A British classic, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a horror parody comedy that excels in its weird zaniness. The excessive slow motion scenes, the deliberately shoddy editing and continuity flaws, the overacting ... all of these contribute to the ludicrousness and aid in replicating the feel of the cheesy low-budget 80s shows. The writing contains many gems and the pseudo documentary style with in character cast interviews further enhances the show's levity. With only 6 episodes, it offers a small but fresh sampling of plotlines while also reinforcing the gag of it being a lost series that was retrieved.
While not all the humour landed for me, I could appreciate the creativity in the dialogue and especially in the intentionally poor production quality. Some of the elements across episodes however did feel a little repetitive (like an over-reliance on mists).
But Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is well worth a watch, especially to those who are aficionados of compelling B-flicks and quirky parodies.
While not all the humour landed for me, I could appreciate the creativity in the dialogue and especially in the intentionally poor production quality. Some of the elements across episodes however did feel a little repetitive (like an over-reliance on mists).
But Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is well worth a watch, especially to those who are aficionados of compelling B-flicks and quirky parodies.