Reanimated Podcast

Episode 338 - Encore episode on Night of the Living Dead

Because even RSS feeds have limits, here's a rare chance to hear a couple of baby podcasters recording their first episode. Enjoy our coverage of the one that brought modern zombies to life back in 1968, Night of the Living Dead!

Episode 337 - Resident Evil S1E4-8

We sat down and hammered out the rest of the season of Resident Evil on the show this week. Still mystified by the low reviews, absolutely astounded by the quality of the performance logged by Lance Reddick. Hot damn!
However, it's got its problems -- at least one snoozer episode and the resolution of the 2022 storyline leaves too much untold. However, it's a fun show. Check it out.

Episode 336 - Resident Evil S1E2-3

It was back to New Racoon City High School this week to watch Billie's fairly swift descent into crazy, while future Jade barely stays ahead of Umbrella by jumping from a series of frying pans into a series of fires. Resident Evil continues to be wholly entertaining - come hear our impressions of episodes The Devil You Know and The Light. We also break down some of the zombie news out of San Diego Comic Con 2022!

Episode 335 - Resident Evil S1E1 - Welcome to New Raccoon City

Hey gang, we’re taking a look at the latest entry in the Resident Evil media landscape this week on the podcast. And despite the landslide of bad reviews out there, we’re digging it, you guys. Come check it out with us!

EPISODE 334 - DAY OF THE DEAD (TELEVISION SERIES)

Day of the Dead aired last fall on SyFy and then seemingly vanished. The homage to Romero feels very baked in and was a decent watch, though it struggles to rise to the level of a Black Summer.

Episode 333 - Unhuman

This week, Reanimated chalks up another movie that adds to the margin of error in the zombie genre. We wish Unhuman was better, but sadly, it was worse.

Episode 332 - Wyrmwood: Apocalypse

The second Wyrmwood movie serves up more zombie road warriors on the show this week. Plus we dish about some exciting new trailers and announcements!

Episode 331 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead

We went full Aussie on the podcast with a look at Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, a high-octane, zombocalyptic vision that came about through some crowdfunding and the same sort of skill and passion that brought us The Battery in years past.

Episode 330 - Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

A slight detour into the MCU leaves some Reanimators woefully lost in the lore of the MultiMarvelVerse, making one host consider sticking to the rivers and the streams that you’re used to. However, a good time was had by all!

Episode 329: Virus 32

In this episode, Reanimated heads to Uruguay for some Virus 32 which serves up some rage zombie-action

Episode 328: TWD S11E15-16

We closed out the second third of TWD’s final season with some high dramatic stakes, one or two groan-inducing moments of cliche but overall just left impressed by the caliber of the talent on this cast. Josh Hamilton’s Lance Hornsby is horrible and it will be fun to see where this goes.

Episode 327: The Walking Dead S11E13-14

Things are getting complicated with the Commonwealth. Acts are being committed that will prove difficult to undo, lines are being drawn and Negan is apparently going to be a dad. Huh? Also, Michael Biehn is there! and Jason Butler Harner does a fantastic turn as Toby Carlson.

Episode 326: TWD S11:E11-12

We're continuing to churn through the the Walking Dead prime's final season, this time starting off with a Cudlitz directed "Rogue Elements." We still have questions about the Commonwealth but these episodes are gripping and entertaining.

Episode 325: TWD S11 E9-10

A slight switch of gears this week as we leave Fear the Walking Dead Behind and head back to Virgeorgia for a dose of the prime show. It’s night and day in terms of quality of storytelling.

Episode 324: FTWD S7 E5-8

In a recap hail mary, we covered the remaining four episodes of Fear the Walking Dead season 7A this week on the podcast. The show feels like it's in a nearly unrecoverable flat spin, as plots and characters increasingly feel cartoonish, the stakes feel ever smaller despite outlandish plot devices that are presumably to create the opposite effect.

