The DTV Digest

Episode 309: Hard Redemption, Bad Voodoo, Jitters, Daggers Inn, The Deep Dark, The Hat Man, Freakd

This week Mike and Amanda take a look at five new releases; click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with HARD REDEMPTION (Fairway Film Alliance), in which Jino Kang and Lou Ferrigno battle a street gang in a high school.
BAD VOODOO (Miracle Media) sees a woman kidnapped by three escaped convicts!
JITTERS (Miracle Media) sees a detective battling a sinister AI app.
DAGGERS INN (Seven Tales), in which an enigmatic young woman enters a quaint village and stirs things up!
THE DEEP DARK (4Digital Media) is a French creature feature set in a coal mine!
Our Short Shot is THE HAT MAN, in which a man's dreams turn to nightmares. Click the link to watch the whole short film!
And the DTV Throwback is the cruelly overlooked FREAKED, in which Bill and Ted's Alex Winter co-directs and stars as a pompous star who is subjected to terrible experiments. Unfortunately the YouTube copy we viewed seems to have now been taken down!
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Short Shots Episode 24: Martial Arts roundup!

The Short Shots have been on a two year hiatus but its finally back in action! To celebrate, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short films, all with a martial arts theme. We've also updated the format for this podcast so it mirrors our main show, with a "Long Shot" and Throwback! You can check out each by clicking the links below:
We kick off with TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN  [8 minutes] (Martin Sofiedal, 2025), a scifi infused fight movie;
Next is LUCKY NIGHT: A JUNKERS TALE [12 minutes] (Nickolas Nielsen, 2021), which also has some impressive sci-fi trappings
THE COUP [9 minutes] (Bel Uysal, 2026) finds 3 crooks all trying to steal an energy drink from a museum;
BULLET STORM [13 minutes] (Tim Pek / Peter Phan, 2025) is about a hitman being forced to target a man who'd saved his life;
PREVAIL [11 minutes] (Ryan Dalan, 2025) is a Filipino saga about 2 brothers;
DAKOTA STONE [9 minutes] (Sherice Griffiths, 2025) is a noirish tale about a muscle for hire;
THE PROTECTOR [7 minutes] (Bruce Chong, 2025) sees a young couple intimidated by a local gang;
THE PROPOSAL [6 minutes] (Dan Liu, 2024) finds an agent in love with his partner, trying to find the right time to propose!
Our Long Shot is the 35min NIGHT OF THE RONIN  [35 minutes] (Nathan Bender, 2024), in which an assassin tries to protect a woman from wave after wave of attackers.
Our Short Throwback is HARDWAY: THE ACTION MUSICAL. [34 minutes] (Daniel Vogelmann, 2017). This particular short is available on Disney+ and will require a subscription to watch, or you can order it from https://vimeo.com/ondemand/hardway
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Episode 308: Outgunned, OBEX, Bosco, Play Dead, Jeffery Epstein: Bad Pedophile, Time Runner

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review four new releases - click the links to see a trailer for each film! 
 
We kick off big style with OUTGUNNED (Signature Entertainment), a "Most Dangerous Game" style movie in which a young woman is hunted by an enemy from her past!
OBEX (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a "low fi" science fiction movie about a man sucked into a retro adventure video game.
BOSCO (High Fliers) is a prison drama centering on a man trying to escape.
PLAY DEAD (Seven Tales) finds a young woman waking in a basement full of dead women, and a strange ritual being set up upstairs!
 
Our Short Shot is the mockumentary, JEFFERY EPSTEIN: BAD PEDOPHILE - click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is TIME RUNNER, starring Mark Hamill and Rae Dawn Chong. We found this on Tubi and recommend you go check it out!
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Episode 307: Worldbreaker, Blood Barn, Else, The Monster Within, Silent Night Deadly Night, POV, Diamond Cut Diamond

