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Discussed in this episode:
Fantasia Film Festival preview:
It’s Giles Edwards‘ favorite time of year, and here are a few of the titles he’ll be looking for at North America’s largest (and weirdest) genre film festival:
- Buddy – Casper Kelly‘s official theatrical feature debut is a dark comedy where a fictional kids TV show dinosaur goes rogue
- Dance Freak – A virus causes people to dance.
- An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt – An hour-long Q&A with the famous stick-figure animator, followed by a screening of some of his best work (including, presumably, his newest offering, “Paper Trail”)
- Godhead – Mark H. Rapaport‘s followup to Hippo is about twin false prophets who lure a priest into their delusional world
- Grotesqqque – Anime comprising three stories about aliens, vampires, and “gals”
- Her Private Hell – Nicolas Winding Refn returns with a “hallucinatory fairytale death trip” about a mysterious deadly mist infecting a future city
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Will Jane Schoenbrun‘s revisionist slasher be weird, or just camp?
- Zsazsa Zaturnnah – a pink meteorite turns a hairdresser into a female superhero in this animated queer film from the Philippines
Fantasia International Film Festival official site.
Backrooms (2026): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review! For those who missed it in theaters, Backrooms is now available for online rental or purchase (usual disclaimer: now at premium pricing, which will come down in the future). Buy (or rent) Backrooms on VOD.
“DEFA Fairy Tale Films”: Four fairy tale movies from East Germany, including Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Hulda, Snow White and Rose Red, and The Devils Three Golden Hairs (which, we have been personally assured, is a brain-scorcher). Buy “DEFA Fairy Tale Films”.
Howard the Duck (1986): Read Scott Sentinella’s review. Is the campy 80s flop featuring Marvel’s strangest cigar-smoking duck superhero weird? Decide with this lavish 4K (!) restoration. Buy Howard the Duck.
Super Legend God Hikoza (2022): A giant mecha battles a giant sturgeon bent on destroying Japan. Minoru Kawasaki‘s absurd kaiju spoof quietly arrives in America on Blu-ray. Buy Super Legend God Hikoza.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366, unless you count Giles Edwards live-on-location in Montreal as he covers the Fantasia festival (above). In written content, Michael Diamades reports on his marathon dance with They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Shane Wilson skips The Third Man and jumps right to sequel (kidding) The 4th Man, while Giles will drop updates (and interviews?) from Fantasia as the spirit moves him. Onward and weirdward!