Episode 323: FTWD S7 E3-4

With Cindy Hawkins, we got to go back inside the hatch from Lost with a musical montage portraying how well June and Sr are getting along, but Teddy's ghosts come back to haunt them. Breathe with Me wraps up the Emile storyline once again and finally addresses the "Where's Wendell?" issue that the writers didn't really worry about for 16 episodes. Listen along for more impressions!

Episode 322 - Fear the Walking Dead S7E1-2

Episode 321: All of Us Are Dead E10-12

Well, we made it to the end of All of Us Are Dead and, while it wasn't a perfect show, it was pretty good. Listen along for our recap of the final three epsiodes.

Episode 320: All of Us Are Dead E8-9

Some members of team Reanimated are turning into Gwi-nam stans and we’re not sure if the show meant for that to happen? All of Us Are Dead series continues!

Episode 319: All of Us Are Dead E6-7

We followed survivors as they navigated stairwells, relationships and incrementally moved the story forward in these two episodes of All of Us Are Dead, this week. Check it out!

Episode 317: All of Us Are Dead E2-3

We covered a lot of apocalyptic ground in these two episodes, but there's so much more of this show to go! We laugh with Daesu and we shake our tiny fists at Na Yeon - all that and more in this episode, come along!

Episode 316: All of Us Are Dead E1

Kyle's back to help us unpack all of the teen angst and zombie hamsters in the pilot of the latest South Korean zombie project on Netflix. Between commentary on bullying, classism, whiny teens and preoccupied adults, there's a ton here, oh plus ZOMBIES! So settle down with a bucket of Cheong-san Chicken as we go back to school.

Episode 315 - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

This one brought back a lot of Playstation-induced terror as a more faithful reincarnation of the video game series in film form. With that cast and darling little Lisa Trevor, we were totally on board. Very itchy tasty.

Episode 314 - Night of the Creeps

We take a trip back to the mid-80s in this episode to review Night of the Creeps. How does it hold up? Come on, let's talk about it.

Episode 313 - The Walking Dead - World Beyond series finale

World Beyond left Reanimated with a couple of treats but it often fell short on delivering what could have been. Several of our dead pool predictions failed to come true, as the show also seemed to be less bloodthirsty than others in the universe. Listen along for our impressions as we put this series to bed.

Episode 312 - Walking Dead World Beyond S2E7-8

It’s 2022! and Reanimated is back to continue to gnaw on the bones of the Walking Dead World Beyond second season. Between Jadis’ flawed omniscience, Huck’s less-than-believable work as a double agent and Brody and Lyla’s sudden-but-inevitable betrayals there’s a lot left to be desired here.

Episode 311 - The Walking Dead World Beyond - S2E5-6

It’s more World Beyond on the show this week - our last show before 2022 - see you on the next rotation!

Episode 310: TWD - The World Beyond S2E3-4

Not gonna lie, it's difficult to stay positive about this show, but there are some bright spots - we're looking at you Elton and your Tuffy Stitch!

Episode 309: The Walking Dead - World Beyond S2E1-2

Reanimated picks up season 2 of World Beyond and struggles with some of the more inexplicable meta plot, but basically enjoys the ride so far.

Episode 308: Midnight Mass - Acts of the Apostles + Revelations

The sun finally comes up on Midnight Mass this week on the show as our brave trio of hosts wade through founts of crimson, reams of scripture and several minutes of monologue to close out the Netflix miniseries. All criticism of our pontificating ensemble aside, this show kicked . Listen to us talk about it!

Episode 307: Midnight Mass - Gospel

It's all about the life of Riley.

Episode 306: Midnight Mass - Proverbs and Lamentations

We're back with reinforcements for the third and fourth episodes of Midnight Mass as the Crock Pot tries to come to terms with inexplicable events that quickly go from joyful Neil Diamond montages to blood-soaked madness.

