Calling all zombie lovers! Here in the Fifth Edition of DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, your intrepid host, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, discusses Virus:32 (2022), a brand-new entry into zombie filmdom from Argentina and Uruguay that brings some innovation to the subgenre. In typical Dr. Bishop fashion, he shows up for work, ready to share his insights, with zeal and supporting explanations. Episode 019 here is a great example of Dr. Walking Dead doing what he does best and that’s analyzing and contextualizing zombie cinema! This is a must-listen for any fan of zombie movies! Kyle does present a spoiler section in the middle of this review, but he provides a warning and you can see the time stamps in the show notes. Check it out!
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New Horror Movies Ep. 018: Dead Man Still Walking – I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Yes! Here it is! The Fourth Edition of DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, where your intrepid host, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, discusses I Walked With a Zombie (1943)! During this review, Dr. Bishop will discuss the background of this film, including its origins and inspirations. He will explore the role of voodoo in this movie and whether it’s a Horror film at all. Dr. Walking Dead also places this movie in context for its importance among the re-animated annals of zombie cinema, and he also touches on the film’s depictions of racism. Listen to find out whether Dr. Walking Dead recommends “I Walked With a Zombie,” or whether he will regard it as mere filmic detritus…
New Horror Movies Ep. 017: Dead Man Still Walking – The Sadness (2022)
Movement is life! Welcome to the Third Edition of DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, where Dr. Walking Dead dares you to explore the depths of depravity found in this year’s notorious zombie flick, The Sadness (2022), a new Horror film from Taiwan written and directed by Rob Jabbaz. Dr. Bishop addresses the gore and violence and whether it is excessively or unnecessarily gratuitous. He describes how this new film fits into both 20th century and 21st century zombie narratives. Is “The Sadness” also a Romance? Is it an “Anti-Romance”? Is this film original or derivative? What other zombie narratives, if any, serve as influences? Kyle Bishop answers these questions and discusses the distinctions between “gluttonous zombies” and “wrath zombies” / “lust zombies.” In the beginning of his review, Dr. Bishop discusses some very mild, premise-based “spoilers.” But after providing a spoiler warning, he eventually covers full-blown spoilers for “The Sadness.” Listen!
New Horror Movies Ep. 016: Shudder Is Doing What Netflix Has Failed to Do
We sure hope you can listen to Episode 016 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies (even if it is 3 hours, 33 minutes long). We bring you reviews of a few brand-new Horror releases, including Good Madam (2022), Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), and Fall (2022), with a special guest appearance from Spawn of the Dead! Also, Dave Becker introduces a new bonus segment called Dr. Shock’s Horror Blu-ray Corner! Back in Episode 009, Kyle Bishop thought Mack gave a very controversial rating to “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), so you will get to hear a tremendous examination of this film with Dr. Walking Dead and Mackula. Jay of the Dead sparks a Concept Discussion about a recent trend we’re seeing in Horror movies — the fast headbutting scene. And GregaMortis and Jay of the Dead both throw down 9.5 ratings on a must-see, must-own monster movie from 1958 for GregaMortis’s Monsters on the Mantle segment! And finally, in Episode 016, we bring you our group review of Mackula’s John Kenneth Muir pick, Count Dracula (1970)! Join us!
New Horror Movies Ep. 015: Dead Man Still Walking – White Zombie (1932)
In this Second Edition of DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, Dr. Walking Dead beckons you to explore the very first of the essential zombie films of our time, White Zombie (1932). Directed by Victor Halperin and starring screen Horror legend Bela Lugosi, “White Zombie” gives us the first-ever onscreen zombies. Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop discusses this important film’s historical significance and context (as well as its problems). Kyle also talks about this movie’s ethnographic fidelity, includes some minor analysis and gives us the moral of the story. Also in Episode 015,, Dr. Bishop brings us a quick overview of a few, less significant zombie films of the 1930s and ‘40s, including “Ouanga” (1935), “Revolt of the Zombie” (1936), “The Ghost Breakers” (1940), “King of the Zombies” (1941) and “Bowery at Midnight” (1942). Join us!
