Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 25 min · ★ 8.0 · 82% critics
A low-budget horror hospital series plays like a “lost” 1980s show, complete with modern-day interviews that treat it as a masterpiece. Inside the story, a doctor and his team face bizarre supernatural threats linked to a portal beneath their hospital, while still juggling everyday workplace chaos and admin.
Also known as Darkplace
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Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
2 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-01-29
- Network
- Channel 4
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (182 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you love intentionally “bad” TV, deadpan interviews, and weird horror-comedy that rewards repeat viewing; Not for you if you want straightforward scares or polished jokes like Shaun of the Dead or What We Do in the Shadows.
Pros: brilliantly committed parody; constant absurd surprises; rewatchable subtle gags | Cons: uneven episode-to-episode; repetitive for some; humor may not land
Themes
- parody
- dark comedy
- hospital
- spoof
- horror spoof
- 1980s
- horror
Cast & crew
Matthew Holness
as Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
Matt Berry
as Todd Rivers / Dr. Lucien Sanchez
Kevin Hudson
Richard Ayoade
as Dean Learner / Thornton Reed
Alice Lowe
as Madeleine Wool / Liz Asher
- KN
Kim Noble
as Jim
- SM
Stephen Merchant
as The Chef
- JB
Julian Barratt
as Padre
- NF
Noel Fielding
as Monkey Man
- JY
Jonathan Edwards Young
as Clive The Temp
Directed by Richard Ayoade
Created by Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, Billy Brown
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Once Upon a Beginning24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Hell Hath Fury24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Skipper the Eyechild24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4The Apes of Wrath24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Scotch Mist24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth23mAmazon Prime Video