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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):

Bergman Island (2021): A filmmaking couple vacation on Ingmar Bergman‘s home island of Fårö, looking for inspiration. Perhaps a long shot for weird; although it’s described as “dreamlike” and “lightly meta,” one gets the sense that it will be most rewarding to those with an intimate knowledge of both Bergman and director Mia Hansen-Løve. Bergman Island official site.

The Blazing World (2021): A phantasmagorical trip inside a suicidal young woman’s mind as she visits another dimension after the death of her twin. After debuting at Sundance’s “Midnight” section, it got a lot of praise for its visuals, and less for its story. No official site located.

Labyrinth of Cinema (2019): Read our Apocrypha Candidate review! Nobuhiko Obayashi‘s final film is an epic meta-exploration of Japanese cinema initiated by a time-traveler arriving in a goldfish-bowl spaceship. The U.S. debut is at the Metrograph in NYC this Wednesday (with screenings all week long), to be followed by scattered dates across the country through January. Labyrinth of Cinema U.S. distributor’s page.

IN DEVELOPMENT:

Zapper (202?): My Neighbor Wants Me Dead‘s Nick Gatsby is coming out with another zero-budget psychedelic feature. This one is a crime comedy Gatsby describes as “almost like Pulp Fiction on acid.” The teaser trailer below contains NSFW language and banana violence.

https://youtu.be/x4KZ19iA2SQ

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

The Green Knight (2021): Read our Apocrypha Candidate review. A weirder Arthurian epic than Excalibur, now on DVD, Blu-ray 4K ultra or VOD. Buy The Green Knight.

“He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection”: A la Severin’s “The Dungeon of Andy Milligan”, here’s another box set of strange-but-crappy films, this time from Arrow and “celebrating” Florida drive-in guru William Grefé. Grefé alternated between pumping out creature-features with giant sharks and jellyfish and drugsploitation pictures. The set contains most of his work—Sting of Death (1966), Death Curse of Tartu (1966), The Hooked Generation (1968), The Psychedelic Priest (1971), The Naked Zoo (1971), Mako: Jaws of Death (1976) and Whiskey Mountain (1977)—and a documentary about the auteur. Buy “He Came from the Swamp The William Grefé Collection”.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014): Read our review. A re-release of the existing DVD/Blu-ray of the sequel to the canonically weird original. Buy Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. This week, we’re happy to announce the addition of a major new venue, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. As it’s name implies, this impressive new edifice (it opened on September 30 of this year) is a museum with interactive exhibits from Hollywood history, but they also naturally host screenings of repertory fare, which will occasionally involve weird movies. This week they have Spirited Away (2001) on October 19 and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) on the 21st in honor of Studio Ghibli Fest 2021. You can expect more Miyazaki there through November, and look forward to Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) on October 30. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time.

FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES:

Millennium Actress (2001): Read the Certified Weird entry! Satoshi Kon‘s sophomore picture—a mixed-up anime biopic of a fictional Japanese actress—turns up from time to time streaming on free services. Right now, it’s YouTube’s turn. With commercial interruptions. Watch Millennium Actress free on YouTube.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

You can still vote for our October 23 Weird Watch Party (Halloween edition), but it seems likely that the winner will be Phantasm (1979) on Tubi.tv. Make plans to join us two Saturdays from now at 10:15 PM ET!

In reviews next week, Jake Fredel investigates Walerian Borowczyk‘s final Love Rites (1987), while Gregory J. Smalley hopes the new Polish release Never Gonna Snow Again can live up to its promise. 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’re ready to take suggestions and votes in the comments for our Weird Watch party, scheduled for Saturday, October 23 at 10:15 PM ET.

Nominations are open for movies on any of the three platforms we’ve used—Netflix, Prime or Tubi/Kast. When making your nomination, simply say “I think we should watch Weird Movie on Netflix” or “I propose Strange Movie on Tubi” or “How about Weird Movie 2: Electric Boogaloo on Prime?”

If you’d like to attend our watch party, then the important thing is to RSVP in the comments, where you can make a screening suggestion, or just say you plan to be there. As always, we’re looking for five likely attendees before officially scheduling.

When the party is set to begin we’ll announce it in three places:

• On this site (if you’ve signed up for regular email alerts via the sidebar you’ll also get a notice that way)
• On our Facebook page
• On Twitter

Make your nominations and/or RSVP in the comments below.

Angst (1983) is on Tubi,tv, so it will be free—no paid subscription required. We’ll be using Kast.tv to stream and chat, so be sure you have signed up for a free account there.

Here’s the link to join: https://s.kast.live/g/2iotsphmfoh

The show starts at 10:15 PM (ET).

See you soon!

366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links.

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):

Lamb (2021): A dark modern folktale about a childless farming couple in Iceland. It won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and was picked up by A24, marking it as a buzzworthy curio. Lamb page at A24.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Fried Barry (2020): Read our (somewhat split) review! It’s the-man-who-fell-to-earth-in-South-Africa-and-then-got-really-high. Blu-ray or VOD. Buy Fried Barry.

Onibaba (1964): In feudal Japan, a woman and her daughter in-law eke out a living during a war and by scavenging from dead (and sometimes still living) warriors; the arrival of a young man in their deserted village, and the later arrival of a samurai wearing a demon mask, threatens their partnership. An eerie classic Japanese ghost story that’s in our reader-suggested queue, just upgraded by the Criterion Collection to Blu-ray in a new restoration. Buy Onibaba.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006): Read Alice Stoehr’s review. The story of a perfumer who murders, capped by a very strange orgy. This is the first North American Blu-ray release of the film. Buy Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

Phantasm (1979)/Phantasm II (1988): Read the Canonically Weird entry for Phantasm! The first is a weird horror classic about an undertaker and his shiny balls of death; the sequel rehashes things ten years later. This Blu-ray double feature comes with its own phantastic poster. Buy Phantasm/Phantasm II.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. This week, we finally added NYC’s IFC Center, who had been open for months but until this week were showing almost entirely new releases. In October they are back into weird movies in a big way with Persona (1966) and Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] (1968), plus the return of weekend midnight shows with Mulholland Drive (2001); they also have Cure (1997) and, inspired by Titane, are screening Crash (1996). We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Please join us tomorrow night (Saturday the 8th) at 10:15 PM ET for October’s first Weird Watch Party, Angst (1983) on Tubi.tv. No subscription required, but a free Kast account is. Look for the link here, on Facebook, and on Twitter around 10 PM.

Next week will see Shane Wilson review Anita Ekberg’s turn as a morphine-addicted nun in 1979’s Killer Nun; later on, Gregory J. Smalley will check out Lamb (see above). 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.

Our next Weird Watch Party will be the Austrian serial killer film Angst (1983) on tubi.tv via Kast. Save the date of October 9 and the time of 10:15 PM (ET)!