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''Ultraviolet'' (1998), AKA ''Crossing the Line''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
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"They look like us. They act like us." A BBC TV mini-series about a government agency that, armed with garlic grenades and advanced technology, hunts vampires only visible on the ultraviolet part of the light spectrum.<br />
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==Details==<br />
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* Release Date: 1998<br />
* Country/Language: UK, English<br />
* Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, mini-series<br />
* Runtime: 5 hr<br />
* Starring: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast<br />
* Creator: Joe Ahearne<br />
* Producer/Production Co: World Productions, BBC<br />
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwk3KeTC7HI link])<br />
* TVTropes: ([http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Ultraviolet link])<br />
* IMDB Page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169501/ link])<br />
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==Ratings==<br />
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* Rated: MPAARATING (notes)<br />
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Not very "Lovecraftian", but could be easily mined for ideas for a ''Call of Cthulhu'' RPG campaign about Lovecraftian vampires. As [http://www.yog-sothoth.com/topic/13274-master-list-of-lovecraftian-tv-shows/#entry142179 sglancy12] put it in the YSDC forums: "It's UK government agents vrs. Vampires, but at least the vampires are something new. Not one fang to be found among them... and why not? Fangs are not in the folklore.... It may not be Lovecraftian, but its a good look at how a police procedural would be impacted by the supernatural."<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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A BBC TV mini-series about a government agency that, armed with garlic grenades and advanced technology, hunts vampires only visible on the ultraviolet part of the light spectrum.<br />
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* race: [[Vampire]]s<br />
* film: could perhaps be thought of as a British take on the ''[[Night Stalker (1972 franchise)]]'' craze that was popular at the time thanks to the ''[[X-Files (1993 series)]]'', with a bit of Britain's own ''[[Quatermass (1953 series)]]'' thrown in.<br />
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