Giles Edwards and Gregory J. Smalley reveal their personal picks for the weirdest and best weird movies of 2025, and the staff consensus list.
Contenders: *The Actor * An Evening Song (for Three Voices) * Baby Invasion * Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League * Best Wishes to All * Better Man * Boys Go to Jupiter * Bugonia * The Carpenter's Son * Daniela Forever * Ebony & Ivory * Else * Friendship * The Ice Tower * Invention * Kill the Jockey * Kryptic * Mr. K * Myth of Man * Reflection in a Dead Diamond * Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass * She Loved Blossoms More * The Shrouds * Soul to Squeeze * The Surfer * The Toxic Avenger * Universal Language * The Waves of Madness * The Wheel of Heaven
Giles Edwards and Gregory J. Smalley reveal their personal picks for the weirdest and best weird movies of 2025, and the staff consensus list.
Contenders: *The Actor * An Evening Song (for Three Voices) * Baby Invasion * Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League * Best Wishes to All * Better Man * Boys Go to Jupiter * Bugonia * The Carpenter's Son * Daniela Forever * Ebony & Ivory * Else * Friendship * The Ice Tower * Invention * Kill the Jockey * Kryptic * Mr. K * Myth of Man * Reflection in a Dead Diamond * Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass * She Loved Blossoms More * The Shrouds * Soul to Squeeze * The Surfer * The Toxic Avenger * Universal Language * The Waves of Madness * The Wheel of Heaven
In this pre-Xmas episode, Greg and Giles discuss December's too-late-for -Christmas physical media releases--"Reanimator," "Bugonia," and a big-time "Perfect Blue" set--plus the just in time for Christmas appearance of "Kill the Jockey" on Amazon Prime. Then, we spend most of the episode examining Taste of Cinema's recent list of "100 Best Surrealist Movies" (it's a solid list, but of course, we came to quibble).
In this pre-Xmas episode, Greg and Giles discuss December's too-late-for Christmas physical media releases--"Reanimator," "Bugonia," and a big-time "Perfect Blue" set- plus the just in time for Christmas appearance of "Kill the Jockey" on Amazon Prime. Then, we spend most of the episode examining Taste of Cinema's recent list of "100 Best Surrealist Movies" (it's a solid list, but of course, we came to quibble).
Giles and Greg cover 2026's late weird movie releases. This week, two notable art-house features arrive in limited release in theaters: Bi Gan's dream-based "Resurrection" and the queer Chilean AIDS allegory "The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo." In physical media releases, we highlight the newly uncovered Korean neosurrealist feature "Splendid Outing," the long-awaited Blu-ray/4K release of surreal anime "Angel's Egg," "Rabbit Trap" reaches Blu-ray, and Ben Wheatley's "Kill List" turns up on 4K UHD.
Giles and Greg cover 2026's late weird movie releases. This week, two notable art-house features arrive in limited release in theaters: Bi Gan's dream-based "Resurrection" and the queer Chilean AIDS allegory "The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo." In physical media releases, we highlight the newly uncovered Korean neosurrealist feature "Splendid Outing," the long-awaited Blu-ray/4K release of surreal anime "Angel's Egg," "Rabbit Trap" reaches Blu-ray, and "Kill List" turns up on 4K UHD.
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews joins Giles and Greg this week to promote his upcoming project "Oriental Snatch." But first, G&G go through the week's news and new releases: a special "Under the Skin" symphonic screening in Los Angeles in February; Man Ray's "Return to Reason" four-film collection released to the Criterion Collection; Estonian DIY horror musical "Chainsaws Were Singing" hits Blu-ray (sort of) and streaming; "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" Blu-ray pushed back to March; and Canon's "The Ninja Trilogy" shows up on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Then Ryland B.C. Tews comes in to discuss some personal news, "Oriental Snatch," D.B. Cooper, Brazil, and his enduring friendship with Giles.
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"Good Friend" by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews joins Giles and Greg this week to promote his upcoming project "Oriental Snatch." But first, G&G go through the week's news and new releases: a special "Under the Skin" symphonic screening in Los Angeles in February; Man Ray's "Return to Reason" four-film collection released to the Criterion Collection; Estonian DIY horror musical "Chainsaws Were Singing" hits Blu-ray (sort of) and streaming; "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" Blu-ray pushed back to March; and Canon's "The Ninja Trilogy" shows up on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Then Ryland B.C. Tews comes in to discuss some personal news, "Oriental Snatch," D.B. Cooper, Brazil, and his enduring friendship with Giles.
https://wefunder.com/oriental.snatch
"Good Friend" by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Thanksgiving's a-coming, and Giles and Greg are thankful for a weird week of movies ahead. First off, on the theatrical front, there's the lavish surrealist Eurospy event "Reflections in a Dead Diamond," controversial Jesus horror "The Carpenter's Son," a one-week NYC debut engagement for Bill Plympton's animated musical Western "Slide," special screenings of the rediscovered surrealist anime "Angel's Egg," and a new December "Hundreds of Beavers" tour. Physical media sees releases of Candian/Iranian mashup "Universal Language," Luis Bunuel's "El" from the Criterion Collection, and the standard edition Blu-ray/4K UHD version of "Dark City." But that's not all! Since we'll be off next week for Thanksgiving, we look ahead to next week's physical media releases: "Tromeo and Juliet," "The Happiness of the Katakuris," "The Demon's Rook," "Berberian Sound Studio," and the complete anime series "Galaxy Express 999." May the only turkeys you encounter next week be on your dinner table!
