Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:01 — 29.6MB)

It’s time for another episode Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies! Here in Episode 040, Dr. Walking Dead and Jay of the Dead are continuing their episode-by-episode coverage of The Last of Us (2023), Season 1: Episode 2: Infected. Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop and Jay of the Dead will watch each week and then release an episode for those who are keeping up and watching along with us. We will be covering SPOILERS for episodes that are already released, but we won’t reveal potential future spoilers for what may be coming in the narrative, given what we know from the video game source material. Join us for the next seven weeks as we discuss Mycological Zombies!

Be sure to subscribe to Jay of the Dead’s new Horror movie podcast on:

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Google Podcasts
Deezer
Stitcher

You are welcome to email our show at HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com, or call and leave us a voicemail at (801) 899-9798. You can also follow Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies on Twitter: @HorrorAvengers

Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is an audio podcast. Our nine experienced Horror hosts review new Horror movies and deliver specialty Horror segments. Your hosts are Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead, GregaMortis, Mackula, Ron Martin and Dave Zee! Due to the large number and busy schedule of its nine Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies will be recorded in segments, piecemeal, at various times and recording sessions. Therefore, as you listen to our episodes, you will notice a variety of revolving door hosts and segments, all sewn together and reanimated like the powerful Monster of Dr. Frankenstein!

Note: This episode was recorded on January 23, 2023, and it was released on Jan. 24, 2023.

SHOW NOTES

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction

Welcome to Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, Episode 040
New HBO Max series “The Last of Us” (2023) – Season 1, Episode 2: Infected
One of the first, long-form narratives about fungal zombies
Quick review of zombie history by Dr. Walking Dead
The Mycological Zombie
A Horror narrative based on real-life concepts from nature

– Present for this review: Jay of the Dead, Dr. Walking Dead

New Release 2023 HBO Max Horror Series

The Last of Us (2023), Season 1, Episode 2: Infected

Pre-title card flashback: Indonesia 2003
The Last of Us: The very best Horror video game adaptation to film
A grotesque zombie kiss
Spoilers for the episodes that have previously aired; no spoilers for what’s ahead
Video game / adventure quest / road trip narrative
The faithfulness of adaptation to the video game source material
Reporter coverage of this series needs to improve
The fungus can communicate biochemically across great distances
Two types of zombies: The Infected vs. The “Clickers”
“Clicker” zombies are scary to Dr. Bishop and Jay of the Dead
The ways in which death can overcome our main characters
Next week’s episode, 1.3: Nick Offerman will be featured
Dr. Bishop and Jay of the Dead are thus far very pleased with “The Last of Us” series
Send your questions for Dr. Walking Dead

Wrap-Up / Coming up next on Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies

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:

Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES podcast links:
Email: HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com
Voicemail: (801) 899-9798
Twitter: @HorrorAvengers
Subscribe via Apple Podcasts
Subscribe via Spotify
Subscribe via Google Podcasts
Subscribe via Deezer
Subscribe via Stitcher

The soundtrack music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is composed and performed by musicians Fred Ingram; Nate Johnivan; Mister Watson and his son, Skylarr; and Jason Pyles himself. Please support our talented musician friends by checking out more of Nate and Fred’s links below:

Links for musician Frederick Ingram:
Website: FrederickIngram.com
Frederick Ingram’s new album Initial Exposure (includes “Voltairine,” the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Frederick Ingram’s YouTube Music Channel
Listen to Frederick Ingram on SoundCloud
YouTube Music Video: “Voltairine” by Frederick Ingram (the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Interview: Hear Fred Ingram on Jay’s Songwriting Podcast
Frederick Ingram’s Fish Bowl (Funky Margarita Mix)

Links for musician Nate Johnivan:
Spotify Playlist
Quarantine Dream iii

Links for Dave Zee:
On Apple Podcasts: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On Facebook: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
Patreon: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On YouTube: Exploding Heads
Exploding Heads on Twitter: @HeadsHorror
With Watson: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Wat-Zee Twitter: @WatZeeParty

Links for Ron Martin:
Horror franchise podcast: The Resurrection of Zombie 7
Ron’s book: Discover Salem: Your Guide to the Witch City
Witches: Salem 1692 Podcast
Ron’s blog: I Hate Stuff.net
Zombie 7 on Twitter: @ResZombie7

Links and Contact Info for Count Mackula:
Email Mackula here: HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com
Filmography Page: Mack Robins on IMDb
Mack’s short film: Unseen
Mackula’s YouTube Channel
Mack’s Other Podcast: Considering the Cinema.com – The episodes that feature Mack!
On Twitter: @RobinsMack
On Instagram: @RobinsMack

Links and Contact Info for GregaMortis:
Podcast: Land of the Creeps
Instagram: LotC
Facebook: Greg Morgan
Twitter: GregaMortis
LotC Group Page
LotC Fan Page
YouTube: Greg Morgan
Greg’s Instagram: GregaMortis
Email: GregaMortis666@gmail.com
LotC Hotline Phone Number: 1-804-569-5682 | 1-804-569-LOTC