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The Cathedral of New Emotions (2006): Read El Rob Hubbard’s review. Deaf Crocodile releases the psychedelic sci-fi with a clenched-fist spacecraft on Blu-ray. Buy The Cathedral of New Emotions.

Dream Hacker (2025): British low-budget sci-fi about a scientist who thinks she has found a way to influence others’ dreams, and experiments on herself. The lead character is named “Jennifer Connelly”–the actress of the same name is not in the movie. On VOD now. Buy or rent Dream Hacker.

“Elizabeth Taylor Collection”: Read Alfred Eaker’s review of Reflections in a Golden Eye. We mention this one solely for Golden Eye, but three other more mainstream Taylor flicks are compressed onto an unknown number of Blu-rays, if that’s how you get your jollies.  Buy “Elizabeth Taylor Collection.”

Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987): Read El Rob Hubbard’s review. Another Deaf Crocodile release—this one is a family-friendly monster mash movie from a celebrated Czech director. Buy Freckled Max and the Spooks.

Gwen and the Book of Sand (1985): A teenage girl and a 173-year-old nomad quest to save a kidnapped boy in the endless desert of the future. Lost post-apocalyptic French animation resurrected by the weirdos at… you guessed it, Deaf Crocodile. A 4K UHD+Blu-ray. Buy Gwen and the Book of Sand.

I Married a Strange Person (1997): Read Giles Edwards’ Apocrypha Candidate review! A new edition of the surreal Bill Plympton classic from (you guessed it) Deaf Crocodile, with two restored Plympton shorts, a new Plympton interview, and a new commentary track (not by Plympton). Buy I Married a Strange Person.

“J-Horror Rising”: Read Simon Hyslop’s review of Noroi: The Curse. The rarities included in this Arrow box set are Shikoku, Isola: Multiple Personality Girl, Inugami, St. John’s Wort, Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman, Persona, and Noroi: The Curse (the only one we’ve previously heard of). Buy “J-Horror Rising”.

Messiah of Evil 3D (1973): Read Shane Wilson’s Apocrypha Candidate review. The outfit Eyepop-3D is turning a bunch of old movies into digital (and anaglyph) 3D movies; usually, they’ve been transferring public domain horror and sci-fi, but this strange, arty horror is an odd choice for the treatment. Buy Messiah of Evil 3D (1973) from Eyepop-3D.

Return of the Living Dead (1985): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. An ultimate collectors set of the weird-adjacent horror comedy from Shout! Factory, with 4K UHD and Blu-ray copies of the film, a second Blu-ray with a workprint of the film, and extra features scattered across all three discs, all wrapped up in the popular steelbook format. Buy Return of the Living Dead.

“Unrecorded Night” (202never): Details are emerging about what would have been David Lynch‘s last project, an extended series called “Unrecorded Night” (the in-development project codenamed “Wisteria”). Key takeaways: writing of the 550 page screenplay was completed by 2024; Netflix put the show’s production on hold during the pandemic, but claims they were ready to go ahead when Lynch’s health would allow it; Jennifer Lynch says the family is leery about letting someone else direct it, but suggests they may publish the screenplay. Here’s an article from The Film Stage (with more links to follow) including the interview with Jennifer.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest on next week’s Pod 366, unless you want to count Pete Trbovich, who plans on joining Giles Edwards and El Rob Hubbard to discuss the week’s news and new releases. Speaking of Pete, on the video side of the ledger he’ll be premiering the next episode of his “10 Weird Things” video curation series, this time compiling Being John Malkovich clips. Also on the YouTube front we’ll bring you a new look at Lucile Hadzihalilovic‘s Evolution from Russian correspondent Eugene Vasiliev (capably translated via AI). Strictly in print, Shane Wilson takes on another that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue in the demonic Alucarda (1977), Giles Edwards gives you the straight story about Queer (2024), and Gregory J. Smalley takes on Bruno Dumont‘s The Empire (2024). Onward and weirdward!

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Brazil (1985): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Nothing new here except for the 4K upgrade; it’s on a UHD disc, with an additional Blu-ray copy of the film and a second Blu-ray for the special features (including the studio’s “Love Conquers All” cut Terry Gilliam rightfully despised.) Buy Brazil.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Sam Peckinpah‘s bizarro existential classic gets a 4K UHD (no Blu-ray) upgrade from Shout! Select, with two previously-released commentary tracks and a new discussion with writer Julie Kirgo. Buy Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

Dick Toes (202?): A detective with ten dicks for toes uncovers a cult of lesbian Canadian vampires. From Lee Demarbre, based on a throwaway joke from Enter the Drag Dragon, it will feature kung fu (of course) and be finished when it’s finished (we’ll guess 2027). Here’s an article from a PR firm.

Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World (2025): Two kids go to hell* but can come back if they find their life’s mission. Anime with an afterlife that appears to be a mashup of Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu ideas, with some material that looks inappropriate for kids; it may be weird, or it may just be cultural dissonance. In a few theaters in California and Hawaii this week, expected to appear on DVD and VOD later. Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World official site.

