Re-AniMates

Another day, another Lovecraft! Martin Dunlop joins me to look at Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom (2017), an animated film dense with Lovecraftian lore, odd voice decisions and freaky critters. It's a slog with not much Jeff but we survived unscathed! Seymour also makes a stanky appearance. Thanks, buddy.      Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Bluesky: @reanimatespod.bsky.social Support the podcast:  ko-fi.com/lisadib

It was about time we (meaning: me and VHS Revue's David M Green) tackled the Jeff Behemoth known as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! This one's more of a general DS9 chat than an ep-by-ep dig-in (maybe one day...) but we do get to the important stuff, like: hard rubbish, time travel and my cat Seymour.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Support the podcast:  ko-fi.com/lisadib

Well...this one was a little too topical for my liking! Me and David Shaw look at 'Spiders', S5/E13 of Cold Case (2008), a show- if it isn't clear- that looks at cold cases. Fair warning: Jeff isn't on screen too much, and the whole episode (of Cold Case, that is, not of our lovely podcast) is a real bummer, but at least we got to chat about Dave's wonderfully-named birds, childhood memories and Pizza Hut Hubris.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Support the podcast:  ko-fi.com/lisadib

Avast ye, scurvy dogs! Angus Gordon joins me to look at Beethoven's Treasure Tail (geddit??) from 2014, a perfectly fine (though, according to Angus, deeply sinister...) kids' movie about big ol' pup in a little seaside town. Plus: goth centipedes, German Pirate Jeff and right-wing nutjob cinema.     Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Support the podcast:  ko-fi.com/lisadib

Crime Scene Investigation? More like Combs Steals It (Every Scene He's In!!)*  Me and Timothy Clark look (at his request, for some reason) at the oddly gory "Jackpot", S4/E6 of CSI (2003). [Stefon voice] This episode has everything: dogs, Dad rock, sassy diner waitresses, lunkheads...and stick around for Clarky's meticulous analysis of CSI and adjacent franchises!  *I'm very tired   Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Support the podcast: ko-fi.com/lisadib

Re-AniMated for another year! You can't stop this juggernaut of extremely niche content! The pod returns with a bang for 2025 with the rad Ben Volchok, looking at Jeff's final on-screen collab with Stuart Gordon: reimagining Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat" on an episode of horror anthology series Masters of Horror (2007). We chat Poe (of course), regional accents, The Nutbush and Ben introduces a new...friend.  Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast Support the podcast:  ko-fi.com/lisadib

Happy Jeffmas! What better time than the silly season to watch the silly (and not terribly good, sorry) Elf Man (2012) starring Jackass' Wee Man? Thankfully, Angus Brown from the Sequels Suck podcast joined me to chat various elf lore, Jackass and ideal future roles for our man J-Co. Merry Chrysler!  Thanks for listening in 2024, gang. See you in 2025 for more of your favourite (I assume) completionist character actor film review podcast!        Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

More Lovecraftian horrors that defy logic, the unfathomable creatures outside of time and space (or: tentacle guy in purple cloud). Me and Helen Mahar look at the quite imaginable, actually, The Dunwich Horror (2008), also sometimes called Witches: The Dunwich Horror or, simply, Witches. Whatever it's called, it's a just okay time with fat chunks of Lovecraft lore (for good or ill). Plus: my Letterboxd peeves, and early '00s fashion.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Another Internet Cautionary Tale, this time from 1995- it's Cyberstalker/Digital Prophet, with guest Bec Petraitis (Stupid Old Studios)! Jeff has a small but interesting role in this very 90s, very low budget film, but, more importantly, we discuss the Important Issues of internet aesthetics, Disney cruises and whatever happened to alfalfa (the food, not the Rascal.)   Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

What if phones but too much, and also a terrible family hotel? This week I'm joined by Martin Dunlop and Harry Brimage to look at a newie! Stream came out like two months ago so it's good and fresh. Enjoy goopy blood, veteran horror actors, very realistic Frenchman and, most importantly, LOTS OF JEFF. Plus: Harry's wildly specific ick.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Nicholas J. Johnson joins me to chat about the Lovecraftian, fan-service-y, bit confusing, magicky, oddly horror-y Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023). Thankfully Nic knows more about comics than I do (which is nothing). Learn along with me! Plus: Horror Movie Chat, and the man-bat division principal.     Follow the podcast:  Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

How many puns can you fit into one show title? What's Arsenio Hall up to these days? And how do compasses work anyway? Andy Matthews (Two In The Think Tank) joins me in the CombsCave to discuss these queries and more as we look at "In The Dark", S2/E20 of Martial Law (2000), a very 'new millennium' cop show. Also features: yet more Manhandled Jeff, some alarming green-screen action and the least amusing bloopers ever set to celluloid. Don't worry, though- Andy also has a song for us.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

