Nocturnal is a supernatural serial drama in the tradition of the classic Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...

 and the more recent NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 serial Passions

Passions

Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....

. The series premiered on the internet in March 2007, and new webisodes continue to appear every month on its eponymous web site.

Plot synopsis

Shot on location in and around Pittsburgh, PA, (though the city has never been explicitly named) the series revolves around the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of a young woman named Natalie Brew (who, curiously enough, has never appeared in a single webisode).

Not unlike Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...

, the identity of Natalie's killer is one of the series' overarching mysteries. And, as police investigators Archer Reilly and Sarah Pennington discover, there is no shortage of suspects. Did she run afoul of the wealthy and powerful Hawthorne family—led by its patriarch Jebediah—whose power came as a result of dealings with dark forces? Or was she another in the seemingly endless victims of Dr. Ulrich Von Der Linn, a vampire masquerading as a hypnotherapist?

As with any continuing series of this nature, there is also a host of secondary characters with their own roles to play in the proceedings including Jebidiah's nephew, Frankie, a cursed musician; Aphonso Cristillo, a seer; Cherie Meadows, an alluring witch; and Jebidiah's son, Marcellus, who harbors his own dark secrets.

Cast Members

• MICHAEL M. BURKETT as Dr. Ulrich Von Der Linn
• MANNI FERROX as Vicki Autumn
• ANTIETAM as Sarah Pennington
• JON LU PONTE as Archer Riley
• ALBERT "AJ" TORCASO as Alfonso Cristillo
• TOM LETURGEY as Jebediah Hawthorne
• JASON MARTINKO as Frankie Hawthorne
• DAVID DIETZ III as Marcellus Hawthorne
• KEVIN DRAIN, JR. as Samual Glatt
• CRYSTALANN as Cherie Meadows
• DANIEL BAXTER as Rex Mulligan
• S. HOFFMAN as Laura Trask
• JOSEPH J. BONDI as Officer Clay
• DIANA SILVIO as The Gypsy
• YULIA KUSHNER as Avel
• LEE WEBER as German Officer
• TRAVIS PIPER as German Officer
• LEIA NACHELE as The Accordianist

Production credits

The series was created by David Silvio who directed and produced the cannibal thriller Meat for Satan's Icebox,. The Series is produced by Kiss of Death Productions in association with Baywood Films.

Sources

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Article about Nocturnal

External Links for Nocturnal web series

Nocturnal Web Series

Nocturnal MySpace page

Kiss of Death Productions

David Silvio's MySpace page