This week Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by CHRISTOPHER PAGE, of The Time Shifters  and Orphaned Entertainment! Check out the intro to learn more about who he is and what he does!
We kick off with WORLDBREAKER (Signature Entertainment), a new Young Adult, post apocalypse movie with Luke Evans and Mila Jovovich.
BLOOD BARN (Screambox) is a low budget indie horror which boldly wears its influences on its sleeve....
ELSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is  a French sci-fi movie in which people start merging with their environment...
THE MONSTER WITHIN (Seven Tales)finds a young farmer stuck with a monster he must continue to feed....
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (Studio Canal) is the remake of the 1984 classic, from the director of The Domestics...
Our Short Shot is POV, in which a camera-laden masked vigilante tries to stop crimes on Halloween... click the link to watch the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, aka Witness to a Kill. This starts Gary Daniels as the Bond-esque Queen's Messenger and the whole film plays like a PM Entertainment entry. We found this one on TUBI.
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Episode 306: REDUX REDUX, The Huntsman, Bury Em Deep, Jimmy and Stiggs, Dr Bees Beyond, The Rip, Battle Drone

In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle four new releases, while Will joins us for a new segment!
We kick off with the awesome REDUX REDUX (Blue Finch Releasing) in which a mother avenges the murder of her daughter, across the multiverse!
THE HUNTSMAN (High Fliers Films) sees Shawn Ashmore as an ICU nurse caring for a coma patient who may be a serial killer!
BURY 'EM DEEP (High Fliers Films) is a western starring Robert Bronzi, on the trail of outlaws who robbed him!
JIMMY AND STIGGS (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a labour of love by director Joe Begos (VFW), who spent four years making it. But is it worth the effort? Take a listen for our take!
Our Short Shot is DR BEES FOREVER - the latest animated short from Harry Partridge - click the link to see the whole short, and check out Harry's other films!
Next up is a new segment under the working title of Mike and Will Go Streaming! In this episode we take a long look at the Matt Damon/Ben Afleck movie, THE RIP (Netflix).
We close with the DTV Throwback, which this week is BATTLEDRONE, ini which Louis Mandylore lead a mercenary team against killer robots. We watched this on Amazon Prime but it is available on other services.
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Episode 305: We Bury The Dead, Grizzly Night, Tim Travers and the Time Traveller's Paradox, Residence, Monolith

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out three new releases! As usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with WE BURY THE DEAD (Signature Entertainment), a thoughtful zombie movie starring Daisy Ridley!
GRIZZLY NIGHT (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a drama based on the real life incident in 1967 when a national park suffered two deadly bear attacks in the same night.
TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELLER'S PARADOX (GrimmVision) has the most unwieldy title and involves a mad/brilliant scientist trying to put paradox theory into practice!
Our Short Shot is RESIDENCE, about a bunch of real estate agents being invited to view a new house on the market - with a deadly twist! Click the link to see the whole short film.
Our DTV Throwback is MONOLITH (1993), starring Bill Paxton, John Hurt and Louis Gossett Jr. We watched a copy on You Tube, which you can find HERE.
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Episode 304: Stand Your Ground, The Knife, Reverence, A Gangster's Tale, Hermanita, Arctic Void

Happy New Year, everyone! For our first episode of 2026, we are joined by special guest Ryan Verrill from Disc-Connected (all socials), who joins Mike and Steve to check out some new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film. 
We start with STAND YOUR GROUND (High Fliers Films), in which Daniel Stisen takes on a gang of white supremacists in order to defend his home!
THE KNIFE (Signature Entertainment) finds a black family under the scrutiny of the police after a stranger is hurt during an invasive attack in their home.
REVERENCE (High Fliers Films) finds an ex soldier at odds dogged detective while investigating the disappearance of his daughter.
A GANGSTER'S LIFE (Miracle Media) involves two small time scammers in over their heads when they rip off a notorious and violent London mob boss.
Our Short Shot is HERMANITA - click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is ARCTIC VOID, a Norwegian mystery film in which nearly all the passengers and crew of an arctic tourist vessel suddenly disappear, leaving a trio of film-makers marooned. We watched this on Amazon Prime; it may be available on other platforms as CIVIL TWILIGHT.
You can check out our guest Ryan's other endeavours below:
Someone's Favorite Productions
Antenna Releasing | Expand Your Audience Today
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Episode 303: Wake Up Dead Man, Troll 2, Nightfall, End of Year Round-up