  Zooooom! Rob and Lucy Caruana jump in my little sidecar to look at Cyclone (1987), a film with an unfortunately underused Jeff but a good chunk of 80s fashion and oh-so-futuristic tech. It's a Fred Olen Ray piece, so you'll see a few of our friends from The Phantom Empire, plus a motorbike that looks like it was made by Elon Musk (derogatory)   Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast  

Fair warning, even more tangents than usual on this ep, where me and Sam Petersen are (ostensibly) covering "Walhalla", a season 13 episode of SpongeBob Squarepants. Jeff plays a fun and deeply unhinged Wall Man but, more importantly, we dig into a fair amount of cringe Aussie TV culture, 90s Nicktoons and the criminally underrated Tony Shalhoub.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Cheap as chips but nowhere near as tasty, Dead Man Walking (1988) is an interesting action (?) sci-fi (??) relic of the VHS era that artist/funny person Raine helped me decipher. The film is no masterpiece but it does feature some primo Nervous Jeff, Manhandled Jeff, Sassy Jeff and Wings Hauser. Plus, probably the worst kissing scene in cinema! Cool! Set down those erotic thrillers and give it a listen.    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Put a shoe on your head and log onto the latest episode of Re-AniMates, where Matt Stewart (Do Go On) helps me decipher a very 2014 episode of Criminal Minds, "The Black Queen" (S9/E12). You're going to learn so much about hacking into the mainframe, decade-old memes and how long it takes Lisa to recognise Jeff by voice alone (spoiler: it's not long enough to be healthy!!!). Turn off Destiny's Child and listen in.  Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast YouTube: @re-animatespodcast

Yee-haw! Back post-CombsFest with a ripper ep featuring Tim Clark, covering "Lady Smoke", an episode of the 1987 buddy (?) cop show Houston Knights. It's your classic Chicago-cop-gets-transferred-to-Houston-to-protect-him-from-a-mob-hit situation, featuring more actors from Streets of Fire than you expect, and a lot of dodgy police behaviour (shocking). Look out for more Jeff Sassy Walk.     Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast YouTube: @re-animatespodcast

Prepare to violate the territorial bubble of...The Frighteners! Me and comedian Chad Opitz look at the 1996 Peter Jackson horror-comedy that, for your humble host, started it all! We delve deep into the mythos of Special Agent Milton Dammers, as well as stupid-ass memes, video shops and...Busey.    If you're in Melbourne, don't forget the First Annual Jeffrey Combs Film Festival is happening soon! July 19-21, 2024 at the Motley Bauhaus in Carlton. Head here for films, times and tickets.    Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast YouTube: @re-animatespodcast

This week I had a chat with Nico Colaleo, the creator of the lovely animated series Ollie & Scoops in which, of course, Jeff (and Barbara Crampton!) guest starred. Reunionator! Also settle in for a lot of Cat Chat, I'm not sorry.  Check out Ollie & Scoops, as well as Nico's other cool projects, on YouTube at @NicoAnimation  Also, if you're Australia-based (or fancy popping down for a holiday), you can come down to our pride and joy, the First Annual Jeffrey Combs Film Festival! It's on July 19-21 in Melbourne, and it's gonna be the best time ever. Head here for film program, tickets and other info.        Follow the podcast: Twitter Instagram Tumblr YouTube        

It's just Klein! Me and Elyce Phillips (and Tilly the Jack Russell) head into Sitcom Town this week, with an episode of "The Single Guy" from 1996 called "The Virgin". Ah, what does that title possibly allude to?? Expect a lot of sitcom chat, some very suspect film concepts and a particularly damning admission from yours truly. Cue the applause sign. If you're in Melbourne (or likely to head there in July 2024), come down to The First Annual Jeffrey Combs Film Festival! Hosted by me and Video Store Burnouts, it's a celebration of the Great Man with some of his funnest, silliest, goopiest films. Head here for films, times and more details :)   Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Oh dear. Nick Mason (The Weekly Planet) joins me for a doooooozy of a film: Age of Stone and Sky: The Sorcerer Beast (2021). I can't even think of what to tell you about this deeply confounding film, so I guess I'll just say I had fun hanging out with Nick Mason and that I reckon his gigantic beard on the mic made it sound like thunder outside, and that Tubi is great, and that I wish Jeff had been in this movie more, and, hey, how about the power of friendship?        Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Possibly the horniest Re-Animates yet?? Me and Lucy Bickerton (Surrender Dorothy Film Club) dig up the forgotten and 'remastered' gem, The Evil Clergyman (1988), a film that has everything: human-rats, shagging, ghosts and a set ready to fold in two at any moment. To think this film was almost lost to time and history! Prepare thy loins.    Check out Lucy's film club: instagram.com/surrenderdorothyleeds    Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast

Yeeeeeee-haaaaaaw! Me and Ben Volchok look at a newie this time around, the 2023 Western Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, based on the adventures of... guess who? Prepare y'allselves for several film ideas bound to make us millionaires, as well as a litany of terrible puns. Yonder! 

