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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:

“Blood-a-Rama Triple Frightmare”: From deep in the vaults of the American Genre Film Archive comes a triple-feature highlighted (for our purposes) by Help Me… I’m Possessed, a 1974 gore/sleaze piece the ad copy describes as “a surrealist gem” and an IMDB user describes as “an oddity that looks like it was made by a group of severely mentally ill people.” Also includes The Night of the Strangler (1972), a whodunnit with Mickey Dolenz, and the Coney Island-shot cheapie Carnival of Blood (1970). Buy “Blood-A-Rama Triple Frightmare”.

Keep an Eye Out [Au Poste!] (2018): Read our Apocrypha Candidate review. Our vote for 2021’s weirdest movie (made all the weirder because it was released in 2018) is now on Blu-ray from new player Delanalog, with a booklet, Quentin Dupieux commentary, and rehearsal footage. Buy Keep an Eye Out.

“LA Plays Itself: The Fred Halsted Collection”: Three short, experimental hardcore gay films made by Halstead in the early 70s: L.A. Plays Itself, Sextool, and The Sex Garage. Restored by the Museum of Modern Art (!); released by Altered Innocence. Buy “LA Plays Itself: The Fred Halsted Collection”.

Mayday (2021): Read Giles Edwards’ review. “Alice in Wonderland”/”Wizard of Oz” style feminist allegory about women who lure men to their death in a fantasy world with a WWII aesthetic. Previously on VOD, now available on Blu-ray, too. Buy Mayday.

Robot Carnival (1987): An early anime anthology movie themed around robots; some of the shorts are experimental (and only a few have dialogue). Contributors include Kôji Morimoto (who later worked as an animator on Akira and Mind Game) and Katsuhiro Ohtomo, who directs the bookend segments. Long out-of-print on home video, though it has been available streaming, this release requires an Ultra High Disc (UHD) player. Buy Robot Carnival.

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.

FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:

Donnie Darko (2001): Read the Canonical review! You’ve heard of this movie, haven’t you? Now listed as “leaving soon.” This is the theatrical cut (thankfully). Watch Donnie Darko free on Tubi.tv.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:

Join us tomorrow (New Years’ Day!) on Tubi.tv via Kast.tv (you’ll need a free account there) for our first Weird Watch Party of 2022, Frank Henenlotter‘s Brain Damage (1988). Let’s get the new year off to a very weird start.

Next week we’re planning on taking a couple of reviews from out of that huge reader-suggested queue. Giles Edwards will groove to Rudy Ray Moore‘s funky Disco Godfather (1979), while Gregory J. Smalley will examine Lars von Trier‘s first full-length feature, the neo-noirish Element of Crime (1984). We’ll also have another round of re-ranking the full 366 Canon, as the incoming ex-Apocrypha titles continue to climb against the old guard. (There’s still time for you to vote in this round if you haven’t yet—poll closes January 4th). 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.