Heads or Tails? (2025): John C. Reilly stars as Buffalo Bill Cody in a surreal Spaghetti Western musical from the filmmakers behind Tale of King Crab (which we have yet to see). The film had a successful debut in Un Certain Regard, garnering praise from Variety, but as far as we know, there is no U.S. distributor yet—but we’d lay better than even odds that someone will flip over Heads or Tails? No official site located.

Hurry up Tomorrow (2025): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. A sort-of psychological thriller/lot-of vanity project from Abel Tesfaye (the Weeknd) about a singer and a cray-cray groupie (Jenna Ortega). Hurry up Tomorrow on VOD.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): Read Raphael Moreira’s review. Another Criterion Collection 4K upgrade (UHD + Blu-ray) that’s otherwise identical to the previous Blu-ray release. Buy Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

On the Silver Globe [Na Srebrnym Globie] (1977/1988): Read El Rob Hubbard’s review. The good news: Andrzej Zulawski‘s bizarre sci-fi epic is finally available in North America on 4K UHD (only). The bad news: both the special and limited editions appear to be sold out already. Check On the Silver Globe availability.

Sunlight (2025): A man on a quest to dig up his father’s grave for one last “f.u”. encounters a woman dressed in a monkey suit. The fiction directorial debut of ventriloquist Nina Conti. Sunlight listing on Nina Conti’s website.

NEPOTISM CORNER:

Our own “Penguin” Pete Trbovich has organized a Go Fund Me campaign to help  pay for a care home for his handicapped son Phillip. As a sort-of informal crowdfunding thing, he is making a new “10 Weird Things” video every time the fund earns $100 (first episode is coming up next week). Any help is greatly appreciated.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled on Pod 366 next week, but Greg and Giles will be back to discuss the week’s weird movie news and new releases. In video content, as announced directly above, Pete Trbovich will be returning to his “10 Weird Things” curation series, starting with Nothing but Trouble. Meanwhile, in written content, Shane Wilson tackles another that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue in Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After (2014), El Rob Hubbard covers the Czech horror-comedy Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987), Enar Clarke goes mad for the forgotten curiosity Furious (1984), and Gregory J. Smalley keeps it in the 80s with a look at Godfrey Ho‘s cut-n-paste monstrosity Ninja Terminator (1986). Onward and weirdward!

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An Evening Song (for Three Voices) (2023): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Graham Swon’s dreamlike experimental drama about two writers and their scarred maid in the 1930s just finished a token theatrical run; we expect it on VOD soon, and will let you know when that happens. An Evening Song (for Three Voices) official site.

The Day the Clown Cried: Swedish TV channel SVT announced this week that an employee of the company that co-produced Jerry Lewis’ The Day the Clown Cried illegally copied reels from the workprint film onto VHS tape in the 1980s. You can view a clip from the interview (in Swedish) announcing the discovery (and including some very short background snippets as proof) at their site; scroll to the second video at the bottom of the page for the English captioned version. There’s also this article at “Icon” (in Swedish). On the off chance you don’t know what this is about or why it’s a big deal: in the early 1970s slapstick comedian Jerry Lewis made a sincerely intended drama movie about a clown who is sentenced to a concentration camp where he entertains children before they die. At first Lewis was enormously proud of this anti-Holocaust statement, but when he previewed the dailies to some friends the reaction was, shall we say, not encouraging (Harry Shearer was quoted as saying “This movie is so drastically wrong, its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is.”). Lewis (and the screenwriter) shelved the movie and insisted that it would never be released; he relented late in life and donated some incomplete footage to the Library of Congress, with stipulations that it could not be shared until June 2024, and even then could only be publicly screened with permission from his estate. The difference here is that this is apparently a relatively complete workprint that could theoretically be restored and released, although only in an unofficial, unsanctioned underground version.

“House of Psychotic Women: Rarities Collection Vol. 2”: The four movies in this femme-forward set are thrillers Butterfly Kiss (1994) and The Glass Ceiling (1971), “dramatized documentary” The Savage Eye (1959), and, most excitingly to us, Juraj Herz‘ Gothic melodrama Morgiana (1972). The set includes hours of special features including  7 short films, one of which is a made-for-TV vampire musical by Herz! Buy “House of Psychotic Women: Rarities Collection Vol. 2”.

In My Skin (2002): Read Pamela de Graff’s review. This unexpectedly lavish UHD/Blu-ray edition of the auto-cannibalism shocker advertises 7 hours (!) of special features, including 4 short films from director Marina de Van.  Buy In My Skin.

Queer (2024): Luca Guadagnino‘s adaptation of William S. Burroughs‘ 1985 novella of the same name. It’s our reader-suggested queue (and will soon be out of that closet). Buy Queer.

Rats! (2024): Read Giles Edwards’ festival mention. Soon-to-be cult comedy now on Blu-ray, with an orgasm-themed set of special features. Buy Rats!

“Something Weird” streaming: The independent streaming channel “Cultpix” struck a deal to acquire the (complete?) Something Weird catalog for streaming, meaning the works of pre-70s exploitation auteurs like Doris Wishman (among others) will migrate there. Be aware Cultpix includes (vintage) porn and is 18+ only. Visit Cultpix.

