Ultraviolet (1998 series)
Ultraviolet (1998), AKA Crossing the Line
Summary
"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.
Details
- Release Date: 1998
- Country/Language: UK, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, mini-series
- Runtime: 5 hr
- Starring: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast
- Creator: Joe Ahearne
- Producer/Production Co: World Productions, BBC
- View Trailer: (link)
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- IMDB Page: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: MPAARATING (notes)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Not very "Lovecraftian", but could be easily mined for ideas for a Call of Cthulhu RPG campaign about Lovecraftian vampires. As 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."
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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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.
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Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- race: Vampires
- 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.
