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Discussed in this episode:
“The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault”: What’s in it? We don’t know, it’s a mystery, but it is described as a “hallucinogenic trip to a found footage wonderland.” Buy “The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault”.
Career Bed (1969)/Sex By Advertisement (1968): The early sexploitation films of Joel “Bloodsucking Freaks” Reed: in Career Bed, an aspiring actress learns about the casting couch; Sex by Adevrtisement “explores the weird world of erotic newspaper ads in a mondo-film styled pastiche.” We’re not 100% convinced by the hype that these will be exceptionally strange by (our high standards), but they have their fans. Buy Career Bed/Sex By Advertisement.
A Desert (2025): An aging photographer encounters all-American perversity in the Southwest. Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro reports that the film “opens a puzzle box of weirdness and nihilism…” A Desert official site.
Empire of the Dark (1990): Read Pete Trbovich’s Apocrypha Candidate review. The interdimensional Satanist movie comes to Blu-ray 4 years after Pete rediscovered it. Coincidence? Absolutely! Buy Empire of the Dark.
Mother, Couch (2023): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Sub-Buñuelian absurdity about a mother who refuses to get up from a furniture store couch. The Blu-ray comes with commentary and a behind-the-scenes featurette, Buy Mother, Couch.
Pale Rider (1985): A mysterious Preacher (Clint Eastwood) rides into a Western town and protects the common people from an evil mining company. Only subtly weird; Roger Ebert called Eastwood’s performance “mysterious and fascinating.” Buy Pale Rider.
Spoonful of Sugar (2022): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Three years after release, this hallucinogenic horror gets a decent Blu-ray release complete with director’s commentary, featurettes, and a booklet essay. Buy Spoonful of Sugar.
The Surfer (2025): Nicolas Cage tries to take his son surfing in Australia, but locals aren’t having it in this psychological thriller from Lorcan Finnegan. Just let Cage loose on the beach, and a weird movie is likely to emerge. The Surfer official site.
Sweet Dreams (2023): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Slightly surreal period drama set in the sugar plantations of Indonesia. Buy Sweet Dreams.
Up! (1976): Read Alfred Eaker’s review. In Alfred’s opinion, this comedy with lots of Hitler is Russ Meyer‘s “most surreal live-action, X-rated cartoon”; buy it in either Blu-ray or 4K UHD formats from Severin. Buy Up!.
The Visitor (2024): A sexy man emerges from a suitcase and seduces a family. You can now watch Bruce la Bruce’s homoerotic and explicit twist on Teorema on Blu-ray. Buy The Visitor.
Vulcanizadora (2024): Read Giles Edwards’ festival capsule. Two troubled middle aged men travel into the woods to fulfill a dire pact. Only tangentially weird, but Joel Potrykus‘ latest low-budget dramedy is getting the best reviews of his career, and they’re well-earned. Opening in NYC this week, then expanding to major cities. Vulcanizadora official site for screening dates.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
We have no guest officially scheduled for next Pod 366, although we didn’t have one officially scheduled at this point last week, so who knows? Regardless, we’ll be back to discuss the weird news and new releases. In written content, we knock three items out of the reader-suggested queue as Shane Wilson tackles Ross Perry’s unofficial low-budget Thomas Pynchon adaptation Impolex (2009), Enar Clarke reviews Jean-Luc Godard‘s skewed take on King Lear (1987), and Giles Edwards takes a gander at the late-Soviet children’s animation Purple (or Lilac) Ball (1988); meanwhile, Gregory J. Smalley breaks the reader-suggested ranks to catch a current theatrical release that should interest readers: David Cronenberg‘s latest, The Shrouds. Onward and weirdward!