Greg returns from abroad to find weird movie releases stacked up. Fortunately @gilesforyou.bsky.social is there to help him preview new releases: "She Loved Blossoms More," "The Ice Tower," "Perfect Blue" rerelease, "V/H/S Halloween" on Shudder, and 6 others.

"The clash between innocence and despondence worms through the gloomy corridors of Hadzihalilovic’s vision, with bright, minute illuminations crowded on all sides by murk."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on "The Ice Tower" (2025)

"The flights of philosophical fancy lead into brief moments of CGI-animated imagery, but most of the scenes remain rooted more or less firmly in reality. Ultimately, 'Warm Water' makes for a slightly kinky but heartwarming tale of how to find purpose, meaning, and happiness in life..."--Enar Clarke

"'Gory Gory Hallelujah' has so many targets for its smug disdain that it plays like a sketch film... This is a film that is not the slightest bit interested in nuance."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) 366weirdmovies.com/it-came-from...

Sorry for being late with this week's Saturday (erm, Sunday) short, which is about why Morris is late to his brother's baby shower. 366weirdmovies.com/sunday-short...

With Greg posting late due to spotty vacation wifi, @gilesforyou.bsky.social and Brother @penguin-pete.bsky.social drop this breezy episode discussing "Fantastic Fest," tipping you off to a new one from Crispin Glover, revisiting the "Rocky Horror" doc, and noticing "One Battle After Another."

Shane Wilson ( @shanewilson.bsky.social) screens a double feature of anti-authority experimental shorts made decades apart. 366weirdmovies.com/they-came-fr...

On the latest Pod 366, Giles (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) and Pete (@penguin-pete.bsky.social) discuss 3 strange upcoming docs--"Megadoc," "So Unreal," and "Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror," plus a pair from Deaf Crocodile: "The Devil's Bride" and a new edition of The Pied Piper."

"The fact that so many of The Actor‘s individual scenes create such effective senses of disorientation and anticipation makes the movie’s refusal to ultimately resolve itself an underwhelming and slightly frustrating experience."--Gregory J. Smalley

"...a hip-hop sci-fi musical in which rapid-fire scratching and carefully chosen radio drama samples combine to tell a story that would have been at home in the days of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Wave Twisters"

On this day in 1984, "The Company of Wolves" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The masterpiece we almost lost. Over one hundred years old, much imitated and remade but never equalled. Quite remarkable. And creepy as hell. 1922 #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #dracula #film

Today's Saturday Short is a Dadaist classic from 1926 with a new electronic score. 366weirdmovies.com/saturday-sho...

This week on Pod 366: Todd Rohal's comments about his transgressive underground comedy "F____ My Son," anime adaptation "Uzumaki" (and its troubled history), and longer dives into Nicolas Cage in Finnegan Lorcan's psychothriller "The Surfer" and Argentina's surreal crime drama "Kill the Jockey."

"'Thirty Two Short Films' shatters the mold of this generally insipid movie genre... 'Glenn Gould' is a strong contender for the greatest biopic ever made."--Gregory J. Smalley 366weirdmovies.com/capsule-thir...

"Even before his traumatic brain injury, Remo is not well in the head, and director Luis Ortega’s narrative reflects that haziness. Once our fractured jockey hits the streets... all bets are off as 'Kill the Jockey' careens toward its mystical photo-finish."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social)

"The meandering pace, repetitions, and lack of clear narrative may be off-putting to some viewers, but the films of the Brothers Quay have always been more about the experience of seeing than storytelling. For fans, this one is definitely a long-anticipated must-see."--Enar Clarke

"...has some interesting ideas about the reasons the kids are not alright these days and is very sympathetic about why they’re downright anxious to get away from it all. But the only way out it can think of is to harsh everyone’s mellow"--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Snorkeling"

The 14th episode of "Salad Fingers" explores the title character's long-running feud with thieving crows. As always, oddly gory and disturbing. 366weirdmovies.com/saturday-sho...

On the latest Pod 366, we dive into what looks weird at TIFF, including a Harmony Korine-produced romp in Medellin, irradiated centaurs, a mom trying to get her mutant son laid, and more. + the week's weird releases: the surreal caper "Kill the Jockey" on VOD and "The Wheel of Heaven" on Blu-ray.

"...although some might miss the Jersey grime and DIY nihilism, there’s enough of a novelty factor to the whole enterprise to make the new 'Toxic Avenger' worth a look.... It corrects some of the original’s shortcomings, but abandons some of the outsider charm in the process."--Gregory J. Smalley

"[like] a feature-length pilot for a mid-90s science fiction TV show. Its goofiness, disregard for grand implications, and laser-focus on the affable leads would demand at least half of a season before the network cancels it."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on "Dream Hacker" (2025)

"The moments of weirdness glimpsed in this archive are sprinkled among nonsensical plots, long stretches of repetitive interiors, and New York City street footage with post-sync dialogue performed by bad actors."--Enar Clarke on 2 Something Weird sexploitation double feature discs

"Multiple forms of animation and visual styles share space in a bouillabaisse of dread and visual overstimulation... sometimes eclectic, often cacophonous, and frequently intriguing."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "We Are the Strange" (2007) 366weirdmovies.com/63-we-are-th...

Anatomical Study of the Common Fairy by Dan Baines. www.danbaines.com/blog/anatomi...

It's best to just dive into today's Saturday Short without much preparation. 366weirdmovies.com/saturday-sho...

