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Discussed in this episode:
A Bucket of Blood (1959)/Dementia 13 (1963): Watch Pete Trbovich’s video review or read Alfred Eaker’s review. A “restored” copy of Roger Corman‘s black comedy, in a Blu-ray double-feature with Francis Ford Coppola‘s Corman-produced thriller Dementia 13. Buy A Bucket of Blood/Dementia 13.
Dead Lover (2025): A gravedigger reanimates her dream man in a campy, gonzo spin on Frankenstein. Available directly from Video Visions with a “Stink-O-Vision” scratch-n-sniff card in the Limited Edition version (unknown whether either the limited or standard editions will show up at other retailers in the near future.) Buy Dead Lover from Video Visions.
The Frighteners (1996): Watch Pete Trbovich’s video review. Peter Jackson packs two-and-a-half movies worth of plot into one movie with this horror/comedy about psychic investigators that plays like a Coen Brothers adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. This listing is for a 4K UHD upgrade from Arrow, Buy The Frighteners.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. This Blu-ray release Paul Bunnell‘s juvenile delinquent rock n’ roll sci-fi musical includes a soundtrack CD. Buy The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.
Megadoc (2025): Mike Figgis’ behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola‘s mad Megalopolis comes to Blu-ray (but still no Megalopolis itself, which Coppola insists must screen exclusively in theaters despite lack of public interest.) Buy Megadoc.
“Penguindrum” (2011): Anime series from Kunihoko Ikuhara about penguin spirits who demand a terminally ill girl find an artifact called the penguindrum in return for saving her life. YouTube is filled with helpful tutorials with titles like “Making Sense of Penguindrum.” Buy “Penguindrum (the Complete Series).”
Phantasmatapes II (2026): The second entry in this series from Bleeding Skull (Annie Choi and Joseph A. Ziemba) that takes public domain horror movies and introduces tracking errors and VHS artifacts along with recreated vintage local TV commercials. This time out they tackle snoozer Atom Age Vampire (1960) and proto-slasher Don’t Look in the Basement (1973). Buy Phantasmatapes II.
The Weird Kidz (2022): Young teens and pre-teens go camping in the desert and encounter a monster in this animated gross-out comedy-horror from the producer of “Rick and Morty” and Anomalisa. Now on VOD. Buy or rent The Weird Kidz on VOD.
Wicker (2026): A medieval spinster commissions the creation of a husband made out of wicker. It’s getting great reviews, and we have seen at least one critic use the other “w” word to describe it. Wicker official site.
Wild at Heart (1990): Read the Canonically Weird review! David Lynch‘s controversial and violent feature about an Elvis-obsessed crook in a modern Oz gets a limited rerelease to theaters, with the Criterion 4K UHD coming soon after in mid-November. Wild at Heart rerelease Facebook announcement.
NEPOTISM CORNER:
The Medium article Pete Trbovich mentions at the end of today’s podcast episode can be accessed here: “Modern Monsters from Witches to Backrooms“.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
There will possibly be a guest on next week’s Pod 366, but if not, Greg, Giles and Pete will return to address the week’s weird news and new releases (and that mystery guest will come along later in November). In written content, Michael Diamades listens to reader requests for White Noise (2022), Enar Clarke mentions the mysterious Morbo (1972), Shane Wilson gets classy with a look at an 1985 avant-garde version of Igor Stravinsky’s opera The Flood, while Gregory J. Smalley hopes to fashion a review of Wicker (see above). Onward and weirdward!