Welcome to the October 2026 
newsletter from the Spaghetti Western Database, your regular newsletter of what happened last month in the world of European westerns last month.
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NEW STUFF IN AND AROUND THE SWDB IN 
OCTOBER 2026:
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Home video news:
October was not bad at all. In the US we got Alex Cox’ new film plus an ultra rare Czech western, what a surprise. In France, the Dollars Trilogy releases continue, and there were two more, one of them based on the new restoration of Yankee (a German disc will follow in December). The rest are mostly minor titles o re-issues…
November will be a lot more exciting even. Lots of Sergio Leone to go around for buyers in France, Brazil, Italy and the US. Some more re-releases in a few countries as well, plus new 4K UHD discs in France, including Run Man Run. And there’s a new book that sounds super interesting. Dive in and explore these!
Check the calendar regularly, we update it constantly! We suggest bookmarking it.
Visit the SWDb home video release calendar
JPC and FNAC
We have expanded FNAC (France) links in the SWDb and we joined the JPC (Germany, ships internationally) partner program. Please use our links for shopping (even if you end up buying something else). This adds to our links for Amazon USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden, as well as DeepDiscount and MoviesUnlimited links that we have. Many may be broken or out of date, please report those instances. Using these links supports the SWDb, thank you!
Obituaries
Our head of obits, the spaghettiologist @Tom_B had to update the boot hill cemetery with an unfortunate 9 new obituaries over the course of the last four weeks. Rest in peace!
Check out “Cemetery with crosses”
Reviews:
Please contact us if you want your reviews published. We are especially looking for reviews of movies that have no, or very few, reviews in the SWDb. We publish them in all languages, and you don’t need to be a professional writer!
Spagvemberfest 2026 is here
It’s that time of the year again! The most festive of all months! Four weeks of nourishing our appetites for spaghetti westerns. The festivities have already kicked off:
- Main thread: Spagvemberfest 2026 - Spaghettiwesternpalooza
- Explainer: The What? Why? and How? of SpagvemberFest!
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Upcoming book
You’ve heard it last month, but just to be sure: there is a new book on the horizon, click here to learn more.
AWFF wrap-up
Roberta Wallach and Rada Rassimov, and more. Check out the coverage from the Almeria Western Film Festval