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):

Between Worlds (2018): Nicolas Cage must defend himself from the ghost of his wife, who’s jealous of his new relationship with a medium. We’re hoping it’s Cage’s other weird movie of 2018. No official site located.

IN DEVELOPMENT:

Psychomagic: An Art to Heal (2019?): We’re not so sure about Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s belief in “psychomagic” therapy (a discipline he created) and wish he’d devote his remaining years to more narrative films instead of documentaries. But he’s a living  legend in weirdness, and entitled to pursue whatever interests him. His fans agree, as they crowdfunded this psychomagical doc into existence. Psychomagic: An Art to Heal at Indiegogo.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Read the Certified Weird review! If the “Special Edition” 4K of Stanley Kubrick‘s psychedelic sci-fi classic was too pricey for you, here’s your chance to snag a Blu at less than half the price. No word on which special features are included or omitted from this version. Buy 2001: A Space Odyssey [4K].

Snowflake (2017): Read Giles Edwards’ review. A remarkably scripted German fantasia with hitmen, angels, superheroes, and fascists battling it out, and an amateur dentist screenwriter directing the action. Blu-ray (the DVD edition was released last week). Buy Snowflake.

MUSIC:

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Walk with Me”: We don’t usually cover musical releases, but since it’s Christmas and we’re short on stocking stuffers, we’ll link this short EP of carols done in the style of Angelo Badalamenti by composer Jherek Bischoff. It’s a spot-on tribute that a heap of eerie seasonal fun; listening to it, you can just see the snowflakes falling on the prom queen’s corpse while the midget dances around a tree backwards. Buy (or just listen to) “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Walk with Me.”

CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We won’t list all the screenings of this audience-participation classic separately. You can use this page to find a screening near you.

• Chicago, IL,12/26-27 – Mandy (2018). At the Music Box Theater.
• Los Angeles, CA, 12/27 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). At the Egyptian Theater.
• New York City, NY, 12/21-12/23 (midnights) – El Topo (1970). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 12/21-12/23 (midnights) – Eraserhead (1977). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 12/21, 12/26 – Desperate Living (1977). At the Quad.
• New York City, NY, 12/21, 12/26 – Female Trouble (1974). At the Quad.
• New York City, NY, 12/25 – A Clockwork Orange (1971). At the Quad.
• New York City, NY, 12/26 – Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971). At the Quad.
• New York City, 12/26-12/27 – Spirited Away (2001) (subtitled). At the Metrograph.
• Portland, OR, 12/22 – Nosferatu (1922), with a live score performed on pipe organ. At the Hollywood Theater.
• San Francisco, CA, 12/21 – Brazil (1985). At the Roxie.
• San Fancisco, CA, 12/22, 12/27 – Spirited Away (2001) (subtitled or dubbed screenings on 12/22, subtitled only 12/27). At the Roxie.

FREE MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:

The Chumscrubber (2005): Read our review. This scatterbrained teen satire, probably aimed at the Donnie Darko demographic, isn’t altogether successful (we’re still not 100% sure what a “chumscrubber” is, or why it’s in the movie), but there’s no denying this is a weird one. Listed as “leaving soon.”  Watch The Chumscrubber free on Tubi.tv.

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.

Time for another giveaway! We would like to increase our social media footprint, so to enter, we’re asking you to make a post referencing 366 Weird Movies either on Facebook or Twitter (using either “#366WeirdMovies” or “@366WeirdMovies”). Then, return here to and link to your post in the comments to enter. (You can say whatever you want in your post, from “give me some free stuff @366WeirdMovies” to “You suck, #366WeirdMovies.” Just mention us and return here to tell us!)

We are going to select the winner from the eligible comments randomly using random.org (One entry per person, please).

The usual eligibility rules apply: to receive the DVD/Blu-ray, 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). You also must be over the age of 18. 366 contributors are not eligible for the prize. We’ll stop accepting entries Tuesday, December 18, at midnight EST. If the winner does not respond to our request for a mailing address within 24 hours we’ll email a runner-up, and so forth, until the prize is given away. We don’t guarantee your prize will arrive before Christmas.

And now, for our prizes, both courtesy of Artsploitation Films. First up is a Blu-ray copy of Snowflake, a meta-narrative feature in which an amateur dentist screenwriter finds his own characters pressuring him to change the outcome in his script that features hitmen, angels, superheroes, and fascists fighting it out in a dystopian future Germany. We’re big fans of this movie and heartily recommend it: if you don’t believe us, check out Giles Edwards rave review and our just-published interview with director Adolfo J. Kolmerer.

