The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
GenreReality competition
Created byThe Boulet Brothers
Directed by
JudgesThe Boulet Brothers
Theme music composer
  • Swanthula Boulet
  • Adrian Sosa
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes47
Production
Executive producersThe Boulet Brothers

(S2, 3):

  • Brad Danks
  • Philip Webb
  • Anhony Jiwa
Editors
  • Nathan Noyes (S1, 2, 3, Resurrection)
  • KC Lindley (S1, 2, 3, Resurrection)
  • Aaron McMillan (S2)[1]
  • Kevin Alexis Fernandez (S2)[1]
  • Michale Frost (S3)[2]
  • Charles Wright (S3)[2]
  • Jim Bromley (S3)[2]
Camera setupMultiple
Running time36–65 minutes
Production companies
  • Boulet Brothers Productions
  • Ash+Bone Cinema (S1)
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 31, 2016 (2016-10-31) –
present
Related
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
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The Boulet Brothers' Dragula is an American reality competition television series produced by Boulet Brothers Productions, hosted by the Boulet Brothers.[3][4] The series originally aired on YouTube and has aired on Netflix in the United States, OUTtv in Canada, and Amazon Prime in the United Kingdom and Australia. Starting with season 4, the series moved to Shudder in all territories. The series will become a Shudder exclusive, with all seasons being hosted on the platform.[5]

The series is created and hosted by the Boulet Brothers, who challenge a different set of eleven drag artists from around the world to compete in an underground style drag competition each season. The artists compete for the chance to win a cash prize and the crown of "Dragula - the World's Next Drag Supermonster".[6] The show celebrates underground and alternative drag art,[7] and bases each episode's challenges on the four principles of the show "Drag", "Filth", "Horror" and "Glamour".[8]

Competitors on the show are tasked week to week in a variety of challenges ranging from costume creation, special-effects makeup, live performance and acting abilities. Each episode a winner is chosen, and the contestants who end up on the bottom must face extreme "extermination challenges" which test them physically and psychologically to prove they have the punk spirit required by the judges to remain in the competition.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Get Hooked". The Boulet Brothers' Dragula. Season 2. Episode 1. 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "The Lesser of Two Evils". The Boulet Brothers' Dragula. Season 3. Episode 1. 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Leavell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dommu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Exclusive: The Boulet Brothers on Dragula season 4 and how "queerness and horror go hand in hand"". Gay Times. 2021-10-25. Archived from the original on 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  6. ^ "Boulet Brothers crown drag king winner of 'Dragula' season 3". Washington Blade. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Goodman, Elyssa (26 August 2019). "Blood, Guts, and Glamour: How "Dragula" Made Drag Dangerous Again". Them. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "FANGORIA | The Boulet Brothers' 'DRAGULA' Is Required Horror Viewing". Fangoria. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Fontelieu, Jason (August 29, 2019). "If you're not watching Amazon Prime's 'Dragula,' you're missing out". The Diamondback. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.