New Horror Movies Ep. 014: Prey (2022) and Horror Lagoon: Nightmare in Blood (1977)
Can Dan Trachtenberg’s new Predator prequel, Prey (2022), live up to or exceed the other installments in the franchise? We know about bone tomahawks, but is there a Patent Pending on a boomerang tomahawk? Can Dr. Shock hold his bladder long enough to review one movie? Did the lovely Comanche ladies of the 18th century wear Maybelline before hunting animals? Can Mackula live with the production company’s branding on the film’s title card? And will Jay of the Dead become the Armond White of his own podcast? You can find out by listening to this raucous Episode 014 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, The Berserk Baboon of Horror Podcasting.
New Horror Movies Ep. 013: Dead Man Still Walking – Zombie Origins
Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies presents … DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, a short-form solocast by Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, author of American Zombie Gothic and How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture. Dr. Walking Dead also presents a popular segment called The Dead Zone on regular episodes of this podcast. For his Dead Man Still Walking solocast episodes, Dr. Bishop will focus exclusively on zombie films, with the occasional exploration of zombie-related themes, zombie television, and other zombie media (e.g., comics, literature, etc.). Dr. Bishop is an academic and professional scholar of zombie films and other zombie narratives. He has been teaching for 22 years. Dr. Bishop serves as an English professor, Film Studies professor, and he’s currently the English Department Chair at Southern Utah University.
New Horror Movies Ep. 012: Nope (2022) with guest Dave Zee
Witness the Evolution of Horror Podcasting here in Episode 012 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies. We know some listeners love our lengthy, “Monster Episodes” that are 8 and 9 hours long. But we have also heard the listeners who would prefer to have shorter podcast episodes, as well. So, we’re going to bring you both — shorter shows and some longer ones. In this “history in the making episode,” Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson and GregaMortis welcome special guest and Horror podcasting icon, DAVE ZEE, of The Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast and The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show to help us Feature Review Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022).
New Horror Movies Ep. 011: I’m Not Sticking Any Straws Into Their Sphincters
Here it is… You read about it on the bathroom wall, and here it is — Episode 011 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies. In this epic, 8-hour Horror podcast, the Horror Avengers bring you Feature Reviews of brand-new Horror releases, including Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), The Black Phone (2022), DashCam (2022), Crimes of the Future (2022), Monstrous (2022), Watcher (2022) and Stranger Things Season 4 (2022)! We also bring you our world-famous segments. For instance, you get to hear GregaMortis’s Monsters on the Mantle segment, where he discusses The Blob (1958). The Gillman teaches us about an obscure regional release about The Milpitas Monster (1976). Mister Watson brings you his Favorite Five A24 Horror Films! And Doc Shock tells us a hair-raising story about James Dean’s fatal chariot, a cursed car which may have inspired Stephen King’s “Christine.” All of that good stuff and more here in Episode 011. Join us!
New Horror Movies Ep. 010: But Sometimes He Was a Little Bitch About Stuff
We believe Episode 010 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is worth the wait! It’s something like 9 hours and 39 minutes of hardcore Horror podcasting! During this epic show, the Horror Avengers bring you Feature Reviews of brand-new Horror releases, including Firestarter (2022), The Sadness (2022), Hatching (2022), Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022), The Innocents (2022), The Desperate Hour (2022), The Aviary (2022), and Men (2022). And in addition to our several Horror-themed segments, this “epic-sode” will also give you a respectable prediction of the No. 1 Horror movie of 2022; you can hear what is GregaMortis’s second biggest fear; and we discuss whether Horror can cross lines and go too far? We also have a couple of brief but memorable surprise guest appearances from Pearl, The Twisted Temptress from Land of the Creeps Horror Podcast. Oh, and in a prime example of how truth is stranger than fiction, you will hear a Dr. Shock story that you absolutely won’t believe — but it’s true! Join us!
New Horror Movies Ep. 008: The Uppigus – An Audio Podcast Tribute to Found Footage Horror
In 2015, Jay of the Dead produced an “on the road” podcast episode called “The I-80 Tapes.” The primary focus of those live recordings was Jay traveling westward across the country, along Interstate 80, and stopping at gas stations and truck stops to record his DVD findings at the $5 bargain movie bins! But for that episode, Jay had planned another facet to those recordings, but he “chickened out” because he didn’t feel he could pull it off well enough… Seven years later, Jay of the Dead returns in Episode 008 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies where he endeavors to deliver a heavily, “execution-dependent” podcast episode that we hope will be entertaining and unforgettable! So, join our seven Horror hosts for some entertaining 2022 Horror movie reviews, and tag along with Jay and his “Necro-MOM-icon” as they travel to Las Vegas and hunt for $5 movie bargain bins!
