Our Summer of Franchises has come to an end, but if you’ve missed out on some of our recent episodes, here’s a quick recap: we got a little too deep into a discussion of bodily fluids when we watched Ginger Snaps, drooled over Billy Zane’s gay Collector in Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight and lamented how poorly 1999’s killer crocodile horror comedy Lake Placid has aged.
This week, we are making our first foray into television with an analysis of Britain’s queer zombie series In the Flesh! We’re watching the whole first season series, which is a mere 3 episodes. In the Flesh depicts life several years after The Rising, a time when thousands of corpses were resurrected as zombies. When the series begins, the zombie apocalypse has long since been staved off by armed resistance from the living and a medication has been developed that restores consciousness to the undead, allowing them to remember their time alive and to identify as their former selves. In the Flesh examines what happens when these newly-revived Partially Deceased Syndrome-sufferers are reintroduced back into society (hint: it isn’t a walk in the park).
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Episode 30 – In the Flesh (2013)
The boys are jumping across the pond this week to meet up with journalist David Opie to discuss the first season series of Britain’s queer zombie show In the Flesh! Feeling intimidated be a whole season series of TV? Never fear! Because it’s Britain, it’s only three episodes long! And it’s available on Amazon Prime and Hulu!
Join us as we discuss zombies as a metaphor for queerness, condemn the 2016 Irish film The Cure for completely ripping off In the Flesh‘s premise and the absolute brilliance of Emily Bevan’s rebellious Amy.
And in one of their more bizarre tangents: a debate over baked goods!
Cross out In the Flesh!
Coming up Wednesday: Just in time for the its 10th anniversary we’re traveling to Dark Castle (Entertainment) to discuss Jaume Collet-Serra‘s (The Shallows, House of Wax) creepy kid movie Orphan!
– Joe & Trace
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