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The Undead Symphony

The Undead Symphony

Written by: Darren Smith Michael Avery and Guests
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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.

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  • Episode 398: Evil aka To Karo (2005)
    Oct 9 2026

    I'd love to hear from my dear listeners. Recommend a zombie movie or show I haven't covered, or some on and chat all things zeke. Or just like and share.

    A Greek zombie movie that splits it's reviews between tasty kebabs and rotting tzatziki. Set in Athens it tells the story of a zombie outbreak caused by builders digging into a cavern that houses some sort of evil. The three builders who go in come out weird and the start attacking others. Bloody, messy, fast turning, fast spreading and fast running zombies just done cheaply.

    A teen, her neighbour, a father figure, a soldier with no tactical awareness, a moaning yuppie, a football fan and a slimy taxi driver come together to escape the city. Do they lock doors? No. Do we therefore lose people we didn't need to? Yes.

    It was cheaply done, the acting wasn't great at times, the camera work and sound wasn't great at times. But, I found it watchable, despite all that.

    4/10 given it was from 2005, post Land of the Dead and 28 Days Later, and before World War Z and Walking Dead.

    There is a sequel, Evil: In the Time of Heroes that came out in 2009, happens 3 days later and somehow stars Billy Zane, although Jenny, her hot neighbour Marina, Argyris and Meletis are back again. I will have to go look for that.

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    42 mins
  • Episode 397: Not All Movies Are The Same: Dual
    Sep 30 2026

    I'd love to hear from my dear listeners. Recommend a zombie movie or show I haven't covered, or some on and chat all things zeke. Or just like and share.

    Advertised Plot: After losing everything to a personal mistake, a suicidal man discovers a portal to a parallel world where a family is trapped by zombies. He must communicate across dimensions to save a dying girl and fight for his own redemption.

    Reality: 16 moon shots! 16!!! That nearly doubles the record of dumbass moon shots in a zombie movie we have seen. Conceptually fine, the two dimensions thing with a guy going from one to the other. But it is just done so badly. Awful acting. Awful music choices including Jaws and Psycho rip-offs. Awful shouty kids and mom, who just shout their names the whole movie. The strobe light was terrible and off-putting. And we didn't get enough of what we are tuning in for, namely zombies being killed in a multiverse kinda ting. No, we have 15 mins of the main guy crying in a barn and a 3 minute dance routine.

    A bit of a shambles at the best of times, our 5th and least favourite Indian movie, not even our favourite Telugu movie.

    3/10

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 396: Resident Evil (2026) chat
    Sep 27 2026

    I'd love to hear from my dear listeners. Recommend a zombie movie or show I haven't covered, or some on and chat all things zeke. Or just like and share.

    It is one of those rare occasions, recently only seen when the 28 Years Later and Colony came out that Michael and I are right up to date with a new movie in the genre, so we have to record a chat.

    TBH when it was announced that Zac Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) was taking on Res Evil I was skeptical, and even when the trailers and teasers started to appear, I was skeptical. So what did I think? And would Michael regret taking his eldest son to go and see it?

    Is it as bad or good as Super Mario Brothers, Max Payne, or Doom? You will have to find out.

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    40 mins
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