Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 09:15:05 CST 2007


Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

http://www.garthmarenghi.com/default.htm

... the series is a deliberate send-up both of the horror genre and of
1980s TV production. Action series such as Blake's 7, Doctor Who, The
A-Team, The Sweeney, cult drama Twin Peaks and various American
medical dramas are also obvious influences, and the comedy relies
partly on familiarity with such programmes. More obscurely, Darkplace
makes reference to Lars von Trier's "haunted hospital" TV series The
Kingdom ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi's_Darkplace



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