The Undead Symphony
An undead podcast discussing all things zombie. Movie reviews and TV shows, franchises and chats with fans and the ghouls and boils who bring us this much loved genre.
Episodes
323 episodes
Episode 323: We Bury the Dead (2025)
In this episode Michael and I chat Daisy Ridley's We Bury the Dead, a movie we have been looking forward to for such a long while. Both huge fans of not only Ridley but also Brenton Thwaites (Teen Titans, Office Uprising, Ghosts of War)....
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Episode 322: Silent Night, Zombie Night
We have had zombie outbreaks whilst on international flights, we have had zombie outbreaks at a wedding, at a school trip to a petting zoo, and here, we have a bad daytime TV soap opera affair story, set in LA, at Christmas during the zombie ap...
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Episode 321: The Curse of Hobbes House (2020)
"For a horror movie "The Curse of Hobbes House" was just unfathomably devoid of anything remotely scary."Hm.2020 British, only 3.4/10 on IMDB.Hm.The blurb is that “two estranged sisters visit their an...
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Episode 320: A Midweek Catchup with Marmite on Toast
And so we are back at it. As I mentally prepare myself to watch the potentially abysmal The Curse of Hobbes House, Michael and I catch up to talk about the zombie entertainment we have seen recently, and what we plan to see in the coming weeks....
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Episode 319: Last Days on Mars (2013)
So just to make sure, this isn’t Red Planet, with Carrie Anne Moss, Val Kilmer, Terrence Stamp, Simon Baker, Tom Sizemore and Benjamin Bratt. That is very different. Robot dog going nuts. As is the Ghosts of Mars the Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pa...
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Episode 318: Resident Evil (Parts 7 and 8)
There were moments in this show where I really loved it. I thought Lance Reddick as Wesker was inspired. Paola Núñez's unhinged Evelyn Marcus too grew on me. It has tension, and the dual story lines of the teens learning more about Umbrella in ...
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Episode 317: Resident Evil (parts 4 to 6)
Sorry but after a Scooby doo episode in the basement, another fucking boat being the base, World War Z and Shockwaves being ripped off, future Billie becoming Chinese, and Wesker turning out to be a clone, I am a bit done with this one... but h...
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Episode 316: Resident Evil (parts 1 to 3)
In 2022 Constantin the production company behind the Paul WS Anderson and Milla Jovovic movies worked with the asshats at Netflix to create this show that has literally nothing to do with the movies, or Welcome to Racoon City, the movie reboot ...
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Episode 315: The 28 Drag Queens Later Catchup
And we come together to talk two movies high on our watch list for the year, Tina Romero's Queens of the Dead, and 28 Years Later The Bone Temple. What did we think of them? You will just have to listen to find out.
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Episode 314: 28 Years Later The Bone Temple Addendum
So I saw 28 Years Later The Bone Temple and, unlike it's prequel, I loved it. This is the movie we all wanted 28 Years Later to be from Jim to the old theme tune, to villains getting their comeuppance, to the virus not only being the red eyed b...
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Episode 313: 28 Years Later The Bone Temple
Michael has gone rogue, going to not only watch 28 Years Later The Bone Temple but also he recorded an episode of the podcast whilst Darren writes and appears in The Fallen Diaries episode 1. Questions will be answered, including but not limite...
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Episode 312: Bong of the Dead vs Bong of the Living Dead
The things I do for you fucking people.Where am I going with this? Well, since We Bury the Dead and Uncontained, both decent movies, with the Daisy Ridley effort immediately cementing itself in my top 50 zombie movies, we are back on the...
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Episode 311: Uncontained (2025)
Winter. A fly over of near black trees. The wilderness in winter seen from above and below. From under the show a shirtless man appears. It is Morley Nelsons Dan. Long hair. Blade. Ominous music.Morley Nelson writes, directs and stars as...
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Episode 310: We Bury the Dead (2026)
I have been waiting for this one for a year. Or so it seems. It has certainly taken its sweet ass time in coming but finally I get to cross off Daisy Ridley's We Bury The Dead.The story follows American Ava (Ridley) as she heads to Tasma...
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Episode 309: The Zom Rom Com episode
There are sub-genres within the horror sub-genre of zombie horror, oh yes there is. Other then the obvious, the apartment survival horror, the South Korean zombie horror there is this, the romantic comedy set in the zombie apocalypse. And if yo...
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Episode 308: Night of the Living Dead Resurrection vs Deadlocked
It is battle of the shit biscuits tonight as I pit Amazon against TUBI, the slop bucket of cinema versus the cesspool of slime with Night of the Living Dead Resurrection and Deadlocked.What can I say about Night of the Living Dead Resurr...
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Episode 307: Captain Magenta
Recording in Progress...Kirk, Birdseye, Scarlet and Stabbin, we know a few captains, but in this episode I finally get to talk to friend of the pod Captain Magenta, the only Captain that matters. We talk his first, last, best...
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Episode 306: Angels versus Zombies (2018)
After a destructive asteroid ushers in the apocalypse and Trump invades Venezuela, the dead begin to rise and Satan's army is unleashed onto the world. Meanwhile, seven archangels attempt to save mankind from evil.... And Michael ha...
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Episode 305: Queens of the Dead
The film follows a group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies who must put asid...
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Episode 304: Night of the Living Deb (2014)
We do love our Zom Rom Coms. Shaun of the Dead, Warm Bodies, Life after Beth, Burying the Ex, all good. All funny in their own way. All with their unique charm. And then there is this... 2014, Night of the Living Deb.It stars Maria Thaye...
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Episode 303: Bloke of the Apocalypse and the 2025 best and worst
After I cover the best (MadS) and worst (Oasis of Zombies) in the intro, giving you the top 5 to watch and bottom 5 to avoid, we watch the New Zealand animated web series Bloke of the Apocalypse by Charlie Faulks. It was quirky in an early Adul...
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Episode 302: Me and My Mates versus the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
There is a comedy zombie boxed set, you may have seen it, you may know it. On it you will find three zombie comedies, the Christmas themed Stalled from the UK, we liked that one, I survived a zombie holocaust from New Zealand starring friend of...
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Episode 301: Eat Brains Love (2019)
Ho ho ho dear listeners… and we are santa deep in the festive season here… and as everyone sits down with their loved ones to enjoy a rom com after a hefty Christmas dinner, I am doing the same… well not a rom com you understand, this is a rom ...
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