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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 RELEASES: ONLINE DEBUTS:

The Wolf House [La Casa Lobo] (2018): Chilean stop-motion nightmare/political allegory about a woman escaping from a religious cult and finding herself trapped in a nightmarish house. We’ve been waiting for this release for two years; unfortunately, current circumstances have kept it off the big screen. You can rent it directly from the home page, or (better) follow the links to a participating sponsor theater, who will earn a cut of the rental fee. The Wolf House official U.S. distributor site.

IN DEVELOPMENT (announced):

Save the Green Planet! remake (202?): CJ Entertainment, the studio behind Bong Joon-ho‘s Parasite, has announced they will be teaming up with art-horror specialist Ari Aster to produce an English-language remake of the Canonically Weird South Korean story of an insane man who kidnaps and tortures a tycoon hoping to forestall an alien invasion. We’re always skeptical about remakes—why not just make something new and original?—but there’s no questioning the pedigree here and few non-Koreans saw the original, so we’ll allow it. Read the scoop at IndieWire.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

“Absurd Horror Double Feature”: Bill Zebub (we’ll say it again—“Bill Z. Bubb” would have been a better pseudonym) strikes again. Absurdly, the Blu-ray cover of this release features a skinny model in sleazy lingerie, but not the titles of the movies contained therein. Research reveals that the double feature in question consists of re-edited versions of Nightmare on Elmo Street playing alongside Frankenshark (an alternate title for the notorious Dickshark). Buy “Absurd Horror Double Feature”.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004): Read the Canonically Weird entry! There’s nothing new in this DVD/Blu-ray combo pack limited edition from Shout! Factory, except for the collectible steelbook packaging and an “exclusive” booklet. Buy Howl’s Moving Castle.

Ponyo (2008): Read our review. Hayao Miyazaki‘s Japanese variation on “The Little Mermaid” is weird in the way a preschool child’s mind is. Like Howl’s Moving Castle, above, this is a limited reissue in steelbook format. Buy Ponyo.

Vampire Hunter D (1985): Read Giles Edwards’ review. This cult classic futuro-Gothic anime has been released on Blu-ray before, but now it’s resurrected in a sleek (if pricey) steelbook. Buy Vampire Hunter D.

Vivarium (2019): Read Giles Edwards’ list candidate review. Absurdist horror satire about a young couple trapped in a dystopian suburbia; available on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD. Buy Vivarium.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: The group has spoken, and A Ghost Story will be the featured screening for Saturday night’s Netflix Party. Newbies are invited to join the regulars in watching a weird movie with like-minded cinema misfits.

Next week’s review slate is easy as one, two, three. Pete Trbovich covers Spookies (1986), the first installment of a horror franchise that never got a sequel. Then, GoreGirl Terri McSorley covers part 2 of Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time, looking at cult horror and sci-fi films (a couple of titles on their list overlap with ours). Finally, Jake Fredel gets ’round to the third in his series on Seijun Suzuki‘s Taisho Trilogy, the surreal biopic Yumeji (1990). One, two, three, see? 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.