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Discussed in this episode:
The Backrooms (2026): A24 backed Kane Parsons‘ feature debut about mysterious logic-defying trans-dimensional rooms discovered in a retail establishment, and got Chiwetal Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve to sign on. It’s based on a webseries, whose inaugural episode won the Weirdcademy Award for Weirdest short in 2022. The Backrooms official site.
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (1979): Read Shane Wilson’s review. The Estonian sci-fi thriller/mystery is now out in a deluxe limited edition; cheaper standard edition is pre-order only.
“DEFA Fairy Tales”: This box set collects five bizarre fairy tales (in the vein of fellow 1957 DEFA production The Singing Ringing Tree) seldom seen outside the Iron Curtain. The titles are Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Hulda, Snow White and Rose Red, and The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs (which we are promised will blow some minds). Pre-order “DEFA Fairy Tales”.
The Devil’s Rain (1975): Watch Pete Trbovich’s video review. Robert Fuest‘s crazy Satanic horror film arrives on 4K UHD + Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films. Buy The Devil’s Rain.
The Final Programme (1973): Read Otto Black’s review. Continuing with Robert Fuest, Severin also releases this psychedelic, messianic, post-apocalyptic effort (also on 4K UHD + Blu-ray). Buy The Final Programme.
Return from Tomorrow (2026): A surprise sequel to the Canonically Weird Disney satire Escape from Tomorrow is announced out of nowhere (which is appropriate, since the original came out of nowhere), continuing the story with the same characters but a bigger budget for more elaborate surreal visions. It’s debuting at the Florida Film Festival on April 11. Future dates are unknown, but we’ll keep tracking it. Bloody Disgusting broke the news.
Roy from Space (1983): A nearly-lost Mexican sci-fi animation with outsider art elements. Deaf Crocodile is raising funds to replace some of the film’s, um, “questionably appropriated” live-action elements with new animation in the same style. Pledgers will get exclusive slipcovers drawn by Gilbert “Love and Rockets” Hernandez that will not be available outside of this campaign. Roy from Space Kickstarter.
Vampyros Lesbos (1971): Read Terri McSorley’s review. Jess Franco‘s most popular movie, probably because it casts curvy Soledad Miranda as a lesbian vampire. Buy Vampyros Lesbos.
“The Weird and Wonderful World of Czech Animation”: Perk up New Yorkers! This amazing series at Metrograph starting April 5 will include screenings of stop-motion shorts and features Invention for Destruction, Alice [Neco Z Alenky] (1988), and The Pied Piper. The Weird and Wonderful World of Czech Animation at Metrograph.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366. Giles will be off, so Greg and Pete will get you up to date on another slate of weekly weird movies. In written content, Micheal Diamades tracks down the obscure Japanese pop-duo item Pink Lady’s Motion Picture (1978), Shane Wilson stays in Japan for the celebrity satire Helter Skelter (2012), Pete Trbovich gets the Cat Sick Blues (2015), and Gregory J. Smalley exults in the The Tragedy of Man (2011) (a Deaf Crocodile release, by coincidence.) Onward and weirdward!