ORBzine - Urban Gothic (2000) TV Review

Season 1

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 1] Dead Meat
Shown 17 May 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 2] Vampirology
Shown 24 May 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 3] The One Where
Shown 31 May 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 4] Sum of the Parts
Shown 07 Jun 00

A young boy and his mother move into a tower block where mysterious deaths have been occurring over the last two months. The plot has shades of Marnie ...

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 5] Deptford Voodoo
Shown 14 Jun 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 6] Old Nick
Shown 21 Jun 00

Yet more cheap low-budget horror-drama from UK's Channel 5. A Sculder & Mulley type duo investigate a series of mysterious deaths involving people who received donated organs. Apparently the organs are being removed without any external trauma to the victims (although the internal trauma kills them).

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 7] Lacuna
Shown 05 Jul 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 8] Cry Wolf
Shown 12 Jul 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 9] Be Movie
Shown 19 Jul 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 10] Pineapple Chunks
Shown 26 Jul 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 11] The Boy's Club
Shown 02 Aug 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 12] Turn On
Shown 09 Aug 00

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1, Episode 13] Thirteen
Shown 16 Aug 00

Urban Gothic (2000)

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 1 , Episode 1 ]
Shown th October 2022 [Wednesday]

Reviewed in our special supplement

Season 2

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 1] Sandman
Shown 22nd October 2001

A reality-based gameshow is being filmed in a TV studio. A handful of contestants must stand and touch a sports car without falling asleep or letting go. The last man standing wins the car. However, after 86 hours in the studio things start to go bump in the night.

The only real mystery is why they picked this as a Season opener.

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 2] Membrane
Shown 29th October 2001

A team of investigators enter a mad scientist's lab complex. This is sub- Blair Witch stuff, with the investigator's cameras transmitting their adventures back to their boss.

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 3] Necromance
Shown 5th November 2001

A High School in England, and a mid-teens girl has a crush on a boy in her class. He ignores her, so she uses East European magic to put a love spell on him ...

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 4] Eater
Shown 12th November 2001

This is well-executed cross between The Thing and The X-Files . It is night shift at a London Metropolitan Police Station, and a serial-killer called The Eater is in the cells. The hero, a new young police officer, becomes paranoid that the killer has somehow escaped and shape-changed to replace one of the other officers on guard ...

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 5] Serotonin Wild
Shown 19th November 2001

A trio of teenagers have a counselling session with creepy shrink Mr Tidyman (Anthony Daniels - Star Wars ). The next day they find themselves framed for murder, and are given exactly one hour to kill the thing they love the most.

This is a somewhat Americanised episode, with lots of handguns and a SWAT team. The central character is a tough babe, quite reminiscent of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider . In turn, this detracts from the concept that made the show so original to begin with. However, it is great to see C-3PO as a villain!

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 6] The End
Shown 25th December 2001

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 7] Ritual Slaughter
Shown 16th November 2001

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 8] Dollhouse Burns (1)
Shown 28th December 2001

Urban Gothic (2000) [Season 2, Episode 9] Dollhouse Burns (2)
Shown 28th December 2001