Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

[Tuzenbach]

Did anybody else watch this?! I was laughing so hard I almost peed my pants!

 

[Werdnam]

Yeah, I caught it and was unexpectedly delighted. A truly hilarious spoof.

 

[Crothian]

What is this about?

 

[Werdnam]

Crothian, the show is a parody of 80s and 90s horror serials, sort of a low budget proto-X-Files with really bad acting. The lead man is a bestselling horror author who plays the main character in "Darkplace", a serial about a hospital with a small hellmouth underneath it. It's packaged as a "remastered rerelease," because when originally made the show was too edgy for TV.

Find out more here.

 

[Jamdin]

I watched it and laughed a few times.

 

[jaerdaph]

Where did Darkplace go last night? I set the DVR to record two episodes, but it looks like SciFi showed an episode of Ghosthunters instead...

 

[Tuzenbach]

Where did Darkplace go last night? I set the DVR to record two episodes, but it looks like SciFi showed an episode of Ghosthunters instead...

I was wondering that myself. Was it a mistake, or did Sci-Fi intentionally not air it? Perhaps they got complaints due to the massive violence of the first episode?

At any rate, I was really upset that it wasn't shown. Those same two episodes are scheduled for Sunday night so, hopefully, they'll be shown then.

 

[Tuzenbach]

OK, two more episodes were shown last night (Sunday). I'm not sure why they weren't shown on Thursday, but no big deal.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this show is in my all-time top 10 TV shows. My list includes The X-Files, Seinfeld, 70's Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Monty Python, and The Twilight Zone, just to name a few. I guess what I'm getting at is this: I'M FREAKING IMPRESSED WITH THIS SHOW!

Once again, I was laughing so hard I almost fell onto the floor in a fit of coughing & crying. This was especially the case during "Skipper The Eyechild", when Marenghi breaks into song whilst mourning his late son: a half boy, half grasshopper who "never stood a chance".

 

[Tuzenbach]

Hey Darkplace fans, two more episodes air Sunday evening. I think they're at 9 & 9:30 if you're on the West Coast.

 

[jaerdaph]

Thanks for the heads up - and for last weekend too!