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Interpretative notes: When Smalley says “screeners” he means “trailers,” except for the one time he means “screener.” When Smalley says “Wheel of Time,” he means “Wheel of Heaven.”
Quick links:
Weekly movie discussion begins: https://youtu.be/3K_pE-DIzxU?t=76
Joe Badon interview begins: https://youtu.be/3K_pE-DIzxU?t=1112
What to eat in the Big Easy: https://youtu.be/3K_pE-DIzxU?t=2154
Discussed in this episode:
Joe Badon central – Cosmic Family Films – Joe Badon art
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (1975): A bizarre Japanese rarity, a mashup of pink movie/yakuza film/”ghost cat” horror, about a prostitute who seeks ghostly revenge on her pimp husband in the titular locale. On Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro. Buy A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse.
“The Man Who Fell to Earth”: The TV adaptation/expansion of the Canonically Weird movie stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (as a different alien of David Bowie‘s species), streams on Paramount+ or Showtime, and has likely been deweirdified for a mass audience. Season 1 releases on DVD this week. Buy “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”
Trouble in Megalopolis: We still don’t know much of what Francis Ford Coppola‘s dream/vanity science fiction project, which the octogenarian director has sunk $120 million of his own money into, is about, or whether it will be weird. We do know the set is a catastrophe right now, with the entire art department either fired or resigned as shooting continues. A legendary Hollywood story may be happening right before our eyes. “The Hollywood Reporter” reports on the chaos.
The Seven Faces of Jane is available for rental or purchase on VOD.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
The pod will return next week. We currently have no guest to announce.
In upcoming reviews next week, Shane Wilson rolls the reader-suggested dice on Vegas in Space (1991); Amy Vaughn trips on the pioneering psychedelicsploitation film Hallucination Generation (1966); Giles Edwards goes Big Time (1988) (the Tom Waits concert fantasia); and Gregory J. Smalley handles Beautiful Beings (see trailer above).
Also, we will be hosting more Weird Watch Parties this week! You can see the schedule in the sidebar, but we’ll reiterate here:
Friday, Jan. 13 (TONIGHT!) at 10:15 PM: Night Train to Terror (1985) on Tubi via Discord (free)
Sunday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 PM ET: Sorry to Bother You (2018) on Netflix (subscription)
Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 PM ET: Dead Leaves (2004) on Tubi via Discord (free)
Onward and weirdward!