Customer Reviews
This series is a joke!! POOR! POOR! POOR! - By: Claudius De Zario, 21 Oct 2008 
This series is such a joke, it's beyond ridiculous! Of course everyone gets luredin because of the hot guys, & steamy sex scenes. Look they get 5 stars for those two aspects, i'll give them that! The rest is simply crap! The acting is so bad, it makes Baywatch look like an Emmy TV Series. LOL! The plots are all over the place. The only thing binding the whole show together is the steamy sex scenes, which are really explicit & raunchy! But aside from that, the Series has nothing going for it. It's boring & predictable, & I certainly won't be buying Season 2! Give it a MISS!! :(
Awesome! Really different -you'll love it! - By: Andrew, 21 Jul 2008 
I don't normally go for modern soaps or drama about the supernatural but this is amazing. From the very beginning it has a real WOW factor - can't believe some of the thingsin it - graphic, sexy, up-front. Really makes you go "OMG!" I was so hooked I watched the whole series onein one sitting (2 episodes) & had to force myself to be patient not to open Season 2 straight away but save it. It was such good fun to watch & the cast are terrific(and very sexy). This really is different & you'll love it!!!
Guilty pleasure - By: J. Marsden, 01 Jun 2008 The description of Dante's Cove is spot on: A guilty pleasure. If you're looking for Oscar-winning performances & directingin the leagues of Kubrick, Tarentino or Spielberg then look elsewhere, but this is one of the best buys I have ever made. This series isn't deep, meaningful or enlightening: it is great value trash that you can watch again & again & again.
Ignore the fact that Dante's Cove has only two symbols on the weather chart: sunny or lightning. Ignore the time-filling clips which leave you wondering whether what you've seen is a flashback or if you've got to that bit yet, or thinking "I've seen that chest before". Ignore all these things & take it for what it is:
Good value trash that you don't need to think too hard about. The ultimate guilty pleasure.
it's soap with added spice - By: jorgen golightly, 24 Apr 2008 One of the best gay tv soap progs to come out of the usain recent years, this will benefit from repeated viewing. Sexy cast & wonderful locations add to the sheer campness of it all, lets have more like this, guys.
Sexy, Campy, Fresh and Fun Series - By: David Rush, 12 Mar 2008 Dante's Cove is an excellent programme. As long as you do not take it too seriously, it has the power to both turn on & excite the audience with its sexy atmosphere & supernatural elements.
The first series beginsin the past, 1840 to be precise, detailing the fate of Ambrosius Vallin (William Gregory Lee), a man engaged to be married who is caught by his fiancé, Grace Neville (Tracy Scoggins), having sex with his butler. Unfortunately for him, Grace is witch of the religion of Tresum, an ancient coven of female witches who must kill their husbandsin order to pass on the gift to their daughters. Grace enacts her revenge upon Ambrosius, chaining himin the cellar of their home & placing a curse on him: He will remain trapped there forever until the kiss of a young man sets him free. In order to make this more effective, she ages her fiancé beyond all recognition, & despite still being desperatelyin love with him, leaves him there to rot.
The narrative then skips forward to the present day where Kevin & Toby are saying goodbye to each other after a wonderful summer together. Toby has to leave for Dante's Cove, his home to get back to work & his normal life. Kevin lives with his timid Mother & bigoted stepfather & after an argument with him over his sexuality, decides to leave home & live with Tobyin Dante's Cove for good.
Kevin travels to Toby's home, which is the Hotel Dante - previously the home of Ambrosius where Grace discovered his secret affair - & meets his friends, who instantly warm to him. They all believe the place to haunted as other things apart from Ambrosius' imprisonment have gone on over the years. Ultimately, as is clear from the beginning, Kevin eventually stumbles upon the cellar after enduring several nights of strange nightmares & a voice calling to himin his head. Ambrosius is awakened when he grabs hold of Kevin & kisses himin the cellar, thus freeing him. He is besotted by his saviour & pursues him for the rest of the series. Toby has visions & warnings from different sources & worries that Kevin isin danger, but can he save him from Ambrosius before it is too late?
The programme is very sexy & the sex scenes - especially those involving Kevin, Toby & Ambrosius - are a particular highlight: Hot, steamy & leaving you wanting more.
The story - which is often forgotten about because of the cast's hot bodies - is very interesting & it will be fun to see how the occult themes are developed throughout the rest of the programmein general. Although obviously borrowing on elements of other fantasy shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Charmed, this programme is also greatin itself.
Although primarily appealing to a gay audience, the programme does also feature straight characters & at least one straight sex scene as well as gay females. This series will appeal to anyone willing to see a light, fun & erotic programme that does not try to be anything other than mindless, sexy entertainment. The programme is already a cult hit & would be a welcome addition to any DVD collection.