ERRATA*
The word Greg was looking for to describe "Let the Corpses Tan" was "poliziotteschi."
*The "Galaxy Express 999" feature film was never reviewed at 366 Weird Movies.
Thanksgiving's a-coming, and Giles and Greg are thankful for a weird week of movies ahead. First off, on the theatrical front, there's the lavish surrealist Eurospy event "Reflections in a Dead Diamond," controversial Jesus horror "The Carpenter's Son," a one-week NYC debut engagement for Bill Plympton's animated musical Western "Slide," special screenings of the rediscovered surrealist anime "Angel's Egg," and a new December "Hundreds of Beavers" tour. Physical media sees releases of Candian/Iranian mashup "Universal Language," Luis Bunuel's "El" from the Criterion Collection, and the standard edition Blu-ray/4K UHD version of "Dark City." But that's not all! Since we'll be off next week for Thanksgiving, we look ahead to next week's physical media releases: "Tromeo and Juliet," "The Happiness of the Katakuris," "The Demon's Rook," "Berberian Sound Studio," and the complete anime series "Galaxy Express 999." May the only turkeys you encounter next week be on your dinner table!ERRATA*The word Greg was looking for to describe "Let the Corpses Tan" was "poliziotteschi."*The "Galaxy Express 999" feature film was never reviewed at 366 Weird Movies.
Lots of movies and upcoming news for the 366 crew to cover for the week of 11/14/2025. First up, there's a crowdfunding announcement for "Hundreds of Beavers" Ryland Brickson Cole Tews' next project, "Oriental Snatch"; Hollywood's upcoming "Alice in Wonderland" musical; new animation "Arco" and a "The Boy and the Heron" limited release in theaters this week; VOD debuts of "Boys Go to Jupiter" and "Mr. K"; and in the week's physical media releases, it's "Daniela Forever," "Cafe Flesh" on 4K UHS, box sets "The Luc Besson Collection" and "Shudder: A Decade of Fearless Horror"; and a brief mention of the hermaphrodite comedy curiosity "Eva Man" and "The Return of Eva Man." All in 38.5 brisk minutes!
Lots of movies and upcoming news for the 366 crew to cover for the week of 11/14/2025. First up, there's a crowdfunding announcement for "Hundreds of Beavers" Ryland Brickson Cole Tews' next project, "Oriental Snatch"; Hollywood's upcoming "Alice in Wonderland" musical; new animation "Arco" and a "The Boy and the Heron" limited release in theaters this week; VOD debuts of "Boys Go to Jupiter" and "Mr. K"; and in the week's physical media releases, it's "Daniela Forever," "Cafe Flesh" on 4K UHS, box sets "The Luc Besson Collection" and "Shudder: A Decade of Fearless Horror"; and a brief mention of the hermaphrodite comedy curiosity "Eva Man" and "The Return of Eva Man." All in 38.5 brisk minutes!
Greg and Giles gaze into the future to see what lies ahead in weird movies! But first, we have a present announcement: "Freaked" (1993) is restored in 4K and now available on-demand (and in a lavish special-order physical set). Then, it's into the crystal ball to see what lies in the future: the 80s virtual reality gamer throwback "Obex" is set to debut in early January of 2026; Boots Riley announces "I Love Boosters"; a pair of psychological thrillers in development in the dream flick "The Sleepless Girl" and the Death Valley marathon set "Ultra"; psychedelic microbudget "Close-Up: An Odd-yssey" seeks finishing funds; and finally, thoughts on Yorgos Lanthimos announcing he will take a break from moviemaking.
Greg and Giles gaze into the future to see what lies ahead in weird movies! But first, we have a present announcement: "Freaked" (1993) is restored in 4K and now available on-demand (and in a lavish special-order physical set). Then, it's into the crystal ball to see what lies in the future: the 80s virtual reality gamer throwback "Obex" is set to debut in early January of 2026; Boots Riley announces "I Love Boosters"; a pair of psychological thrillers in development in the dream flick "The Sleepless Girl" and the Death Valley marathon set "Ultra"; psychedelic microbudget "Close-Up: An Odd-yssey" seeks finishing funds; and finally, thoughts on Yorgos Lanthimos announcing he will take a break from moviemaking.
