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Adult Swim Yule Log (2022): Read the Apocryphally Weird review! Crack open a Nurse Nutmeg and dig into this limited edition with a lenticular cover, two audio commentaries, and more. These 2000 units are available currently only from Vinegar Syndrome and their select retail partners. We’d expect a standard edition soon enough.

Bug (2006): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. William Friedkin‘s paranoid psychothriller comes to 4K UHD/Blu-ray next week (when Pod 366 will be off for Thanksgiving). Pre-order Bug.

“CC40”: A box set of 40 Criterion Collection titles, chosen because they were the films most often picked by visitors to the Criterion Closet. The Canonically Weird films making the cut are 8 1/2 , Repo Man , Weekend, Night of the Hunter, 3 Women , House [Hausu], and Persona, alongside the Apocryphally Weird Mirror [Zerkalo].  “Buy CC40.”

The Dark Crystal (1982): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s uncanny valley puppet fantasy on 4K UHD (and Blu-ray) in a big, fancy box with lots of stuff, including a replica crystal shard. Simultaneously, it’s also being released in a more modest but still collectible UHD+Blu-ray Steelbook exclusive to Walmart. Buy The Dark Crystal (Limited Collector’s Edition).

Labyrinth (1986): Read Gregory J, Smalley’s review. Jim Henson goes it alone for this fairy-tale fantasy that mixes Muppets-style creatures with live actors Jennifer Connelly and Goblin King David Bowie. A companion to the Dark Crystal box above, but this one comes with a glass-etched crystal ball (and a juggling tutorial as one of the many video extras). As with it’s companion feature, you can also get the Steelbook via Walmart. Buy Labyrinth (Limited Collector’s Edition).

The Reflecting Skin (1990): Read the Canonically Weird entry! This appears to be a re-release of Film Movement’s 2019 Blu-ray, with one new advertised feature (an essay by film writers Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche), but, thankfully, retaining the “Angels & Atom Bombs” extra (preserving 366 Weird Movies’ cameo appearance). Pre-order The Reflecting Skin.

“Seven Chances” (1925)/Sherlock Jr.” (1924): Read Alfred Eaker’s reviews of “Seven Chances” and “Sherlock Jr.”. A pair of innovatice Buster Keaton silent comedies that have been issued many times; this Kino double feature seems like a decent bargain, and includes extras like audio commentaries and a Three Stooges short (!)  Buy “Seven Chances” (1925)/Sherlock Jr.” (1924).

Street Trash (2024): Ryan Kruger remakes the grossout classick about hobos melted by rotgut liquor, relocating it to Cape Town and adding a more political slant. Matt Donato of Daily Dead called it “a cacophony of fever-dream nonsense” (though he didn’t mean it as a compliment). Playing in theaters somewhere or other, but it’s simultaneously premiering on VOD.  Street Trash official Facebook page.

Tomie (1998): This adaptation of an “opaque” Junjo Ito manga series deals with a spate of murders by a beautiful girl (or girls) named Tomie, and adds a subplot about another girl suffering from amnesia. Tomie was a recurring character and Ito wrote a lot of other stories (inspiring seven more feature films); one short was included in Netflix’s “Jungo Ito Maniac” series. The Arrow disc marks the film’s Blu-ray debut in the US and is, of course, loaded with extras. Buy Tomie.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No Pod 366 next week as we’ll be taking a Thanksgiving break; we’ll be back Dec. 6. We’ll still have a slate of print reviews for you to devour, however, as Shane Wilson uncovers Tetsuya Nakashima‘s Confessions (2010); Giles Edwards celebrates Corey Feldman‘s The Birthday (2004); and it’s been done before, but, dammit, Gregory J. Smalley considers Toby Dammit (1968). Onward and weirdward!