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is our final episode of 2025 and we've managed to get not only Rich back on, alongside Mike, Steve and Amanda, but also Nathan Lunn, who had previously joined us for our 300th episode!
Unfortunately, however, the DTV market tends to dry up during the month of December so instead we have turned our attention to two highly anticipated films on Netflix - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with WAKE UP DEAD MAN (Netflix), the third "Knives Out" film and probably one of THE most anticipated films of the year, in which Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc to solve a locked room murder mystery!
Next is TROLL 2 (Netflix), Roar Uthaug's sequel to the well-received Norse Kaiju movie!
Our Short Shot is NIGHTFALL - click the link to see the whole short film, and you may wish to check out their previous dino-flick, THE HATCHLING!
Instead of a Throwback this week, we end the show with a round-table looking at our favourite Top Five DTV titles of the year - take a listen and see if you agree!
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Episode 302 - Dracula, Quarantine 19, The Final Party, He Kills At Night, Manor of Darkness, The Perfect Gamble, Can You Hear Me, Hostages, Long Shadows, Coyotes, Misfire, Riot

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda cover no less than 10 new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with Luc Besson's version of DRACULA (Signature Entertainment), which bears more than a likeness to Coppola's version!
Next up is QUARANTINE 19 (Trinity Content Partners), a Turkish film shot in English about the contestants of a Big Brother-style reality show finding themselves isolated during a pandemic.
THE FINAL PARTY (Trinity Content Partners) is a nasty, nihilistic film about rich kids gatecrashing a party...
HE KILLS AT NIGHT (4Digital Media) finds a woman fighting for survival when she is abducted by a serial killer on Christmas Eve!
MANOR OF DARKNESS (Indie Rights) is an extended version of one of director Blake Ridder's many short films, about a group of pretend filmmakers stuck in a creepy manor house!
PERFECT GAMBLE (High Fliers Films) finds David Arquette running an underground casino and trying to keep the Russian mafia from taking over!
CAN YOU HEAR ME? (High Fliers Films) is a WW1 set love story with supernatural overtones!
HOSTAGES (Signature Entertainment) finds a group of social media addicts caught up in a possible terrorist attack.
LONG SHADOWS (4Digital Media) is a western in which a young man searches for those who murdered his mother and left him for dead as a child.
COYOTES (Signature Entertainment) finds yuppies Justin Long and Kate Bosworth trapped with their teen daughter when a pack of ferocious coyotes lays siege to their home. 
Our Short Shot is MISFIRE, directed by Jean-Paul Ly! Click the link to see the whole 15 min film!
Our DTV Throwback is RIOT, in which cop Matthew Reese gets himself thrown into the same prison where the man who killed his wife is hiding. You can find this on Amazon Prime as well as other streaming Services!
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Episode 301: Bride Hard, Shark Island, The Naughty List of Mr Scrooge, M: Beyond the Wasteland, Bone Lake, Nazi Supersoldier, Director's Cut, A Desert, Full Moon Gloryhole, From Beijing With Love

This week Mike, Steve, Amanda and Will tackle the latest films to be hitting home media. As usual, click the links to see trailers for each of the films!
 
We kick off with BRIDE HARD (Signature Entertainment) in which superspy Rebel Wilson must thwart Stephen Dorff and his mercenaries when they gate-crash her best friend's wedding!
SHARK ISLAND (High Fliers Films) finds a group of supermodels on a tropical island, surrounded by sharks and hunted by a killer after a $20Million necklace...
THE NAUGHTY LIST OF MR SCROOGE (Miracle Media) sounds cringe but is actually about a group of ex-college friends being hunted by a masked killer during a holiday weekend!
M: BEYOND THE WASTELAND (GrimmVision) is a Serbian post-apocalypse tale which follows a young boy seeking answers about his past...
BONE LAKE (Signature Entertainment) - finds two couples double-booked at the same luxury weekend getaway...
NAZI SUPERSOLDIER (4Digital Media) is a German Independent horror about some journalism students discovering a secret bunker....
DIRECTOR'S CUT (Miracle Media) is about a local metal band agreeing to make a music video with a strange director...
A DESERT (Blue Finch Film Releasing) finds a photographer crossing paths with a dangerous couple out in the desert...
Our Short Shot is FULL MOON GLORYHOLE - warning, this is NSFW! Click the link, to watch the whole 5 min short!
Our DTV Throwback is FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, starring and co-directed by Stephen Chow (Chow Sing Chi) in his love-letter to all things Bond, mixed with a 90s HN aesthetic. You can find a high quality version on Amazon Prime.
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