Episode 305: Midnight Mass - Genesis + Psalms

A little departure seemed in order this fine October, so the podcast takes a trip to Crockett Island to immerse ourselves in some briny, slow-burn monster horror for a while.

Episode 304: TWD S11E7-8

We've reach the end of the first chunk of #TWDFinalSeason and it's honestly pretty bad . Listen along as we roam with a herd toward some unsuspecting Reapers.

Episode 303: TWD S11E5-6

Out of the Ashes and On the Inside were both Nicotero-directed episodes this week on the podcast and one of them was extra horrific. We’re not sold on the Commonwealth and we’re generally feeling a lot of deja vu about some of the arcs our characters are going through.

Episode 302: TWD S11E3-4

In Hunted and Rendition, Reanimated revels in its death pool success rate and gets to know the new neighbors, the Reapers. Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage.

Episode 301: TWD S11E1-2

Heey, we’re back with The Walking Dead prime in its final season. Listen along with Reanimated’s H.A. and Stuart as we bravely spelunk into the metro.

Episode 300: Blood Red Sky

It was Blood Red Sky this week on the podcast. This Netflix original had Reanimated wishing we’d taken the voucher when they overbooked the flight, because nobody was getting out of this trip “ok.” Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but Blood Red Sky took some liberties with well-trodden plan-based thriller formulae and we kinda liked that!

Episode 299: Marvel’s What if ... Zombies? and Ashin of the North - PLUS SPECIAL GUEST

Jam packed episode for our 299th this time on Reanimated! First we tackled What if … Zombies? which was the latest in Disney+’s multiversal musings, then we hit up Ashin of the North for some Jurchens, Joseon and Zombies in medieval Korea AND we did it all with a little help from our friend Kyle who joined H.A. and Stuart for the discussion.

Episode 298: Black Summer S2E7-8

Reanimated returns after some time away to finish up the last two episodes of Black Summer season 2. What a triumph! Not perfect by any means, but a very solid zombie show that we would happily recommend to all fans (except perhaps for fans of Z-Nation who really thought this show was going to be a prequel in spirit as well as in name.) We cover a sliver of news and then dig in, come with!

Episode 297: Black Summer S2E5-6

Black Summer takes a turn in episode 5 by introducing some (a lot of) dialog, and does it well! Reanimated sits down to enjoy a double dip and a Braithwaite's brew.

Episode 296: Black Summer S2E3-4

Between the nail-biting tension of Card Game and the frenzied mayhem of Cold War, the third and fourth episodes of Black Summer’s second season are just dynamite. Reanimated plows ahead with its recap/reviews of Black Summer this week!

Episode 295: Black Summer S2E1-2

It’s time to revel in Black Summer season 2 on Reanimated - so get comfy on your chaise lounge, with your mai tai and then plunge with us into the frigid arctic scenery with some familiar characters.

Episode 294: FTWD S6E15-16

After a lengthy absence, Reanimated finally put Season 6 of FTWD to bed in this podcast. Reanimated remains skeptical of these showrunners’ ability to restore its faith in the show, but there are a few areas of potential in Season 7. At this point the loss of faith in the show is deep and dark.

Episode 293: Slither

We hit up Slither this week while we wait for the last two episodes of FTWD to be released. We dug this movie!

Episode 292: Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead lived up to Reanimated's expectations of the project - a dazzling spectacle that was a little weak in the story but had plenty of eye candy and ridiculous bread crumbs left behind by Zack Snyder to keep us laughing and enjoying it.

Episode 291: FTWDS6E13-14

Not entirely sure what Fear can do to get back on our good side after such an underwhelming run in Season 6. Keith Carradine is a highlight in E13, but the story is mediocre.

Episode 290: FTWDS6E11-12

Fear the Walking Dead started to claw its way back from a handful of bad episodes in the post-John Dorie era with “The Holding,” only to sink to new lows with “In Dreams.” Do people legitimately enjoy episodes of television that lean this heavily on dream sequences?

