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) videorecords the happenings from there, which involve morgues, a medical student Cassie (Krysten Ritter), detective work, and an unknown stalker.
Cast Jon Heder as Drex Greene Krysten Ritter as Cassie Josh Gad as Matt Daniel Roebuck as Shadow Man Wayne Knight as Andrew Batten Jean Smart as Drex's mother Ellia English as Diana Phillips Taryn Southern as Debbie, Drex's ex-girlfriend Meital Dohan as Aurora Christopher Emerson as Mystery Pill Guy
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. 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
See also List of zombie short films and undead-related projects
References
External links Woke Up Dead on Crackle