Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: A Horror Comedy Masterpiece

[@CrepeSuzetteDance]

I unironically listen to One-Track Lover on a monthly basis. Certified bop.

[@NebLleb]

Why won't she be mine? I wish I was more attractive like Dagless. Still, one can only dream. _I'm a one-track lover, down a two-way lane..._

[@99baji99]

That and Male Prima Donna from Subtle Sexuality (The Office)

[@WolfHreda]

Absolutely.

[@susannem3526]

I love that song.

[@gordondean9189]

Darkplace was a comedic gem, superbly written, acted and directed. It deserved far greater success than it received.

[@ianmcmillan2762]

Good video. I think when it first aired it got good reviews but low viewing figures (Channel 4 even cancelled a week-long repeat of the episodes for undisclosed reasons). Those who watched it either fell in love with it or genuinely had no idea what they were watching. Word of mouth led to an eventual belated DVD release, which slowly helped its cult grow.

[@hassledvania]

It is pretty wild something so in tune with modern comedic sensibilities was made all the way back in 2004 - audiences werent ready for it!

[@ianmcmillan2762]

@@hassledvania it'd definitely have more chance of success if made now. I always feel like Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe should have had the same level of recognition as Aoyade and Berry... very underrated writers/directors/performers

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

I remember taking the bus to Plymouth and buying the dvd after only seeing one episode late at night, and I wasn't even paying attention to the TV until the man got buggered by an eyeball.

[@rwd76]

Darkplace is a true classic, I went to Grimfest in Manchester, a Darkplace-a-thon, and got to talk to Matthew Holness.

[@hassledvania]

Im sad I missed that, Im real close by. Will have to attend next year!

[@deeayenn]

Soooo late to the party but you produced an excellent piece here. Such a classic show.. Half 9 or 10pm on a Thursday night, if I remember correctly. Used to dash back from work with the girlfriend to watch it.

[@hassledvania]

Thank so much! Really appreciate hearing that people enjoyed my videos!

[@thrashpondopons8348]

I absolutely LOVED this Show when it 1st aired in The States! An Homage yet at the same time a Lampoon of 80s Anthology Horror... Creating a sense of nostalgia for something that didn't exit... Genius! Similar to some of the works of Tim & Eric... though then tend to be far more self-aware!

[@marcraygun6290]

Went to see his book tour a while back....just superb

[@hassledvania]

Gutted I JUST missed out on those

[@hassledvania]

You and he were .......... buddies, werent you?

[@Truffs_Stuff]

Need I say more. Need I say more

[@seanwhjjj]

The algorithm decided to hand feed me this video today and i really hope it gets more people to watch Dark Place. Watched it all in one night and was laughing my ass off the entire time. Definitely nailed what makes it so good and so funny. I think a lot of parody misses the mark by not going all in or just not really seeming genuine about the genre being parodied. Dark Place has that passion behind it because of the layers of writing and creating a universe around the fake show. Even with purposefully 'so bad its good' media there needs to be some type of genuineness behind it to pull it off

[@RCTPatriot75]

"Never aired"? I'll have you know it was aired in its entirety in Peru.

[@noneed4me2n7]

Found this a few months back looking up other shows Richard Aoyode had been in. It was such a happy time as I binged the sadly to short 6 episodes and even went through all the commentary tracks. I guess in a way it’s good it is such a short ride that left me wanting more. I think the cast is the magic of this show. Matt Berry being in it was another plus. He can pull off ham acting like no one else. I agree it’s one of the few examples of intentionally bad shoes that pulls off its premise.

[@robkunkel8833]

Sadly, I keep going back to the six episodes. BUT they do remembrance shows. Just KZbin the fake actors’s name. Nice comment.

[@SadBnnuy]

Love the use of Resident Evil Code Veronica save room music 👌

[@hassledvania]

Hope its the next remake!

[@abelmanmoth1]

3:17 there's definitely more than a nod to leather-jacket and aviators wearing 80s British horror writer Shaun Hutson

[@marcraygun6290]

Garth is shaun hutson....shaun's reaction to this question makes it en more obvious

[@dessertstorm7476]

despite all the layers and layers of what made this a good comedy, the best thing about it is the script and delivery.

[@hassledvania]

You and he were............. buddies, werent you?

[@robkunkel8833]

🎉The ongoing joke. Earlier episodes >.. … it is “what’s a dreamweaver” Q What’s a Dreamweaver? A. Same as a wind chime. NOW > Garth is a dreamweaver. The gift of a writer’s mind.

[@jameslong4362]

Sorry just wanted to correct a slight error. The doctor is Lucien Sanchez, the actor who plays him is Todd Rivers. Great video though, will be subscribing to the channel

[@pod9538]

Truly the last of the 90s funny shit. Need I say more ....need I say more

[@applecrow8]

I love Darkplace, but when you quoted Venture Bros, you had me.

[@TheKeelhaulingCommittee]

Same. Those are my 2 favorite things.

[@RPGLover87]

The earnestness behind stuff that doesn't work is why I often enjoy bad videogames, no one sets out to make a bad game on purpose. Clearly someone tried something somewhere, and whether it had time or budget issues, they did their best with what they could do. Also for really obscure ones there is practically no information on them online so it has a real feeling of discovery to me. Like "They Came From the Skies" on ps2, an aerial shooter about 1960s planes fighting UFOs that's really rough, but that I'm enjoying despite that.

[@lauraholmes2402]

That child actor was so good. 😂 he actually looks at the camera on occasion

[@jameslong4362]

A season 2 was planned but it didn't get picked up again due to poor ratings which annoyingly was down to Channel 4 putting it on at something like 23:30 on a Wednesday. Whoever took that decision I can only hope took a series of screwdrivers to the torso. Terrortome is excellent and I am about to start Incarcerat soon.

[@hassledvania]

Do we know that for sure? It seems odd to me they dropped a s2 but picked up the Dean Learner Talk Show

[@naughtyewok]

Never seen this series before until I saw this video. On to episode 3 already.

[@hassledvania]

Love it! Making new Darkplace fans gives me strength

[@naughtyewok]

​@@hassledvaniaI really enjoyed this video and I'll definitely be watching your back catalogue. Please do Black Dynamite, I love some Anaconda Malt Liquor.

[@hassledvania]

@@naughtyewok "I THREW THAT SHIT BEFORE I ENTERED THE ROOM!"

[@congriffin7192]

True genius.need I say more?

[@99baji99]

TerrorTome is hilarious.

[@hassledvania]

I nees to get around to reading Incarcerat

[@VelvetVoice]

If you’ve not seen it, I would strongly recommend you track down the one-off pilot of ‘Heat Vision & Jack’ (1999), which I’m sure must be here on KZbin somewhere…

[@theghettoyoda]

came for the Darkplace, stayed for the Parasite Eve OST.

[@hassledvania]

Unbelievably based. Where's my remake Capcom?

[@Karlito77751]

I laughed so hard, is shit myself

[@rick.d]

Decker works for all the same reasons. Heidecker playing a fully invested Heidecker playing Decker is Holness playing a fully invested Marenghi playing Dagless. On Cinema is a loooooong burn online multi-media Darkplace.

[@hassledvania]

On Cinema At The Cinema is a Rabbit Hole Ive recently fallen down

[@Truffs_Stuff]

The wahtur, the wahtur, the whatur