"Spine Chillers" (2003) TV series

Director:

Crispin Whittell

Writers:

S.J. Ashford (writer)
David Cairns (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

23 June 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Cast

Mackenzie Crook	...	Grishnack (1 episode, 2003)
Tim Plester	...	Tim (1 episode, 2003)
Susan Earl	...	Sian (1 episode, 2003)
Isabelle Joss	...	Bella (1 episode, 2003)
Vass Anderson	...	Barry (1 episode, 2003)
Mark Heap	...	Balfus (1 episode, 2003)
Simon Smith	...	Coroner (1 episode, 2003)
Luke de Woolfson	...	Dave (1 episode, 2003)
Elliot Cowan	...	Dean (1 episode, 2003)
Brodie Bass	...	Bungie Instructor (1 episode, 2003)
Elizabeth Bennett	...	Ella (1 episode, 2003)
Darren Boyd	...	Alan (1 episode, 2003)
Steve Brody	...	Oswaldo (1 episode, 2003)
Kate Brown	...	Sarah (1 episode, 2003)
Selina Cadell	...	Woman in Dream (1 episode, 2003)
Eric Carte	...	Lord St. John Harker (1 episode, 2003)
Nigel Clauzel	...	Albie (1 episode, 2003)
Steven Duffy	...	Nick (1 episode, 2003)
Kevin Eldon	...	Matt (1 episode, 2003)
Roger Evans	...	Man on Registry steps (1 episode, 2003)
Jonathan Firth	...	Marcus (1 episode, 2003)
John Fortune	...	Frank (1 episode, 2003)
Roger Frost	...	Gordon (1 episode, 2003)
Adam Goodwin	...	Tim (1 episode, 2003)
John Guerrasio	...	Nervous Man (1 episode, 2003)
Mark Homer	...	Ashley (1 episode, 2003)
Craig Kelly	...	Jack (1 episode, 2003)
Chris Langham	...	George Hackett (1 episode, 2003)
Claire Lubert	...	Rotisserie Manager (1 episode, 2003)
Georgia Mackenzie	...	Fleur (1 episode, 2003)
Philip Madoc	...	Dr. Loebner (1 episode, 2003)
Nicholas Pinnock	...	Jon (1 episode, 2003)
Tim Preece	...	Feverell (1 episode, 2003)
Alexei Sayle	...	Graham (1 episode, 2003)
Steve John Shepherd	...	Stevie (1 episode, 2003)
John Shrapnel	...	Nick (1 episode, 2003)
Sara Stephens	...	Laura (1 episode, 2003)
Colin Stinton	...	Gangster (1 episode, 2003)
David Tennant	...	Dr. Krull (1 episode, 2003)
Saskia Thomas	...	Melissa (1 episode, 2003)
Lesley Vickerage	...	Jeannie (1 episode, 2003)
Julie T. Wallace	...	Alison (1 episode, 2003)
Timothy Watson	...	Noel (1 episode, 2003)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

BBC Entertainment

"They worship evil, menace, darkness, death, then travel home on the top deck of the 73 bus."

'Spine-Chillers' was a short-lived horror/comedy anthology show that was screened initially on BBC 3 before being shown on late night BBC 1. I remember watching one of the episodes of this series last year. 'Goths' starred Mackenzie Crook (with a truly awful black wig) and somebody I can't recall as a couple of the above mentioned sub-section of society looking for somewhere to live. After numerous rejections they find a place with a full-on Goth landlord Balfus, played with bug-eyed intensity by Mark Heap. He's a bit of a head case, insistent on getting his rent on time and who also has a thing against 'weekenders', those that only dabble in the Goth life-style. After altering the place to their liking (a very funny sequence where the Crook and the other guy paint their new place completely black and then relax with a cup of tea with the milk dyed black) and hold a house-warming they begin to notice weird stuff happening around the house and the landlord is getting particularly insistent on getting his rent.

I've no idea whether this episode was typical of the series though I did enjoy what I watched. Hopefully there will be a another series sometime in the future.