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A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Alien Trespass: A stylized spoof of 1950s drive-in sci-fi fare. Reviewers have been unkind (only 27% positive at Rotten Tomatoes). Alien Trespass official site.
C Me Dance: Story of a teenage dancer who develops the ability to convert people to Christianity, which cheeses off the Devil and brings him to suburbia. It seems sincere, which is the necessary substrate for camp. It’s highly unlikely anyone will ever release a good movie that contains textspeak within the title. C Me Dance official site.
Gigantic: Self-described “funny, surreal love story” about a mattress salesman who dreams of adopting a Chinese baby and finds true love when a customer falls asleep on one of the mattresses. This indie comedy looks more “quirky” than “weird,” but no one can know for sure without watching it. With Zooey Deschanel and John Goodman. Gigantic official site.
NEW ON DVD:
A Cat in the Brain (1990): Everyday life is causing an Italian grindhouse director (director Lucio Fulci, playing himself) to flashback to scenes of cannibal orgies from his own movies. He sees a psychiatrist who may be even nuttier and more depraved than the director. Unapologetically ultraviolent.
Cthulu (2007): If you always wondered, “what eons-forgotten actress has the eerie, alien look which best evokes the Old Ones of H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos?” and came up with the answer “Tori Spelling,” then this just might be the movie for you. Based on the Lovecraft story “The Shadow over Innsmouth.”
Tehilim (2007): Allegorical tale told in documentary style about an Israeli family who use various methods of coping when the father inexplicably disappears. Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes in 2007.
Tokyo Zombie (2005): It’s been called a Japanese Shaun of the Dead, which suggests something gorier and more extreme in the violence department, and wackier and more unhinged in the comedy department. Directed by Sakicho Sato, who scripted Ichi the Killer, so it has a weird pedigree.
NEW ON BLU-RAY:
Ghosts of Mars (2001): From borderline weird cult director John Carpenter (Big Trouble in Little China) comes this unofficial remake of his earlier action classic Assault on Precinct 13, this time with the action happening on Mars. This movie had few defenders even among Carpenter fans, and almost none elsewhere. With Ice Cube.
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
A full review of the classic 1962 microbudget horror, Carnival of Souls, should post tomorrow.
Next in the review queue is Terry Gilliam’s 2005 offering, Tideland.
Alfred Eaker has agreed to provide writing for the site on a weekly basis. We’re looking forward to his critical re-evaluation of Tod Browning’s Dracula on Thursday.
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A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
IN THEATERS (WIDE RELEASE):
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009): A DreamWorks 3-D adventure for children about a group of mutated monsters fighting an alien invasion. The trailer begin with the phrase “The weird will save the world.” Moderately interesting possibility to introduce kids to old b-movie tropes. Also screening in IMAX. Featuring the voice of Reese Witherspoon. Monsters vs. Aliens Official Site
That’s it this week! Remarkably slim pickings for fans of the offbeat…
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
I’ve just been alerted to the presence of a recent surrealist Czech film that is available for viewing for free (with the permission of its owners, of course) online. The operators of the webiste say the film will be available for online streaming for a limited time only, but don’t give a date for it to be removed.
I have only briefly glanced at it, but it looks like genuine, certified weirdstuff. A full review in the near future is probable.
WARNING TO VIEWERS: Although the film does not appear to be explicit, it deals with controversial subjects that may upset some people: bestiality and religion.
The film is called Coming Soon (2008) (not to be confused with the 1999 sex comedy of the same name!), and can be accessed at:
In case the server load is too high at the official site, it’s also available in a lower resolution on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-152460894465175765&hl=en
The film is in Czech, but with English voiceovers.
From the filmmakers’ synopsis:
COMING SOON can be seen as a documentary about our civilization’s eternal quest for “the perfect balance” between love, tolerance, morality, censorship, tradition, experimentation, etc. COMING SOON can be seen as a futuristic tragi-comedy about civilization’s next “Great Debate”. COMING SOON can be seen as a fantastic adventure through world philosophies – both past, present and future. COMING SOON can be seen as championing the rights of animals and zoophiles.
Inspired by Nietzsche, Svankmajer and Pasolini, Sir Tijn Po and dozens of friends have created a challenging journey for the experimental mind.
The film is also being sold on DVD through the site and through Amazon.com. If you enjoy the online version, I encourage you to buy the DVD.