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WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 4/16/2021

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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):

In the Earth: In the midst of a pandemic, two men find themselves lost in a deadly forest. ‘s latest horror offering is, per Chris Evangelista of Slashfilm, “gross and weird and kind of wonderful.” We’ll surely review this one. In the Earth official site.

https://youtu.be/2YYnSJF0fcY

IN DEVELOPMENT:

The Toxic Avenger (202?): sold the rights to its most famous franchise to Legendary Pictures. Now, we’re not the biggest fans of Toxie, but there is little doubt that this will be a downgrade for the popular series. Jacob Tremblay and have joined the cast, and Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) will write and direct.  and will be involved on the production side, but I wouldn’t expect any jokes at the expense of blind characters or gratuitous boob shots from the company that brought us Godzilla vs. Kong and the upcoming Dune; expect to see it go PG-13 (at best) instead, in the vein of the “Toxic Avenger” Saturday morning cartoon series. How the weird have fallen! More at Variety.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Shrunken Heads (1994): A voodoo priest reanimates the heads of three murdered children, who seek revenge on their killers. This -helmed black comedy reaches Blu-ray for the first time, courtesy of Full Moon. Buy Shrunken Heads.

STREAMING:

Used and Borrowed Time (2020):An aging Jewish woman eats a magic pie and is transported to a past life when she was engaged in an interracial love affair in Jim Crow’s Alabama. It’s self-described as “avant-garde” and “surreal” and is over three hours long. Free on Amazon Prime (which treats it like a TV show and breaks it up into two episodes), Apple TV, and something called the Vyre Network; it will also debut theatrically at the Quad in NYC on May 7 (the awards-qualifying run). Used and Borrowed Time official website or watch on Amazon Prime.

FREE ONLINE SCREENINGS (April 20, 7 PM ET):

Amarcord (1973), with introduction by Michael A. McRobbie, free to the first 100 people to sign up, sponsored by Indiana University Cinema. Amarcord free virtual screening.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

Only Alamo Drafthouses are having screenings this week; they also appear to be standardizing their offerings across all their locations now.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: There’s just one day left to vote for April 24th’s Amazon Weird Watch Party (vote here), and just over a week left to vote in the 12th Annual Weirdcademy Awards poll (shorts here, features here).

Next week, Giles Edwards takes a trip to the Dead End Drive-In (circa 1986), while Gregory J. Smalley braves an actual hard-top movie theater to check out In The Earth (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.

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APRIL 24 WEIRD AMAZON PRIME PARTY POLL

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Here’s the poll to vote in March’s Amazon Prime Weird Watch Party, which will start on Saturday, Apr. 24 at 10:15 PM ET. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below. We’ll screen the movie that get 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 ET on Saturday, Apr. 17. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).

Now vote!


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APRIL’S WEIRD NETFLIX WATCH PARTY, “FIVE ELEMENTS NINJAS” (1982), STARTS IN 15 MINUTES

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April’s Netflix Watch Party—Five Elements Ninjas (1982)—starts in fifteen minutes.

Please install the Netflix Party extension (now officially called “teleparty”) if you haven’t already. You must have a U.S. Nextflix account and a Chrome-based browser to participate.

Here is the link to join: https://www.tele.pe/netflix/ad72841f6185a960?s=s163

Be sure to click on the red Teleparty icon to sync up and join the chat room.

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WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 4/9/2021

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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.

FILM FESTIVALS – Panic Fest (Apr. 8-18, Kansas City, KS & online):

A small, new-to-us festival; despite it’s title (and psychedelic logo featuring a cat with a third eye encased in a triangle), it has nothing to do with ‘s “Panic movement,” but is rather a medium-sized horror and genre festival. We noted several weirdish offerings there seen at other festivals, including The Blazing World, Honeydew, and the much-anticipated / collab Prisoners of the Ghostlands. Kansas City-ites may want to check it out live; others can look for virtual tickets.

Panic Fest official site.

BOOKS:

“Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol”: If you’re interested in Seventies softcore sex kitten Kristel, this will be a must-order. But we’re more intrigued by one of the perks: a 4-DVD or Blu-ray set of rare Kristel features that includes 1975’s Playing with Fire, an -directed surreal erotic film about a fantasy whorehouse that to our knowledge has never been released before in the U.S. The box set (and possibly the individual films) will likely be offered for sale individually before the year is out, but if you’re interested in the whole shebang, now’s your chance to bundle them. The book is already funded via Indiegogo, so you can use your backer donation as a pre-order for a November delivery. “Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol” at Indiegogo.

IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):

Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache (2019): A Buddhist monk tells an atheist entrepreneur who’s seeing visions that he must locate a “dakini” meeting the titular description. Not much info on this one but it shows a clear influence, plus it’s a rare Nepalese-Mexican-Singaporean co-production. In virtual theaters now. Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache official site.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Hansel and Gretel (2007): Read Kat Doherty’s review. Media Blasters rereleases this Korean take on a European legend on Blu-ray; no special features advertised. Buy Hansel and Gretel.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

Just a few screenings to report on this week.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Tomorrow’s Weird Netflix Party is the Shaw Brothers’ 1982 chopsocky Five Elements Ninja. Join us at 10:15 PM EST; as always, the link to join will appear here, on Facebook, or on Twitter around 10 PM ET. Join us!

Furthermore, voting in the 2020 edition of the Weirdcademy Awards continues apace. You can vote once per day; shorts here, features here. Polls close April 25.

We should have two new reviews for you next week, on an underground movie theme. Giles Edwards will observe the antics of 5000 Space Aliens, while Gregory J. Smalley goes into the depths of the reader-suggested queue to sample the stop-motion delights of Prometheus’ Garden (completed in 2008). 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.

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WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 4/2/2021

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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.

FILM FESTIVALS –South Texas Underground Film Festival (STUFF) (Corpus Christi, Apr. 8-11):

We haven’t spotlighted this small underground festival previously, but it is noteworthy in 2021 for being one of the first film festivals to shun the online world and brave a completely in-person format. Here’s a few items for Corpus Christites (sp?) or those nearby to check out:

  • 5000 Space Aliens – As its title suggests, this art project features 5,000 space aliens (in 85 minutes). April 9, with shorts, including one about Richard Nixon confessing to driving the getaway car for JFK’s assassin while tripping on LSD.
  • Sister Tempest – Read our review. April 10, again with bonus shorts.

STUFF official site.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

The Day of the Beast (1995): A Catholic priest must become a top-notch sinner to foil the Antichrist, so he teams up with a black metal fan and an occultist to learn the ropes. ‘s black (metal) comedy may be his most popular work, but it has been unavailable in the U.S. until this recent restoration. Now it’s on Blu-ray (exclusively) from Severin Films, with all the expected extra features (well, no commentary track, but it does boast a feature-length “making of” doc and a rare de la Iglesia short). Buy The Day of the Beast.

Perdita Durango [AKA Dance with the Devil] (1997): A psychotic criminal couple kidnap teenagers, intending to sacrifice them to their dark god. Severin’s treasure trove continues with this deranged fantasia (which is actually a prequel to Wild at Heart), with ten minutes of perverted material restored for the first time in North America. On Blu-ray with multiple extra features, or much cheaper on a bare bones DVD. Buy Perdita Durango.

Persona (1966): Read the Canonically Weird entry! The Criterion Collection re-releases ‘s influential existential masterwork on Blu-ray only, allowing you to save a few bucks off the out-of-print DVD/Blu-ray combo set (or the big Bergman box). Buy Persona.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

Weird screenings remain sparse in this pandemic landscape, but this week a handful of Alamo Drafthouses and a drive-in hold down the fort. More venues will be reopening in April as things continue to improve.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: April 10th’s Weird Netflix Watch Party poll ended in a tie, and your host broke it in favor of… Five Elements Ninja (1982). You’ve got eight days notice, so no reason not to join us next Saturday! As always, the link to join will appear here, on Facebook, or on Twitter around 10 PM ET.

And voting continues in the 12th Annual Weirdcademy Awards. Since polls are open until the 25th, it’s too early to declare favorites, although a couple of clear leaders have emerged. You can vote once per day: for shorts here, and for features here.

In reviews, next week Pete Trbovich endures Castle of the Sleeping Creeping Flesh (1968), Gregory J Smalley takes on the new-release horror Honeydew, and Giles Edwards revisits Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (longtime readers will probably guess why we’re doubling up on that one). 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.