More freaky internet stuff abounds as me and Jack Druce watch "Lunatic Fringe", S1/E16 of The Net (1998)- yes, a TV adaptation of the Sandra Bullock movie about evil internet goons and wide-ranging lofty conspiracies- sound familiar?? We're talkin' cults, JFK, fun crimes and whether Jack should legally be allowed to use a pen.        Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast    

Baby Jeff Time! Me and actor Julia Lambert go way back to Jeff Beginnings in 1983 for the filmed stage play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder. Join us for confusion, dinosaurs, lounge singers and a Very Important Discussion on cinema etiquette. 

Surf's up! Surfing the WEB, THAT IS!!! We're in the land of strange early 2000s internet with S1 E10 (or 11?) of Freakylinks (2001), a y2k X-Files starring more cast members of Can't Hardly Wait than you'd expect. Tune in for Comedy Jeff and me and Tom Lang being ANCIENT.        Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast  

Notice me, Senpai, notice me! This week we're fresh outta the Jeff Mines with a 2023 release, Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls. Ready your amulets as Martin Dunlop and I enter a world of ghouls, spells, deeply irritating personal quirks and awesome puppets. WARNING: contains discussions of rock and roll power ballads.              Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast  

I guess the podcast has been....re-animated?? Everyone's favourite Jeffrey Combs podcast returns for the long-awaited (what I am calling) Season Two! And with a bang- me and comedian Tim Clark cover the third film in the Re-Animator trilogy, 2003's Beyond Re-Animator! Come for the bisecting, stay for the bad Irish accents and Tim's frankly haunting Oscars knowledge. 

What could have been an interesting 80s slasher is actually a pretty tedious 2000s GrimGore™ slog, as me and Martin Dunlop look at 2007's Brutal. Deeply strange music choices, a very convoluted deux ex machina and a town in Nowhere, USA- Brutal has it all for your early-oughts horror needs. And Jeff has a new hat!  

One of the more divisive episodes, evidently! Me and writer Jeremy Herbert have quite different opinions about this episode's movie, 2012's Would You Rather, featuring Jeff in 'dapper, refined sadist' mode. But hey, we all love a bit of healthy debate here at Camp Re-Animates. We also dig into a special After Dark version of that IMDB game I still don't have a name for- Re-Animates gets blue! 

Re-Animates 2: Back in the Habit! The Jeffpod returns with more of what we all want: lols, factoids and incomprehesible tangents into nowhere. This week I'm joined by my Punwatch and Failure to Launch co-conspirators, Alex Malone and David Shaw, for "What Is This Thing Called Love", the S1/E16 episode of "Jake the Fatman" (1988). No, I don't know why the episode is called that, either. Surely "A Close Shave" would've made more sense? Listen to the ep to find out why!    

This week, me and Timothy Clark answer some FAQ about Castle Freak (1995), like: Is it more of family drama with a creepy dungeon dude dropped in? How do you escape an Italian jail? Did The Duchess win Best Costume Design at the 2008 Oscars? (Yes; Easily; Tim's A Nerd So Yes). Come run around Le Castle Del Reilly with us! Molto bene!

Join me and Rob and Lucy Caruana for a look at the Haunted Hill House...House on the Hill...Haunted House on the Haunted Hill...a movie, anyway. A movie with scarcely any Jeff but enough Chris Kattan and killer 90s lines for anyone. Also: zoetropes. 

Do you feel...anything? You're bound to, as Martin Dunlop and Harry Brimage join me to tackle The Wizard of Gore (2007), in all its bloody, leechy, very 2000s glory. Come for the cavalcade of character actors, stay for body horror and Lana Del Ray. 

Kicking off 2022 with an absolutely corker- I mean, the film [Sharkman / Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005)] is rubbish but a great time was had on the pod by me and my guests Josh and Christian from the Welcome to Patchwork podcast! Jeff is in classic Mad Scientist mode and we discuss sock etiquette, good shark names and what to do when something explodes.

It's a Creature Feature! Me and Nick Mason (The Weekly Planet) check out "A Quartet of Creatures", S1/E3 of Ultraman- a show that is NOT Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. There's a lot of bad costumes and fight scenes but more importantly there's a lot of Jeff! We also look at the monster mid-life crisis, gross trivia games and why on Earth this show exists in the first place.

