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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Short Shot Ep 21: Etheria Film Night 2022 and 2023.
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest ETHERIA film nights. Etheria is a film festival which celebrates horror and sci-fi short films from women directors.
The latest, Etheria Film Night 2023, is currently available on SHUDDER and we heartily recommend you check them out.
the 2022 line-up isn't available in the same format, however we have tracked most of the shorts down (all except one) and you will find links to them as follows:
THIS IS OUR HOME - Directed by A.K. Espada
https://vimeo.com/765532271
INHERITANCE - Directed by Annalise Lockhart
https://vimeo.com/741997426
DANA - Directed by Lucía Forner Segarra
N/A
LUCID - Directed by Deanna Milligan
https://vimeo.com/653754815
FREYA - Directed by Camille Hollett-French
https://youtu.be/c0vTR2HH3fQ
THE FAMILIARS - Directed by Millicent Malcolm
https://youtu.be/F4IgEa0xxo0
COME F*CK MY ROBOT - Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan
https://youtu.be/M-RLlXXxM6I
Listen to the episode to find out how we rated them!
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Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases - as usual click the link to see the trailer!
First up is the latest Steve Lawson production, WRATH OF DRACULA (High Fliers Films) in which Mina Harker joins forces with Professor Van Helsing to destroy the count!
in MOTHER MAY I (Vertigo Releasing) a young man's fiancé starts behaving like his recently deceased mother....
THAT'S A WRAP (Elite Film Group) is a meta black comedy/horror in which the cast and crew of a low budget horror movie become victims at their own wrap party!
And in THE BELL KEEPER (High Fliers Films), five young teens fall foul to a local curse when they go hunting local supernatural legends - surprisingly there is no trailer for this!
Our Short Shot is PAYDAY 3 - FOLLOW THE MONEY . This is a promo video for the game and deals with a bank heist going wrong!
Our DTV Throwback is BULLETPROOF, which teams a young Adam Sandler and a hot Damon Wayans in a buddy action comedy!
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Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases:ALONE AT NIGHT (Signature Entertainment) is another film about a woman being stalked around a single location but it does have a couple of quirks going for it, especially in the casting...
SUMMONING THE SPIRIT (Dark Star Pictures) - this tale of a cult trying to control a Bigfoot split out panel! See who you agree with!
RAGE (Reel 2 Reel Films) is a South African slasher/folk horror...
Our Short Shot is a sequel to the excellent Indie/Tomb Raider/Uncharted movie which this time sees the three iconic characters working together, and delivering an excellent adventure we highly recommend. Click the link to watch the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is SPLINTER, in which Shea Wigham and Jill Carpenter are stuck in a remote gas station under threat from a hideous parasite. This can be found to watch for free on PLEX and probably other sites!
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Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new films - Click the link to view the trailers...
Kicking off with OPERATION NAPOLEON: FROZEN CONSPIRACY (Signature Entertainment), an Icelandic thriller based on a novel...
THE INHABITANT (The Movie Partnership) finds a troubled teen haunted by her ancestor, the axe-murderer Lizzie Borden...
LOCK AND LOAD (High Fliers Films) is a low budget film by Nathan Shepka, whose film When Darkness Falls we reviewed back in Episode 202!
Our Short Shot is THE GATEWAY DRUG, a contender for short of the year! Click the link to check it out!
Our DTV Throwback is STARRY EYES, in which a young actress comes to terms with how far she is willing to go for stardom. This is available on a couple of free-with-ads sites such as FreeVee and Plex!
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Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out four new releases. As usual, click the link to see the trailer for the film:
THE LAIR (Acorn): director Neil Marshall returns with a creature feature!
SAKRA (Signature Films): Donnie Yen stars and co-directs this epic martial arts, wire-fu movie!
ARTISTS IN AGONY (Global Digital Releasing): An independent mockumentary about the massacre of four reknowned hitmen at the Coda Teahouse!
WHAT THE WATERS LEFT BEHIND: SCARS (Minerva Pictures) - a sequel to the Argentinian torture/slasher hybrid, in which a dysfunctional rock band falls prey to a family of cannibals in a deserted town!
Our Short Shot is RED VALLEY - Click the link to watch the whole short from Mighty Fox Productions!
Our DTV Throwback is THE THAW: A bunch of scientists discover the corpse of a woolly mammoth after a glacier recedes but are horrified to find it contains the eggs of a prehistoric parasitic bug! You can find this film streaming for free (with Ads) on PLEX.
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Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out four new releases. Click the link to go to the trailer...
DOOR MOUSE (The Movie Partnership) is a hard-boiled detective tale in which burlesque performer Mouse searches for a missing dancer...
