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Iron Lung (2026): A surprise hit in theaters about a convict sent to explore a mysterious ocean on an interstellar moon in a ramshackle submarine. We ignored this video-game adaptation when it came out last week, but a loyal reader has since tipped us off that they think it’s weird. Iron Lung official site.

Mag Mag (2025): A woman swears revenge on the ghost (the titular Mag Mag) who slew her beloved. A subversive first feature from Japanese comic Yuriyan Retriever that has earned some comparisons to the work of Junjo Ito and Takashi Miike; Mag Mag is apparently playing in theaters somewhere (we were not able to find any venues in America). Mag Mag official site (in Japanese).

Nadja (1994): Michael Almereyda‘s experimental vampire movie, executive produced by David Lynch (who also has a cameo), is sort of a loose remake of Dracula’s Daughter (1936). Debuting this week at Brooklyn Academy of Music (with 2 Q&A’s with the director); more screenings to be found at the link to follow. We predict a Blu-ray in late 2026, early 2027 at the latest. Nadja restoration at Arbelos Films.

OBEX (2025): Read Giles Edwards’ review. You can now easily see Albert Birney‘s crypto-fantasia about a man entering a video game to save his demon-kidnapped dog on VOD. Rent OBEX on VOD.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

Tatu Heikkinen and Veleda Thorsson-Heikkinen of Haunters of the Silence are our scheduled guests on Pod 366 next week. Greg is feeling better, and wouldn’t miss the chance to ask them some questions about this visually stunning movie, even if he was on his deathbed (Giles will be along, too). In written content, Micheal Diamades gives you a primer on Greek Weird cinema before Lanthimos (the Old Greek Weird Wave), Shane Wilson eliminates Takeshi Kitano‘s bleak yakuza film Sonatine (1993) from the reader-suggestion queue, and Gregory J. Smalley ventures into The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963, Soviet Union). Onward and weirdward!

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Satan Hates You (2009): Read Eric Young’s review. The indie Christian scare film parody from 2009 gets its first Blu-ray release; the included “Creepy Christmas” shorts should be a nice bonus. Buy Satan Hates You.

The Stendahl Syndrome (1996): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Dario Argento‘s late giallo, premised around a dubious condition that causes people to hallucinate when viewing artwork, gets a 4K UHD upgrade from Vinegar Syndrome. Buy The Stendahl Syndrome.

The Thing with Feathers (2025): Read Michael Diamades’ review. Despite Benedict Cumberbatch‘s relative star power, Thing with Fearhers did not fly at the box office, and now receives a no-frills Blu-ray from Universal. Buy The Thing with Feathers.

Troll 2 (1990): Read Ryan Aarset’s review. Despite the fact that Troll is—by comparison—the better movie, there’s always been more interest in its disastrous sequel-in-name-only, Troll 2, which is widely considered one of the most laughably inept movies ever made. So much so that Vinegar Syndrome decided to upgrade 2 in a 4K UHD special edition, leaving the original in the dustbin. Buy Troll 2.

Twin Cheeks (1994): AKA Twin Cheeks: Who Killed the Homecoming King? A college student goes undercover as a male stripper to investigate his brother’s disappearance—think a Lynch parody as done by John Waters at his queerest and most transgressive. The VHShitfest edition of Kelly Hughes‘ microbudget “Twin Peaks” spoof includes director’s commentary, odds and ends, and an entire underground bonus feature, It’s Not the House, It’s My Mother (2023?), about which little information is available.  Buy Twin Cheeks.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest is currently scheduled for next week’s Pod 366 (although Tatu Heikkinen and Veleda Thorsson-Heikkinen of Haunters of the Silence will appear the following week.) Greg and Giles will run down the week’s weird news and releases, as always. In written content, Micheal Diamades bathes in the animated Slovak origin story of Erzsébet Báthory, The Bloody Lady (1980); Shane Wilson attempts to translate Passages from Finnegans’s Wake (1966), the almost literal adaptation of James Joyce’s famously difficult novel; Gregory J. Smalley warns you not to Return to Silent Hill; and Giles Edwards refuses to chicken out in facing Luther the Geek (1989). Onward and weirdward!

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Luther the Geek (1989): A maniac uses his custom metal dentures to bite his victims to death. A psychotronic slasher film notorious for the fact that the killer clucks like a chicken. Buy Luther the Geek.

Return to Silent Hill (2026): Guy gets letter, guy drawn to Silent Hill,  experiences mysteries and jump scares, etc. Christophe Gans from the Canonically Weird original returns to the director’s chair for a direct adaptation of the video game “Silent Hill 2” that isn’t making a lot of noise with critics. Return to Silent Hill official site.

Straight Circle (2025): An absurdist comic satire about two border guards (played by real-life twins) from fictional adversary countries who become disoriented when a dust storm obscures the border line. This Venice Film Festival hit will be released by new distributor Joint Ventures in US theaters later this year. Variety reports the acquisition.

