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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.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987): Read Shane Wilson’s review. This Special Edition release of the all-star sketch comedy B-movie spoof includes a new featurette and new outtakes and marks the first time the film has appeared on Region A Blu-ray. Buy Amazon Women on the Moon.

“American Horror Project, Vol. 1”: Three strange and cheap psychotronic horror films gathered in a Blu-ray set: Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973), The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976), and The Premonition (1976). It seems horror writer Stephen Thrower (“NIGHTMARE USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents“) convinced Arrow to collaborate on releasing some of his favorite under-the-radar American drive-in and grindhouse horrors. We’ll be curious to see what appears in Vol. 2. Buy “American Horror Project, Vol. 1”.

Death Laid an Egg (1968): Read the Special Edition review and the Certified Weird review! This new release of Italy’s finest chicken-centric surrealist giallo includes a fifteen minutes of restored footage, the Plucked! English-language dub, and a lot of egg-cellent supplemental features. Buy Death Laid an Egg.

“The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast”: Read Terri McSorley’s review of the Limited Edition. This set is identical the one Terri reviewed in 2016, with the following exceptions: no separate DVD copies, no special packaging, no bonus Blu-rays with 1.33:1 aspect ratio versions, and it’s about one-eighth the price. Otherwise, it’s a fourteen-film collection containing all the Godfather of Gore’s “greatest hits,” from Blood Feast to The Gore Gore Girls. Buy “The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast”.

Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018): Documentary covering Borowczyk‘s career, from his early days as an art-house darling to the scandal caused by The Beast [La Bête] (1975), from which his critical reputation never recovered. On DVD, Blu-ray or VOD. Buy Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk.

“Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series” (1969-1974): The complete original run of the breakthrough surreal comedy series that launched the career of 366 fave Terry Gilliam and eventually led to Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983). Restored and on Region A Blu-ray for the first time, with tons of outtakes and featurettes. Buy “Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Complete Series”.

Spontaneous (2020): Two high-schoolers fall in love while their classmates spontaneously combust. It’s rare we’d take a chance on a teen rom-com, even with horror elements, but the spontaneous combustion gambit is just strange enough to place it on the outer edge of our radar screen. On DVD or VOD (no Blu-ray at this time). Buy Spontaneous.

ONLINE CERTIFIED WEIRD LIVE SCREENINGS:

Branded to Kill (1967), tonight (11/13) at 9:15 PM with live commentary by Jim Jarmusch. Sponsored by 36 Cinema (we’re not familiar [or affiliated] with them); if you buy a ticket through this link, a portion of the proceeds will benefit Boston’s Brattle Theater. $10. Buy virtual ticket to Branded to Kill.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

American’s aren’t back to full capacity yet, but some repertory theaters are open. It’s up to you to decide if you think it’s safe to go to movie theaters at this time. 366 takes no responsibility for any infections contracted as a result of attending a live theatrical screening.

• Austin, TX
  • Alamo Drafthouse  – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), 11/13-15, 19
• Charlottesville, VA
  • Alamo Drafthouse – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), 11/15
• Chicago, IL
  • The Music Box – Akira (1988), 11/13-19
• Denver, CO
  • Alamo Drafthouse – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), 11/19
• El Paso, TX
  • Alamo Drafthouse – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), 11/13-15
• Phoenix, AZ
  • Alamo Drafthouse – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), 11/13-18
• Vancouver, BC
  • The Rio – Akira (1988), 11/14, 19

FREE MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:

John Dies at the End (2012): Read the canonically weird review! Two slackers under the influence of soy sauce battle interdimensional aliens (and John dies, at some point). Now listed as “leaving soon” on Tubi.  Watch John Dies at the End free on Tubi.tv.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Tomorrow’s Weird Netflix Party features the new Norwegian post-apocalyptic horror, Cadaver. The show starts at 10:15 PM ET; the link to join will appear here, on Facebook, or on Twitter around 10 PM ET.

Meanwhile, as we continue working on the print version of the 2020 Yearbook in the background, we’ll clue you in on a couple of 2020 releases that will grace those pages in December. Giles Edwards takes the lead on the Canadian comedy The Twentieth Century, a totally absurd fictional biopic of Prime W.L. Minster Mackenzie King (spoiler: it’s heavily influenced by Guy Maddin). Gregory J. Smalley then checks out Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s latest, his documentary about his own form of ritual psychoanalysis: Psychomagic, A Healing Art. That disc can be found inside Abcko/Arrow’s new Alejandro Jodorowsky box set, which deserves an article of it’s own (and so shall receive one). Onward and weirdward!

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.