Happy Halloween! Gre-gory Smalley and Giles Deadwards run through the week's weirdest releases this All Hallows Eve, starting with Radu Jude's absurdist take on "Dracula." Speaking of absurdist horror, France's "Vincent Must Die" (2023) finally appears in the USA in the form of a theatrical double feature. Physical media sees the release of two Canonically Weird films as "Catch-22" debuts on 4K UHD and the mythologically muddled "Malpertuis" makes its North American Blu-ray bow. Other physical media releases this week include "Edward Scissorhands," the hallucinatory African horror "Dust Devil," John Carpenter's Lovecraftian "In the Mouth of Madness," the magical realist "Chronicles of a Wandering Saint," the tentacle anime/OVA compilation "Urotsukidohi: Sequels of the Overfiend," and the remake of "The Toxic Avenger."
ERRATA:*The "Hallows Road" / "Vincent Must Die" double feature is airing at AMC theaters until Wednesday Nov. 5, not on Halloween night only.
Director W.M. Weikart joins 366 to discuss his debut feature, the surreal psychological drama "Soul to Squeeze." But first, W.M. helps Greg and Giles go through the week's new releases: Yorgos Lanthimos' highly-anticipated "Bugonia" finally in theaters; Ken Russell's "Altered States" enters the Criterion Collection; David Cronenberg's latest grief drama, "The Shrouds," debuts on Blu-ray; Lloyd Kaufman's obscene "The Tempest" parody "#Shakepeare's Shitstorm" debuts on physical media; Arrow releases "Three... Extremes" (featuring a quite surreal horror short from Takashi Miike) in a set together with the less-well-known Asian horror anthology "Three"; and the first two installments of the "Evangelion" reboot come to Blu-ray for the first time. Then we get to "Soul to Squeeze": the anatomy of the eye, Michael Thomas Santos' performance, and news that W.M.'s next project is "Something Strange." Plus, where to eat in Marysville, OH."Soul to Squeeze" on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100043072/soul-to-squeeze
ERRATA:*Park Chan-Wook has never been nominated for an Oscar, much less won one.*The Evangelion rebuild had previously been released on Blu-ray in 2011.
Happy Halloween! Gre-gory Smalley and Giles Deadwards run through the week's weirdest releases this All Hallows Eve, starting with Radu Jude's absurdist take on "Dracula." Speaking of absurdist horror, France's "Vincent Must Die" (2023) finally appears in the USA in the form of a theatrical double feature. Physical media sees the release of two Canonically Weird films as "Catch-22" debuts on 4K UHD and the mythologically muddled "Malpertuis" makes its North American Blu-ray bow. Other physical media releases this week include "Edward Scissorhands," the hallucinatory African horror "Dust Devil," John Carpenter's Lovecraftian "In the Mouth of Madness," the magical realist "Chronicles of a Wandering Saint," the tentacle anime/OVA compilation "Urotsukidohi: Sequels of the Overfiend," and the remake of "The Toxic Avenger."
ERRATA:*The "Hallows Road" / "Vincent Must Die" double feature is airing at AMC theaters until Wednesday Nov. 5, not on Halloween night only.
Director W.M. Weikart joins 366 to discuss his debut feature, the surreal psychological drama "Soul to Squeeze." But first, W.M. helps Greg and Giles go through the week's new releases: Yorgos Lanthimos' highly-anticipated "Bugonia" finally in theaters; Ken Russell's "Altered States" enters the Criterion Collection; David Cronenberg's latest grief drama, "The Shrouds," debuts on Blu-ray; Lloyd Kaufman's obscene "The Tempest" parody "#Shakepeare's Shitstorm" debuts on physical media; Arrow releases "Three... Extremes" (featuring a quite surreal horror short from Takashi Miike) in a set together with the less-well-known Asian horror anthology "Three"; and the first two installments of the "Evangelion" reboot come to Blu-ray for the first time. Then we get to "Soul to Squeeze": the anatomy of the eye, Michael Thomas Santos' performance, and news that W.M.'s next project is "Something Strange." Plus, where to eat in Marysville, OH.
Greg and Giles run through the week's weird physical media releases. First up, they note 2 4K UHD upgrades for Canonically Weird movies: "Eyes Without a Face" (Criterion Collection) and "Jacob's Ladder" (Lionsgate). Then, there are a number of new-to-North-America releases: Nobuhiko "Hausu" Obayashi's gonzo "School in the Crosshairs"; Jruraj Herz's bloody car cult film "Ferat Vampire"; "The Assassin of the Tsar," a rare late-Soviet asylum-set feature starring Malcolm McDowell; and the psychedelic sci-fi of Deaf Crocodile's "Treasures of Soviet Animation, Vol. 1."
Greg and Giles run through the week's weird physical media releases. First up, they note 2 4K UHD upgrades for Canonically Weird movies: "Eyes Without a Face" (Criterion Collection) and "Jacob's Ladder" (Lionsgate). Then, there are a number of new-to-North-America releases: Nobuhiko "Hausu" Obayashi's gonzo "School in the Crosshairs"; Jruraj Herz's bloody car cult film "Ferat Vampire"; "The Assassin of the Tsar," a rare late-Soviet asylum-set feature starring Malcolm McDowell; and the psychedelic sci-fi of Deaf Crocodile's "Treasures of Soviet Animation, Vol. 1."