Episode 289: Fear the Walking Dead S6E10 - Handle with Care

Reanimated digs deep to find Grace. No not her, inner peace. This show tries our patience but Ruben Blades is a treasure.

Episode 288: FTWD S6E9

"Things Left to Do" only managed to leave a bad taste in Reanimated's collective mouths.

Episode 287: FTWD S6E8

Strong start to the second half of season 6! Lots of spoilers in this podcast recap, so caveat emptor

Episode 286: TWD S10E22 - Here’s Negan

Negan goes through several hair iterations and some beard dye in the actual season ender for S10 of TWD prime. Additionally, Reanimated addresses our own rosey-by-comparison review of the previous episode “Diverged”, the question of the Walking Dead’s timeline that is raised in this season finale and the enjoyable presence of a very unexpected cast member in the episode. All that and more!

Episode 285: TWD S10E21 - Diverged

Carol and Daryl work out some of their issues in this exploration of their terrible, horrible, very bad no good days.

Episode 284: TWD S10E20 - Splinter

The extended season is going four for four so far with the addition of “Splinter” which puts Princess in the hot seat and actor Paola Lázaro brings the heat!

Episode 283: TWD S10E19 One More

Episode 18 of this season is One More which more or less serves as a vehicle to highlight how great two regular cast members are (but who get nowhere near enough credit or time on screen). Seth Gilliam and Ross Marquand put up great performances here and get to play against Robert Patrick to great effect! Awesome episode, listen on for our spoiler-full recap.

Episode 282: TWD S10E18 Find me

Daryl and Carol have some long-overdue discussions in this episode of The Walking Dead and we see how Daryl was living not his best life out in the woods for a few years after Rick’s disappearance. Also we get a sneak peak into how Daryl courts women in the zombocalypse by throwing fish at their front door from 20 feet away. Pretty sweet honestly.

Episode 281: TWD S10E17

Episode 280: Exit Humanity

Exit Humanity blew our minds this week by making its two hour runtime feel like much, much longer! Its savings graces came in the form of the beautiful locations, occasionally good cinematography and music.

Episode 279: Peninsula

It’s been a few, but we’re back this week with a recap/review of Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula. We also briefly talk over Deadlocked, which we had recorded but in the grand tradition of our podcast, we lost the audio, adding to our lengthy absence. Listen on!

Episode 278: Feral

This cabin-in-the-woods style zombie creature feature owes a lot to other properties, but it's still a good enough time to be worth the watch.

Episode 277: Ladronas de Almas

Wow.

Episode 276: Zombie Child

It was time to watch Zombi Child on Reanimated this week. The French film is definitely not a genre zombie movie. It plays around with voodoo zombies but most of the running time is spent on the malaise of teenage girls who can’t even at their prestigious boarding school.

Episode 275: Alone

Alone was on the menu for Reanimated this week and the gang talked about how the American zombie film measures up against the Korean #Alive, based on the same storyline. One of these was definitely better than the other! Listen on for our hot takes.

Episode 274: FTWDS6E5-7

Reanimated wrapped up the abridged Season 6A from FTWD this week and I think we’re relatively happy with where the show has gone so far this season. That doesn’t stop us from gabbing about it, however. Join us!

Episode 273: FTWD S6E3-4

In the Fear episode Alaska, Reanimated comes to the conclusion that we basically like Althea whenever she stops talking about journalism.

Episode 272: Fear the Walking Dead S6E1-2

Why does Fear the Walking Dead feel like 100% a different universe from World Beyond? Could it be as simple as YA vs grown ups? A different writers room? Whatever it is, this show is better.

Episode 271: World Beyond S1E9-10

Reanimated got a little ranty on the podcast this week as they suffered through the poorly thought-out season one finale for the TWD spin-off. There were some glimmers and silver linings in the shape of the character Elton, and Felix has a lot of upside, but, despite the best efforts of the cast, the story is just not carrying the show.

