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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):

Memoria (2021): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. Tilda Swinton hears odd noises as she travels from town to town. Opening at the IFC Center in NYC on the 26th, but the rest of the schedule has not been posted yet: we expect it will be up on theatrical distributor Neon’s official site by the time you read this, or soon thereafter.

IN DEVELOPMENT (post-production):

The Northman (2022): Robert Eggers‘ upcoming Viking feature can best be described as “Conan” meets “Hamlet.” Unfortunately, we get the feeling it’s not going to be half as weird as his previous film.  In his interview with IGN he does say “Is it still a Robert Eggers movie and is there some weird shit? Absolutely,” but that’s a caveat in the context of a conversation about this being his most mainstream film. We’ll still check it out. Read the entire interview and catch the trailer.

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. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however.

FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON YOUTUBE:

Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972): Read the Canonical entry. No, we’re not promoting Seasonal Affective Depressive Disorder with this offering of the crappy Christmas movie about Santa telling the kids about a bad high school production of “Thumbelina” while his  sled is stuck in the sand Florida. This is the Rifftrax version, with jokes to carry you through the madness. Watch Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (Rifftrax version) free on YouTube.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: We’re still trying to decide whether to host a weird watch party on New Years’ Day or postpone it until January 8th; add your thoughts here (if we get two more votes for January 1, we’ll go ahead).

Next week, we’ll have the results of our first Apocrypha Promotion poll (you still have until the 27th to get your votes in), and we’ll set up tiebreakers if needed, or move on to the next round of challenges if not. It’s also time for our year-end top 10 lists, both the weirdest and the version where we let conventional movies compete. And we aren’t promising anything, but there may be a review (or even two) from the reader-suggested review queue thrown in there as well. Merry Christmas (or pagan holiday of your choice), and 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.

With twenty new titles added since the Canon of 366 Weird Movies was finalized, it’s time to reassess things. Following European football’s strategy of relegation and promotion, we’re going to allow you to decide which new movies should enter the Canon, and which ones they’ll replace.

Note: this is totally unofficial, for “official” purposes the Canon will always be the original 366 movies we finalized in 2019. Nevertheless, this List is ontologically feeble: you can choose to ignore the new results, or ignore the previous list in favor of the new one. You can even decide that the”real” List is simultaneously the original as fixed on January 10, 2019, and the new one, which will be fixed some time in the future. All is in flux.

The procedure is as follows. We’ve put up all twenty of the new movies designated as “Apocrypha” since the list of 366 was finalized against the twenty lowest vote getters in our final 2019 poll ranking your favorites of all the original 366 movies.  You may vote (once only) for up to twenty of the movies in the poll below. The twenty movies receiving the highest votes will the become unofficial members of the Canon; the twenty lowest vote getters will be unofficial Apocrypha. In addition, afterwards we’ll take the highest rated movies promoted from Apocrypha and test them against the next lowest ranking movies on the poll, seeing how far they can rise in the overall list and eventually producing a new (again, unofficial) 1-366 ranking. This could take a while, but it begins today. This first round of polling is open for one week until Dec. 27 at midnight. Now vote below! Comments, of course, are welcome.

Continue reading REORDERING THE 366: THE APOCRYPHA PROMOTION POLL →

We’re ready to take suggestions and votes in the comments for our next Weird Watch party.

First order of business: what day should it be? The first Saturday in January is New Years Day. I don’t have any specific plans that day so I could watch a movie; or, we could schedule for the 8th instead. Let me know in the comments. The time will remain10:15 PM ET, as we have had no requests to reschedule that in years… unless someone wants to throw out a different idea.

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.

The Lighthouse (2019) is on Amazon Prime, so a subscription is required.

Here’s the link to join: https://amz.onl/7UfNBXt

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

See you soon!

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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):

Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People (2021): A hybrid stop-motion-animated  fiction-documentary about cartoonist Angelli, who reflects on his career while inside his brain his most famous character, the punk Bob Spit, fights tiny Elton Johns, and his own creator, in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Reportedly there is little context given to the Spit character, who’s well known in Brazil, making it arguably a weirder experience for North Americans. Playing in LA only, as far as we can tell. Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People official site.

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. Opening at the Quad in Manhattan this week, expanding (and hitting VOD) next week. The Scary of Sixty-First distributor site.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

“Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy”: A three-disc Blu-ray set containing the fantastic (but sub-weird) Celtic fantasy The Secret of Kells (2009), plus the similarly styled followups The Song of the Sea (2014) and Wolfwalkers (2020). A fine gift set for animation fans with good taste. Note that Wolfwalkers is currently not available outside of this box. Buy “Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy”.

Damnation (1988): A barfly pines for a married singer. Fans of Eastern European hopelessness may want to snatch up the new Blu-ray of Bela Tarr‘s black and white art-house feature. Buy Damnation.

Donnie Darko (2001): Read the Canonical entry! Another Arrow re-release of the constantly re-released teenage time travel cult classic. This “Standard Special Edition” is a 2 disc UHD Blu-ray, but we don’t know how it differs from the 2-disc “Limited Edition” that dropped in April 2021. Buy Donnie Darko.

Dune (1984): Read Eric Gabbard’s review. Arrow released David Lynch‘s least favorite movie in “limited edition” Blu-rays in August and October; now comes a “special edition” 4K UHD Blu-ray. Buy Dune.

Playdurizm (2020): A teenager wakes up in a surreal new reality where he shares a flat with his celebrity crush and his girlfriend. A homoerotic psychological thriller that reportedly owes a debt to Videodrome (1983). On DVD, Blu-ray or VOD. Buy Playdurizm.

“Sylvia Kristel 1970s Collection”: Four softcore features starring the original Emmanulle: Julia (1974), Pastorale 1943 (1978), Mysteries (1978), and the movie of interest to us,  Alain Robbe-Grillet‘s Playing with Fire (1975), an arty dirty movie from Last Year in Marienbad‘s writer in which Sylvia finds herself inside a dreamlike brothel of perversions. Buy “Sylvia Kristel 1970s Collection”.

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. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however.

FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:

Sorry to Bother You (2018): Read the Canonical entry! We just noticed this absurdist satire about an African American telemarketer selling out to climb the corporate ladder is on Tubi, and now it’s “leaving soon.” Give yourself an early Xmas present and catch it while you still can! Watch Sorry to Bother You free on Tubi.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

Avast ye landlubbers! Be sure to join us tomorrow for our twice-rescheduled December Weird Watch Party, The Lighthouse (2019), on Amazon Prime (subscription required). The link to join will drop here, on Facebook, and on Twitter around 10 PM.

In reviews next week, Giles Edwards will go deep underground for a look at a dystopian microbudget Hungarian indie, Cybersatan Apocalypse Nightmares. Gregory J. Smalley will stick to the reader-suggested review queue as we go after one of the last Fellini movies we’ve yet to take on, 1983’s And the Ship Sails On. And we’ll have a little bit of fun with polling: we’re going to put our first twenty Apocryphally Weird movies up against the twenty lowest rated Canonically Weird movie from our final reader poll. The original 366 will still be the original 366—but we’ll follow the European football model and engage in a little unofficial promotion and relegation. Just for fun, as the year goes on, we’ll continue to test the popularity of the newer entries against the old stalwarts. 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.