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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.

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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!

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Bugonia (2025): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. The Bugonia Blu-ray will drop two days before Christmas (showing you just how much big studios value new-releases on physical media these days). Pre-order Bugonia. Also available in 4K UHD or 4K Steelbook editions (both come with standard Blu-rays included).

Kill the Jockey (2024): Read Giles Edwards’ Apocrypha Candidate review. The surreal Argentinian film about a drug-addicted jockey with a truly life-changing concussion arrives on VOD; free on Amazon Prime, with physical media arriving later. Watch or rent Kill the Jockey.

Perfect Blue (1997): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Shout! Factory’s lavish 4K edition of Satoshi Kon‘s anime psychological horror (released two days before Christmas, sadly) includes a 4K UHD disc, standard Blu-ray, booklet, art cards, poster, almost two hours of never-before-seen lectures from Kon, and more. Pre-order Perfect Blue.

Reanimator (1985): Read Giles Edwards’ List Candidate review. We already discussed this Ignite Films release in great detail in Pod 366, Ep. 118; this is just a notification that the standard edition (4K UHD + Blu-ray) is now available on Amazon and other retailers. Buy Reanimator.

Taste of Cinema 100 Best Surrealist Movies list: See the complete list here. This list does not appear on Taste of Cinema’s regular website, it’s a social media exclusive.

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Pod 366 is off next week. In written content, however, Micheal Diamades gets into the holiday spirit with the depraved torture of Melancholie der Engel (2009), Giles Edwards gets stuck in Rabbit Trap (2025), and Shane Wilson takes the Polar Express into the uncanny valley. Io Saturnalia, and onward and weirdward!