A zombie medical student with witty dry humor solves crimes by inheriting memories from the brains she eats.
Darkly comic and campy, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Pluto TV (free).
No surprises for a TV-14: some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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