As the title states, Netflix Watch Party #14—The Endless (2017)—starts in fifteen minutes.
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Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs and Blu-rays (and hot off the server VODs), and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available at the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Amulet (2020): An ex-soldier takes a position as a handyman in a decaying house, but finds the constant moaning from the dying old woman in the attic unnerving. There’s a much-commented-on bit with a bat, and although it sounds like fairly standard issue art-horror, a couple of reviewers do drop the “w”-word in describing it. Simultaneously debuting on VOD. Amulet official site.
ONLINE EVENTS (July 26):
“Secret Test Screening of a Feature Film by Joe Badon”: We’ve been warned to keep mum and not divulge the name or plot of this secret film, but we can say that it qualifies as “weird.” Streaming on Facebook live this Sunday, July 26, with a Q&A with the director afterwards. Purchase tickets here.
IN DEVELOPMENT (post-production):
“Utopia”: An Amazon Prime original TV series about fans of the graphic novel “Utopia” who discover that events predicted in the story are coming true in real life, and whose investigation leads to a cultlike leader played by John Cusack. It’s based on a British TV show that ran from 2013-2014 and was canceled despite a cult following. This American version was created and written by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl). The eight-episode Season One is in post-production, but the trailer dropped at ComicCon yesterday, just in time to make it into this column.
Holy Trinity (2019): Read our apocrypha candidate review. This queer fantasia about a dominatrix who speaks to the dead after huffing new age air freshener is out on VOD, exclusively (for the moment?) via Full Spectrum Features’ digital platform. Rent or buy Holy Trinity.
Independent theaters are cautiously starting to reopen across North America at diminished capacity, although the big chains (and Alamo Drafthouses) remain shuttered. That said, we have a dribble of new screenings to announce this week. We expect this section to continue to grow slowly throughout the summer, although we wouldn’t predict things to return to anywhere near normal until the fall, at the earliest. You’ll have to use your own judgment as to whether it’s safe to go to movie theaters at this time.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: This week’s Weird Netflix Watch Party will be Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead‘s 2017 cult mindbender The Endless. The screening will start at 10:15 PM tomorrow. As usual, we’ll drop the link here and on our Facebook and Twitter pages shortly before the show begins (of course, if you subscribe to 366 Mail you’ll get a notice by email as well). We’ll return to Amazon Prime screenings next week (so get those suggestions ready Prime people). We’ll alternate screenings between the two services as long as readers are interested.
And as for reviews next week, expect to see one of Shinya Tsukamoto‘s The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo, about a time-traveling “electric rod boy,” and of Dead Dicks, about a mentally ill man who finds his suicide attempts frustrated by the fact that he’s always reborn through a vagina growing in his wall. We wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a pop-up review, either. Onward and weirdward!
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that we have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
We have a couple of physical media items to give away, and we’re making it simple. We’re asking you to name a weird and obscure movie we may not have noticed that’s currently playing for free on Amazon Prime. But, since not everyone has Amazon Prime or cares to do research, that’s optional—we’re making the contest open to everyone. Simply make a comment below that you wish to be entered in the contest. (You may also make an Amazon Prime recommendation without being entered in the giveaway, naturally).
Contest eligibility rules: You must comment on this post informing us of your desire to be in the contest. Due to the adult nature of the prize, you must be over 18 years of age to enter. To receive the two discs, you must supply us with a mailing address in the United States. (Don’t publish your address in your comment! We’ll contact the winner through email.) 366 contributors are not eligible to win the prize. We’ll stop accepting entries this Sunday, July 26, at midnight EST. The winner will be chosen randomly from all eligible comments. If the winner does not respond to our request for a mailing address within 48 hours, we’ll email a runner-up, and so forth, until the prize is given away.
As for the prizes:
You’ll get Grapevine Video’s 2008 release titled Haxan. Please note, however, that this is not the usual public domain cut of the film, but actually the shorter Witchcraft Through the Ages version that was released in 1968 with an avant-garde jazz score and narration by William S. Burroughs. If you’ve only seen the canonically weird original, this is a different experience altogether.
Plus, we’ll throw in a fresh Blu-ray copy of the newly-released homoerotic prison drama The Prince (2018), which currently has an 88% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Per the box cover, “The Prince is a deeply affecting exploration of masculine aggression, loyalties and desire.” Contains explicit scenes. You can read more about the film and watch the slightly NSFW trailer at distributor Artsploitation Films’ The Prince page.
Both disks are factory sealed. That’s a weird double feature, for sure. It can be yours for the price of a comment.
Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for Saturday, July 25, at 10:15 PM EST. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, Gregory J. Smalley, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Wednedsay, July 22. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
After a digression into the world of Amazon Prime, we’re back onto Netflix Watch Parties this week. We plan to alternate between the two services for the time being. Assuming there’s enough interest, our next Netflix party will be scheduled for Saturday, July 25 at 10:15 PM.
As always, we’ll be looking for five movie screening nominations from people who plan to attend. After we get the minimum five nominations and likely attendees, we’ll put up a poll.
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Plus, we’ll throw in a fresh Blu-ray copy of the newly-released homoerotic prison drama The Prince (2018), which currently has an 88% positive rating on