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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):
Mother Schmuckers (2021): Two dumb and dumber brothers have 24 hours to retrieve their mother’s dog or face eviction. This grossout absurdist comedy from Belgium (in the John Waters tradition) is scheduled for a limited theatrical release this week and VOD next week. Review coming soon. No official site located. Trailer below is NSFW (scatology and brief nudity).
IN DEVELOPMENT:
Ash (2022?): Trippy musician Flying Lotus’ second directorial effort will be a sci-fi horror set on a distant planet. “I really want to show the world something they’ve never seen before,” says Lotus. It’s part of a multi-picture deal between Lotus’ company Brainfeeder (Kuso), XYZ Films (Mandy), and France’s Logical Pictures. We can’t guarantee this will be weird, but it’s hard to imagine Flying Lotus signing up for something conventional. Deadline broke the news.
This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however.
FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI:
The Apple (1980): Don’t miss your chance to meet an actual, actual, actual vampire in this campy disco-era musical misfire. Now listed as “leaving soon”. Watch The Apple on Tubi.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
We’re still seeking input on our next Weird Watch Party (join the convo here), though if nothing changes over the weekend we’ll schedule Keep an Eye Out for Saturday, March 12.
Next week, Giles Edwards will tell you what the schmuck is up with Mother Schmuckers (above). Then, Shane Wilson dips into the long-neglected reader-suggested review queue to check out the groovy 1965 satire The 10th Victim. Coincidentally, Gregory J. Smalley will also look at a 1965 suggestion, Federico Fellini‘s first color feature, Juliet of the Spirits. 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.
NOTE: This poll was originally published with the wrong contestants listed. It’s been corrected. If you voted in the early afternoon of 3/2, your old vote has been erased and you may vote again.
Our project to re-rank the entire Canon of 366 Weird Movies continues, as we incorporate the newly promoted former-Apocrypha movies into a newly reordered list. (This sounds more complicated than it really is.)
Last round, 53 voters cast ballots. Only The Lighthouse (2019) remains more popular than all the Canonical entries they faced; The Wolf House (2018) fell by the wayside as it ended in a tie. Let’s see how far the The Lighthouse can climb. We’ll pit it against the nineteen next most popular Canonical movies based on this 2019 poll. We’ll repeat this procedure until The Lighthouse fails to beat all it’s competition in a particular group.
Here’s the next round. Vote for the movie you feel is the most deserving of this bunch. We’ll leave the poll up until midnight, March 9.
We’re ready to take suggestions and votes in the comments for our next Weird Watch party, tentatively scheduled for Saturday, MArch 12 at 10:15 PM ET.
We could always change the regular time and date, as long as it’s in the evening: any day of the week, 9 PM or later start. If you can’t make it Saturdays and prefer a different time slot for the bi-weekly parties, let us know.
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.
Nominations are open for movies on any of the three platforms we’ve used—Netflix, Prime or Tubi/Kast. When making your nomination, simply comment with “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?”
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)
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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 – (Nitehwak Shorts Fest, Brooklyn, NY, Mar. 2-6):
This year’s music section includes videos directed by a couple of hard-hitters: Yann Gonzalez and Alex Ross Perry. There are also sections devoted to female filmmakers, Kentucker Audley‘s No Budge shorts platform, and, likely of the most interest to our NYC readers, the “Midnite” section on March 3 (conveniently screening before midnight), which features monsters, monster sculptures, and psychedelic animated lesbian erotica from Australia. Nitehawk Shorts Fest official homepage.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Big Gold Brick: An injured young writer accepts an offer to pen the biography of an eccentric man. Critics cannot agree about this one: some call it an out-of-control disaster, others a potential cult movie, while the trailer itself gives you little idea of what to expect (but whatever it is, you expect a lot of it). In some theaters and simultaneously on VOD (purchase only). Big Gold Brick official site.
IN DEVELOPMENT:
Megalopolis (202?): Francis Ford Coppola has been dreaming of making this movie for almost four decades. The plot is either under wraps, or indescribable: all we really know is that it’s “in the tradition of a Roman epic” but set in an alternate version of New York City, and that the director hopes the audience will ask “What’s really in Megalopolis? What is he saying? My God, what does that mean when that happens?” upon seeing it. In other words, too weird for Hollywood. The 82-year old director mentioned that he’s willing to put up $100 million of his own money to finally get this done in a recent GQ profile. Here’s hoping!
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
“Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman”: Arrow Blu-ray set collecting four campy, absurd 1950s B-movies from producer Katzman: Creature with the Atom Brain, The Werewolf, Zombies of Mora Tau, and The Giant Claw. The last of these is currently in our reader-suggested queue. Buy “Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman”.
“Forgotten Gialli: Vol. 3”: Vinegar Syndrome’s title may be a bit of a misnomer here, as the set’s anchor title—Autopsy (1975)—has a small cult following. 1972’s Murder Mansion and 1977’s Crazy Desires of a Murderer better fit the “forgotten” bill. Mondo Digital called Autopsy “[a]bout as strange as an Italian thriller can possibly get…” Buy “Forgotten Gialli: Volume 3”.
The Scary of Sixty-First (2021): A lesbian couple finds a great deal on a NYC apartment, but fall into a conspiratorial rabbit hole when they discover the property was previously owned by Jeffery Epstein. Reviews are mixed, and even its weirdness is somewhat in question, but there’s no doubt it’s a bold premise. Previously VOD only, now on Blu-ray. Buy “The Scary of Sixty-First”.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973): A woman forced into prostitution trains in kung fu, grabs a shotgun, and seeks revenge. This uncensored cut contains hardcore sex inserts—and it’s in our reader-suggested queue. Previously on DVD, now upgraded to Blu-ray. Buy Thriller: A Cruel Picture.
The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967): Tongue-in-cheek 60s Eurospy spoof about a mad scientist sought by both sides in the Cold War. An undefinable, obscure potential cult movie brought to light by new distributor Deaf Crocodile (who has a few more oddities up their sleeve in coming months). Buy The Unknown Man of Shandigor.
“Yokai Monsters Collection”: A three-Blu box from Arrow containing four movies about the Japanese folkloric monsters known as yokai: the trilogy 100 Monsters (1968), Spook Warfare (1968), and Along with Ghosts (1969), plus Takashi Miike‘s kid-friendly series tribute The Great Yokai War (2005). It’s indentical to 2021’s “limited edition” box set, minus the promotional booklet, postcards and poster. Buy “Yokai Monsters Collection.”
This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Here’s a reminder to join us for our February 26 Weird Watch Party of Alex van Warmerdam‘sBorgman (2013), tomorrow night at 10:15 PM ET. On Tubi (so no subscription required) via Kast.tv (free account required). The link to join will drop here, on Facebook, and on Twitter around 10 PM.
Next week, we’ll dive into folk horror, as El Rob Hubbard provides a thorough report on Severin’s massive “All the Haunts Be Ours: An Anthology of Folk Horror” box set, while Giles Edwards focuses on a single movie from that set: the reader-suggested Penda’s Fen (1974). Gregory J. Smalley heads in a different direction, with a review of the newly released Wicca satire King Knight. And that surprise tentative interview we hinted at last week is now a surprise interview tentatively scheduled for next week. 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 project to re-rank the entire Canon of 366 Weird Movies continues, as we incorporate the newly promoted former-Apocrypha movies into a newly reordered list. (This sounds more complicated than it really is.)
Last round, 68 voters cast ballots. The Lighthouse (2019) and The Wolf House (2018) outpaced the filed of Canonical entries they were pitted against. Son of the White Mare [Fehérlófia] (1981) fell by the wayside, however, stalling in the 200s. Now, let’s see how far the new arrivals can climb. We’ll pit the two former Apocrypha movies that got more votes than any Canonical movies against the eighteen next most popular Canonical movies based on this 2019 poll. (It’s getting more competitive for the newbies, but if we put fewer than 20 entries per poll at a time, this will take all year). We’ll repeat this procedure until no new arrival proves more popular than the remaining Canonical entries.
Here’s the next round. You may choose up to three movies you feel are the most deserving. We’ll leave the poll up until midnight, March 1.
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