"...the dynamic shifts from romantic comedy to political screed, and the film raises an unusual question: is it possible for a ghost to be a quisling?"--Gregory J. Smalley on "A Useful Ghost" (2025), now on Video-on-Demand from @cineverse-ent.bsky.social
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Still from the bestiality-themed "Vase de Noces" (1974) with pig and chickens tied to a ladder
"He seems at times a childlike soul... He is also capable of the grossest barbarities, like the infamous act of bestiality mentioned whenever this movie is discussed."--Michael Diamedes on the rare and frequently-banned "Vase de Noces" (1974). The "Beware" rating on this one is no joke.
Still from the surreal 2025 Brazilian indie "Tony Odyssey"
"...down-to-Earth dramedy meets high theological physics, with motorcade bunnies, a lusty ur-Mother, and a game show God amongst its otherworldly revelations."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou) on "Tony Odyssey" (2025)
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Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on the Slamdance 2026 animated shorts. One weird one is linked and available for viewing (but slightly NSWF):
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In today's Saturday Short, a mysterious word sparks a deadly contagion that cannot be contained. CONTENT WARNING: Contains generative A.I. and sadness.
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Tom Lee Rutter ("Pocket Film of Superstitions") joins Pod 366 to discuss his "Haxan"-inspired pseudo-documentary. Learn all about "Devil's Nutting Day" & the week's weirdest home video releases ("Arco," "Boys Go to Jupiter," "The Man Who Wasn't There," "Pink Narcissus," "Terror Firmer" & more!)
"True to the title, it’s children’s entertainment at its most deranged... Well, at least some of it is. The rest of it is just, well, kinda weird—with an exotic egg hidden inside this dime-store Easter basket."--Gregory J. Smalley on "Krazee Kidz Video Party" from Something Weird Video & AGFA
"The punk DIY aesthetic goes quite a ways in making this one a bit different—but the apocalyptic, kaiju-scale showdown with the US prez takes it over the finish line."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on Slamdance's "Matapanki." This Chilean punk film already has a distribution deal.
Still from "LFO" (2013)
"...a simple but smart little piece of sci-fi horror, a worthy companion piece to other low-budget successes like 'Coherence' that pack a lot of ideas into a compact space."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on Sweden's "LFO" (2013)
"What if a typical kung fu flick was transformed through voiceover into a subversive wanna-be manifesto?... while the choreography of fighting plays out, our characters indulge in conversations about class struggle and Wilhem Reich..."--Michael Diamades on "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?" (1973)
Director Florian Frerichs joins this week's Pod 366 to discuss "Dream Story" ["Traumnovelle"], from the same 1926 novel as Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut," now on VOD. + new releases: "Brotherhood of the Wolf" steelbook, "The Carpenter's Son" DVD, "Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, and Slamdance 2026.
"It is a way to exorcise his personal demons, and despite the relative conventionality of the approach, 'Él' is a typically vituperative strike by Buñuel at the hypocrisy of the human heart."--Gregory J. Smalley
"Matt has visions of rainbow vomit, beginning with a sudden visitation from Prince Purpleton (the doofiest unicorn imaginable), who stomps onto his couch, spatters pastel weirdness about, and disappears as abruptly as he appeared."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on "Unicorn Boy" (2023)
"One should hesitate in using the word 'brave' to describe a performance; it's just acting, after all. But Keitel’s work here is undeniably go-for-broke, and sometimes it borders on comedy to see just how horrible he’s willing to go."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Bad Lieutenant"
Still from Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
On February 15, 2003 (26 years after it was made), "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats" got it's theatrical premiere at San Francisco Indiefest. Today's Canonically Weird movie!
In today's Saturday Short, woman missing her dead lover tries out a machine that makes dreams real. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Tatu & Veleda Heikkinen of "Haunters of the Silence" join Giles and Greg in this Pod 366. They discuss their experimental debut and help us react to "Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders"; Amanda Kramer's "By Design"; a Blu-ray of Teuvo Tulio rarities; "Playtime"; and 70s alien movie "The Visitor."
"A drawbridge over a yawning chasm that leads directly into a stone falcon entrance is particularly grand, but everything in the kingdom is decorated in extravagant medieval proto-psychedelia."--Gregory J. Smalley on "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" (1963)
Fantastic!
"Filmgoers expecting a gritty crime drama must have found this slow, grim-faced character study a strange proposition."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Sonatine" (1993)
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"Greek directors were weird long before Yorgos Lanthimos made his feature debut with 'Kinetta' (2006) and soon after found great success with 'Dogtooth' (2009). From the late ’60s and 70s, while Greek commercial cinema was in decline, new directors emerged with singular voices...."--Michael Diamades
What is the Canonically Weird movie for February 8?
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A puppet sheriff investigates a missing-puppets case in today's Saturday Short, a music video for jazz saxophonist Tamoaki Baba’s single “Prime.”
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Pete (@penguin-pete.bsky.social) fills in for sick Greg to cover the week's news with Giles (@gilesforyou.bsky.social). They chat upcoming horror/comedy "Mag Mag"; indie hit "Iron Lung"; and "OBEX" on VOD. + bonus coverage of "Europe and Hollywood's Finest Adult Films" and some doc best not named.
"The plot is the biggest issue. Yes, the movie will get weird, but only in that tired 'the borders between reality and hallucination start to blur' approach that now seems to animate 5-10% of low- and mid-budget horrors."--Gregory J. Smalley on "Return to Silent Hill" (2026)
"[You] may find 'Luther the Geek' an oddity (if not a weird-ity) worth checking out... a violence picture that goes for the throat with a strange undercurrent of pathos—and a remarkable finale that doesn’t chicken out."--Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) on "Luther the Geek" (1989)
"Mary Ellen Bute’s ambitiously foolhardy decision to actually try and visualize Joyce’s wandering scenarios is praiseworthy, because it makes the effort of reading the book seem both achievable and desirable."--Shane Wilson (@shanewilson.bsky.social) on "Passages from Finnegan's Wake"
"More murders and mayhem follow, climaxing in a suggestive scene combining nudity, seduction, and sharp nipples... This is not a sensationalist portrait of the legend of Bathory, but one that strives to find her humanity."--Michael Diamades on "The Bloody Lady" (1980)
