Overview
When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.
Production
Sheer Films · Paradigm Hyde Films
Cast & Characters
Luke Goss
John Dark
Kevin Howarth
Mortimer Shade
Matt Lucas
Dr Elgin
Carly Jane Turnbull
Albany
David Baker
Red
Caroline Ball
Silk
Cassandra Bell
Rachel
Michael Culkin
Landeson Dahl
Jake Curran
Lenny
Steven Elder
Mabbs
David Gant
Supt Maddox
Hamish Hamilton
Bollingbroke
Directors & Crew
Andrew Goth
Director
Joanne Reay
Writer
Joanne Reay
Producer
