The Incomer (2026) Might Be My Favorite Movie of the Year — Plus Don't Breathe 3, Killer Goblins And Jamie Foxx

What do you get when you send a socially awkward government employee to a remote Scottish island inhabited by two siblings who eat seagulls, fear the ocean, and believe an iPhone can steal their souls?

Apparently, one of my favorite movies of 2026.

This week on Binge-Watchers Podcast, Weird Movie Month continues with The Incomer, a wonderfully strange Scottish fantasy comedy that manages to be hilarious, unsettling, and surprisingly heartfelt.

But before we head to the Scottish wilderness, we've got a heavy-metal goblin launching a horror-comedy series, news about Don't Breathe 3, Jamie Foxx getting trapped in a courthouse, and a listener who wants to settle the great Alien Nation debate.

Let's get into it.

The Incomer (2026): Seagulls, Scottish Folklore, and Government-Issued Wizardry

Written and directed by Louis Paxton, The Incomer stars Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, and John Hannah in a fantasy comedy about isolation, family, folklore, and the unwelcome arrival of modern civilization.

Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O'Rourke) have spent approximately 30 years living on a remote Scottish island following the disappearance of their parents.

Their lifestyle is simple. They hunt seagulls, harvest oysters, invent their own bizarre rituals, and follow their father's most important rule: never allow an incomer.

Unfortunately, the local government has other plans.

Enter Daniel (Gleeson), an anxious council employee tasked with relocating the siblings. He's armed with paperwork, an iPhone, and the kind of social skills that make dealing with two potentially dangerous island hermits an absolute nightmare.

What follows is a battle of wills between a man representing modern bureaucracy and two people who have essentially created their own civilization.

And it's hilarious.

Gayle Rankin Is Delightfully Unhinged

If you've watched Gayle Rankin in GLOW, House of the Dragon, or Men, you already know she's capable of delivering wonderfully unpredictable performances.

As Isla, she takes that talent into completely different territory.

She's fiercely protective of her brother, suspicious of outsiders, and absolutely convinced that the traditions they've developed on their island must be preserved.

That includes dressing in feathers, screeching like a seagull, throwing rocks at unwanted visitors, and consulting a mysterious aquatic creature who may or may not exist outside her imagination.

Rankin brings a physical intensity to the performance that makes even the simplest interactions feel dangerous.

You never quite know whether Isla is about to attack Daniel, perform some bizarre ceremony, or accidentally reveal just how frightened she is of the world beyond her island.

Underneath the comedy is a character terrified of losing the only life she's ever known.

And that's where the movie starts to reveal its heart.

Domhnall Gleeson: The World's Least Intimidating Wizard

Domhnall Gleeson has played a ruthless First Order general in Star Wars, a programmer dealing with artificial intelligence in Ex Machina, and a time-traveling romantic in About Time.

Now he's playing a government employee who somehow manages to convince two isolated Scottish islanders that he's a wizard.

There's a wonderful sequence in which Daniel takes a photograph of the siblings with his iPhone and convinces them that he's captured their souls.

He threatens to delete the photograph unless they cooperate.

It's an absurd little gag, but it perfectly illustrates why the film's comedy works so well.

Daniel isn't particularly brave, powerful, or even competent at dealing with these people. He's simply armed with technology they don't understand.

Watching him improvise his way through increasingly ridiculous situations is a delight.

Another standout moment involves Daniel attempting to explain The Lord of the Rings by transforming the story into an epic tale about local government authorities and head-office bureaucracy.

It's the sort of joke that shouldn't work nearly as well as it does.

John Hannah Is a Mythical Seal-Man. Yes, Really.

Remember John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan in The Mummy movies?

Well, forget everything you know about that character.

In The Incomer, Hannah plays a mysterious Finman, a folklore-inspired aquatic creature who appears to Isla and encourages her to make some increasingly questionable decisions.

Think of him as an extremely suspicious mythical seal-man who probably shouldn't be giving anyone life advice.

