

Urban Gothic
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.
Seasons
E1Dead Meat
May 17, 2000
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...
E2Vampirology
May 24, 2000
A documentary crew follow a vampire named Rex around Soho.
E3The One Where...
May 31, 2000
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.
E4Sum of the Parts
Jun 7, 2000
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.
E5Deptford Voodoo
Jun 14, 2000
Saul Darrow visits an elderly immigrant, setting off a chain of horrific events.
E6Old Nick
Jun 21, 2000
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.
E7Lacuna
Jul 5, 2000
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.
E8Cry Wolf
Jul 12, 2000
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.
E9Be Movie
Jul 19, 2000
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.
E10Pineapple Chunks
Jul 26, 2000
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...
E11The Boy's Club
Aug 2, 2000
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.
E12Turn On
Aug 9, 2000
After a phantom pregnancy, and learning that another would be impossible, Jane begins to discover who her partner Peter really is.
E13Thirteen
Aug 16, 2000
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.
E1Sandman
Oct 22, 2001
As a 'touch the car' endurance test enters its fourth night, the will to win for the remaining four contestants clouds their moral standing.
E2Membrane
Oct 29, 2001
A government department secretly works on a project to search the human genome for Creation itself. However, it has all gone terribly wrong, as a team of young scientists soon discovers.
E3Necromance
Nov 5, 2001
A young girl has a crush on a Goth rebel in her school who is also into necrophilia. She kills herself, then comes back from the dead in an attempt to attract him to her.
E4Eater
Nov 12, 2001
When a serial killer is put in cells for the night, the duty team learn that their charge is a shapeshifter who takes the form of any human he feeds on. Before long, the cops have to figure out which of them is really a wolf in uniform.
E5Serotonin Wild
Nov 19, 2001
A bright young psychiatrist sets out to cure a young woman suffering from a compulsive disorder. But after he has persuaded her that her rituals are meaningless and do not protect her from evil, he realises to his horror that she may have been right all along.
E6The End
Dec 25, 2001
A story within a story is interrupted by a strange pirate broadcast warning of disturbances on the street — but is it all an elaborate hoax?
E7Ritual Slaughter
Nov 26, 2001
A sinister guidance counsellor tests teenagers to see if they could become serial killers — but are these tests reliable?.
E8Dollhouse Burns (1)
Dec 28, 2001
An agent investigates the discovery of a teenager frozen in a genetic laboratory. Along the way, she unearths a secret society that has seriously lost its way.
E9Dollhouse Burns (2)
Dec 28, 2001
Jude continues his quest against 'the heart' and must face his lost love and his arch-nemesis.
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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.
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