, but his ex-girlfriend Alexa Singleton turns up, whose obnoxious businessman father is in business with Lucard and makes the mistake of underestimating him.
  • My Fair Vampire
    E16
    My Fair VampireGustav's best friend, a fellow vampire hunter named Frederick Rilling, claims that citizens at his retirement home are being killed by a vampire. He asks Gustav to help him destroy the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Lucard tries to play Pygmalion to an airheaded Galatea named Amber Santana.
  • The Decline of the Romanian Vampire
    E17
    The Decline of the Romanian VampireMax inadvertently frees Klaus from the Helsing family crypt where Gustav had imprisoned him, and Gustav and Lucard try to escape his trap. The powerful Cross of Silesia and a plastic explosive will destroy Klaus's two fathers at the same instant unless they work together to outwit him.
  • I Love Lucard
    E18
    I Love LucardAn old love from Lucard's past, Margo Burton, comes back into his life, only now she's married to a writer whose latest work is intended to expose Lucard as a vampire and bring down his empire.
  • Bats in the Attic
    E19
    Bats in the AtticMax meets Lawrence Lei, a creepy and neurotic bookseller who has a peculiar interest in the occult. Gustav doesn't trust him, and Lucard finds him much too bizarre for his taste when he shows up at the castle, asking to be turned. Lawrence mentions that his friend Alfred won't make him a vampire either, and Lucard decides to hunt down this Alfred, whom he suspects is responsible for the recent upsurge in the area's population of inferior zombies.
  • My Dinner with Lucard
    E20
    My Dinner with LucardGustav, Max and Chris are invited to dinner at Lucard's for a reminiscing, but is there an ulterior motive to this sudden hospitality?
  • Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind
    E21
    Klaus Encounters of the Interred KindWhen Eileen arrives at the end of summer to pick up Max and Chris, they learn that she has a new business partner: Klaus. Gustav discovers a time hole in the castle that keeps Lucard young.
  • Geordie JohnsonDracula / Alexander Lucard
  • Bernard BehrensGustav Helsing
  • Jacob TierneyMax Townsend
  • Joe RoncettiChris Townsend
  • Mia KirshnerSophie Metternich
  • Glenn DavisProducer
  • William LaurinProducer
  • Guy LalandeProduction Design
  • Claire AlarySet Decoration
  • C.W. FallinDirector Of Photography
  • Christopher DedrickOriginal Music Composer
  • Manon BougieLine Producer
  • Wendy GreanExecutive In Charge Of Production
  • Jacques FortierRotoscoping Artist

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