97 MINUTES (101 Films) finds an undercover operative caught up in a plane hijacking...
THE BIGFOOT TRAP (High Fliers Films) sees a videographer interviewing a hunter who has built a trap for Bigfoot...
THE BREACH (Lightbulb Films) follows a mutilated corpse being discovered and a mad scientist performing strange experiments in the woods...
The Short Shot is DEAD END: DEAD MAN WALKING - this is the third instalment of the Dead End series starring Bryan Larkin. Click the link to watch the whole short!
Our DTV Throwback is PENTATHLON: - Dolph Lundgren stars as an East German athlete who defects to the West. Click the link to watch the whole movie on Youtube, courtesy of The Midnight Screening Channel.
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Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Short Shot Episode 20 - Action Special
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short action films. This is the order in which they are discussed on the episode - please check them out, give the film-makers a like and subscribe!
Film
Minutes
Director
Year
Link
BAR FIGHT
5
Benjamin R. Moody
2019
bit.ly/ShortShot803
FIST OF FORTUNE
14
Ryan McCrory
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot817
HIDARI
5
Masashi Kawamura
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot810
IDENTITY
4
Bryan Vigier
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot652
ITERATIVE LOOP
2
James Newman
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot768
JACK IN THE BOX
7
Daniel Locicero
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot644
KINGS OF TRIAD
9
Kevin Le
2022
bit.ly/ShortShot649
STOP ME
6
Kevin Barile
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot691
THE BOOK OF PERSEUS
14
Bryan Sloyer
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot716
THE CALM
8
Sam Hargrave
2023
bit.ly/ShortShot811
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out five new releases - click the links to view the trailer for each...
We kick off with SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS (Blue Finch Film Releasing), the latest in a long line of 80's set summer camp slashers, but is it any good and can it succeed last year's superlative Fear Street? Take a listen to hear our verdict! For those interested click HERE to see the original short film!
CEREBRUM (Signature Entertainment) is a psychological thriller in which a young man suspects his parents of being up to no good when he returns home after being in a coma....
STEPHEN KING ON SCREEN (Signature Entertainment) is the first documentary covered by us, and features the film-makers who have brought King's works to the screen....
HERD (High Flier Films) is a new "zombie" movie in which two women find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place: infected on one side, MAGA-loving militia on the other! (there doesn't seem to be a trailer for this film as yet).
PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME (High Flier Films) is a "based on a true story" film about the man who challenged New York's 30 year ban on pinball machines.
Out Short Shot is the Batman fan film, THE OATH - click the link to watch the whole film!
Our DTV Throwback this week is AMITYVILLE: DOLLHOUSE - a film which certainly entertained us but left us asking a log of questions! This film is available on Amazon Prime.
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
Short Shots Ep 17: End of Year Action Round-up!
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to all of our listeners! in this episode, Rich has curated together a whole bunch of shorts which have strong action beats that were released in 2022.
Here are the links to all of the films we are talking about, in the order they appear on the podcast!
HAN WICK (Jeffim Sheroky, 2022)
RUMBLE RIOT (Joey Min, 2022)
PROJECT PENGUIN (Matsuhide, 2022)
RELOAD (Alireza Kharkan, 2022)
SHAOLIN BLUES (Ryan McCrory, 2021)
KINGS (Josh Mabie, 2022)
THE ASSOCIATION - ATHENA (Josh Mabie, 2022)
BLAZE UP (Jérôme Gaspard, 2022)
THE SEVEN DEADLY FISTS OF WHITE LOTUS (Cameron Smith, 2022)
WING CHUN: AN UNTOLD TALE (Yenvy Chau, 2022)
JADE (Jose Quinones, 2022)
AGENT STONE (Teddy Pryor, 2022)
OBSIDIAN (Takashi Hara & Maria Tran, 2021)
JUGANDO CON FUEGO (Nicholas Ortiz, 2022)
We hope you enjoy checking these out - let us know which are your favourites!
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Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Episode 112 - The Spy, The Robbery, Freeway
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
This week Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at the new espionage thriller set during WW2, THE SPY (Spionen), starring Ingrid Bolso Berdal as real life starlet Sonja Wigert. The Short Shot this week is the excellent THE ROBBERY*, which was either shot in one take or seamlessly edited to appear so. And out DTV Throwback is a film I've forever been meaning to catch up with, the cult classic FREEWAY starring Reese Witherspoon and Keifer Sutherland. Enjoy!
*In order to watch THE ROBBERY, you will need to register (for free) at https://bestshortfilms.discover.film/browse