The film never entirely abandons the possibility that this creature exists primarily in Isla's imagination.

And that's part of its charm.

The supernatural elements are woven into the siblings' everyday existence so casually that you begin to accept their strange mythology as readily as they do.

Their island isn't simply a place to live. It's an entire universe they've constructed to explain everything they don't understand.

My Favorite Moments From The Incomer

One of the things I appreciate most about this movie is its comedic timing.

Paxton understands when to let a ridiculous situation breathe, when to cut away, and when to allow a dramatic moment to interrupt the comedy.

Consider Sandy's first experience eating a banana.

After spending his entire life surviving on oysters and seagulls, he's introduced to a completely unfamiliar sensation.

His reaction?

"My mouth is alive!"

It's such a wonderfully stupid line, delivered at precisely the right moment.

Then there's Sandy's attempt at becoming a tour guide, proudly introducing Daniel to the island's attractions, including spiky grass, a rusty thing, and a spooky door.

There's also an inspired dinner sequence in which Daniel explains that he's vegan.

Naturally, the siblings, who survive almost entirely on animal products, are deeply concerned about how he could possibly remain healthy.

But my favorite dramatic moment comes when Daniel rescues Sandy from the sea.

Neither sibling can swim, and both have developed a profound fear of the water surrounding their home.

For the first time, Daniel stops being an unwanted representative of the government and becomes someone who genuinely cares about their survival.

It's the beginning of an uneasy peace, and the film handles that transition beautifully.

Why The Incomer Works So Well

Beneath all the weirdness, The Incomer is a story about isolation, belonging, and the terrifying prospect of change.

Isla and Sandy have spent decades constructing a world in which everything has meaning.

Their strange rituals, invented mythology, and absolute refusal to accept outsiders are mechanisms for protecting themselves from a world they don't understand.

Daniel represents everything they fear: authority, technology, bureaucracy, and the possibility that their lives might have to change.

Yet he's also an outsider in his own way.

He's awkward, anxious, and spectacularly ill-equipped to deal with the situation he's been assigned.

That shared discomfort creates an unexpected emotional connection between the characters.

The movie also evokes the historical shadow of Scotland's Highland Clearances, using its fictional relocation premise to explore the relationship between people, ancestral land, and outside authority.

But it never allows its themes to overwhelm the comedy.

Instead, the film embraces its eccentricity, using folklore, visual humor, and some exceptionally sharp editing to create something that feels genuinely different.

Johnny's Verdict: BINGE NOW

I don't give out many BINGE NOW ratings, so pay attention.

The Incomer is the best movie I've seen so far in 2026.

It's funny, imaginative, beautifully strange, and packed with more heart than I expected.

This could easily have been our pick for Feel-Good Movie Month, but its peculiar characters and dark fairy-tale sensibilities make it perfect for Weird Movie Month.

If you're looking for something genuinely different, put this one on your watchlist.

This Week's Home Video Headlines

John Goblikon Launches No One Survives

Everyone's favorite heavy-metal goblin is expanding his entertainment empire.

John Goblikon, the beloved mascot and frontman of Nekrogoblikon, has launched No One Survives, a horror-comedy web series created alongside longtime collaborator Brandon Dermer.

The series follows John as he attempts to navigate ordinary human life.

Naturally, because he's a goblin, even the simplest activities can escalate into bloody disasters.

The premiere, released September 24, features an exceptionally unfortunate Uber ride.

The launch also coincides with a newly recorded version of Nekrogoblikon's song No One Survives and the band's 20th-anniversary tour.

Apparently, being a goblin is now a full-time multimedia career.

Don't Breathe 3: Rocky and the Blind Man Return

Fede Álvarez has revealed that a screenplay for Don't Breathe 3 has been written, with plans to reunite Jane Levy and Stephen Lang.

Levy's Rocky hasn't appeared in the franchise since the original 2016 film, while Lang returned as Norman Nordstrom in the 2021 sequel.