New Horror Movies Ep. 007: Hung Like an Ingrown Hair
Join us for Episode 007 as your favorite Horror hosts bring you a Feature Review of Ti West’s X (2022), where we explore the body Horror associated with aging, mortality, and of course, stunt wieners. We also bring you reviews of “The Exorcism of God” (2022), “Umma” (2022), “Off Season” (2022) and “Bhoothakaalam” (2022).
New Horror Movies Ep. 006: The Jersey Shore Ladies Call Him ‘Back-Door Becker’
In Episode 006 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, we bring you several BONUS additions. For instance, we got a listener question from Norway regarding which American Horror Movies reflected fears of the Cold War and Nuclear Age. We also welcome two special guests, Ron Martin from The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast and Projectile Varmint from Horror Movie Weekly. In this episode, we also welcome our seventh Horror Avenger, Mackula, whose Special Segment is Horror in Black and White by Mackula! So, you will hear from Jay of the Dead, Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker, The Gillman Joel Robertson, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, GregaMortis, and Mackula — as well as Ron Martin and Projectile Varmint! We bring you new-release Feature Reviews of Fresh (2022), Those Who Walk Away (2022), All the Moons (2022), Shut In (2022), A Banquet (2022), Huda’s Salon (2022) and more!
New Horror Movies Ep. 005: I Will Take ‘Side Boob’ Over ‘Saggy Boob’ Every Day … Well, Six Days Out of Seven
Here in Episode 005, Jay of the Dead is joined by his all-star Dream Team that (so far) includes Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker, The Gillman Joel Robertson, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop and GregaMortis! Your six late-night Horror hosts bring you reviews of new Horror movie releases from 2022, six Horror-themed Specialty Segments, and a couple of group Feature Reviews, such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) and Brian De Palma’s The Fury (1978)! We also review The Cursed (2022), No Exit (2022), Studio 666 (2022), The Ledge (2022) and Hellbender (2022), Deathdream (1974), Inside (2007), and the Killer Baboon movie, Shakma (1990). And your favorite, late-night Horror hosts discuss topics like Third-Act Horror Movies, Japanese water ghosts, the magnificent artistry of Master Monster Maker Ray Harryhausen, how Netflix is getting all of us “Shakma-levels-of-pissed-off” for not releasing their Horror films (like TCM) on physical media, and of course, saggy boobs. (We have to include something to keep Dr. Shock from getting bored.) This episode is dedicated to “The Grey Man” Greg Bensch.
New Horror Movies Ep. 004: Maybe We Should Kick It to ‘Winston’
Another two weeks down, and it is once again time for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, Where We Love Horror Movies as Much as You Do! Here in Episode 004, we will bring you a LEGENDARY surprise! A new addition and sixth official hosts of our “Horror Avengers,” the one and only Southern Gentleman who Helps Keep Horror Alive — GregaMortis! We are honored to have GregaMortis to contribue his Specialty Segment, “GregaMortis’s Monsters on the Mantle!” It’s a must-listen!
New Horror Movies Ep. 003: Werewolves on the Moon Would Always Be Wolves, I Think
In Episode 003 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, your late-night Horror hosts bring you reviews of brand-new, 2022 horror movie releases, including The Requin, Ditched, The Wasteland and The Hunting. For our segments, Dr. Shock raises some questions about whether actor Burt Reynolds was involved in a murder. Gillman Joel talks about a loaded Blu-ray release of Basket Case. Dr. Walking Dead provides some insightful analysis of The Shining. And Mister Watson lists his Favorite 15 Heroes in Horror! Join us!
New Horror Movies Ep. 002: Why Am I Even Doing This?
What’s your favorite Horror movie? Is it the one where the typically comedic actor plays a dead serious role of a father whose wife and children are stuck with him in another country where violence and anarchy have erupted, threatening their lives for certain death if they find no escape? Or is your favorite scary… Read more »
New Horror Movies Ep. 001: You Can’t Unsee Things
In Episode 001, Jay of the Dead introduces you to his all-star team of veteran horror podcast hosts, including Dave “Dr. Shock” Becker, The Gillman Joel Robertson, Mister Watson and Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop! Your five hosts will bring you reviews of new horror movie releases, five Horror-themed Specialty Segments, and a group Feature Review of one older Horror movie, selected by one of your hosts, from John Kenneth Muir’s “Horror Films of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s” book series.