It's Springtime for Hitler, as me and Ben Volchok dig into Snide and Prejudice (1997), a film about a man who think he is the Fuhrer. It's not as grim a time as you think but it's no knee-slapper, either. It's a weird one! Plus: some IMPECCABLE Matthew McConaughey impressions (sorry) and lots of singing (not sorry).

Leap through your nearest plate-glass window and listen to me and Cara (Cruisin' for a Reviewsin' podcast) chat about fun action-comedy Felony (1994)! Jeff teams up with some old mates, does a lot of cool stunts and even has a romance! We talk about bugs, Nic Cage and the greatest podcast crossover of all.

Ben Nichols joins me for the gooey, sexy, monstery but very pretty From Beyond (1986)! One of Jeff's classic roles, it seems him team up with heaps of familiar friends from Re-Animator to make the moist and mind-bending masterpiece. Also: Beetlejuice goes Hawaiian, sensual pleasures and a million-dollar KFC idea.

Emily Intravia (The Feminine Critique podcast) joins me for the spooky, sleepy, slightly icky Parasomnia (2008). The film sees Jeff team up with old mate, writer/director William Malone and chewing a whole lotta gum. Plus: toilet robots, bro horror and Comb Juice comes full circle. Also, enjoy a lot of nice but unplanned bird sounds.

Writer/Trekker Andy Webb joins me to ~liquidate~ "The Magnificent Ferengi", Season 6/Episode 10 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and one of Jeffrey Combs' most beloved Trek characters- Brunt! We also take a look at Combs' journey with the Star Trek franchise and why Avery Brooks just needs a sit down once in a while.

Tom McLean (Not Good Enough podcast) joins me for the very gooey and very 90s The Guyver (1991)! We explore rad effects guy Screaming Mad George in his directing debut, 90s rap and how best to show up to Heaven. Plus the return of "The Game I Don't Have A Name For Yet!"

Evie (Not Good Enough podcast) joins me for "The Replacement", an episode of action-comedy series She Spies (2003) where we enjoy 2000s fashion, quirky Lady Spies and a very camp Jeff. Also, the debut of a new (hopefully regular) game!

Not to be hyperbolic, but this podcast is the healing light of the world. Join me and Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall (Two in the Think Tank) as we traverse the juicy universe of season 2/episode 4 of Stan Against Evil, with Jeff as a magical IMPISH MAN. He's impish! Plus: gravy, prisms and yet more Horse Chat. Yeah, look, it's a weird one.

Come for the time-hopping sci-fi, stay for Horse Chat! Artist and comedian Trav Nash joins me to chat Trancers II (1991), a silly movie with a silly (aka small) amount of Jeff. It's a Full Moon movie, so...you know what you're in for.

Funny guy/science communicator Tom Lang joins me to discuss 'The Placebo Effect', S1/E34 of the 2002 Twilight Zone reboot. Jeff has lumps, Tom predicts the End Times and we learn about the Ice Age. Tune in to see if a throwaway joke becomes more and more annoying as the episode goes on! My bet's on "hmmm maybe"

Writer/director/voice actor and comic nerd Fabian Lapham joins me for another Scooby Doo adventure! This time it's Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) featuring Jeff as mysterious The Question. Come for the Jeff, stay for the BatChat. And, finally, a worthy sign-off!  

This week, Roland Hoffman and Murphy McLachlan join me with a sense of Urgency (2010)- geddit?- getting into this low-budget, odd thriller where Jeff has a lot of Divorced Guy Energy. We also talk a lot about Titanic and I'm not sorry about it.

This week, Andy Matthews (Two in the Think Tank, Pop Test) joins me to try to catch and kill the terrifying beast that is Abominable (2006). Tune in to hear Andy rewrite the film, I make up new forms of measurement and both of us try to work out just who came up this damn movie.

This week comedian Bec Petraitis goes ONLINE with me to explore the 2002 gritty internet thriller Fear Dot Com. Jeff stuffs his face with donuts, I carp on about Grimsby and Bec takes her fucked-up ice-cream treat as an omen of doom. Plus, radio prank calls! Remember them?!

This week, you get a twofer! Sarah Baggs and Michael Williams (Sarah & Michael Save Xmas, It's A Duck Blur, Greased Enlightening) join me to cover TWO episodes of Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010) that star Jeff as Professor Hatecraft: The Shrieking Madness (S1 E12) and Pawn of Shadows (S1 E25). There's also a bunch of Billy Joel talk, as well as Sarah and Michael's dog's favourite movies, jokes for kids and why Sarah isn't allowed to pun anymore.