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Discussed in this episode:
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!