Death Valley: Season 1
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  • Summary: The Los Angeles Police Department's Undead Task Force (UTF) goes after monsters roaming San Fernando Valley in this horror-comedy show from MTV.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Horror, Suspense

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
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  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Aug 30, 2011
    75
    It's "Reno 911!" with bloody bite.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Aug 29, 2011
    70
    Unlike "Teen Wolf," MTV's other new monster show, Death Valley does not take itself too seriously or seriously at all - everyone involved seems to be having a good time, and as a result so do we.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Aug 29, 2011
    60
    Death Valley's scattershot satire has so many targets--scary-monster series, cop shows, mockumentaries, Hollywood posers, the suburban weltschmerz of the Valley--that despite the lackluster production and hit-and-miss writing some of the jokes are likely to connect.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. skykappah
    10
    So far so good. Snappy dialogue, fun characters and very good writing makes this an instantly good show.
    You usually have to go through a coup    le of episodes of something before you are sure, but not with this!
    Death Valley is a cop & monsters mockumentary. You follow a bunch of idiotic but loveable police department on their daily & nightly routines investigating and killing monsters. It's original and funny. As much as I hate MTV.. I love this show so far.    … Expand
  2. aetra
    10
    "Death Valley" incorporates the most popular B-class-entertainment themes and mixes them together. While this has already been done multiple times, never have I seen it done with such ease. The dialogue, cast, humour, even the visual side (which is not really what you'd call top-notch, but hey, it's parody, right?) are right-away sweeping you off your feet and onto an armchair, preferably with a can of cold beer in your hand. Luckily the creators don't take the word "parody" the way lots of people do nowadays - they didn't just simply take a show and started mocking it in a way that stopped being even slightly amusing after ten minutes. The creators of "Death Valley" treat comedy very seriously. And most of all, they deliver.… Expand
  3. matroycem
    9
    This series is genius. Its a Comedy Horror. Basic plot is that Zombie, Werewolves and Vampires are sort of accepted. They are common place on every street corner. A Task for is set up to deal with them and this is filmed half from a TV crew angle but also from a fly on the wall angle. This series does not take itself at all seriously and people watching it should not also. I was impressed with the Vampires, Zombies etc as they worked well and the cast is pretty much bang on.
    I liked this from around 5 minutes in maybe less.
    At present it seems to have stopped being broadcast which is a terrible shame. They seem to do this in america. Start something and then leave it. It has not helped that it really has not been advertised in the UK. I stumbled across this online and watch a few clips.
    Great shame as this programme has made me want a Zombie infestation and to be a member of the task force to control them.
    'Let's get out there and kill something'    … Expand
  4. MarcDoyle
    8
    Love this show - it's obviously not high art, but I look forward to every week. Funny as hell, and great social commentary (like so many other zombie flicks). Perfect casting.… Expand

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