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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… Note: This review contains major plot spoilers for “I Walked With a Zombie” (1943).
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Dead Man Still Walking is a biweekly, short-form solocast hosted 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.
You are welcome to reach out to Dr. Bishop with comments or questions via email:bishopk@suu.edu, Twitter: @DrWalkingDead, or by leaving him a voicemail: (801) 899-9798. You can also watch the documentary, Doc of the Dead (2014), which features Dr. Walking Dead. Find more links below for Dr. Bishop.
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SHOW NOTES
– Introduction
- Jay of the Dead’s teaser for Ep. 019: Two new Horror Avenger hosts!
- Welcome to the fourth edition of Dead Man Still Walking with Dr. Walking Dead
- This episode’s zombie film history feature: I Walked With a Zombie
Zombie Movie Feature Review
I Walked With a Zombie (1943) (Spoilers)
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Background and Origins
- I Walked With a Zombie (1943) – a mild Horror film in black and white
- Article “I Walked With a Zombie” by Inez Wallace
- A Jane Eyre adaptation?
- An artistic, literary zombie film?
[ 00:11:08 ] – How “I Walked With a Zombie” Resembles Jane Eyre
- General plot overview
- Symbolism in the film
- Racism and casting
[ 00:18:16 ] – Where’s the Horror?
- How the white female zombie was created
- The role of voodoo in the film and the amazing zombie “Carrefour”
[ 00:26:44 ] – Film Climax and Resolution
[ 00:34:58 ] – Wrap-Up: Coming Attractions
— Glancing over the zombie films of the 1940s and ’50s
— Science Fiction Zombies
— Coming up in the fifth edition of Dead Man Still Walking: ? ? ?
— Coming up in the sixth edition of Dead Man Still Walking: Plan 9 From Outerspace (1958)
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LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:
– IMDb: I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
– Wiki: Jane Eyre
Links for Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop:
Email Dr. Bishop here: bishopk@suu.edu
Dr. Walking Dead’s Bio Page
Book: American Zombie Gothic
Book: How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture
— Kyle’s Amazon Author Profile
— Doc of the Dead zombie culture documentary
— Kyle’s re-animated Twitter: @DrWalkingDead
– Learn more about Dr. Walking Dead
– Faculty Friday: Meet Dr. Kyle Bishop, English
– TEDx SUU Talk on YouTube: Why Zombies Matter
– YouTube: Zombies: An idea worth spreading about how ideas spread
– YouTube: 50+ Shades of Gothic: Zombies, Bodies and Boundaries
– YouTube: Why zombie culture is so popular?
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Hey Dr. Walking Dead,
The next Land of the Creeps episode is having hosts and listeners send in their top 5 horror movie soundtracks. So here I am working really hard on my list and a thought came to me: I wonder what Dr. Walking Dead’s top 5 zombie soundtracks are. Send them in, Dr. Walking Dead!
Hey, when’s the Universal vs Hammer series starting? I can’t wait!
I always seem to be an episode behind with Land of the Creeps, but I’ll call in with my picks! Fun topic!
We’ve got two of the three Universal v. Hammer segments recorded—when they air is up to Jay! 😀
Looking forward to it very much, Dr. Walking Dead.