

Sci-Fi & FantasyCrimeMysterySyfy

Pilot
S1, E1
Don't Tell Dad
90%
Tomatometer
85%
Popcornmeter
6.7
TMDB
On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story, as the 'revived' appear and act just like they once were. When local officer and single mother Dana Cypress is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she's left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.

Official Trailer
2 reviews · 1 fan
0 fresh · 1 rotten
Two episodes is all it took for me to lose my patience with this show. As a "bleeding-heart liberal" (which I'm not, but bigots would refer to me as such - I'm anti-theist and a misanthrope) the characters in this show are too stupid to still be alive 20 minutes into Episode 2. **\[SPOILERS AHEAD\]** 1. The child goes running off into the woods after a "strange" animal cry, by himself, and triggers a trap. Unfortunately it wasn't a people-killing trap. Usually I can tolerate children doing stupid things in shows and movies, because they're kids, right? But, when all of the adults are also doing stupid shit, it becomes... too much. 2. Two morons try to hide their "revived" and disturbed elderly parent (I assume she's the parent of at least one of them). She goes on a rampage after being discovered by the sheriff's daughter, killing one of them, injuring the other, and almost killing the sheriff's daughter and her sister before she has her noggin' sliced off. 1. Not one person asks whether this woman was known to have dementia, which could explain her violent outburst. 2. They leave her corpse alone in a room, with an officer standing outside the closed door with his back towards it. The episode is paused and I'm not sure I want to un-pause it, but I'm trying to understand if everyone is aware that the "revived" are able to heal wounds, or if only the sheriff's daughter kn…
Title
Revival
Released
2025
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
Canada, United States of America
Original Audio
English
Show Type
Scripted
Network
Syfy, CTV Sci-Fi Channel