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Dissecting the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Netlfix’s ‘Resident Evil’ Series [Safe Room Podcast]
Before diving into this week’s episode of Safe Room, check out last week’s discussion on Puppet Combo’s The Glass Staircase!
Few horror franchises are as beloved as Resident Evil. Due to that stature, attempts at adapting it to other mediums have increased scrutiny and skepticism surrounding them. Especially when the ever-churning content mill that is Netflix gets involved.
To be fair, there have been numerous Resident Evil adaptations over the years, ranging from faithful to fundamentally foreign to the traditional Resi story or tone.
And no matter their quality, it’s undeniable that Resident Evil hasn’t found a consistent audience with even its most outlandish film adaptations. However, while the bombastic direction the films go generally unfolds within the parameters of a less than two-hour movie, how does it fare in an eight-episode series?
For this week’s episode, Neil and I unpack that question and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of Netflix’s Resident Evil series and whether it deserves a second season. – Jay Krieger
Safe Room is a weekly horror video game discussion podcast with new episodes every Monday on
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Freddy’s Back, So Is Jason, ‘Hellraiser’ Goes to Horror Nights, and ‘The Odyssey’ [Halloweenies Podcast]
Coming Soon & Now Showing is a monthly series on Halloweenies that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors.
This week, Michael Roffman and McKenzie Gerber hit up Elm Street, Haddonfield, and Crystal Lake before braving the high seas to discuss the horrors within Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey. They also review this year’s Exit 8 and Forbidden Fruits before dusting off old classics for the first time in 2020’s Caveat and 1985’s The Mean Season.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters.This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.