On Your Marks...

I think many of us can be certain that in some dribbly lager-fueled pub session there's been a 'Wouldn't it be cool if someone made a Big Brother horror film?' style topic mooted at the table. Well, I know most of the Doghouser's have barked about that idea at some point, and now writer Charlie Brooker has written a 6 part series for E4 on the very same subject entitled 'Dead Set'. I like the idea of a BB horror house, but the trailer doesn't inspire me with confidence on the originality front. Can horror ever be truly original? How many takes on virus ridden zombies can our screens take? Despite those issues, I'm certainly pleased to see horror on the small screen, and Brooker says himself that Dead Set "could not be described as a comedy". So it's serious then.

Well, I'm going to reserve judgment for now - there's plenty of room for original twists that the trailer is not revealing yet. However, Dead Set certainly does look like a lot of fun. Here's the trailer.