Episode 270: World BeyondS1E6-8

After a glitch that cost us another irreplaceable episode of the the podcast, Reanimated rallied and recorded a make up this fine day with three recaps of World Beyond, summarizing much of the sordid details of the saga of Tony and Percy. Follow along gentle listeners!

Episode 269: The World Beyond - Madman across the water

The Madman Across the Water tried our patience at Reanimated last week on The World Beyond. The drip-drip approach to unveiling the dramatic tension between Elton and Hope is painfully slow and seems to underscore that the show has very little to say about these characters beyond their individual traumatic background flashbacks. At the same time, the overarching plot of walking from Nebraska to New York is underplayed. The kids have walked across all of Iowa, and remain perfectly coiffed, their clothes and hair are unsoiled. This might work on typical YA audiences, but they have to know that not everyone watching this is 15.

Episode 268: The World Beyond E3-4

Reanimated still has reservations about TWB. The Blaze of Gory was a lengthy distraction, but the Wrong End of the Telescope did at least play with some interesting cinematography. The characters are developing, but occasionally in a fashion that feels hamfisted. In a society that is traumatized this year, a show about kids dealing with trauma could be good, but will it be?

Episode 267: The World Beyond E1-2

Jury’s still out on this show for Reanimated but first two episodes are out and we’re committed.

Episode 266: S10E16 - A Certain Doom

Perhaps there was no way for this finale to rise to the challenge of the extended delay and Reanimated’s own internal hype, but we couldn’t help but walk away from this one a little deflated. Sure, it wrapped up one big arc and replaced it with another and we appreciated that, but some notes just didn’t work as well as we would have hoped.

Episode 265: Lovecraft Country S1E5-6

These two episodes were hot fire! A Strange Case and Meet Me in Daegu both explore themes of otherness and expand on this world of magic that the writers of Lovecraft Country are building block by delicious block. Fun times. Come and hang out with Reanimated while we enjoy this bubble bath of horror.

Episode 264: #Alive

#Alive was fun. I don’t think it’s changing our lives but it feels very much of the moment and therefore it will likely stay with us longer than other films we see for a while.

Episode 263: Lovecraft Country - A History of Violence

This week we looked at Lovecraft Country’s A History of Violence which was a Goonies, Indiana Jones fest, but also chock full of so many other plot elements that our heads were spinning. We also dug into the big Walking Dead news that dropped this week. Holy heck!

Episode 262: Lovecraft Country - Holy Ghost

The episode “Holy Ghost “brings Leticia Lewis into sharper focus on Lovecraft Country and actor Jurnee Smollett proves that she has great range! Leti is a complex character and this episode puts her through the wringer. It’s a lot of fun and hey, there’s ghosts, so come along for the ride!

Episode 261: Lovecraft Country - Whitey’s on the Moon

Reanimated takes a stab at the bulbously packed second episode of Lovecraft Country. We're still into it, but there's at least 10 lbs of in this 5 lb bag.

Episode 260: Lovecraft Country S1E1

Switching gears yet again on Reanimated when yet another emergency precluded the ability for half of the hosts to finish the book “Survivor Song” by Paul Tremblay. We’ll get to it eventually, promise!For now, Lovecraft Country is stealing our hearts.

Episode 258+259: Reality Z and Night of the Living Deb

It’s been one thing after another here at Reanimated HQ lately, so, better late than never, we present a double feature of Reality Z and Night of the Living Deb. These are the doldrums of the summer of COVID, y’all, but we’ll get to the other side. pinky sware.

Episode 257: Yummy

This Belgian "sleaze horror" film throws everything at the wall to what will stick. The result is a bit of a mess, but if you don't think about it too hard, it can be a fun mess.

Episode 256: The Dead Lands S1E7-8

Episode 255: The Dead Lands S1E5-6

The Dead Lands continues to entertain Reanimated this week! Next episode we close the loop and we’ll see if the dead will rest in the afterlife.

