Beyond this sweltering heat is the promise of Fall and all it’s wonderful weather and television prospects. One attractive show we’re looking forward to is NBC’s Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Check out these hypnotic character posters for the cast of the new show airing this October.

Here’s the synopsis:

It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night – useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

Dracula staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ben Miles, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Nonso Anozie, Katie McGrath, and Victoria Smurfit and will air Friday nights on NBC starting October 25, 2013.