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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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In the 1980s horror writer Garth Marenghi wrote, produced, directed and starred in Darkplace, a groundbreaking series set in a hospital and exploring the depths of the author's imagination. At least that's what Marenghi and his publicist/co-star, Dean Learner, claim in modern-day interviews which both bookend and interrupt the episodes. In fact the show is cheap, clichéd, full of gaping plot holes and startlingly misogynist. Garth Marenghi is a creation of comedian Matthew Holness, who won a Perrier award with the character at the 2001 Edinburgh festival.
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Time:
20th century, 80s, contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe
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