In Victorian London, Vanessa Ives recruits marksman Ethan Chandler of Col. Brewster's Wild West show to undertake a job for her. With Chandler's help, she and her colleague Sir Malcolm Murray try to recover Murray's daughter from a group of vampires. They're not successful, but do recover an evil-looking creature which is covered in Egyptian hieroglyphs. Murray soon after meets a young surgeon and takes a liking to him. Meanwhile, the police are investigating a series of grisly murders.
—garykmcd