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

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. Be sure to subscribe to Jay of the Dead's new Horror movie podcast on: Apple PodcastsSpotifyDeezer   You are welcome to email our show at [email protected]. You can also follow Jay of the Dead'sNew Horror Movies on Twitter: @HorrorAvengers Jay of the Dead'sNew Horror Movies is an audio podcast. Our 10 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, Dave Zee and Spawn of the Dead! Due to the large number and busy schedule of its nine Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead'sNew 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!