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1998 | Horror | Thriller

A London detective joins a scientist, an ex-soldier, and a priest on the front line of a secret war to save the world from a vampire conspiracy.



Network Channel 4
Creator(s) Joe Ahearne
Cast Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast

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1998 | Horror, Thriller
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8.5 (2 Ratings)
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British horror-thriller resists the temptation of going camp and is all the better for it. London cop Mike Colefield discovers the existence of a secretive government agency hunting blood-drinking, mirror-averse immortals and is eventually recruited by them. But can they uncover the enemy's plans before internal tensions tear the team apart?

One of the many post-X Files genre shows to appear in the UK in the late 90s, but much better than most of them, largely because it resists the temptation to go overboard with the flashy fantasy elements: vampires rarely appear in the early episodes and this more closely resembles a police procedural show. But definitely a horror series, and an effective one for the most part, written and played with great skill. Starts off as an episodic show before the serial elements gradually take over - the standalone episodes are best - and comes up with some clever new spins on vampire lore. One wishes they could have made more than just the six episodes (plus a US pilot with a mostly different cast and rather different approach), but as it this this definitely counts as small but perfectly formed.
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