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Pod 366 is on vacation this week, but here’s our weekly update on 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:
Berberian Sound Studio (2012): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Surprisingly, Peter Strickland‘s breakthrough feature about a sound designer working on a giallo was not available on Blu-ray in the US before now; IFC films corrects the omission. Buy Berberian Sound Studio.
Bugonia (2025): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. Yorgos Lanthimos‘ remake of the Koran sci-fi conspiracy cult film Save the Green Planet! is the rare remake that improves on the original. It debuts on VOD this week at premium pricing (the price should drop in a month or so if you can wait that long). Rent or buy Bugonia (premium pricing).
The Demon’s Rook (2013): Read Giles Edwards’ review. The self-described “surreal” DIY occult splatter flick arrives on Blu-ray more than a decade after its creation. Buy The Demon’s Rook.
“Galaxy Express 999: The TV Series Collection” (1978-1981): An orphaned boy rides a space train hoping to become immortal by obtaining a mechanical body. The complete 113 episode run of the anime series on Blu-ray. Buy “Galaxy Express 999: The TV Series Collection.”
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001): Read the Apocryphally Weird entry! Takashi Miike‘s musical black comedy about a cursed bed and breakfast is out in a bare-bones budget Blu-ray for those unwilling to splurge on the out-of-print Arrow edition. Buy The Happiness of the Katakuris.
Tromeo and Juliet (1996): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Among the multitude of extra features in this 4K UHD/Blu-ray set is an interview with “stunt nipple Sandee Brockwell,” so you know this Troma/Vinegar Syndrome collaborative release truly covers all the bases. Buy Tromeo & Juliet.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Americans! Greg and Giles will return on next week’s Pod 366 to discuss the week’s weird news and releases. In written content, Shane Wilson decides whether Lakki… the Boy Who Grew Wings is for the birds, Enar Clarke considers the “Last Year at Marienbad/The Magic Flute mash-up”Zoo zéro (1979), and Gregory J. Smalley bears the sins of the Nicolas Cage-led Jesus horror The Carpenter’s Son (2025).
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.
Not to force you to do anything, but I wondering if you had any apocrypha for December. It’s been a while and I think it would be a good way to round out the year.
We have no set schedule for Apocrypha. It’s mostly a matter of when someone has spare time to devote to a writeup. That said, there may be something in the pipeline, we frequently do one early in the year after the year’s weirdest movie has been crowned.