Regardless, it was actually a pretty good knockoff, with a versatile ensemble cast, great guests (Devo, the Clash, Andy Kaufman, Billy Crystal), and tight satire that earned solid early ratings until Nightline bumped it later and later during the Iran hostage crisis. In 1980, while SNL’s pioneering first cast and Lorne Michaels were exiting their station, “ABC wanted to literally clone SNL and we all resisted like crazy,” Fridays cast member Melanie Chartoff told TV Party. “It’s meant to be primarily a comedy show, and if you go too far down the line of making it a genuinely creepy horror film, you’ve got to always remember to have the gags….You need a little bit of light and dark.” “We always knew we needed a balance,” Pemberton told a crowd at Phoenix Cinema in London in 2007. Though narrative filaments connect regular characters with the village’s strange happenings, the LoG‘s three seasons are written as a series of linked sketches often dark and disturbing, the best sequences combine elements of childrens’ nightmares, pathos and laughs. The limited geography of the setting provides good excuses for the odd characteristics and creepy habits of the inhabitants to emerge. Created and performed by quartet of Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson, The League of Gentlemen takes place in the cloistered, fictional Northern English village, Royston Vasey. To learn more about the author, visit her website at.

When she is not writing, Laurie is running her publishing company.

Deep into Dusk is the second in the series and was named 'Notable Page-Turner' by Shelf Unbound, won The 2013 Southern California Book Festival, and was honored at the 2014 London Book Festival. A Goodreads Book of the Month, the novel also received top honors at the 2012 Hollywood Book festival. The novel earned the Kirkus Star and was named to Kirkus Reviews 'Best of 2011'. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications and she co-wrote and produced the play with music, 'Follow Your Dreams.' Her short story, 'Kill Joy,' is in the anthology, 'Last Exit to Murder and her debut novel The Dark Before Dawn, is the first in a psychological suspense series. Laurie Stevens is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011/Indie The first: a dark journey into the terrifying recollections of his past and the second: the hunt for a serial killer who seems to know more about Gabriel. Teamed with his forensic pathologist girlfriend and a psychiatrist, Gabriel runs two parallel investigations.

With his career dependent on the whims of a psychopath, Gabriel soon realizes that the killer's identity hides within his own blocked memory. When a killer begins leaving notes on victim's bodies addressed to the detective, Gabriel is hired back to lure in the killer. His issues stem from the blocked memory of a childhood trauma. Synopsis: Troubled detective Gabriel McRay is fired for police brutality.

The Dark Before Dawn by Laurie Stevens