Sundance Film Festival (Park City and Salt Lake City, UT, Jan. 22-Feb. 1):

The 2024 film season officially kicks off at Sundance, which celebrates its 46th (and final) year in Park City, Utah before relocating to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. We can usually find a single weird film making its initial bow at Sundance; last year, it was Obex; in 2024, it was I Saw the TV Glow. Unless we missed one (which very well might happen), this year we again have only one weird feature contender, plus a curious short:

• Buddy – Nothing is yet known about Casper Kelly‘s (theatrical) debut feature aside from this synopsis—“a brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show”—and the promotional still of a unicorn Muppet with a bandaged head carrying an axe.  
• “Homemade Gatorade” – From the shorts competition, this animation (which you may be able to find on YouTube) is about a woman delivering “creamy” Gatorade online. What fascinated us even more was director Carter Amelia Davis’ pro-weird “Meet the Artist” interview, which led us to bookmark her various social media pages.

Sundance film festival homepage.

Untitled Cory McAbee project (“Lincoln Movie”) (mid-2026?): McAbee (The American Astronaut) has been quietly working on a new movie. All we know about it is in the clip below: it’s a musical about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, it’s narrated by an immortal, and it’s told with repurposed vintage video and music. McAbee has a Patreon where you may be able to find more information from time to time.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366, but Greg and Giles will return with a look at the week’s new weird news and releases. In written content, Micheal Diamades encounters the grief parable The Thing with Feathers (2025), Shane Wilson grooves to the 80s retro-futurism of Turbo Kid (2015), and Gregory J. Smalley reveals and explains his votes for the Online Film Critics Society’s 2026 awards. Onward and weirdward!

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Babe: Pig in the City (1998): Read Scott Sentinella’s review. The weird (?) sequel to the smash hit about a talking pig is now on 4K UHD (standard Blu-ray included) with a new commentary track and interview with director George Miller. Buy Babe: Pig in the City. You can also now get it in a Blu-ray only double feature paired with the original Babe.

Incorporeal Man (2025): A drunk has the ability to walk through walls (but only sometimes, if the trailer is a guide). From Elevator Movie ‘s Zeb Haradon, made with deliberately primitive A.I. from an unfilmed 2008 screenplay. Incorporeal Man press kit and Incorporeal Man free on YouTube.

A Useful Ghost (2025): The spirit of a Thai man’s dead wife possesses a vacuum cleaner, and they resume their romantic relationship. “Absurd” has been reviewers go-to adjective for the debut feature from Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. A Useful Ghost official site.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: 

No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366, but Giles and Greg will return with a look at Sundance’s upcoming slate, and whatever other new releases and news pop up. In written reviews, Micheal Diamades reviews Radu Jude’s mad 2025 Dracula (which is scheduled to show up on Plex January 20), Enar Clarke essays fellow 2025 latecomer Traumnovelle (a more authentic and surreal adaptation of the novel that inspired Eyes Wide Shut), Shane Wilson advises you on whether you can leave I Never Left the White Room (2000) alone, and Giles Edwards investigates the real-life The Producers scam-film Eldorado (2012). Onward and weirdward!

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Howler (2025): On the eve of receiving a major award, a reclusive poet begins having visions related to a local disappearance. Tropic Pictures Facebook and Tropic Pictures Instagram. Rent or buy Howler on VOD.

Dead Man (1995): Read the Canonically Weird review! This is the Criterion collection‘s 4K UHD upgrade of Jim Jarmusch‘s weirdo Western masterpiece. Buy Dead Man.

“Krazee Kidz Video Party”: A selection of four 60s-era “Children’s Grindhouse” features—The Big Bad Wolf, Fun in Balloon Land, Polly Pockets, and The Princess and the Magic Frog—paired with the esteemed Soviet children’s fantasy The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963).  Buy “Krazee Kidz Video Party” at Vinegar Syndrome.

“The Mike Diana Film Collection”: The notorious artist Mike Diana (whose child-abuse-themed comix were so extreme that he was prosecuted for obscenity) also made a few transgressive and blasphemous “backyard” movies with titles like Baked Baby Jesus (1990). We can’t imagine that these are much fun, but we also can’t doubt that they are weird (in a nauseating way). Buy “The Mike Diana Film Collection” (and may God have mercy on your souls).

The Movie Orgy (1968): Cinema’s first mixtape, made by Joe Dante (hand-assembling actual films) to create a cultural artifact. Video editing has made this kind of thing trivial, but at the time it was a groundbreaking no-budget innovation. Buy The Movie Orgy from Vinegar Syndrome.

OBEX (2025): Read Giles Edwards’ festival capsule. A 1980s computer nerd travels into a video game to retrieve his missing dog. Albert Birney‘s festival hit has a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this writing and will play select theaters starting this week, with digital access coming February 6.  OBEX official site and distributor site (where you can find theaters and play whack-a-bug).

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366 (but we plan more to come). In written content, Micheal Diamades introduces you to the 1981 Greek obscurity Barbecue Them, Shane Wilson tells some more Southland Tales, Giles Edwards goes deeper into the world of OBEX (see above), and Gregory J. Smalley again thinks about I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020). Onward and weirdward!