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The Vampires of New Orleans: Atun-Shei Films’ documentary/narrative hybrid delivers a story of vampires in modern New Orleans wrapped around interviews exploring the city’s horrific folklore.

• El Rob Hubbard’s review.
• Atun-Shei Films Website.
• Atun-Shei YouTube page.
• Atun-Shei Instagram page.
• The Vampires of New Orleans score on YouTube.

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987): Read Giles Edwards’ festival capsule. A tax collector encounters ghosts (and a rapping swordsman) in ancient China in this wild Hong Kong New Wave classic. Buy A Chinese Ghost Story.

“The Complete Kubrick”: Everything Stanley Kubrick directed—including Canonically Weird entries 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange—in one glorious 4K UHD/Blu-ray box set from the Criterion collection. It goes without saying this ain’t cheap, but well worth it if you can swing it. Buy “The Complete Kubrick.”

“Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema”: A box set of obscure fantastique French films spanning the 1930s to the 90s: Dans la nuit, La nuit fantastique, Le Diable souffle, The Golem, The Woman with Red Boots, and Three Lives and Only One Death. While the movies themselves may be unknown, familiar names like Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Marcel L’Herbier, Raoul Ruiz, and Luis Buñuel‘s son Jean Luis pop up throughout. (This is a pre-order for a November 10 release). Buy “Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema.”

I Want Your Sex (2026): A sociopathic artist seduces her naive young assistant into an dangerously inappropriate sexual relationship. This unconventional (but not quite weird) B&D rom-com from Gregg Araki appears on 4K UHD + Blu-ray with no extras. Buy I Want Your Sex.

Visitor Q (2001): Read the Canonically Weird review! Surprisingly (or maybe not, considering its straight-to-DVD origins) Takashi Miike‘s transgressive assault on the traditional family has never appeared on Blu-ray until now; Radiance to the rescue! Buy Visitor Q.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

No guest is scheduled on next week’s Halloween edition of Pod 366, but Greg, Giles and Pete will be there to discuss the week’s weird news and new releases. In written content, Michael Diamades gets weird for Halloween with the tale of Pere Portabella’s alternate cut of Jess Franco‘s Count Dracula, Cuadecuc Vampire (1971); Enar Clarke investigates the new documentary John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office; Shane Wilson finishes up his Halloween-themed reader-suggestion‘s by attending Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973), and Gregory J. Smalley looks at Ben Rivers’ experimental all-kid art film Mare’s Nest. Onward and weirdward!

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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!