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The Sudbury Devil (2023): Interview begins. Two 17th century witch-hunters travel into the forest to investigate reports of devilish happenings; things eventually get weird. This low-budget historical folk horror is being self-distributed and will be released online on Dec. 21. In the meantime, check out these links:

Atun-Shei films – Check here for The Sudbury Devil and Andrew Rakich’s other feature films.

Atun-Shei YouTube channel – Rakish’s youtube channel hosts dozens of short historical documentaries (many of which add context to the movie), short films, and the film’s soundtrack.

Blacula (1972): Discussion begins. Read Giles Edwards’ review. Blacula arrives on Blu-ray for the first time, though unfortunately in a bare-bones release. (There’s also an accompanying DVD re-release). Buy Blacula.

The Boy and the Heron (2023): Discussion begins. Hayao Miyazaki‘s surprise final film involves a boy traveling to a world between the living and the dead, meeting strange animals with character designs said to rival Spirited Away. It’s finally in wide release, a major event in the year’s cinematic calendar (for weirdos and normies alike). The Boy and the Heron U.S. distributor site.

Poor Things (2023): Discussion begins. Yorgos Lanthimos highly anticipated adaptation of  Alasdair Gray’s novel about a woman who is revived from the dead, but with a fetus brain. Another major, major release this week. Poor Things official site.

Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer (2022): Discussion begins. A talking heads documentary retrospective of the eminent director’s varied (and very often weird) career. In some theaters, but mainly available on VOD. Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer official site.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

Next week’s scheduled guests on Pod 366 are the guys behind the found-footage sensation channel “Everything is Terrible!” (Not coincidentally, they’re also the team behind Canonically Weird The Holy Mountain-remade-with-dog-footage oddity Doggiewoggiez, Poochiewoochiez.) In written reviews, Shane Wilson reviews “La Cabina,” a Spanish short that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue; Giles Edwards advises you whether Japan’s 2021 remake puts a new twist on Cube; and Gregory J. Smalley hopes to make it to report on Nicolas Cage‘s Dream Scenario before it disappears from theaters. Onward and weirdward!