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Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs and Blu-rays (and hot off the server VODs), and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available at the official site links.
BOOKS:
“If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe: A John, Dave, and Amy Novel (John Dies at the End, 4)”: Another entry in the “John Dies at the End” series from Jason Pargin. No advance plot details, but expect it to be weird. Buy “If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe.“
STREAMING SERVICES:
We’ve mentioned the very cool free service Kino Cult several times before. This October, they are streaming horrific double features each night at midnight. Unfortunately, we missed alerting you to some classics from the first half of the month, but you can still catch midnight flicks like Nightmares Come at Night (tonight, Oct. 21); Fascination and Lips of Blood (Oct. 24); Rhinoceros (Oct. 25); Vampyros Lesbos (Oct. 29); and Two Orphan Vampires (Oct. 30), among others. You can see the entire schedule here. And of course, if you miss the livestream, you can still catch a showing on demand. You can also enter a contest to win a Jean Rollin prize pack that includes a Rollin bobblehead (!) and four DVDs: enter here.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Cure (1997): Read the List Candidate review. Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s metaphysical thriller was one of our earliest reviews, and
Flux Gourmet (2022): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Peter Strickland‘s latest, about culinary performance art and gastrointestinal distress, is now on DVD or Blu-ray for fans. Buy Flux Gourmet.
Return of the Living Dead (1985): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. The horror/comedy cult classic gets a 4K UHD (+ Blu-ray) release from Shout! Factory. Buy Return of the Living Dead.
The Ring (2002): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Gore Verbinski‘s American remake is one of the better Hollywood adaptations of a J-horror classic. This edition is a collectible steelbook Blu in cool fold-out packaging. Buy The Ring.
CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however. Like the one below:
- 10/27, Paducah, KY: Nosferatu (1922) at Maiden Alley Cinema. It’s Nosferatu season! Live score by Sarsen Circle.
FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI:
Strange Frame: Love and Sax (2012): Read the Canonical review! If you’re looking for an animated psychedelic science fiction lesbian musical this Halloween, Strange Frame is probably your best bet. As always, “leaving soon.” Watch Strange Frame: Love and Sax free on Tubi.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: We’ll leave the voting up through the weekend for our Halloween Weird Watch Party, scheduled for Saturday, October 29 at 10:15 PM. Currently, we are picking between Possum (requiring a Discord server to be set up), The House on Haunted Hill (1959, b&w, on Amazon Prime), and Baba Yaga (1973) (also on Prime). Vote/nominate/comment here.
Also, we are pre-announcing that we may have an upcoming announcement to announce in the future.
In reviews next week, Shane Wilson reconvenes The Congress (2013),
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that we have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.