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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.
STREAMING (SHUDDER):
The Amusement Park (1973/2019): Read our review. George Romero‘s Lutheran-funded horror allegory about aging will stream exclusively on Shudder.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Zeroville (2015): An idiot-savant with a tattoo of Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor on the back of his head goes to Hollywood and makes movies. This James Franco experiment (with a pretty weird-looking trailer) was finished in 2015, but the distributor went bankrupt, and then sexual misconduct allegations about the director/star started bubbling up; only now has a new distributor been brave enough to take it on. DVD and Blu-ray only. Buy Zeroville.
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, however, continue to mention exceptional screenings in this space. In fact, we have one to highlight this week:
Van Nuys, CA – The Plant Drive-In – Aliens, Clowns & Geeks (2019) with Forbidden Zone (1982) (director’s cut), 6/12.
FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984): Read the Canonically Weird Entry! Watch Buckaroo, the famous neurosurgeon/superhero/rock star, take on Dr. Lizardo and his alien allies, in all its 80s camp glory. We’ve been here before, but this is again listed as “leaving soon.” Watch The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension on Tubi.tv
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: The poll for our June 19 Amazon Weird Watch Party is now up. If you plan to attend you have until this Sunday to make your voice heard.
Next week, El Rob Hubbard chips in with a book review of Jeff “Blue Sunshine” Lieberman‘s 2020 memoir, “Day of the Living Me: Adventures of a Cult Filmmaker from the Golden Age.” In movie reviews, Giles Edwards will digest The Baby of Mâcon (1993) (didn’t he already do that?), while examines Alex de la Iglesia‘s 1995 black comedy about a sinful priest summoning the devil, Day of the Beast. 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.