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Channel 4Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace may have only run for a single, six-episode season but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming one of the most enduring cult comedies of the past two decades. Airing on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 in 2004, its highly quotable line deliveries and schlocky horror-parody plots quickly garnered a dedicated fan base, if not much commercial success. While it was too meta to land with the mainstream, the comedy fans who fell for Darkplace still hype it up a...

“Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace” has developed a cult fanbase since its six-episode run in 2004. But even its creator is surprised by its longevity.

Star Trek: Lower Decks nodded to the 2004 cult horror/comedy series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace this week in what might just be its nerdiest reference yet.

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The 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. San Francisco’s new “Museum of the Future AI Apocalypse.” Compostable, potato waste-based cling film. Graphene-based sportswear from Umbro. Slack adds ChatGPT because why not? The world’s most disturbing videoconferencing display. Scientists discover how bacteria convert atmospheric hydrogen to energy—a potential new, clean power source. Goats are the secret to combatting California’s wildfires. Celebrating “G...

In the spirit of the Halloween season, we invited Charlie Fox—writer and devotee of all things spooky—to recommend his top ten favorite scary movies. His list, dare we say it, is positively bewitching. THE INNOCENTS (1961) Jack Clayton (Prime Video)An extremely sinister adaptation of The Turn of the Screw (and inspiration for Kate Bush’s eldritch serenade “The Infant Kiss”) in which psychosexual anxieties galore flow from repressed governess Deborah Kerr onto her eerie little charges M...

In honor of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace 18th anniversary we did the impossible and picked the 18 funniest quotes from the show. (No subtext included!)

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is finally streaming in the US. Here's why you should watch this parody series starring Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness.