Dracula leaves viewers TERRIFIED with its blood-soaked first episode

Viewers were left terrified after watching the first instalment of Dracula on BBC One, which aired on Wednesday night.

The blood-soaked first instalment of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s adapation of Bram Stoker’s classic was so scary that some questioned whether they would be able to sleep after it ended.

In the disturbing episode, a decrepit Jonathan Harker (John Heffernan) is questioned by Sister Agatha  (Dolly Wells), as she tries to get to the bottom of what happened to the lawyer during his stay with Count Dracula (Claes Bang).

Full to the brim with horrific scenes, Harker was tormented during his stay at the castle as he one scene saw him be chased by undead zombies, while another saw one of Dracula’s brides drain his blood. 

But it was the show’s epic yet disturbing second half that made viewers’ blood run cold, when the vampire burst out of the body of a wolf as he transformed from beast to man when attacking the monastery where Harker was being kept.

Soaked in blood and fully nude, Dracula confronts Sister Agatha and her fellow nuns who thwart him temporarily, only to die brutally when Harker invites him into the holy building. 

Horrifying:The show made viewers’ blood run cold when the vampire burst out the body of a wolf, before Dracula later ripped off Jonathan Harker’s face to reveal himself underneath

But that wasn’t all that would spook viewers, as the final moments of the episode saw Harker confront the vampire slayer and Harker’s beloved Mina, only for him to be revealed as Dracula in disguise after his rips the former man’s face off.

Taking to Twitter to share their fear with others, one viewer wrote: ‘How the hell am I supposed to sleep tonight @BBCOne? #Dracula was terrifying but brilliant. I will keep a light on for sure.’

While another tried to make light of the situation by saying: ‘This is better than I thought it was going to be, but just before bed…gulp!’ 

Keeping things simple, one viewer describe the scene as ‘a bit disturbing’, which was reiterated by another fan who claimed they were ‘officially scared’.

Taking to Twitter to share their fear with others, some questioned whether they would be able to sleep after the show ended

Despite the intense storyline and gory scenes, viewers couldn’t help but focus on Dracula’s accent when he first met with lead character Harker.

As Harker told of how he met the Count, the audience were introduced to the blood-sucker in a much older state before he gradually regained his youth by draining the lawyer without his knowledge.

During his early scenes, Claes used a thick accent to embody the Transylvanian count, which some found funny rather than unsettling. 

Very different: The audience were introduced to the blood-sucker in a much older state before he gradually regained his youth by draining the lawyer without his knowledge

One viewer shared an image of the Compare the Market meerkat and wrote: ‘Dracula Go compare the Vampire… Simples’ 

Comparing the character’s speech to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat and the Compare The Market Meerkat Aleksandr Orlov.

Sharing their amusement on social media while watching the episode, viewers even jokingly said the Transylvanian vampire looked like Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Amused: Despite the intense storyline and gory scenes, viewers couldn’t help but focus on Dracula’s accent when he first met with lead character Jonathan Harker

While another added: ‘This is lots of fun, but decrepit #Dracula is a little too distractingly like Tommy Wiseau…’

Comparing Claes to Borat, one fan joked: ‘This #Dracula is a Sasha Baron Cohen character, yeah’

While a separate viewer simply said: ‘#Dracula’s accent keeps slipping into Alexander Meerkat’

Dracula continues on BBC One on January 2nd at 9pm.

More to come: The three-part series continues on BBC One on January 2nd at 9pm