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Kyle William Bishop
@drwalkingdead.bsky.social
SUU film studies prof, slayer of the undead, and established zombie scholar. Author of American Zombie Gothic, How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture, and more!

I podcast about horror films and zombies at https://www.newhorrormovies.com!
If you haven’t gone to the theater to see #Weapons yet, what the hell is wrong with you?! You know how amazing #Barbarian is, right? Don’t watch a trailer. Don’t listen to a review. Just go. Let it wash all over you. Best horror film of 2025 so far.
August 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Arguable the best #horror trailer ever produced, 28 Years Later has produced mixed results. Hear Jay and I battle it out in this latest episode of Dead Man STILL Walking—and then head over to Undead Symphony on Instagram to hear their take!

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August 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Would five be MORE fantastic or LESS fantastic?
July 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
One of the best #zombie movies from last year, Die Alone sees Carrie-Anne Moss’s return to the subgenre (since Fido), and she does a great job in this eco-zombie film with a cool, twisty plot. Take a listen and learn why I like it so much!

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July 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I am SUPER excited to be helming a new series of academic books on UNfaithful adaptations of well known text systems. A Frankenstein collection is underway, followed by one one Jekyll and Hyde. Please share widely and consider proposing a monograph or collection!

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July 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The regular zombie-movie-love of Dead Man STILL Walking is back! Here’s a pretty new, Spanish #zombie movie, one based on the first book of a series, Apocalypse Z. Some cool sequences with a motorcycle and a boat. Plus, you know, zombies. #zombiepodcast

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July 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Aaaaaand Season 2 of The Last of Us ends with some carnage and tragic deaths, but not enough heart. :/ It does transition to Season 3, but not everyone will be sticking around for that. . . .

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July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Season 2, Episode 5, of The Last of Us—“The Price”—is a bittersweet, episode-long flashback. It’s well structured and finely acted, but see what you think!

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July 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
More exciting coverage of The Last of Us Season 2 with me and Jay of the Dead! It’s an uneven season, but episode 5, “Feel Her Love” has some creepy cult stuff in it. Take a listen!

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July 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Last of Us: Season 3, Episode 4, “Day One.” Our avenging duo make it to Seattle where they, initially, do very little. Elle does play some guitar, though!

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July 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man! I forgot to keep posting links to my The Last of Us coverage with Jay of the Dead. (I secretly really bad at social media.) So here comes some episode dumping, starting with the apocalyptic roadtrip that is Season 2, Episode 3, “The Path.”

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July 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Just a reminder that Ironheart comes out tonight. they’re dropping 3 episodes at 9pm.

This show didn’t get the best marketing and is currently being review bombed by loser incels that get overly emotional when characters don’t look like them on screen. Produced by Ryan Coogler. Go check it out.
June 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is the film turning fifty? Right? #jaws
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The University of Heidelberg was so kind to bring me to town just to talk about #zombies for a couple of hours. I discussed the parallel attitudes toward government and authority in both zombie narratives and the United States today. It was so fun!
June 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Post-Zombie has arrived!

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May 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PROOFS! Kind of a pain, but oh-so-sweet as the last step of a long journey (over five years for this gem). So excited to see the first issue of American Gothic Studies! @ssag.bsky.social @cypheractive.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I have four academic articles out for review and consideration at journals at the same time. That may be a record for me!

Here’s hoping!
May 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes, when you’re a zombie scholar, you have to watch bad #zombie movies.

It’s for work!
May 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So apparently when I read for fun, I just alternate between @sgj.bsky.social and @paultremblay.bsky.social.

This is a very good thing.

Zombies + wrestlers + soccer moms + grandmas + baked goods = a helluva good time in Zombie Bake-Off! Oh—and there’re also donuts, swords, and a Zamboni!
April 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Season 2, episode 2 of #TheLastofUs is a masterpiece of #zombie dread, terror, and action, but it also really hits you where you live. This is great #horror television, folks! Hear me and Jay break it down!

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April 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Last of Us is back on Max for Season 2! Join Jay of the Dead and me each week for our exclusive coverage of this fabulous #zombie series!

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April 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I gratefully give you the FIFTIETH EPISODE of Dead Man STILL Walking! Wow—so many #zombie movies! To commemorate, Jay of the Dead and I debate and discuss our ten favorite zombie flicks of all times! Please listen! Enjoy! And share!

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April 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Indexing The Post-Zombie collection of scholarly essays. This is it! The final stretch! (And a maddening process!) #zombie #zombiestudies #postzombie #zombiescholarship
April 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dead Man STILL Walking double feature! These two flicks—I Drink Your Blood and I Eat Your Flesh—were originally exhibited together, so I discuss them in tandem. They don’t do well at the “Is It a Zombie” game, but give it a listen!

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April 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I give you the TRUE “One Cut of the Dead”—the French #zombie film #MADS. Very cool production concept here, but also some great zombie action and gripping characters. One of the better Z-films of 2024!

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April 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM