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WEEKLY NETFLIX PARTY POLL #5

Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for this Saturday, Apr. 25, at 10:30 PM EST. First order of business: voting on the movie to watch. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below.

There are two sets of instructions: one for the poll, and then the instructions for joining the Netflix Party.

POLL

Vote for which movie you’d like us to watch from the selections below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, G. Smalley, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Friday, Apr 24. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).

NETFLIX PARTY

You must have a subscription to Netflix and a browser running Chrome. You must install the Netflix Party extension (from this site).

We will not provide tech support; you’re on your own.

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

You will then receive the link to join the stream. Follow the instructions and be sure to have your Netflix Party extension active.

Once you join, you can customize your avatar and give yourself a screen name.

Now vote!


WEIRD NETFLIX PARTY #5 INTEREST CHECK

This might just be a quarantine thing, or it may turn into a regular feature of the site, but interest in the weekly weird Netflix screening has remained steady so far, so going to go for number five.

We’re asking for nominations for a movie to watch partly because we love making polls, but mainly as a means to gauge interest. If we get five suggestions from people planning to attend, then we’ll know it’s worth hosting.

You can nominate something you nominated before, but not something we watched in a previous party: so no The Platform, April and the Extraordinary World, The Bad Batch, or Skins [Pieles].

We’ll set aside April 25 at 10:30 PM EST for this one. If you have feedback suggesting a different start time we’ll listen.

Just like previous weeks, we’ll open it up to reader suggestions until we get five or more candidates, then put up a poll to vote on which movie to screen. Only films in Netflix’s catalog are eligible. We don’t have to watch a Canonically Weird movie together, but just for your convenience, we’re reasonably sure these are all the (previously unscreened by us) ones available on the service at the moment: Enemy (2013), The Lobster (2015), Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), A Serious Man (2009), Sin City (2005), Swiss Army Man (2016), Under the Skin (2013), and The Wicker Man (1973). Feel free to nominate any of these, or ignore them in favor of other selections.

To join, you’ll need a U.S. Netflix account, a Chrome-based browser (Brave works) and the Netflix Party extension.

Make your nominations in the comments below.

366’s NETFLIX PARTY, “SKINS,” STARTS IN 15 MINUTES

As the title states, our latest Netflix Party—Skins [Pieles] —starts in ten minutes.

Please install the Netflix Party extension if you haven’t already. You must have a U.S. Nextflix account (we think) and a Chrome-based browser (including Brave) to participate.

There will be no pausing or rewinding except for technical reasons.

We are offering no technical support, so help each other out if needed.

Here is the link to join: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80099204?npSessionId=139c626863e62e03&npServerId=s17

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

WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 4/17/2020

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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 DEVELOPMENT (pre-production):

The True Tale of Ole Splitfoot vs. the Lesbian Warrior Nuns of the Great White North (est. 2021): OK, you sucked us in with the title. We’ll just cut and paste the synopsis: “set in a remote Canadian town, whose only industry is the local maple syrup processing plant, a group of lesbian warrior nuns, posing as strippers, stand guard, vigilant; the last defense against the hordes of Satan.” Good luck, gals. They’ve got a title, a poster, a director, and a dream. The True Tale of Ole Splitfoot vs. the Lesbian Warrior Nuns of the Great White North on Facebook.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Butt Boy (2019): Read our review. This absurdist tale of an anal serial killer can be found on VOD or Blu-ray. Buy Butt Boy.

Der Todesking (1990): Read our review. Cult Epics is re-releasing ‘s episodic movie about death on gritty VHS (!), with two limited-edition offerings, including a deluxe version for super-fans that comes with a t-shirt and art prints. Available for pre-order at Cult Epics.

“Seijun Suzuki’s Taisho Trilogy”: Full of eroticism, ghosts, and mysterious widows, this set collects three surreal period films from Japanese maverick : Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kageroza (1981), and Yumeji (1991). All are set during the Taisho era (1912-1926). Arrow Academy released these in a 6 disc Blu-ray/DVD combo limited edition in 2017, which is now a collector’s item fetching ridiculous prices; this Blu-ray only reissue is far more affordable. Buy “Seijun Suzuki’s The Taisho Trilogy.”

She’s Allergic to Cats (2016): Read our review! Six years after its debut, this video-art essay about a pathetic dog groomer who wants to make an all-cat remake of Carrie made it to video-on-demand—and immediately went onto our apocryphally weird list. Buy or rent She’s Allergic to Cats.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

Sorry, nothing here. Maybe we’ll have news in the coming weeks. Based on recent White House guidance, it will be two weeks—at the absolute minimum—until American theaters are tentatively allowed to re-open (and even then, they will be limited to half capacity).

FREE (LEGITIMATE RELEASE) MOVIES ON YOUTUBE:

Wrong (2012): Read our review. ‘s followup to Rubber is the comically surreal tale of a man searching for his missing dog. Watch Wrong free on YouTube.

READER MAIL: This isn’t going to be a regular feature (we hope), but someone wrote us, on our contact form, with no return address, “Great site! But you should drop the 366 and make it simply weirdmovies.com.” Since we can’t answer them directly, we’ll print a response here, for anyone else who’s wondered: we’ve tried to purchase the domain “weirdmovies.com” but haven’t gotten a response from the owner. We suspect they’re holding out for much more than we’re able to pay.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: First up, there’s still a few hours left to vote for a movie to watch at our fourth weird Netflix Party scheduled for tomorrow, April 18, at 10:30 PM EST. Vote here if you plan on attending. As for next week, we’ll bring you a couple of new-release reviews: Giles Edwards covers the dream thriller Impossible Monsters, while G. Smalley gives you the lowdown on the doc Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Movies of All Time, Vol. 1 – Midnight Madness (and yes, there is some overlap there with our own list).  We’ll also drop an interview and a bit of bonus content for the ultraviolent Russian black comedy Why Don’t You Just Die?, to get you excited for its Blu-ray release next week. Stay safe, wash your hands, 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.

WEEKLY NETFLIX PARTY POLL #4

Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for this Saturday, Apr. 18, at 10:30 PM EST. First order of business: voting on the movie to watch. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below.

There are two sets of instructions: one for the poll, and then the instructions for joining the Netflix Party.

POLL

Vote for which movie you’d like us to watch from the selections below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, G. Smalley, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Friday, Apr 17. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).

NETFLIX PARTY

You must have a subscription to Netflix and a browser running Chrome. You must install the Netflix Party extension (from this site).

We will not provide tech support; you’re on your own.

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

You will then receive the link to join the stream. Follow the instructions and be sure to have your Netflix Party extension active.

Once you join, you can customize your avatar and give yourself a screen name.

Now vote!