If you've forgotten how that movie ended, Norman appeared to die after saving Phoenix, the young girl he'd raised as his daughter.

However, a post-credits scene showed his dog licking his fingers, followed by a suspicious little twitch.

You know the rules of horror movies. If you don't actually see someone die, you should probably assume they're coming back.

With Rocky and the Blind Man potentially facing each other again, the third installment has an opportunity to revisit the unfinished business that made the original film so disturbing.

An official release date hasn't been announced in the information covered on this week's show.

Jamie Foxx Is Heading Back Into Action With Deadlocked

Jamie Foxx is starring in Deadlocked, an upcoming action thriller directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, the filmmaker behind Kill.

Foxx plays a grieving former Marine whose jury-duty assignment becomes a nightmare when a high-profile trial turns into a deadly courthouse hostage crisis.

The defendant's daughter has taken over the courthouse to free her father, leaving Foxx's character to put his military experience back to work.

Think Die Hard meets jury duty.

The cast also includes Sasha Calle, KiKi Layne, Luke Hemsworth, and Marko Zaror, with Amazon Prime Video slated to distribute the film.

Fan Service: Alien Nation — The Movie or the Television Series?

Listener PatrickVanHouse336E wants to know whether we prefer the original Alien Nation movie or the television series.

Here's something you might not know about me: I watched the television show before I even knew there was a movie.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered Mandy Patinkin played the alien detective in the original film.

The 1988 movie stars James Caan as a hardened Los Angeles detective partnered with Patinkin's extraterrestrial investigator. It's a gritty buddy-cop thriller built around an alien drug investigation.

The television series takes that premise in a different direction.

Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint take over the lead roles, and the show spends considerably more time exploring the everyday lives of the alien immigrants, their families, and their struggles to assimilate into human society.

The series also gives us some wonderfully strange extraterrestrial biology, including aliens who become intoxicated by sour milk and males who participate in pregnancy.

Despite lasting only one season, the show developed enough of a cult following to inspire five television movies.

It's a fascinating example of how the same premise can produce two very different kinds of science-fiction entertainment.

Johnny's Staff Pick: Observe and Report (2009)

If you've ever wondered what Paul Blart: Mall Cop would look like as a deeply uncomfortable psychological comedy, allow me to introduce you to Observe and Report.

Directed by Jody Hill, this 2009 dark comedy stars Seth Rogen as Ronnie Barnhardt, a mall security guard who dreams of becoming a legitimate law-enforcement officer.

When a serial flasher begins terrorizing the mall, Ronnie sees an opportunity to prove himself.

Unfortunately, he's also battling serious personal problems and increasingly dangerous delusions.

The film co-stars Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña, and Jesse Plemons.

It's an aggressively uncomfortable comedy that deliberately pushes its characters and audience into some extremely unpleasant territory.

And that's precisely what makes it an interesting selection for fans of unconventional cinema.

Halloween Is Coming: Get Ready for Nights of Spoilaween

The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and Halloween is almost here.

Which means it's nearly time for Nights of Spoilaween.

We're preparing nights of horror movie selections, forgotten genre favorites, and plenty of reasons to stay inside watching questionable cinema.

We're also diving into werewolf movies, so expect full moons, practical effects, and some extremely hairy entertainment.

Whether you prefer old-school monster movies, bizarre independent horror, or cult classics that probably should have remained buried, we'll have something for you.

Listen to This Week's Binge-Watchers Podcast

Want to hear my full review of The Incomer, including the scenes that had me laughing, my thoughts on the performances, and why I consider it my favorite movie of 2026 so far?

This week's episode also covers the latest Don't Breathe 3 news, John Goblikon's new horror-comedy series, Jamie Foxx's upcoming action thriller, our Alien Nation discussion, and my Staff Pick, Observe and Report.

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Tell me in the comments: what's the weirdest movie you've watched in 2026, and did it turn out to be any good?

Until next time, I'm Johnny Spoiler.

BINGE NOW. BINGE LATER. BINGE NEVER.