Woke Up Dead Explained

Genre:Horror/comedy
Runtime:3 to 7 minutes
Creator:John Fasano
Director:Tim O'Donnell
Producer:Brent V. Friedman
Stan Rogow
Jeff Sagansky
Starring:Jon Heder
Krysten Ritter
Josh Gad
Country:United States
Language:English
Network:crackle.com
Num Episodes:22
Num Seasons:1

Woke Up Dead is an American horror comedy web series starring Jon Heder as a man who awakens in a full bathtub after "drowning" and has no heartbeat, prompting his friends (Krysten Ritter and Josh Gad) to believe he is a zombie. It began streaming on Sony Pictures Entertainment's Crackle app on October 5, 2009.

Plot

Drex Greene (Jon Heder) accepts a pill from a stranger and wakes up in a bathtub after being underwater for over 15 minutes. His roommate, Matt (Josh Gad), films the happenings from there, which involve morgues, a med student named Cassie (Krysten Ritter), detective work, and an unknown stalker.[1]

Cast

Production

Woke Up Dead is a production of Electric Farm Entertainment, a company that produced Afterworld, which aired on Crackle in 2009. The show was executive produced by Brent V. Friedman, Stan Rogow, and Jeff Sagansky. Heder's co-stars are Krysten Ritter, Josh Gad, and Wayne Knight. New episodes streamed weekdays through the end of October 2009.[2] [3] The first episode was included on the Zombieland DVD. The show was released on DVD, not as episodes but as a continuous film of approximately 90 minutes.

Episodes

No.Title Release date

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Press Release Robot . 5 October 2009 . Napoleon Dynamite Set to Star in New Zomedy: Woke Up Dead . Press Release . Horror Year Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20091008121732/http://www.horroryearbook.com/546509/napoleon-dynamite-set-to-star-in-new-zomedy-woke-up-dead . 8 October 2009 . 4 October 2013.
  2. News: Marc . Hustvedt . 5 October 2009 . 'Woke Up Dead', Jon Heder and Kodak Undead on Crackle . News . . 4 October 2013 . 9 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110209205633/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/05/woke-up-dead-jon-heder-and-kodak-undead-on-crackle/ . dead .
  3. News: Amy . Kaufman . 6 October 2009 . 'Woke Up Dead' looks for life on Crackle website . News . . 4 October 2013.