BBC Home Entertainment is celebrating Halloween with two fantastically creepy series, each returning from beyond for a second season of chills. Continue of the saga of Kieren, the recovered zombie struggling for acceptance, with IN THE FLESH: SEASON TWO. Get haunted by AFTERLIFE: SEASON TWO, starring Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) and Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey) as two people united by their knowledge of the beyond.
IN THE FLESH: SEASON TWO
For recovered zombies, life after death is a scary thing.
Street Date: October 7, 2014
Suggested Retail Price: DVD $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 360 mins / 2-disc set
Creator Dominic Mitchell reignites the world of teenager Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry, The Legend of Hercules), a recovered zombie, or Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS) sufferer, who continues in his struggle to find acceptance in society. In the cauldron of small town Roarton, where the living and the undead have reached a fragile peace, Kieren is desperately keeping his head down and squirreling money into his “escape fund” for Paris. But in the wider world, fear is in the air. The radical Pro-Living Party, Victus, is gaining government seats with a resulting spate of PDS Terrorism linked to the Undead Liberation Army (ULA). With the arrival of new and explosive characters from both Victus and the ULA, Kieren’s plans are thrown into disarray as both set their sights on him. He’ll find himself caught in the emotional crossfire, making his desire for a quiet life an unrealistic option. BBC AMERICA’s In the Flesh shines a light on what humanity and community really mean. Does fear excuse bigotry, hatred and discrimination against others? And how do you thrive as a citizen in the face of oppression?
AFTERLIFE: SEASON TWO
The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln stars in this chilling supernatural drama.
Street Date: October 7, 2014
Suggested Retail Price: DVD $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 370 mins + bonus materials / 2-disc set
A chilling psychological drama that enters the world of the dead to answer questions about the living. In the terrifying and emotional climax to the first series, Alison (Lesley Sharp, Scott & Bailey) collapsed and nearly died during a séance in which she was inhabited by the spirit of Robert’s (Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead) dead son. Now on the road to recovery, Alison has to accept that the spirits she has seen since she was a child will never leave her. Determined that her life should not be dictated by the dead, she wants to use her gift to help the living. Robert, meanwhile, is in turmoil – once a total skeptic, his beliefs have been shaken by what he witnessed at the séance. He struggles to make sense of his life and turns to Alison for answers… but she is jolted out of her own new-found security by a terrifying presence. For the first time in her life she is being haunted by a spirit from her own past, a ghost she must learn to confront if she is to hold onto her sanity. Bonus material includes a Behind-The-Scenes featurette.