Episode 248: The Retirement Plan, Fear the Night, 10/31 Part 3, The Reckoning of Darkness, Shadow Force

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to view the trailers....
We start - like we did last episode - with Nic Cage, this time in THE RETIREMENT PLAN (Signature Entertainment). We weren't convinced by Sympathy for the Devil, will this be more to our taste? Tune in to find out!
Next is Maggie Q in FEAR THE NIGHT (101 Films) , in which a bachelorette party is attacked by home-invaders...
Rounding off with 10/31 PART 3 (Terror Films), a Halloween anthology film...
Our Short Shot is THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS, based on a play based on a novel... click the link to watch the whole short!
 Finally, our DTV Throwback is SHADOW FORCE, starring Dirk Benedict!
 
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Episode 247: Sympathy for the Devil, King of Killers, Dark Asset, Another Day to Live Through, Sound of Silence, Curse of Crom, Final Summer, Flower of Battle, Shadow Guard

In this BUMPER episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle seven new releases - click the links to go to the film's trailer!We kick off with Joel Kinnaman and Nicolas Cage in SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Signature Entertainment), as a man is held at gun-point by a stranger and made to drive him around Las Vegas...
KING OF KILLERS (Signature Entertainment) brings government hitman Alain Moussi out of retirement to try and kill Frank Grillo...
DARK ASSET (101 Films) is a rare starring role for Byron Mann, a solder with an implanted microchip to enhance his abilities...
ANOTHER DAY TO LIVE THROUGH (Reel 2 Reel Films) is a Finnish film about a woman held against her will out in the wilderness.....
SOUND OF SILENCE  (Lightbulb Film Distribution) sees Italy try to copy the Blumhouse formula as a young woman discovers a haunted radio at her parent's house...
CURSE OF CROM (High Fliers Films) is about a teenager who unwittingly unleashes an ancient demon on her small town!
FINAL SUMMER (Miracle Media) is a traditional summer-camp slasher!
 
Our Short Shot is FLOWER OF BATTLE, in which a master swordsman roams the provinces of Italy with his assistant, seeking a job. If you're a fan of The Princess Bride and the Musketeer films, this is for you! Click the link to watch the film.
Our DTV Throwback is SHADOW GUARD (aka BLOOD BOND) - this stars Michael Biehn, who also found himself co-directing a very troubled production. Click the link to watch for free.
 
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Episode 245: Frightfest Special: The Moor, To Fire You Come At Last, Piper, The Knocking, Good Boy, Here For Blood, Enter the Clones of Bruce, Mancunian Man, Home Invasion, Darklands

In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at seven films which were shown recently as part of the 2023 Frightfest Film Festival!
The films in question are:
THE MOOR
TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST (Severin Films)
PIPER (101 Films)
THE KNOCKING (Blue Finch Film Releasing)
GOOD BOY (Blue Finch Film Releasing
HERE FOR BLOOD 
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (Severin Films)
MANCUNIAN MAN (Severin Films)
 
Our Short Shot is the excellent HOME INVASION, and we wind up with Craig Fairbrass in DARKLANDS for our DTV Throwback!
Listen to the episode to find out how we rated them!
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Episode 244: Wrath of Dracula, Mother May I, That’s a Wrap, The Bell Keeper, Payday 3, Bulletproof

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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Episode 243: Johnny Z, Hunt Club, Spiderman: Lotus, A Father’s Son, Submerged

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 3 new features - as usual, click the link to see the trailer!
 
JOHNNY Z (Reel 2 Reel Films)  is the latest in a really long line of zombie films - does it have enough quirks to make it stand out? Tune in to find out!
 
HUNT CLUB (101 Films) is another "most dangerous game" story with a misogynist twist!
 
SPIDERMAN: LOTUS is a fan-made (not for profit) feature set shortly after the death of Gwen Stacy!
 
Our Short Shot is A FATHER'S SON, in which NYPD detective Jack Yu tries to discover the identity of a teen killed during a turf war in Chinatown.
 
Our DTV Throwback is SUBMERGED - not the Steven Seagal one! This stars Maxwell Caulfield as well as a number of other familiar DTV faces! You can find this on many of the free-to-view-with-ads services.
 
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Episode 241: Operation Napoleon, The Inhabitant, Lock and Load, The Gateway Drug, Starry Eyes

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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Episode 240: The Lair, Sakra, Artists In Agony, What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, Red Valley, The Thaw

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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Short Shot Episode 20 - Action Special

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

Episode 238: The Gates, Call Her King, Bad Girl Boogey, Skinamarink, We Hunt Giants, The Black Plague

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases...
 
THE GATES (101 Films) is a horror set in a 19th Century prison, and stars John Rhys Davis as a paranormal investigator...
CALL HER KING (BET+) is a Die Hard-style film set in a courthouse, where a gang of criminals attempt to free their leader's brother, who's just been sentenced to death...
BAD GIRL BOOGEY (Dark Star Pictures) finds a serial killer wearing a possessed mask killing members of the LGBT community...
SKINAMARINK (Acorn) sees two young children trapped in a nightmare...
 
Our short Shot is WE HUNT GIANTS - click the link to watch the short, about prehistoric hunters...
Our DTV Throwback is THE BLACK PLAGUE, in which Lena Heady tries to discover why the local villagers are suddenly dying when soldiers return from war with France.
 
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Episode 236 - Black Lotus, The Black Demon, Supercell, The Devil Comes at Night, Pursuit, First Contact, Stranded 3, Class of 1999 2:The Substitute

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve cover six new titles. Click the links to check out the trailers for each!
 
BLACK LOTUS (The Move Partnership) - set in Amsterdam, kickboxer Rico Verhoven makes his film debut opposite Frank Grillo who has kidnapped his friend's daughter...
THE BLACK DEMON - Josh Lucas takes his family to Mexico, gets trapped on a decaying oil rig by a demonic shark...
SUPERCELL (Vertigo Releasing) - a young teen travels to storm country to follow in the footsteps of his late father, a renowned stormchaster...
THE DEVIL COMES AT NIGHT (Uncork'd Entertainment) - an ex boxer awakens alone in his late father's house, besieged by a cannibal cult...
PURSUIT (The Movie Partnership) - Emile Hersch and John Cusack get involved in computer hacking, kidnapping, and lots of missing drugs.
FIRST CONTACT (Uncork'd Entertainment) - siblings Casey and Dan arrive at their missing father's farmhouse only to learn he may have been building a device base on extraterrestrial instructions...
 
Our Short Shot is STRANDED 3, starring the illusionist Zach King and Terry Crews - click the link to watch this fantastic short!
 
Our DTV throwback is CLASS OF 1999 2: THE SUBSTITUTE starring Sasha Mitchell as a killbot working as a substitute teacher in a rundown highschool.
 
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