New Horror Movies Ep. 160: Alien: Earth (2025) - Episode 6

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In Episode 160 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, the Horror Avengers return for their weekly installment of ALIEN: EARTH (2025) with a review of Episode 006: “The Fly.” Due to some last-minute cancellations, Jay of the Dead is joined by Mackula (and later, Dr. Walking Dead), as well as the ever-colorful Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” from Movie Podcast Weekly fame. Sadly, GregaMortis could not join us this week, but he will return next time. Warning: Major plot spoilers lie ahead! And yes, it wouldn’t be Alien Earth without strange metaphors and offbeat alien lore. Dr. Bishop interprets the fly-and-spider imagery as a nod to the show’s silicon-based “metal-eating” monstrosities, while the hosts debate the uneven maturing patterns of the synthetic children. Is Wendy / Marcy’s accelerated intellect genius writing or sloppy scripting?

Jurassic Park comparisons bubble up, and Jay predicts that these hybrid kids may be every bit as dangerous — maybe even more so — than the five xenomorphs themselves! Speaking of xenomorphs, your hosts address the terminology of “face-hugger” in the “Alien” franchise and dissect face-hugger gestation with how it lines up with what we’ve seen in the “Alien: Romulus” timeline. This leads to a discussion of “Alien: Covenant’s” bio-engineered variants, host-dependent gestation windows, and whether Alien Earth is bending rules of the franchise. And before the episode ends, Jay of the Dead admits to having a Hulu error-code meltdown while Karl helpfully promotes a new DirecTV streaming bundle. And as it often does with these hopeful romantics, the conversation spirals briefly into Blu-ray hopes for Season 1 and the desperate wishes for a not-too-far-distant Season 2. Join us, we think you will love it!

Note: This episode was recorded on September 11, 2025.

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SHOW NOTES

[ 00:00:01 ] – Introduction

Welcome to Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, Episode 160
Jay of the Dead welcomes Dr. Walking Dead and Mackula — as well as special guest Kombat Karl Huddleston

– Present for this review: Jay of the Dead, Dr. Walking Dead, Mackula, Guest: Karl Huddleston

ALIEN: EARTH (2025)

Ep 006: The Fly (2025) (SPOILERS!)
Kombat Karl = 7.5 ( Stream it )
Jay of the Dead = 6.5 ( Stream it )
Mackula = Doesn’t rate TV series
Dr. Walking Dead = 8 ( Stream it! )

NEXT TIME: Watch along with us! During our next review, we’ll be discussing ALIEN: EARTH (2025) – Ep. 007: Emergence

Wrap-Up / Outro:
– Jay of the Dead’s PSA about a common Hulu playback error code

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:

Hear more from Kombat Karl “The Mad Irishman” on Movie Podcast Weekly

– Ron Martin’s NEW Retro Sleepover Podcast
– Hear Mackula’s guest appearance on Ep. 003 of Retro Sleepover

Official NHM YouTube Channel’s Latest Posts:
– Spawn and Jay of the Dead review Little Bites (2024)
– Dr. Walking Dead’s Zombie Fireworks (short)
– Dr. Walking Dead reviews In a Violent Nature (2024)
– Spawn and Jay of the Dead review Ash (2025)
– 1: Mackula and Jay of the Dead divvy Dr. Moody’s Horror Movie Donations – Part 1
– 2: Mackula and Jay of the Dead divvy Dr. Moody’s Horror Movie Donations – Part 2

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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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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 on Facebook @DiscoverSalem
Ron on Instagram at NorTheGreat1
2023 Edition: Discover Salem
Ron’s YouTube Channel
Witches: Salem 1692 Podcast
Ron’s blog: I Hate Stuff.net
Zombie 7 on Twitter: @ResZombie7

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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
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