Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for this Saturday, May 23, at 10:15 PM EST. First order of business: voting on the movie to watch. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below.
There are two sets of instructions: one for the poll, and then the instructions for joining the Netflix Party.
POLL
Vote for which movie you’d like us to watch from the selections below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, Giles Edwards, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Thursday, May 21. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
People continue to show up to watch weird movies and we haven’t quite exhausted Netflix’s catalogue yet, so we’re proposing a week 9 party.
We’re asking for nominations for a movie to watch partly because we love making polls, but mainly as a means to gauge interest. If we get five suggestions from people planning to attend, then we’ll know it’s worth hosting.
As the title states, our latest Netflix Party—A Ghost Story—starts in twenty minutes.
Please install the Netflix Party extension if you haven’t already. You must have a U.S. Nextflix account (we think) and a Chrome-based browser (including Brave) to participate.
There will be no pausing or rewinding except for technical reasons.
We are offering no technical support, so help each other out if needed.
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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.
NEW RELEASES: ONLINE DEBUTS:
The Wolf House [La Casa Lobo] (2018): Chilean stop-motion nightmare/political allegory about a woman escaping from a religious cult and finding herself trapped in a nightmarish house. We’ve been waiting for this release for two years; unfortunately, current circumstances have kept it off the big screen. You can rent it directly from the home page, or (better) follow the links to a participating sponsor theater, who will earn a cut of the rental fee. The Wolf House official U.S. distributor site.
IN DEVELOPMENT (announced):
Save the Green Planet! remake (202?): CJ Entertainment, the studio behind BongJoon-ho‘sParasite, has announced they will be teaming up with art-horror specialist Ari Aster to produce an English-language remake of the Canonically Weird South Korean story of an insane man who kidnaps and tortures a tycoon hoping to forestall an alien invasion. We’re always skeptical about remakes—why not just make something new and original?—but there’s no questioning the pedigree here and few non-Koreans saw the original, so we’ll allow it. Read the scoop at IndieWire.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
“Absurd Horror Double Feature”: Bill Zebub (we’ll say it again—“Bill Z. Bubb” would have been a better pseudonym) strikes again. Absurdly, the Blu-ray cover of this release features a skinny model in sleazy lingerie, but not the titles of the movies contained therein. Research reveals that the double feature in question consists of re-edited versions of Nightmare on Elmo Street playing alongside Frankenshark (an alternate title for the notorious Dickshark). Buy “Absurd Horror Double Feature”.
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004): Read the Canonically Weird entry! There’s nothing new in this DVD/Blu-ray combo pack limited edition from Shout! Factory, except for the collectible steelbook packaging and an “exclusive” booklet. Buy Howl’s Moving Castle.
Ponyo (2008): Read our review. Hayao Miyazaki‘s Japanese variation on “The Little Mermaid” is weird in the way a preschool child’s mind is. Like Howl’s Moving Castle, above, this is a limited reissue in steelbook format. Buy Ponyo.
Vampire Hunter D (1985): Read Giles Edwards’ review. This cult classic futuro-Gothic anime has been released on Blu-ray before, but now it’s resurrected in a sleek (if pricey) steelbook. Buy Vampire Hunter D.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: The group has spoken, and AGhost Story will be the featured screening for Saturday night’s Netflix Party. Newbies are invited to join the regulars in watching a weird movie with like-minded cinema misfits.
Next week’s review slate is easy as one, two, three. Pete Trbovich covers Spookies (1986), the first installment of a horror franchise that never got a sequel. Then, GoreGirl Terri McSorley covers part 2 of Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time, looking at cult horror and sci-fi films (a couple of titles on their list overlap with ours). Finally, Jake Fredel gets ’round to the third in his series on Seijun Suzuki‘s Taisho Trilogy, the surreal biopic Yumeji (1990). One, two, three, see? 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.
Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for this Saturday, May 16, at 10:15 PM EST. First order of business: voting on the movie to watch. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below.
There are two sets of instructions: one for the poll, and then the instructions for joining the Netflix Party.
POLL
Vote for which movie you’d like us to watch from the selections below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, Giles Edwards, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Thursday, May 14. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
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