Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 040: Halloween Special – Zombies and Witches with Kyle Bishop and Ron Martin

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Happy Halloween! It’s 2020 — one of the scariest years in a long time. And welcome to Jay of the Dead’s Halloween Special for Considering the Cinema and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting. Here in Episode 040, your late-night Horror host welcomes guest host Kyle Bishop (aka “Dr. Walking Dead”). Jay and Kyle talk about the obsessive need to classify movies in genre. They also discuss the appearance of cartoons in live-action Horror movies, and they bring you a Feature Review of the South Korean Action Horror Zombie flick, Train to Busan (2016). During this review, Kyle extols the virtues of the train narrative. Then Jay gives a mini review of Train to Busan presents… Peninsula (2020).

Later in this episode, Jay is joined by special guest host, podcaster, ghost hunter and author Ron Martin, host of The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast and Salem 1692 Podcast. Ron discusses the dark history of Salem, Massachusetts, and his new book, “Discover Salem.” They also review a non-witch movie called The Witch in the Window (2018). Note: The jack o’ lantern photo in the episode artwork is courtesy of Emily Stewart. Also, don’t forget to vote on Nov. 3, 2020!

If you’re a huge Horror fan, you can view all of Jay’s HORROR ONLY episodes at Considering HORROR Cinema.com. Jay of the Dead also hosts a WEEKLY HORROR MOVIE PODCAST with BillChete and Lady Phantom at Horror Movie Weekly.com. Thanks for listening to Considering the Cinema Podcast and Considering Horror Cinema, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Movie Podcasting… Don’t forget: You can email Jay at [email protected] or post a comment in the show notes for this episode.

SHOW NOTES: Considering Horror Cinema Ep. 040

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction

– Halloween Special Episode 040

– Agenda

[ 00:05:10 ] – Welcome to guest host Kyle “Dr. Walking Dead” Bishop

– Kyle’s favorite Halloween costumes

[ 00:07:14 ] – Is It OK to Obsess Over Genre Classification?

[ 00:22:56 ] – Cartoons in Horror Movies

[ 00:29:28 ] – Feature Review: Train to Busan (2016)

Jay of the Dead = 9 ( Buy it! )

Kyle Bishop = 9 ( Buy it! )

[ 00:44:46 ] – Feature Review: My Train to Busan Presents… Peninsula (2020)

Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Rental )

[ 00:54:41 ] – Welcome to guest host Ron Martin (Salem’s No. 1 tourist and an expert on the Salem “Witch” trials

– Ron’s original plans for Halloween and his revised plan

[ 00:58:51 ] – Ron Martin on the dark history of Salem, Massachusetts

– Ron’s new book “Discover Salem”

– Ron’s ghost hunter experience in Salem

[ 1:19:04 ] – Feature Review: The Witch and the Window (2018)

– Depictions of witches in cinema

Jay of the Dead = 8.5 ( Buy it! )

Ron Martin = 5.5 ( Rental / Stream on Shudder )

Wrap-Up

Thanks to our supportive donors:

Joshua Goldstein

Shane Wheeler

Adam Michaels in Chicago – Etsy Shop

Chris Cook

Lance Smith

Sean Smith

Links for this episode:

Catch up with Kyle Bishop:

Dr. Walking Dead’s Bio Page

Book: American Zombie Gothic

Book: How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture

Catch up with Ron Martin:

— Ron Martin’s The Resurrection of Zombie 7 horror podcast

— Ron Martin’s Salem 1692 Podcast

— Ron Martin’s I Hate Stuff.net (and Halloween Extravaganza)

— Check out Ron Martin’s guidebook, “Discover Salem,” on

Amazon in Paperback or on Kindle

Jay appears as a guest on Ron’s podcast to review “Jack-O”

— Movie Podcast Weekly is returning for MONTHLY releases starting in November 2020

— Listen to Jay’s guest appearance to review SCREAM (1996) on Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast

— Listen to Jay of the Dead’s Horror Movie Weekly with BillChete and Lady Phantom every Sunday!

— Gillman Joel Robertson’s Spooky Flix Fest 2020 at Retro Movie Geek!

— GregaMortis’s Land of the Creeps horror movie podcast

— Check out BillChete and Lady Phantom’s new film podcast:

Movies in 4K ( or on iTunes / Apple Podcasts: Subscribe for Free!)

— Ep. 027: Hereditary review

Jay recommends Nate Johnivan’s music:

— Spotify Playlist

— Quarantine Dream iii

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