Episode 254: The Dead Lands S1E3-4

Reanimated runs through the forests of New Zealand with Waka and Mehe, chasing after “the boy” - wondering all the while why this 6 ft 5 grown- man is referred to as a boy by the cast - but no matter. The show continues to entertain, although these episodes suffer from some drag.

Episode 253: The Dead Lands S1E1-2

Episode 252: Betaal S1E3-4

Episode 251: Betaal S1E1-2

Indian miniseries Betaal is the order of business on Reanimated this week. We've now lined Reanimated HQ with turmeric, salt and ash. Listen on for our impressions!

Episode 250: The End?

This was the second best Italian zombie movie ever reviewed by Reanimated. The End? had its share of problems - primary of which was the protagonist Claudio was a huge . Listen on for our impressions of The End?!

Episode 249: Endzeit (Ever After)

Reanimated went on a journey with the 2018 German film Endzeit (Ever After) this week. This was more thoughtful zombie fare than we’ve had lately and it definitely took a couple of turns that were unanticipated while the gorgeous cinematography took top prize.

Episode 248: Blood Quantum

Watching Blood Quantum was a feast for Reanimated. Great cast and amazing first act, the movie had a few hiccups along the way, but overall it was a blast for us to hang out with. Definitely a fresh take on piscine zombies.

Episode 247: Kingdom S2E5-6

We say “see ya later” to Kingdom, but possibly not goodbye? It sure looks like there could be a season three if the South Korean zombie show gets renewed by Netflix. Well they’ll definitely be getting the Reanimated bump, so that should help.

Episode 246: Kingdom S2E2-4

There were a couple of missteps in episodes 2 and 3 of S2 of Kingdom, but Reanimated isn’t altogether deterred. We can hang with a couple of overly prolonged death scenes, because we know there’s mad zombies coming. Also, there was a samurai.

Episode 245: Kingdom S2E1

It’s time for awesome hats and medieval Korean zombie action with our recap of Season 2 of Kingdom on Netflix. It took a minute to remember who all these heroes and villains are, but hot dog! what a show.

Episode 244 TWD S10E13-15

Let’s pretend “What We Become” never happened and focus on the stellar episodes 14 and 15 from this season - all we get to see for now of The Walking Dead Prime season 10, until our IRL situation is less horrible. Join Reanimated for this discussion!

Episode 243: TWD S10E11-12

It's a way better version of the Battle of Winterfell in episodes Morning Star and Walk with Me this week on Reanimated. We also get treated to some a cappella Iron Maiden which has us whistling along

Episode 242: TWD S10:E9-10

Two stellar episodes in this week's Season 10 recap, along with the sad news that the season won't wrap until we emerge from the shadow of COVID19. But we still have a few tricks up our sleeves that should carry us a couple more months on Reanimated, so fear not, gentle listener!

Episode 241: TWD S10:E7-8

We bid farewell to yet more doctors in the Walking Dead Universe in these episodes of The Walking Dead. We also acknowledge that watching TWD reminds us that things could be worse IRL, so join us in our ongoing recap of TWD Season 10!

Episode 240: TWD S10E5-6

Reanimated is still transmitting in the time of coronavirus. Here’s what we had to say about Negan rejecting his mini Savior and joining up with the Whisperers!

Episode 239: TWD S10E3-4

These episodes continue to document the downward spiral of Carol, the ever mounting creepiness of Alpha and lots of great scenes from the show's mainstays.

Episode 238: TWD S10E1-2

We go back to the TWD well, opening up Season 10 on the eve of the mid season premiere. A busy couple of episodes to launch the season and plenty to talk about!

Episode 237: One Cut of the Dead

There's a good reason why this film showed up with as much hype as it did. Go watch One Cut on Amazon or on Shudder and then join us for a discussion about this fascinating film from Japan.