Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
NEW ON DVD:
La Grande Bouffe (1973): See description in Blu-ray below. Buy La Grande Bouffe [DVD/Blu-ray combo]
Strangerland (2015): A family’s two children disappear into the Australian wilderness (yes, the same one that swallowed the kids from Walkabout and Picnic at Hanging Rock). Despite Nicole Kidman‘s star power this one passed unnoticed at the box office, and left the few audiences that saw it nonplussed at its odd occurrences and lack of explanations. Buy Strangerland
NEW ON BLU-RAY:
La Grande Bouffe (1973): Read the Certified Weird entry! Arrow Video stuffs this DVD/Blu combo release so full of extras, you could just die. Buy La Grande Bouffe [DVD/Blu-ray combo]
Strangerland (2015): See description in DVD above. Buy Strangerland [Blu-ray]
Troma’s War (1998): Troma‘s typically bad taste take on the action genre, as the citizens of Tromaville take on an army of terrorists. Troma’s proudly el-cheapo 1980s films don’t seem to merit the hi-def Blu-ray treatment, but who am I to argue with a paying customer? Buy Troma’s War [Blu-ray]
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.