Undead. They’re all the same. They’re pushy and whiny and they're all only after ONE thing…

Or at least that’s the case with this week’s movies: 2001’s Kairo (Pulse) and 1985’s Return of the Living Dead!

Coming in late due to a brief bout with morbidity, host Blake takes us on a roller coaster of emotions, from depressive dread to freewheeling terror, as we compare two movies about two groups of young adults coming to terms with death, life, and everything in between. Grab your duct tape and an pickaxe: we've got some choppin' to do!

EPISODE LINKSYouTube - Kairo [Pulse] (2001) trailerYouTube - Pulse (2006) trailer IMDb - Kiyoshi KurosawaYouTube - Cure trailerYouTube - Tokyo Sonata (2008) trailerYouTube - Kairo - OST Track 1NowIKnow.com - Nuclear ShadowsRiverfront Times - “UMSL's Short-Sighted Plan to Demolish a St. Louis Landmark: Incarnate Word Convent”YouTube - Eraserhead (1977) (industrial setting)YouTube - It Follows (2014) trailerWikipedia - HikikomoriWikipedia - Eden of the EastWikipedia - Serial Experiments LainWikipedia - Stray Dog (1949)

YouTube - Return of the Living Dead (1985) trailerYouTube - RedLetterMedia - Return of the Living Dead re:View YouTube - Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) trailerYouTube - 45 Grave - Party TimeYouTube - Francis Haines - Trioxin themeWikipedia - The Crying of Lot 49IMDb - The Return of the Living Dead (1985) trivia

Wikipedia - Agent OrangeScience History Institute - Distillations - A Brief History of Chemical WarNational Center for Biotechnology Information - THE CONTAGION OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR by Madelyn S. Gould, Ph.D. and Alison M. Lake, M.A.Gaki Archives - 2001 Batsu Matsumoto Haunted HotelYouTube - Was tun, wenn's brennt? [What To Do In Case of Fire?] (2002) trailerYouTube - Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your BrainsDailymotion - Red Dwarf S1 E2 - Future EchoesYouTube - Tarman zombie (Return)YouTube - first ghost (Kairo)YouTube - The Simpsons - Nuke the Whales