Pod 366 discusses the Venice Film Festival ("Bugonia," anyone?), "The Toxic Avenger" remake, the Quay Brothers' "Sanitorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass", and Blu-rays of "I Can See You", "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge", and "Only the River Flows". 366weirdmovies.com/pod-366-ep-1...

"By addressing synesthesia, director Nicola Rose can create a childlike world of sparkly kiddie psychedelia—fluffy unicorn and cotton candy stuff, but with a tie-dye aesthetic—while staying safely within the confines of a Disney/Nickelodeon storyline."--Gregory J. Smalley on "Magnetosphere" (2024)

More Apocrypha! "The unique territory that this story stakes out for itself is to not merely go from the ridiculous to the sublime, but to contend that the ridiculous _is_ the sublime."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Everything Everywhere all at Once" (2022)

"...might just be one of the quirkiest films in cinema history. Almost every role in this movie is played by children... I mean, how weird is it to be kicked out of the Garden of Eden in disgrace when you haven’t even lost all your baby teeth?"--Eugene Vasiliev on "The Annunciation" (1984)

Satoshi Kon's iconic debut film PERFECT BLUE is returning to theatres nationwide in stunning 4K. See the revered cult classic on the big screen starting October 3. 💙 brnw.ch/21wV4bF

On the latest Pod 366, Julian "Boys Go to Jupiter" Glander joins Greg and Giles to talk about his oddball coming-of-age debut feature + G&G run through the week's notable releases: "Black Swan" in IMAX, + "Perpetrator," "Lips of Blood"/"Night of the Hunted"), "Xanadu," "Drag Me to Hell."

We got a chance to talk to Julian Glander, creator of the critical hit animation "Boys Go to Jupiter." The movie follows math prodigy / high school dropout / Grubster drone Billy 5000 as he encounters customers, experimental citrus farms, and aliens. And what's up with the hot dog guy?

"'...a Cubist science fiction epic, presented as if it were being performed by a severely stoned 1970s avant-garde theater troupe enacting obscure Masonic rituals... Too muchness is the essential aesthetic."--Gregory J. Smalley on our newest Apocryphally Weird movie, "On the Silver Globe"

An appetizing "Calamari" double feature from Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) ! Only one of these two movies deals with actual cephalopods, but if they "have anything in common, it’s a commitment to the idea that the end is irrelevant to the means." 366weirdmovies.com/they-came-fr...

"Coupling the animation and the absurdity with an indie-drama vibe pays off handsomely, and that’s before we even get into the alien podcasters and dolphin machinations."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on "Boys Go to Jupiter," in theaters now 366weirdmovies.com/apocrypha-ca...

This is a wild short movie, worth your time! It’s part of a 1968 anthology movie called Spirits of the Dead, with Louis Malle and Roger Vadim directing the other two segments. All three are Poe adaptations. Streams on Criterion Channel.

Gritting my teeth as I see Terence Stamp, gone today at the age of 87, referred to as "Superman costar" in obit headlines. He was sexier, weirder, darker, so much more interesting than that. Many entry points, but you can't go wrong starting with Billy Budd (1962) and The Collector (1965). RIP.

R.I.P. Terence Stamp (TEOREMA, TOBY DAMMIT)

In today's Saturday Short, a zooming camera takes a psychedelic tour of a battle between two species in the AIlien Realms, including a look at a sheep-processing plant. 366weirdmovies.com/saturday-sho...

On this week's Pod 366: the neon alien splatter of "Jimmy & Stiggs" in theaters; "Eddington" on VOD; Marcell Jankovics' epic animation "The Tragedy of Man" on Blu-ray; the entire "Toxic Avenger" series arrives in 4K; John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness" 4K UHD steelbook; "Vampire Hunter D" Blu-ray.

"The movie gets much weirder at the end, with the pair randomly dressing like 'ghosts from yesteryear' and communing with a massive bullfrog, followed by a climax with perfectly harmonious black and white sheep, which must be seen to be disbelieved."--Gregory J. Smalley on "Ebony & Ivory"

NAKED LUNCH (1991, David Cronenberg)

"God bless the Don Dohlers of the world... You don’t go to a Don Dohler movie with the hope that it will be very good, but it’s a whole lot of fun watching him in there giving it the ol’ college try."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Fiend" 366weirdmovies.com/it-came-from...

Volume 2 of the "366 Weird Movies Guide" is here, and we're giving away copies of both volumes in softcover to one lucky person. To enter, repost this post with the hashtag #366Contest. U.S. residents only. DMs must be open to send us your address if you are chosen. Full contest details below:

The new Pod 366 covers 3 theatrical releases: absurd/obscene pop music comedy "Ebony & Ivory"; surreal animation "Boys Go to Jupiter" (with film clip); and arthouse whatsit "Harvest." Also 2 physical media releases: Tim Robinson's "Friendship" and a deluxe 4K "Late Night with the Devil."

"'Hungry Snake Woman' has everything a film fanatic could ask for, except for purpose or meaning. As one of the characters says midway through, 'If you ask me, this doesn’t make much sense.'"--Gregory J. Smalley

Our Penguin Pete (@penguin-pete.bsky.social) curates 10 Weird Moments from "200 Motels" (that comes out to 0.5% of the total weird moments). 366weirdmovies.com/ten-weird-mo...

"...while there’s the sociopolitical allegory going on, there’s also a weirder level of surrealism that suggests what we’re seeing is somewhere beyond the realm of reality."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Snow White and Russian Red" (2009)

Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) wraps up our coverage of Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 with this third omnibus of late-arriving odds and ends. Some good ones here, like @albertbirney.bsky.social's retro-futuristic "Obex" and the second instalment of the "Mononoke" anime trilogy.