Re-AniMates

A strange and wondrous journey through the filmography of cult actor Jeffrey Combs. Why not? Hosted by Lisa Dib and mates.

Cyberstalker/Digital Prophet (Bec Petraitis) 11/22/2024

Cyberstalker/Digital Prophet (Bec Petraitis) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/34103206

Stream (Martin Dunlop and Harry Brimage) 11/07/2024

Stream (Martin Dunlop and Harry Brimage) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/33825212

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (Nicholas J Johnson) 10/20/2024

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (Nicholas J Johnson) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/33532807

Martial Law (Andy Matthews) 10/04/2024

Martial Law (Andy Matthews) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/33325727

Cyclone (Rob and Lucy Caruana) 09/19/2024

Cyclone (Rob and Lucy Caruana) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/33119417

Spongebob Squarepants: Wallhalla (Sam Petersen) 09/07/2024

Spongebob Squarepants: Wallhalla (Sam Petersen) 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: Instagram: YouTube: Tumblr: /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/32952067

Dead Man Walking (Raine) 08/23/2024

Dead Man Walking (Raine) 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: Instagram: YouTube: Tumblr: /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/32711982

Criminal Minds "The Black Queen" (Matt Stewart) 08/08/2024

Criminal Minds "The Black Queen" (Matt Stewart) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/32494837

Houston Knights (Timothy Clark) 07/25/2024

Houston Knights (Timothy Clark) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/32287647

The Frighteners (Chad Opitz) 07/05/2024

The Frighteners (Chad Opitz) 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. for films, times and tickets. Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast YouTube: @re-animatespodcast /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/32021142

Ollie & Scoops (Nico Colaleo) 06/20/2024

Ollie & Scoops (Nico Colaleo) 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 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. for film program, tickets and other info. Follow the podcast: /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/31820177

The Single Guy (Elyce Phillips) 06/07/2024

The Single Guy (Elyce Phillips) 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. for films, times and more details :) Follow the podcast: Twitter/Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/31642987

Age of Stone and Sky: The Sorcerer Beast (Nick Mason) 05/23/2024

Age of Stone and Sky: The Sorcerer Beast (Nick Mason) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/31431032

The Evil Clergyman (Lucy Bickerton) 05/07/2024

The Evil Clergyman (Lucy Bickerton) 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: Follow the podcast: Twitter: @reanimatespod Instagram: @reanimatespod YouTube: @re-animatespodcast Tumblr: /reanimatespodcast /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/31172477

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (Ben Volchok) 04/23/2024

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (Ben Volchok) 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! /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/30948818

The Net (Jack Druce) 04/11/2024

The Net (Jack Druce) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/30774698

The Skin of Our Teeth (Julia Lambert) 03/27/2024

The Skin of Our Teeth (Julia Lambert) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/30561403

Freakylinks (Tom Lang) 03/13/2024

Freakylinks (Tom Lang) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/30364743

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (Martin Dunlop) 03/02/2024

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (Martin Dunlop) 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 /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/30196943

Beyond Re-Animator (Tim Clark) 02/15/2024

Beyond Re-Animator (Tim Clark) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/29964543

Brutal (Martin Dunlop) 08/03/2022

Brutal (Martin Dunlop) 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! /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/23943873

Would You Rather (Jeremy Herbert) 07/12/2022

Would You Rather (Jeremy Herbert) 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! /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/23714357

Jake and the Fatman (Alex Malone and David Shaw) 05/10/2022

Jake and the Fatman (Alex Malone and David Shaw) 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! /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/23060834

Castle Freak (Timothy Clark) 03/09/2022

Castle Freak (Timothy Clark) 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! /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/22389527

House on Haunted Hill (Rob and Lucy Caruana) 02/15/2022

House on Haunted Hill (Rob and Lucy Caruana) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/22134764

The Wizard of Gore (Martin Dunlop & Harry Brimage) 01/26/2022

The Wizard of Gore (Martin Dunlop & Harry Brimage) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/21900365

Sharkman (Josh and Christian, Welcome to Patchwork) 01/14/2022

Sharkman (Josh and Christian, Welcome to Patchwork) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/21771857

Ultraman: "A Quartet of Creatures" (Nick Mason) 12/22/2021

Ultraman: "A Quartet of Creatures" (Nick Mason) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/21568199

Snide and Prejudice (Ben Volchok) 12/13/2021

Snide and Prejudice (Ben Volchok) 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). /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/21462329

Felony (Cara) 11/25/2021

Felony (Cara) 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. /episode/index/show/reanimatespod/id/21279455

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