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For this delightful Ninth Edition of DEAD MAN STILL WALKING, your intrepid host, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, brings you an Edward L. Cahn zombie double feature of Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) and Invisible Invaders (1959), a short film. One of these films Dr. Bishop deems a legit zombie flick and the other he calls “zombie-like.” But both are important to the history of zombie cinema because one film may contain the first use of the phrase “The Walking Dead,” as well as what might be the first screen appearance of the aquatic zombie. The other film was most likely used by George Romero as a visual reference for the way zombies move. Dr. Bishop answers his “Is it a zombie?” question for both films, and he also makes an important distinction about the Deadites from “The Evil Dead.” Don’t miss it!
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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
- Welcome to the ninth edition of Dead Man Still Walking with Dr. Walking Dead
- In case you missed it: Ep. 029: Halloween Special 2022
- Many thanks from Dr. Bishop!
[ 00:02:28 ] – Dr. Bishop sets the table for this double feature episode
- This show is a one-parter with two films: An Edward L. Cahn zombie double feature
- Note: This episode contains mild spoilers for “Zombies of Mora Tau” and “Invisible Invaders”
Zombie Movie Feature Review
[ 00:04:58 ] – Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) (Mild Spoilers)
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- First use of the term “Twilight Zone” and perhaps the first use of the phrase “The Walking Dead”
- Is it a zombie?
- Featuring Allison Hayes (of “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” fame)
- Perhaps the first screen appearance of the aquatic zombie
- Sub-genre breakdown
Zombie Movie Feature Review
[ 00:17:53 ] – Invisible Invaders (1959) (Mild Spoilers)
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- An alien invasion film with zombies
- Heavy-handed morality tale for the Nuclear Age
- Features John Carradine
- Invisible invader aliens possess “the walking dead”
- Is it a zombie?
- Dr. Bishop makes a distinction about the Deadites from “The Evil Dead”
- Very likely that Romero used this film as a visual reference for zombie shuffling and movement
- Siege narrative component may also have influenced Romero
Final Thoughts / Wrap-Up / Coming Attractions
- Coming up next in the 10th edition of Dead Man Still Walking: “Army of the Dead” (2021)
Special thanks to website developer Jaxon Carroll and graphic designer Trump Widdop for their excellent work in helping Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies to have a nice, new website. Thank you! And big shout-out and thanks to Mister Watson and his son, Skylarr, for composing the music for Mister Watson’s Horror Hierarchy segment.
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:
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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YouTube Music Video: “Voltairine” by Frederick Ingram (the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
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