And because it’s that time of the year, our second chilly feature is Norway’s Christmas Blood (DVD). Artsploitation pitches it thusly: “Horror’s Santa-slasher sub-genre mixes with Scandinavian Noir in this bloody Xmas tale. Christmas is a time of peace, love and family. But not for Norway as a psychopath dressed in a Santa Claus suit has been terrorizing them for the past 13 years. For as soon as the caroling starts, this demented Kris Kringle dispenses bloody ax blows regardless of whether you’ve been bad or good. As the holiday approaches on one snow-covered town filled with revelers, a pair of detectives work against time to find and arrest this bearded serial killer. Will they manage to stop this demented St. Nick before he kills again? Director Reinert Kiil (The House, Whore) delivers a dark, disturbing and bloody holiday thriller.”

Now get to it! See you on Facebook (or Twitter). Don’t forget to notify us of your entry in the comments below!

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):

Clara’s Ghost (2018): A ghost prompts an actress to confront her dysfunctional family. Starring Chris “Cabin Boy” Elliot and his family (it was written and directed by and stars his youngest daughter, Bridey Elliot). Clara’s Ghost official site.

Mountain Rest (2018): A daughter and granddaughter visit their estranged matriarch, an aging actress, at her mountain cabin. Pitched as a “surreal drama.” Mountain Rest official site.

IN DEVELOPMENT (Completed?):

Eyes of the Sun (2019?): The following trailer dropped into our in box the other day. It’s for an “artsy adventure film” from Sweden, about a man seeking revenge for a cult kidnapping his sister. I think you can see why it caught our eye. Eyes of the Sun official Facebook page.

CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We won’t list all the screenings of this audience-participation classic separately. You can use this page to find a screening near you.

• Chicago, IL, 12/9 & 12/11 – Greaser’s Palace (1972). At Gene Siskel Film Center.
• Los Angeles, CA, 12/7 (midnight) – Mandy (2018), with a Q&A with producer Daniel Noah. At the Nuart.
• New York City, NY, 12/7-12/8 (midnights) – Female Trouble (1974). At the Nitehawk Cinema.
• New York City, NY, 12/7-12/8 (midnights) – Fight Club (1999). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 12/8 – Belle de Jour (1967). At the Metrograph.
• New York City, NY, 12/8 & 12/13 – Malpertuis (1972). At the Quad.
• Omaha, NB, 12/8 – El Topo (1970). At the Alamo Drafthouse.
• Portland, OR, 12/8 – The Wicker Man (1973). At NW Film Center.
• Portland, OR, 12/10 – Liquid Sky (1982). At the Hollywood Theater.
• Tuscon, AZ, 12-7-12/13 – Perfect Blue (1997). At the Loft.
• Yonkers, NY, 12/9 – Spider Baby (1967). At the Alamo Drafthouse.

FREE (LEGITIMATE RELEASE) MOVIES ON SHOUT FACTORY TV:

Fantasy Mission Force (1983): Read the Certified Weird review! “[A] pulp surrealism masterpiece, set in a previously undiscovered movie universe at the conjunction of the Shaw Brothers, Luis Buñuel, and the Three Stooges.” Watch Fantasy Mission Force free on Shout Factory TV.

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.

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):

Anna and the Apocalypse (2017): Read Giles Edwards’ mini-review. A teen musical-zombie-Christmas movie is a reasonable seasonal choice for our type of reader. Anna and the Apocalypse official site.

Ghostbox Cowboy (2018): A Texas entrepreneur/scam artist goes to China, where he finds he may be out of his depth. Are we the only ones getting a 21st century Midnight Cowboy-as-cybercomedy vibe? Ghostbox Cowboy official site.

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017): A teenage girl goes after her missing crush in this magical realist story set in mafia country. A lightly weird, critically acclaimed work that has garnered some comparisons to the work of Guillermo del Toro. Sicilian Ghost Story American distributor site.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Brewster McCloud (1970): Read our review. Warner Archive gives Robert Altman‘s bizarro comedy about a man who dreams of flying on the Astrodome on a set of homemade wings a bare-bones release, but at least it’s in circulation. On DVD-R, Blu-ray and VOD. Buy Brewster McCloud.

True Stories (1986): Read Alfred Eaker’s review. The Criterion Collection takes on David Byrne‘s whimsical look at a quirky Texas town; a bonus soundtrack CD (previously unreleased) comes with the Blu-ray (but not with the DVD). Buy True Stories.

CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We won’t list all the screenings of this audience-participation classic separately. You can use this page to find a screening near you.

• Chicago, IL, 11/30-12/1, 12/5 – Zéro de conduite (1933). At Gene Siskel Film Center.
• Columbus, OH, 12/1-12/2 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). At Gateway Film Center.
• Los Angeles, CA, 12/1-12/2 – Batman Returns (1992). At the New Beverly Cinema.
• New York City, NY, 11/30-12/1 (midnights) – Mulholland Drive (2001). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 11/30-12/1 (midnights) – Suspiria (1977). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 12/1 – Belle de Jour (1967). At the Metrograph.
• Pittsburgh, PA, 11/30-12/6 – Howl’s Moving Castle (2004). At Row House Cinema.
• Portland, OR, 12/1 – The Wicker Man (1973). At NW Film Center.
• San Diego, CA, 11/30 (midnight) & 12/1 – Mandy (2018). At Ken Cinema.

NEPOTISM CORNER:

Payday (2018): The movie G. Smalley worked on as a PA, wrote about here, and appeared in (as “the cook”) is now out on DVD. It’s a microbudget hostage thriller. 90% of the time you see flashing police lights in this film, G. Smalley is the one who flipped the switch on the cruiser. Buy Payday.

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.

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 ON HOME VIDEO:

Holy Motors (2012): Read the Certified Weird review! The Shout! Select “Collector’s Edition” Blu-ray of Leos Carax‘s surreal anthology improves on the old Indomina release; the complete “Merde” segment from Tokyo! is a major bonus feature. Buy Holy Motors [Collector’s Edition].

“Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema”: If you have a couple hundred bucks to spend and Thirst for more Ingmar Bergman in your home video collection, it would be a Shame to pass up this historic set sure to bring you many Smiles on a Summer Night. The Criterion Collection’s Bergman set includes an astounding 39 films on Blu-ray (naturally, both Hour of the Wolf and Persona make the cut, along with rarities like 1955’s Dreams), plus more than five hours of bonus features. Buy “Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema”.

Luciferina (2018): A novice Argentinian nun travels into the jungle with her sister seeking ayahuasca, but instead finds a devil-worshiping cult. Ayahuasca, a semi-legendary shamanic preparation, has been a trendy movie subject in recent years; this horror film mixes the drug with Catholic-pagan conflict. DVD or Blu-ray, scheduled to hit VOD outlets on 12/4. Buy Luciferina.

Umbilical World (2018): 366 “Saturday Short” regular David Firth creates a feature-length film composed of new and old material “stitched together to form a single stream of nightmare consciousness.” The DVD contains a “making of” featurette and director’s commentary, but is only available from UK sources; also available for on-demand rental via Vimeo. Umbilical World order link.

CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We won’t list all the screenings of this audience-participation classic separately. You can use this page to find a screening near you.

• Chicago, IL, 11/23-24 (midnights) – Akira (1988). At Music Box Theater.
• Columbus, OH, 11/23-27 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). At Gateway Film Center.
• Los Angeles, CA, 11/23 (midnight) & 11/25 – Perfect Blue (1997). At the Nuart.
• New York City, NY, 11/23 – Glen or Glenda (1953). At Spectacle Theater.
• New York City, NY, 11/23-24 (midnights) – Mulholland Drive (2001). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 11/23-24 (midnights), 26, 28-30 – Suspiria (1977). At IFC Center.
• New York City, NY, 11/24, 26, 28 – Mandy (2018).  At the Metrograph.
• Oakland, CA, 11/29 – Run Lola Run (1998). At the New Parkway.
• Pittsburgh, PA, 11/23-11/29 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). At Row House Cinema.
• Portland, OR, 11/24 –Nosferatu (1922), with Dean Lemire palying an original score on pipe organ. At the Hollywood Theater.
• San Francisco, CA, 11/24, 29 – Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). At the Roxie.
• Silver Spring, MD, 11/23, 26-29 – If…. (1968). At AFI Silver Theater.
• Silver Spring, MD, 11/23-25, 27 – Vertigo (1958). At AFI Silver Theater.

FREE (LEGITIMATE RELEASE) MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:

Dead Leaves (2004): Read the Certified Weird review! A man with a television for a head and a woman with mismatched eyes wake up with amnesia, are imprisoned on what’s left of the moon, lead a revolt, have a baby, and kill lots and lots of people in this speed-metal anime that doesn’t slow down for a second. Watch Dead Leaves free on Tubi.tv.

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.