This week Mike and Rich hunt down the long-awaited Netherlands creature feature, PREY (aka Prooi). Does it stand up to the anticipation built upon seeing the original trailer over a year ago? Take a listen to our review!
Our Short Shot this week is SKYWATCH, a film who's tech macguffin is so good and so prescient, I'm certain we'll be seeing a real-life counterpart in our future. This film contains a big star cameo, and its worth watching the follow-up film which shows how the director went about nabbing him.
Our DTV Throwback is D-WAR: DRAGON WARS, the Korean big budget special fx movie that co-stars Robert Forster. As tends to happen with this section, this is a film I hadn't seen (although was aware of it) - so how does it hold up? Tune in to find out!!!

We're sure a lot of you will have already seen Michael Bay's 6 UNDERGROUND by now, as its just sitting there on NETFLIX waiting to be watched. Take a listen and find out what we thought of it!
Our Short Shot this week is PIZZA TiME, co-starring Eric Jacobus (Rope-a-Dope, Blindsided). and out DTV Throwback it a very entertaining werewolf movie, PROJECT METAL BEAST.
 
Check it out, let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter (@TheDTVDigest)

This week Mike and Rich discuss a certain controversy surrounding Amazon Prime! before getting on with the main reviews, which this week are 5TH PASSENGER, starring actors from various incarnations of Star Trek, DEAD TRIGGER, based on a video game and starring Dolph Lundgren, ALL THE DEVIL'S MEN starring Mile (Son of Mel) Gibson and from the director of The Veteran, and we round off with one of NETFLIX's latest offerings, the Mads Mikkelsen starring POLAR. Our DTV throwback this week is INANIMATE, aka HARBINGER DOWN starring Lance Henriksen, and our Short short is the zombie movie, DEADZONE. Not only all that but we have a lot of trailers to look at in our Coming Soon section and we round off with the WASHING UP!
 
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
TRADING PAINTESCAPE FROM DEATH BLOCK 13THE WATCHDOGA VIGILANTE
CHOKEHOLDDONNYBROOK
WE DIE YOUNG
REBORN

It looks like Stallone is following Bruce Willis into the dark realms of DTV, and this week we cover two films in which he's given prominent billing when in fact he's taking a back seat for much of the running time. So this week, Mike and Rich take a belated look at ESCAPE PLAN 2 (available on Netflix), which also manages to rope in the likes of Dave Bautista and Titus Welliver, as well as BACKTRACE, in which a amnesiac Matthew Modine tries to remember where he hid the takings of a heist gone wrong. Not only that but we have the latest chapter in the Death Race franchise, DEATH RACE: BEYOND ANARCHY - starring a guy with a forgettable name and directed by Don Michael Paul, who has a good pedigree of delivering exciting DTV action. As a lead in to our review, Mike delivers a BEGINNERS GUIDE to the franchise to-date. We also review the Australian Alien Invasion movie OCCUPATION!  Our DTV THROWBACK this week is the werewolf movie LATE PHASES, which can be found on Amazon Prime, and we also take a look at the short film, BLUEPRINT.
Have a listen, enjoy, sorry about the abrupt ending!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
COMING SOON:
CROSSBREED
THE IMMORTAL WARS: RESURGENCE
THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
DEATHRACE 4: BEYOND ANARCHY
BACKTRACE
ESCAPE PLAN 2
 
THE DTV THROWBACK
LATE PHASES (aka NIGHT OF THE WOLF)
 
 

Happy Belated New Year, everyone!
 
After the Christmas DTV drought, Mike and Rich get stuck right in with a whole bunch of recently released films - the return of the iconic Leprechaun in LEPRECHAUN RETURNS, the awesome British marial arts/horror/thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS and the fantastic post apocalyptic action movie, THE DOMESTICS (available on Netflix). Not only but also - the ultimate homage to 80's action movies, COMMANDO NINJA (available on Youtube - see the link below!).  We also introduce a couple of new features, THE DTV THROWBACK in which we review Mike Mendez's THE CONVENT, and THE SHORT SHOT, where we look at EARTHY ENCOUNTERS. Check it out!
 
