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The indie success story of the year is for a movie you maybe haven’t heard of: “Hundreds of Beavers.”

Director Mike Cheslik’s film is a black-and-white, silent, slapstick comedy about a fur trapper and his battles with literally hundreds of dudes dressed in beaver costumes. And despite no formal distribution and a shoestring budget, it has developed a passionate cult following as one of the more talked about films of 2024.

But if you’ve missed one of “Hundreds of Beavers'” vaudeville theatrical screenings/beaver-wrestling matches, you haven’t lost out on the chance to become part of “The Beaverati.”

“Hundreds of Beavers” is set to be released as a special edition Blu-ray via the indie film distributor Cartuna and Ocn Distribution, IndieWire can reveal exclusively. The film’s Blu-ray edition will go live for pre-orders on December 3 and start shipping in time for the holidays. It will be...

Every now and then a thoroughly unique and magnificently odd piece of filmmaking comes along that's not quite classifiable, yet so refreshingly weird it can't help but find its audience. Lake Michigan Monster, a new release from Arrow Video, is just that kind of experience. Writer/director/star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews is the warped comedic mind behind this Audience Award winner at 2019's Fantasia Film Festival, which is above all else an absurdist comedy with a little 50s monster movie splashed in. It's a drugged-out, black and white nautical adventure, shot on an admirably tiny budget, that watches like a lengthy sketch, and an inspired one at that. Littered with dry wit, slapstick bits, caricaturistic characters, kooky edits, and brief homages to classic B horror, Lake Michigan Monster is an earnestly funny, one-of-a-kind wild joy to watch.

Lake Michigan Monster tells the story of Seafield a bourbon-drinking, self-absorbed, and...