As they say in the Red Carpet wrapups, "Who Wore It Better?" 😂

Thanks, @sdkcolin.bsky.social , can't wait to hear where it ranks against the Kachanov, Tarasov, and Atamanov films!

Two releases that seemed just about impossible a few years ago, now in the hands of @adamthek.bsky.social ! Thanks for sharing your new arrivals!

"Pure cinematic possession" is how @homosatanis.bsky.social describes the cinema of Teuvo Tulio. No lies detected! Thanks for sharing your new arrival, Fred!

Another happy Teuvo Tulio buyer, and a very sweet cat to boot. (Misty appears to be excited!) Thanks for sharing your unboxing and your #DeafCrocoPile, @obliviousben.bsky.social !!

If you haven't signed up for the Deaf Crocodile newsletter, now's the time! From now until February 20, everyone who goes to deafcrocodile.com and signs up for the newsletter will be entered to win a copy of KRAKATIT 4K and a Romero 5th Anniversary enamel pin! PLUS, one existing newsletter subscribe

How was the Super Bowl? We had to miss it because it conflicted with a HS football game. Lotta fun, but also kind of rough, tbh...

The Bone & Sickle podcast is having a giveaway! If you join the patreon and register, you could win three DC Blu-ray releases! More info at the link below: https://sweepwidget.com/c/96866-mzvjhp1w

Happy Friday! Enjoy these stunning vintage DEFA movie posters for "Signals: A Space Adventure" and "In the Dust of the Stars"

A few stills from THE DEVIL'S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS, one of five films on the forthcoming DEFA Fairy Tales box set from Deaf Crocodile. Pre-orders open late March, ships end of April.

Is KRAKATIT right for you? Side effects include: persistent headaches, dropped flowers, stopped time, and possible worldwide catastrophe. Use only as directed. #DeafCrocodile #BluRay #Krakatit #4KUHD #BluRayCollection

Stills from LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD (ROTKÄPPCHEN) – 1962, dir. Götz Friedrich. Part of Deaf Crocodile's forthcoming 5-film box set, DEFA FAIRY TALES, releasing in April with pre-orders coming in late March. #DeafCrocodile #BluRay #BluRayBoxset #BluRayCollection #DEFA #FairyTaleFilms #RedRidingHood

Boston! Friday, February 6, catch Shahram Mokri's new film, BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, as part of their "Boston Festival of Films from Iran." Start time 7p, get your tickets here: https://www.mfa.org/event/film/black-rabbit-white-rabbit?event=159571

Got a pet? Proud of your pet? Wanna show us your pet? Can your pet sit still next to a Deaf Crocodile release while you shoot it? Either way, send us your pet pictures and mentions us @deafcrocodile and use hashtag #DeafCrocLovesPets - we'll feature them all on a Friday gallery. And make sure to tel

Stills from our upcoming release of Bill Plympton's 2004 gem, HAIR HIGH. From Chickie-races to rooster mascots on a randy rampage, undead teens to the world's worst case of smoker's cough. Pre-orders open now, shipping to follow in late February/early March. #DeafCrocodile #BluRay #BluRayCollection

In solidarity with the National Blackout Day protesting the ICE raids in Minneapolis and across the U.S., the Deaf Crocodile Online Store will be closed today, Friday, January 30th.

Gonna be keeping my window open the next few weeks so I can hear people's heads explode as the Teuvo Tulio films hit their Blu-ray players! Thanks for checking out the new titles, @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social

Last chance to vote for Deaf Crocodile in the 2025 Shelf Shock Rewind Awards! Voting ends January 31! We're nominated in five categories, and we hope you'll head over to the link and vote for your favorites. Thanks! https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP

Check out this snippet from the forthcoming 4K UHD restoration of DEAD MOUNTAINEERS HOTEL, written by the Strugatsky Brothers (Stalker, Hard to Be a God) and directed by Grigori Kromanov in 1979. Pre-orders start February 20!

Deaf Crocodile is on Letterboxd! Deaf Crocodile's got movie lists! Check 'em out, see how many of @plymptoons 's favorite films and shorts you've seen, or find out what films @isavefilms will drop everything to watch! letterboxd.com/deafcrocodil...

Dark Corners Reviews on YouTube gives a thoughtful (if conditional) thumbs-up to the 2551 Trilogy. Thanks for the detailed review! "the movie is occasionally funny and quite beautiful...winning you around without you realizing it." youtu.be/Zk5_PKpv2ic?... #DeafCrocodile #BluRay #BluRayCollection

New York! "Tale of Tales: The Films of Yuri Norstein" will be screening at the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) on Friday, January 23 and Saturday, January 31. Immerse yourself into the world of the legendary animator on the big screen! movingimage.org/event/the-fi...

Deaf Crocodile is now on Letterboxd! If you're over there, give us a follow and we'll follow you back. Some killer films lists being dropped, including one from Mr. Bill Plympton! letterboxd.com/deafcrocodile/

Just revisited THE PIED PIPER on @eternalfamily.bsky.social for the first time since seeing it in school. Yes, this nightmare was actually shown in my elementary school! A dark masterpiece that @deafcrocodile.bsky.social lovingly restored to luscious results. A must-see.

The January episode of The Official Deaf Crocodile Podcast is now live! We're talking Bill Plympton's HAIR HIGH and Marcell Jankovics' SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND. Plus special features, upcoming releases, and some spicy talk about a consensus fave movie that rattles our unflappable host! Go get it:

A brief sample of the unreal animation you'll experience in every frame of Marcell Jankovics' SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND (2002), now available to pre-order on 4K UHD (w/ Dolby Vision) and Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile! #DeafCrocodile #BluRay #4KUHD #Animation #DolbyVision

We got a lovely message from Bill Plympton himself about today's pre-order for HAIR HIGH, check it out! Did you know Bill's surprising family connection with someone in the cast? (Maybe "somewhat surprising" is more accurate given their last names...)

***PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT #2*** Our second title today is 2004's HAIR HIGH, a hand-drawn animation feature making its U.S. Blu-ray debut, with a stacked voice cast, a bucketload of high school body horror, and a science teacher with a VERY bad smoker's cough! deafcrocodile.com/products/hai...

***PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT*** Our first pre-order announcement today is Marcell Jankovics' SONG OF THE MIRACULOUS HIND, making its worldwide 4K UHD debut from Deaf Crocodile! [description in comments] deafcrocodile.com/products/son... #BluRay #BluRayCollector #DeafCrocodile #2DAnimation

How do you display your Deaf Crocodile discs? Show us! Take a picture of your collection, tag us with #DeafCrocoPile and we'll post some of the best pics every Friday! Just frame the shot well, please…don't be like this guy! #DeafCrocodile #DeafCrocoPile #ShowRomeroYourStacks

So…what do we think? 1. Romero Red Riding Hood 2. Croco-Red Riding Hood 3. DEFA Red Riding Hood 4. ? #DEFAFairyTales #DEFA #FairyTales #FairyTaleFilms #BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #Cult #DeafCrocodile #Film #FilmRestoration #GrandmaWhatBigCrocsYouHave

Congratulations to Ryan Verrill @disc-connected.bsky.social , Billy Ray Brewton @billyraybrewton.bsky.social and Francis Gallupi on their successful launch this week of film distribution/release/home video hub Antenna @antennareleasing.bsky.social ! www.antennareleasing.com

Read all about it! Deaf Crocodile and the Estonian Film Institute's new 4K restoration of DEAD MOUNTAINEERS HOTEL will premiere at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Berlinale Classics program. www.berlinale.de/en/press/pre...

Thanks to Eric @ Cineventures for putting "Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands" on his list of "Best of 2025 in Blu-ray/4K"! cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/cine... [review in first comment] #BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #Cult #DeafCrocodile #Film #FilmRestoration

Shahram Mokri's new film, "Black Rabbit, White Rabbit," screens this Sunday (January 11) at the Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. The screening is *free*, but pre-registration strongly recommended! asia.si.edu/whats-on/eve...

Thank you sincerely, @9voltdc.bsky.social! We're gratified to hear that it's hitting people this deeply.

Thanks to Mondo Digital for their review of Norbert Pfaffenbichler's 2551 Trilogy! "Handily taking the prize as the most extreme and bizarre release from Deaf Crocodile to date…[the four-disc set is] an astoundingly extensive tribute to an epic sci-fi mind melter." mondo-digital.com/2551.html

For the month of January, Deaf Crocodile's fundraiser will support the widow of Josh Phillips, a film writer and physical media enthusiast who passed away in December. You can donate any amount you wish at checkout, and all donations go to help Robin Phillips in her time of need and mourning.

Dark Corners Reviews pulled off a miracle: they actually summarized the plot of "Kin-Dza-Dza!" in less than five minutes! Don't believe me? See for yourself! youtu.be/QojCfPXcVtQ?...

Thanks so much, @nostalgiakinky.bsky.social , for including "The Devi's Bride" and "Bubble Bath" in your Best 25 of '25 list on Letterboxd. We're in some illustrious and scintillating company!

By far our busiest year ever for Deaf Crocodile with films from Germany (CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS, DEFA Sci-Fi, ALRAUNE + THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE), France (GWEN & THE BOOK OF SAND), Slovakia (FRECKLED MAX & THE SPOOKS), the USA (I MARRIED A STRANGE PERSON!, MUTANT ALIENS),

Felidae (1994) dir Michael Schaack

Over on my @justthediscs.bsky.social channel, I’m talking about my haul from @diabolikdvd.bsky.social over the last few months: @deafcrocodile.bsky.social @secondsightfilms.bsky.social @arrowvideo.bsky.social youtu.be/k5NxPjfpzAs?...

Looking back on 2025, The Cathedral of New Emotions was our first release of the year. We have been delighted to see so many people discovering this surreal, psychedelic delight of animation from Helmut Herbst! This last year, @spectaclenyc.bsky.social screened the film and their viewers loved it

Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social takes a look at the 1942 Hungarian #sciencefiction #romance SIRIUS, available in Limited Deluxe Edition and Standard Edition #Bluray releases from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

dark lord bless dead crocodile for continually put to my out the least mainstream marketable and brilliant films

As we nestle into our hibernation pods for the holidays this week, we got an early gift from @popmatters.com who listed an astonishing -SIX- of our titles on their Best DVDs of 2025 list! We are absolutely gobsmacked and honored to not only be listed here, but simply to be among some of

Just 3 hours left! Get your subscription order in and ensure you don't miss out on any of our upcoming deluxe limited editions! deafcrocodile.com/products/dea...

REMINDER!!! The end is nigh! TONIGHT is the VERY LAST TIME to sign up for the Jan-Jun subscription for #DeafCrocodile! Don't let time slip away with just under 7 hours left to make your decision! JANUARY - JUNE TITLES ANNOUNCED! WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT KRAKATIT (4K HDR + Blu-ray combo)

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming in January on Blu-ray in the US from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social: #WhiteSunOfTheDesert (1970)! “Have you been here long?” quips laconic, seemingly un-killable Red Army soldier Fyodor to a man he’s just discovered buried up to the neck in the middle of the desert.