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART
 
COMING SOON - TRAILERS
TIME LAPSE
CLOSE
THE BRAWLER
POLTERHEIST
DAMSEL
 
THE REVIEWS:
LEPRECHAUN RETURNS
NIGHTSHOOTERS
COMMANDO NINJA
THE DOMESTICS
 
DTV THROWBACK:
THE CONVENT
 
THE SHORT SHOT
EARTHY ENCOUNTERS (AMAZON PRIME)
 
THE WASHING UP - OTHER RECENT RELEASES:
 
 
 
 

In our penultimate episode of 2018, Mike and Rich conduct another round-up of short films currently available, mostly for free (see below)! There is the creepy doll tale, THE DOLLMASTER, two shorts concerning THE MASK, taking things a lot darker and meaner than the Jim Carrey movie, a whimsical post-heist tale THE GETAWAY, the fx-laden THE 715th, a thoughtful romance/drama WINTER HILL, a fan-made version of UNCHARTED starring Nathan Fillion and a hardboiled action movie, NIGHT SHIFT.
All but one of these films are available FOR FREE, and you'll find the links below in the FOOTNOTES! 
In addition there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections. Enjoy!!
 
FOOTNOTES
 
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
BLOOD HUNTERS - RISE OF THE HYBRIDSDARK SOULVIXENALL THE DEVIL'S MENTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
 
THE SHORTS:
THE DOLLMAKERWINTER HILLTHE GETAWAYTHE 716TH (NB - this is the only film which isn't free: it costs 1.99 to rent from Amazon Prime.)
RISE OF THE MASKREVENGE OF THE MASKUNCHARTEDNIGHT SHIFT
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER FILMS RELEASED THIS WEEK
 
 

Looks like we're back on track and normal service is resuming! This week, Mike and Rich tackle two very different films: BUYBUST, a filipino take on The Raid starring Anne Curtis, and a Canadian horror movie which garnered a lot of praise at this year's Frightfest, THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW. Not only that, but Mike gives his take on the low budget thriller BETRAYED, ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION and the James Franco directed FUTURE WORLD. And as if that weren't enough there are also our usual features, the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections. We hope you enjoy the episode and be sure to check out the FOOTNOTES below!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
LEPRECHAUN RETURNSCLOWNADOPRESIDENT EVILLEGION MAXXBACKTRACETIGERTHE QUAKE
 
THE MAIN FEATURE REVIEWS:
BETRAYED
ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION
FUTURE WORLD
BUYBUST
THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
 
 
 
 

Hello everybody and welcome to our "lost" episode. We originally recorded the bulk of this shortly after the Fighting Spirit Film Festival, at the end of September but due to my moving house and Rich being on holiday, it took a long time to get round to editing and publishing the episode. So long in fact that we decided to add a fourth review, for the Belgian crime movie, GANGSTA, to go along with our already-in-the-bag reviews for FINAL SCORE, VENGEANCE and ATTRITION. We also run down our favourite films from the FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL. Now for this episode we re-recorded the DTV CHART and I've decided to leave out the WASHING UP for this week - it will be back in the next episode. Hope you enjoy the show and check out the FOOTNOTES below!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART:
 
 COMING SOON: TRAILERS
THE SUPER
BIG KILLTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
 
FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS
Not many of these are currently available as they are still in competition, but you can learn a bit about them here.
STEAM
TRANH AND NOWAK (FULL MOVIE)
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
VENGEANCE
FINAL SCORE
ATTRITION
GANGSTA
 
 
 

Please excuse the background noise on this week's episode - Rich and I recorded it in the bar of our hotel, while attending this year's Fighting Spirit Film Festival (more on this in the next episode!).
Anyway, this week we take a look at two Anglo-Polish productions about events set during World War 2. First up is HURRICANE, about 303 Squadron. This is followed by the mystery drama THE LAST WITNESS. Then we change tack completely, with the latest horror movie from director Pascal Laugier, IN A GHOSTLAND. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon section and the Washing Up. Check below for links in the Footnotes!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON:
MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACYGOLDEN JOBTHE NIGHT COMES FOR USPROJECT GUTENBERGASH IS PUREST WHITESHADOWKUNG FU MONSTER
 
MAIN REVIEWS:
HURRICANE
THE LAST WITNESSINCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

This week, Mike and Tom take a look at the awesome REVENGE, while Will pops by for a lengthy discussion of the new thriller BAD SAMARITAN, starring David Tennant. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon Trailers and the Washing Up. Enjoy!
 
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART:
 
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
ASURA
LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORDTHE PREYTHE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAINTHE DRAGON UNLEASHEDSPLIT LIP
INTENSIVE CAREAIR STRIKE
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
REVENGE CLIP 1 - PUSH
REVENGE CLIP 2 - SURVIVE
BAD SAMARITAN
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES