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All of Giles Edwards‘ Fantasia reviews and interviews can be found under this tag: Fantasia Festival 2026.

Adventures in Analog: Deaf Crocodile is opening a brick-and-mortar location in the Kansas City area, with attached microcinema, in collaboration with Antenna Releasing. They are running a Kickstarter (the modest goal is already met, though you can still contribute for perks). Adventures in Analog Kickstarter.

Her Private Hell (2026): Read Giles Edwards’ Apocrypha Candidate review. Nicolas Winding Refn‘s latest, set in a mysterious mist-blanketed city, is another dreamlike work (maybe even his most dreamlike work) blending art-house and grindhouse sensibilities. With Neon’s backing, it’s getting a decent theatrical release. Her Private Hell official site.

“Into the Forest: Folk Tales at DEFA”: Disclaimer: this one is for Brits (and maybe Europeans, or deep-pocketed Americans) only. A five film set of East German fairy tale (märchenfilme) movies including the Canonically Weird The Singing Ringing Tree alongside The Devil from Mill Mountain, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, and the bonkers The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs. For a similar American set with two overlapping titles (but missing Singing Ringing Tree), check out Deaf Crocodile’s new DEFA set.  “Into the Forest: Folk Tales at DEFA” at Eureka! (for UK Buyers).

The Love That Remains (2025): A vignette-style portrait of an Icelandic family in quiet crisis. “Often zany and surreal,” said Kevin Maher of the UK’s Times; it debuts on Blu-ray from Criterion Premieres. Buy The Love That Remains.

Tetsuo, the Bullet Man (2009): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. The English-language pseudo-sequel/semi-remake of Tetsuo: The Iron Man arrives on Blu-ray for the first time. Buy Tetsuo, the Bullet Man.

NEPOTISM CORNER:

“Book of Hours”: Pete Trbovich‘s plays through the titular weird occult mystery puzzle game. Part 1 is here.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No scheduled guest on next week’s Pod 366 (unless you count Giles). Speaking of the curious Mr. Edwards, he will continue to drop reviews and interviews from his stint at the Fantasia Film festival. In other written content, Enar Clarke tells the truth about Alain Robbe-Grillet‘s 1968 offering The Man Who Lies, Michael Diamades describes the rare The Green Elephant (1999), and Shane Wilson spends time in The Hole (1998) (a Taiwanese/French art-house effort now in theatrical rerelease). Onward and weirdward!

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Fantasia Film Festival preview:

It’s Giles Edwards‘ favorite time of year, and here are a few of the titles he’ll be looking for at North America’s largest (and weirdest) genre film festival:

• Buddy – Casper Kelly‘s official theatrical feature debut is a dark comedy where a fictional kids TV show dinosaur goes rogue
• Dance Freak – A virus causes people to dance.
• An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt – An hour-long Q&A with the famous stick-figure animator, followed by a screening of some of his best work (including, presumably, his newest offering, “Paper Trail”)
• Godhead – Mark H. Rapaport‘s followup to Hippo is about twin false prophets who lure a priest into their delusional world
• Grotesqqque – Anime comprising three stories about aliens, vampires, and “gals”
• Her Private Hell – Nicolas Winding Refn returns with a “hallucinatory fairytale death trip” about a mysterious deadly mist infecting a future city
• Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Will Jane Schoenbrun‘s revisionist slasher be weird, or just camp?
• Zsazsa Zaturnnah – a pink meteorite turns a hairdresser into a female superhero in this animated queer film from the Philippines

Fantasia International Film Festival official site.

Backrooms (2026): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review! For those who missed it in theaters, Backrooms is now available for online rental or purchase (usual disclaimer: now at premium pricing, which will come down in the future). Buy (or rent) Backrooms on VOD.

“DEFA Fairy Tale Films”: Four fairy tale movies from East Germany, including Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Hulda, Snow White and Rose Red, and The Devils Three Golden Hairs (which, we have been personally assured, is a brain-scorcher). Buy “DEFA Fairy Tale Films”.

Howard the Duck (1986): Read Scott Sentinella’s review. Is the campy 80s flop featuring Marvel’s strangest cigar-smoking duck superhero weird? Decide with this lavish 4K (!) restoration. Buy Howard the Duck.

Super Legend God Hikoza (2022): A giant mecha battles a giant sturgeon bent on destroying Japan. Minoru Kawasaki‘s absurd kaiju spoof quietly arrives in America on Blu-ray. Buy Super Legend God Hikoza.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: 

No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366, unless you count Giles Edwards live-on-location in Montreal as he covers the Fantasia festival (above). In written content, Michael Diamades reports on his marathon dance with They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Shane Wilson skips The Third Man and jumps right to sequel (kidding) The 4th Man, while Giles will drop updates (and interviews?) from Fantasia as the spirit moves him. Onward and weirdward!

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Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition: The good news is, surprise hit Backrooms is back in theaters with bonus content. The bad news is, the bonus content is mild—a 15 minute independent short, set before the events of the movie begin, that plays after the feature has concluded. Reportedly there are no plans to release this in any other format, so it’s one for true fans of the web series in particular. Backrooms at A24 (for venues).

Barrio Triste (2025): A “hallucinatory” found footage movie set among Medellin’s juvenile delinquents. From Harmony Korine‘s EDGLRD productions, in limited release. Barrio Triste official site.

Black Box (2026): Passengers on a domestic flight deal with aliens (or something) high in the skies. The ad copy throws out adjectives like “surreal” and “bizarre,” although we’re a bit skeptical. It appears to have gone directly to VOD.  Buy Black Box on VOD.

“Hideo Kojima Warns of ‘Frightening’ Digital Future After PlayStation Reveals Plan to End Physical Disc Production”: One of many articles/elegies written in the wake of Sony’s decision to stop producing physical discs for PlayStation. Read the article at IGN.

The Hole (1998): Ming-liang Tsai joint about the relationship between two people stuck in an apartment building that has been evacuated due to a virus. Like most Tsai pictures, it mixes minimalism and musical numbers; unlike most, it’s getting a heavily-promoted (by obscure art-house standards) rerelease. The Hole re-release info at Big World Pictures.

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025): Read Pete Trbovich’s review and listen to our interview with Linus O’Brien. The The Rocky Horror Picture Show doc joins the Blu-ray ranks; put it on your shelf next to the original. Buy Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366, but we’ll return with updates on all the week’s weird news and movies (including a brief Fantasia Film Festival preview). In written content, Michael Diamades covers Ki-duk Kim‘s disturbing Moebius (2013), infidel Shane Wilson is baffled by Newsboys: Down Under the Big Top (1996), Pete Trbovich gets perverted again as he gets The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023), Enar Clarke catches City Wide Fever (2025), and G. Smalley muses about Backrooms: “Everything Must Go Edition.” Onward and weirdward!