''Woke Up Dead'' is an American horror/comedy

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starring

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(best known for ''

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'') as a young man who awakes in a full bathtub after 'drowning' and has no heartbeat, prompting his friends to believe him to be a

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. The show premiered on

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owned

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on October 5, 2009.

Plot

Drex Greene (

) accepts a pill from a stranger and proceeds to wake up in a bathtub after being under water for over fifteen minutes. His roommate, Matt (

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), films the happenings from there, which involve morgues, a cute med student named Cassie (

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), detective work, and an unknown stalker.

Cast

as Drex Greene *

as Cassie *

as Matt * Daniel Roebuck as Shadow Man *

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as Andrew Batten *

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as Drex's mother *

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as Diana Phillips *

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as Debbie, Drex's ex-girlfriend *

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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 currently runs on

, along with '' Gemini Division'' and ''

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''. The show is executive produced by Brent V. Friedman,

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, and Jeff Sagansky. Heder's co-stars are

, and

. New episodes streamed weekdays through the end of October 2009. The first episode was included on the ''

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'' DVD and the entire first season is currently airing in Australia on the

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. A season one DVD was produced, not as episodes but as a continuous film of approximately 90 minutes.

Episodes

References

External links

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