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Urban Gothic

Urban Gothic

★ 4.8/10•2000•30m•18•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Drama
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Urban Gothic was a horror based series of short stories shown on Channel 5 running for two series between May 2000 and December 2001. Filmed on a low budget and broadcast in a later time-slot, it nonetheless acquired a following. It has also since been repeated on the Horror Channel. Set around London there is an underlying story thread that only becomes clear in the last episodes of each series. Each episode was different in style from the others, running the gamut of documentary-style independent film to spoof, to slick dramas similar in style to The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 17, 2000

Episodes

E130m

Dead Meat

After stealing super halluciagenic Angels Blood from Russia, disaffected exes Nik and Leo take refuge in an abandoned warehouse, where they stumble upon a corpse. The duo, along with Nik's friend Milton, decide to bring the corpse back to life, but they need 'pure blood' which just so happens to be Leo's new girlfriend, Kate. The group soon discover that some things are simply not supposed to be brought back...

May 17, 2000

E230m

Vampirology

A documentary crew follow a vampire named Rex around Soho.

May 24, 2000

E330m

The One Where...

Twentysomething Lauren begins dating a TV producer named Lucien, who turns out to be the Devil, bringing temptation to her and misery to her friends.

May 31, 2000

E430m

Sum of the Parts

Two detectives investigate a bizarre series of deaths, in which three victims — all killed on subsequent evenings — had vital organs removed. The organs had been transplanted and carried out by Dr Richard Harris, and the only other patient who had received a transplant was 21-year old student Leila Haze.

Jun 7, 2000

E530m

Deptford Voodoo

Saul Darrow visits an elderly immigrant, setting off a chain of horrific events.

Jun 14, 2000

E630m

Old Nick

Moving into a new housing estate with his mother, Jake befriends Sadie, who tells him the Devil himself lives on their block, when he questions a series of mysterious deaths.

Jun 21, 2000

E730m

Lacuna

Youths Sidney and Spike break into a mental home, and a nurse under the impression they were residents trying to escape begins experimenting on them.

Jul 5, 2000

E830m

Cry Wolf

After a case in which a policeman is killed by a 'wolf boy', police doctor Miranda Sharpe and animal behaviourist David Stillman are drawn in to examine the boy. Miranda begins to find herself attracted to him, and after being scratched, David soon discovers hairs sprouting all over his body.

Jul 12, 2000

E930m

Be Movie

Five slackers are summoned to detention by the fearsome Mr Rogers. Left to work on a project, the five begin, but only moments later, they find Rogers' decapitated body.

Jul 19, 2000

E1030m

Pineapple Chunks

A working-class family from the city leave for a new life in a small leafy town. Things seem to be going well until their daughter begins to question why the town is so perfect, and why their dog keeps finding strange pieces of meat...

Jul 26, 2000

E1130m

The Boy's Club

An aspiring crime lord wants to join the ranks of London's legendary criminals, but in order to be initiated into the exclusive Boy's Club, he must kill his father.

Aug 2, 2000

E1230m

Turn On

After a phantom pregnancy, and learning that another would be impossible, Jane begins to discover who her partner Peter really is.

Aug 9, 2000

E1330m

Thirteen

A journalist seeking a scoop to launch his career gets a tip that leads him to 'File 42'. However, he's informed that 'File 42' doesn't really exist, just made-up stories. It soon transpires that this story has been floating around for a very long time.

Aug 16, 2000

Recommendations

Tales from the Darkside
Creepshow
American Horror Stories
Fear Itself
The Twilight Zone
The Hunger
Penny Dreadful
50 States of Fright
Hammer House of Horror
Them
Lore
Freddy's Nightmares
Masters of Horror
The Terror
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Castle Rock
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
The Hitchhiker
The Outer Limits
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

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