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In the Mouth (2025): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Merl finds himself afraid to leave his house because his own giant head is growing out of his lawn. In the Mouth official site.

Alpha (2025): After a girl gets a homemade tattoo, her mother fears she may have acquired a disease that will turn her into a statue. Details on this one were scant, and the teaser trailer made it look like a family drama, so we were afraid that Julia Ducournau‘s third feature might mark a retreat from surrealism; early reviews from Cannes suggest this is not the case. It’s already been acquired by Neon (who also released Titane), so we’ll get to it by the end of the year. Alpha at Cannes.

“Delirium Magazine, Issue #41”: The Spider Baby-themed latest issue of the genre magazine (produced by Full Moon studios) includes a new interview with Beverly Washburn and a rediscovered interview with the late great Sid Haig. Plus, great cover art! Buy “Delirium Magazine, Issue #41”.

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989): Read the Canonically Weird entry! The Criterion collection reacquired the rights to Advertising and releases it on Blu-ray (sorry, hypervideophiles, no 4K UHD this time—surviving elements must not have been good enough.) Buy How to Get Ahead in Advertising.

The Iron Rose (1973): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Indicator continues their Jean Rollin releases with this Gothic fave in a limited edition 4K UHD or Blu-ray; includes two cuts of the film (including an alternate English language version), multiple interviews, video essays and appreciations, and an 80 page booklet.  Buy The Iron Rose.

Kung Fury 2 (202?):  Writer/director/star David Sandberg goes into more detail about the legal issues plaguing the sequel (which we discussed last week) and reveals he’s been working on a “similarly bonkers” secret new project in the meantime. Variety has all the details.

Themroc (1973): An experimental French movie made in a nonsense language, starring Michel Piccoli as a man who chooses to live like a savage in the contemporary world. We never expected this obscurity to be reissued, but we’re thrilled. Buy Themroc.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366; but then again, there was no guest scheduled for this week’s Pod 366, so who can say definitively? At any rate, Giles and Greg will return to discuss the week’s weird news and new releases. In written content, Enar Clarke covers the recently uncovered Czech fairy tale The Golden Fern (1963), Shane Wilson digests the cannibalism tale Grimm Love (2006), Giles Edwards sings the praises of arthouse indie An Evening Song (For Three Voices) (2023), while Gregory J. Smalley is hoping to finally encounter Friendship (2025). Onward and weirdward!

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Better Man (2024): Read Shane Wilson’s review. The Robbie-Williams-as-a-CGI-chimp biopic is out in a 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo pack, and is also available on DVD. Buy Better Man.

Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025): This Lionsgate release somehow incorporates an insomniac pop star, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, and the tagline “reality lies deeper than you think.” It looks fairly surreal, but we haven’t seen any advance reviews (which can be a bad sign). Hurry Up Tomorrow official site.

Kung Fury 2 (202?): This week, a 10-minute sizzle reel for the troubled, long-in-production Kung Fury 2 was leaked on the Internet and quickly removed (although staying up long enough to attract attention and analysis, naturally). What we can gather of the plot: cop Kung Fury (David Sandberg) returns from the original, joined by a Dirty Harry type played by a magnificently-mulleted  Michael Fassbender, to face off against Hitler and the President of the United States (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger!). There’s also a David Hasselhoff cameo (at least). This project may be moving again. Variety calls the reel “insane” and “bonkers.”

May (2002): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Weirdo character study gets a Vestron Collector’s Series Blu-ray release, with extras like 3 separate audio commentaries and 8 interview featurettes.   Buy May from Lionsgate.

Megadoc (202?): Mike Figgis‘ behind-the-scenes documentary about the crazy production of last year’s bonkers Megalopolis, now has a distributor (Utopia). Although that company is owned by Francis Ford Coppola‘s nephew, unnamed sources assured reporters the doc will be a “warts-and-all” exposé. Indiewire has more details.

Reanimator (1985): Read Giles Edwards’ List Candidate review. Ignite Films is releasing a number of different editions of the seminal horror comedy, in four different versions ranging from a standard Blu-ray for about $40 to the ultra-deluxe box with a Blu-ray, 4K UHD disc, hardcover book (with essay by Alex Kittle and others), Dr. Hill bobblehead (!), and more for about $130.  Buy Re-Animator at Ignite Films.

Resurrection (2025): Bi Gan‘s Resurrection was added to the Cannes lineup (in competition) this week at the last possible minute. The details we’ve heard about the plot are somewhat confusing but it seems to involve a post-apocalyptic future, a love affair between a woman and an android, and humanity’s loss of the ability to dream. The teaser features Gan’s typical intriguing camerawork. We’ll be awaiting this one eagerly.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366, but Greg and Giles will return to discuss the week’s news and new releases. In written content, Shane Wilson takes a trip to the underground Subway (1985), Enar Clarke writes a Requiem for a Vampire (1972), and G. Smalley can’t wait to see Hurry up Tomorrow. Onward and weirdward!