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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Happy Halloween, Everybody!
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve dive into four new spooky releases, starting with the notorious ANTRUM, then on to the fem-tastic vampire movie, BIT! After this we discuss CHILD EATER and THE HAUNTING OF SOPHIE, aka The Music Box.
Our Short Shot this week is NEVER HIKE IN THE SNOW, a Friday 13th fan-film which is so good, you might also want to check out NEVER HIKE ALONE!
Finally we wrap up with the DTV Throwback, which is the awesome, jaw-dropping craziness of PROM NIGHT 2: HELLO MARY LOU!
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Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
This week, Mike Rich and Steve take a look at the new Mark Dacascos movie THE DRIVER, set in a zombie apocalypse. Next is the true life story of three women working as British spies in Nazi occupied France during World War 2, A CALL TO SPY Then we hop over to Montreal for another true life saga involving the Mafia, in MAFIA INC.
Our Short Shot this week is COMPANION SHOP and the DTV Throwback is TRUE CRIME, available to stream on Amazon Prime...
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
This week Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at BLOOD AND MONEY, the new survival thriller starring Tom Berenger. Then we indulge in some witchcraft with THE WITCHES OF AMITYVILLE - will the fact that this film was written by our friend and sometime co-host, Tom Jolliffe, mean that we go easy on it? Tune in to find out!
Our Short Shot is DINO FEAST, from the awesome Red Giant studio - click the link to check out the film and click HERE to see the making-of!
Finally, in our DTV Throwback, we take a look at Mark L. Lester's NIGHT OF THE RUNNING MAN, starring Andrew McCarthy and the excellent Scott Glenn!
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest Scott Adkins thriller, LEGACY OF LIES, which proves to be quite different from some of his other recent films.
After this its off to New Zealand for the stoner comedy ALIEN ADDICTION - there's something about Kiwi humour which really hits my funny bone: check out our review to find out if this follows the trend!
Finally, we have words with VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS, (also known as Gothic Harvest) chiefly about the scarcity of vamps in the damn film!
Out Short Shot is the fast paced laughathon, THE SPEED OF TIME - click the link to watch this hilarious short and check out our review!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT 2, which swaps out Michael Pare with Brad Johnson. Neither Rich nor I have seen the original film, will that make any difference?? (available on Amazon Prime).
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
This week, Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at the intense rape-revenge thriller, RAVAGE, before diving into something completely different with BAY OF SILENCE, and rounding off with the fan-made STAR TREK: FIRST FRONTIER. You can find the full feature HERE.
Our Short Shot is very short - the 4 minute action scene, NO MERCY (click the link to watch).
Finally, our DTV Throwback is TAIL STING, which predates Snakes On a Plane by about 4 years. (currently available on Amazon Prime).
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
In this episode, Mike, Rich and Will take a look at three Euro thrillers available on streaming services. First up is THE TWIN MURDERS: SILENCE IN THE WHITE CITY (Netflix), set in Spain, in which a serial killer reappears after a long absence. From there we move to Hungary for TO THE WIRE (aka X) (Amazon Prime), in which a reclusive detective is forced back into the field when she discovers a series of deaths ruled as suicide were in fact murders. And finally we go to Poland for THE PLAGUES OF BRESLAU (Netflix), in which a killer is using a set of historical executions to take exact revenge.
Our Short Shot is LOST SOULS: MORTAL KOMBAT - a fan film using characters from the video games.
Finally, our DTV Throwback is FAULTS (Amazon Prime), in which a psychiatrist is hired to kidnap and deprogram a young woman involved in a cult.
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Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
This week Mike, Rich and Steve have some choice words for the new Bruce Willis action movie, HARD KILL - tune in to find out who says what! We also look at the Norwegian disaster movie, THE TUNNEL, and the very strange TESLA, starring an awesome pairing of Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan.
Our short shot this week is FANATICO (click the link to watch the whole film), from Monstrous Femme. We also discuss their more recent short, CAMP CALYPSO but as that film is still doing the festival rounds we can only provide the trailer...
Finally, our DTV Throwback is THE PROPHECY, directed by the writer of the original Highlander movie, Greg Widen and contains some great performances (and a couple of bland ones too).
Click HERE to also see an interview I conducted with Monstrous Femmes Hannah May Cumming and Karlee Booth!
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle films which represent the highs and lows of the DTV landscape. We start with TWO HEADS CREEK, hot off a showing at this year's (virtual) FrightFest Film Festival. Next up is BULLETPROOF, starring Thomas Jane, which originally went by the title Crown Vic (the make of police car). Finally we watch a bunch of people go through hell in an elevator in 9/11, starring the likes of Charlie Sheen, Gina Gershon and Whoopi Goldberg (currently available on Amazon Prime)...
Our Short Shot is SNAKE EYES, a fan-made film using the GI JOE character, directed by the guy behind Death Kiss!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is SONS OF LIBERTY, a film I covered a long time ago and gave a pretty glowing review - has my opinion changed?
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, Mike and Rich look at THE SHED, in which a troubled teen discovers a vampire living in the titular building!
Our Short Shot is DARKER COLORS, and we highly recommend you click the link and check it out!
Finally we discuss a firm favourite, RETROACTIVE in our DTV Throwback - if you've never seen it , you really should!!
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
In this episode, Mike, Rich and Steve kick off with the Russian, period sci-fi thriller SPUTNIK, which definitely evokes the old Quatermass films! Then it's off to Poland for some Fast n Furious style street racing, with RACE FAST - check out our review to find out if it's worth a look!
In HUNTER'S MOON, Thomas Jane must sort out a home invasion before things get nasty and we find out that MESSAGE MAN has a very particular set of skills.
Our Short Shot this week is GAMBIT - PLAY FOR KEEPS, a fan made non-profit film featuring a certain Marvel character and a certain well-known actor. Click the link to watch the whole short film!
We must give a shout-out to @mattybudrewicz for giving us the heads up about our DTV Throwback, THE ASSAULT, which is an action packed siege movie from Jim Wynorski, the director of a previous Throwback, Storm Trooper. Unfortunately I couldn't find a trailer for this one, but the film itself is available on Amazon Prime.