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Discussed in this episode:
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964): Read Theodore Davis’ List Candidate review. George Pal’s dated mythological fantasy arrives on Blu-ray from Warner Archive for the first time. Buy 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
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. Finally in theaters! Backrooms official site.
Dracula (2025): Read Michael Diamades’ review. Radu Jude‘s transgressive and unapologetically AI-enhanced Dracula anthology arrives on Blu-ray with a few extras (Jude interviews and an essay booklet). Buy Dracula.
Faust (1994): Read Alex Kittle’s review. Jan Svankmajer‘s stop-motion + live action + puppetry adaptation of Faust has been out of print (along with most of his startling features); let’s hope that this Blu-ray from Kimstim is the first salvo in re-releasing the Czech’s seminal surrealist classics. Buy Faust.
Holy Trinity (2019): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. Holy Trinity. A paint-huffing dominatrix finds she can see the dead; this queer outsider film finally arrives on Blu-ray with a director’s commentary track, a short film, and a “making of” documentary that’s almost twice as long as the feature. Buy Holy Trinity.
House of Dreams (1963): An author has recurring nightmares about a house in this low-budget Indiana indie. Bleeding Skull rediscovered it and presents it alone, with director’s commentary, and in a “VHS mix” along with spiritual soulmates Carnival of Souls, Meshes of the Afternoon, and vintage commercials. Buy House of Dreams.
Lucid (2025): Listen to Giles Edwards’ interview with the Lucid crew. An art student abuses a lucid dreaming drug and becomes trapped in a dreamworld. Now playing in limited release. Lucid official site.
She Loved Blossoms More (2024): Read Enar Clarke’s Apocrypha Candidate review. One of the strangest underseen movies of the past two years, the scenario involves three brothers who take a lot of drugs and attempt to bring back their deceased mom by accessing another dimension through a machine they’ve built in a cabinet. Now on Blu-ray with director’s commentary and other features. Buy She Loved Blossoms More.
Tekkonkinkreet (2006): Read the Canonically Weird entry! The visually inventive, Canonically Weird anime about a teen assassin and his prophetic child charge fighting the yakuza in pan-Asian “Treasure Town” gets a 4K restoration and a theatrical re-release on May 31 and June 1 only. Mark your calendars. Tekkonkinkreet re-release official site (for venues).
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled on next week’s Pod 366, but the gang will be back with all the weird movie news that’s fit to pod. It’s a packed week in written content: Pete Trbovich will cover something (either a Perverted Pick or a semi-perverted pic), Michael Diamades breezes through the Japanese children’s Ovid adaptation Winds of Change, Shane Wilson breaks down the triple-B-movie Blood, Bullets, Buffoons (1996), Giles Edwards dances with the underground’s Matador Bolero (2026), and Gregory J. Smalley plans to visit the mysterious Backrooms (see above). Onward and weirdward!