Episode 293: Red Sonja, The Last Ritual, Inside, Meanwhile On Earth, The Hermit, Stalkers, Sweet Revenge, Body Count

In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle six new films - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with the highest profile film of the week, RED SONJA (Signature Entertainment), in which Revenge's Matilda Lutz plays the titular hero while MJ Bassett (Solomon Kane, Strike Back) directs. Did we enjoy it? Take a listen to find out!
THE LAST RITUAL (Miracle Media) is a Nepalese police procedural, following a young female detective battling misogyny and a tragic past while trying to solve the disappearance of a reknowned film director.
INSIDE (Icon Film Distribution) is a prison movie from Australia, starring Guy Pearce...
MEANWHILE ON EARTH (Blue Finch Releasing) is a French sci-fi movie about a young woman contacted by aliens promising to bring her lost-in-space brother home if she helps them...
THE HERMIT (High Fliers) stars Lou Ferrigno (tv's The Incredible Hulk) as a cannibalistic pig farmer who just wants to be left alone...(NB - no trailer seems to exist for this one!)
STALKERS (4Digital Media) has a protagonist with the unique profession of ex pornstar, now looking to connect with her daughter, who she'd been forced to give up for adoption as a baby - but someone is out to kill her...
 
Our Short Shot is JASON UNIVERSE: SWEET REVENGE, an Official short film about Jason Vorhees coming back to dispatch another group of teens - but this time with a twist!  Click the link to watch the whole 15min short!
Our DTV Throwback is BODY COUNT from 1986. This slasher is directed by Ruggero Deodato, most famous for Cannibal Holocaust and boasts a decent cast of character actors in the background. You can find a copy on Amazon Prime, as well as other streaming platforms.
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Episode 292: Tin Soldier, 40 Acres, Saint Clare, Osiris, Futra Days, The Activated Man, The Banished, Reputation, Charlie Foxtrot, Sword of Heaven

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 8 new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film.
We kick off with TIN SOLDIER (Signature Entertainment), which finds Scott Eastwood as an ex cult member recruited by a shadow ops team to re-enter his former home, a compound run by an ex army General. (NB: this is now available to stream on Amazon Prime).
40 ACRES (Vertigo Releasing) is one of 2 contenders this week for a top 10 spot - a post apocalyptic tale of a family defending their farm from marauding cannibals!
SAINT CLARE (101 Films) is my 2nd contender. Bella Thorn stars as Clare Bleeker, a high school student chosen by God to rid her town of sex traffickers.
OSIRIS (Signature Entertainment) is the latest from action auteur William Kaufman, and concerns a Special Forces unit abducted by alien warriors!
FUTRA DAYS (Reel 2 Reel Films) is about a man who travels 3 years into the future to try and fix his relationship with his girlfriend.
THE ACTIVATED MAN (High Fliers) is one of Tony Todd's last films, and he gets a decent chunk of screentime here, helping a man defend against a malevolent spirit.
THE BANISHED (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is an Australian horror set in the outback, where a young woman finds herself lost and injured while searching for her brother.
REPUTATION (Miracle Media) shares a theme with last episode's Salvable, as a young drug dealer has to confront the toxic relationship he has with his old friend, just released from prison and making waves for all concerned.
Our Short Shot is CHARLIE FOXTROT, a proof-of-concept film about two constables who find themselves in a deadly confrontation on a farm. Click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is something of a find, and credit to friend of the show RamonWrites for bringing it to our attention! SWORD OF HEAVEN is destined to be a cult classic. We watched a low-res version on YouTube - click the link for the whole film and enjoy its craziness!
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Episode 291: Salvable, The Unholy Trinity, Night Terror, Monsters of California, Child Machine, Angel of the Warrior, The Cellar, Frankie Freako, Leprechaun Vengeance, Strength and Honour

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve cover 8 new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each film!
We start and end with a boxing movie, kicking off with SALVABLE (Vertical), in which boxer Toby Kebbel tries to reconnect with his daughter (good) & shady old pal Shia LaBeouf (bad!)
Up next is the western, THE UNHOLY TRINITY (Signature Entertainment) where the arrival of a young man bent on revenge stirs up a whole town's worth of trouble!
NIGHT TERROR (aka Eye for an Eye) (Signature Entertainment) sees a young woman sent to live with her blind grandmother in Florida, only to discover dark secrets and deadly curses...
MONSTERS OF CALIFORNIA (Plaion Pictures) finds a group of teens in over their heads with monsters, aliens, missing parents and military secrets!
CHILD MACHINE (aka Lapsmasin) (4Digital Media) is an Estonian film where a young girl becomes trapped in a bunker with tech start-ups and a new AI...
ANGEL OF THE WARRIOR (hewes pictures) is an ultra low budget, independent action thriller from new film-maker Alexandre Legrange...
THE CELLAR (Red Owl Films) is where a young ex-addict called Abigail finds herself, and must use her courage and instincts to escape!
FRANKIE FREAKO (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a freakish imp who brings anarchy and chaos to stuck-up yuppie Conor's life when he calls a special party line.
Our Short Shot is LEPRECHAUN: REVENGE, a fan film which provides an update on one of the surviving characters. Click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback this week is a homage to the late Michael Madsen. in STRENGTH AND HONOUR he plays an ex-boxer who gets back in the game to try and raise money for his son's life-saving operation. Madsen is playing an Irish character but however good or bad his accent is, it's completely overshadowed by the performance of Vinnie Jones! You can find a copy of the film on YouTube.
 
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Episode 288: Fear Below, It Feeds, The North Witch, First Shift, Heretics, Beneath London, Jason Goes to Hell

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new DTV releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film!
We kick off with FEAR BELOW (Signature Entertainment) - a period thriller from Australia, where a team of divers have to salvage a submerged truck under the watchful eye of a bull shark!
Next is IT FEEDS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teenage girl and her psychic mother must help a young girl who is being drained by a demon!
THE NORTH WITCH (High Fliers Films) attempts to recreate The Blair Witch films as a conventional production rather than a Found Footage movie...
FIRST SHIFT (Plaion Pictures) marks the return of director Uwe Boll, and deals with a lone wolf cop being forced to take on a newly promoted partner...
HERETICS (High Fliers Films) is Asylum's second foray into the Found Footage format and sees some partying teens wind up in a haunted house, only to be picked off by a group of robed figures...
 
Our Short Shot is BENEATH LONDON, a documentary about Alien War, a theme-park ride set up in the heart of London back in the mid-90's. Click the link to see the whole 23 minute film!
Finally, in light of Arrow Video releasing the 4K remaster, we take a look at JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY, which sees Jason Voorhees lose his corporeal body and move from host to host to continue his violent rampage!
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Episode 286: Long Gone Heroes, End of the Rope, Like Tears in Rain, Top Floor, Alien Life Blood, Don't Turn Out The Lights, Catalyst, The Thaw, Godzilla vs Biollante

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 7 new releases: As usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film!
 
We kick off with LONG GONE HEROES (Signature Entertainment) which sees Frank Grillo as a Special Forces soldier leading a small team to Venezuela to rescue his niece from crime lord Andy Garcia.
END OF THE ROPE (High Flier Films) is a dramatised account of the infamous lynching of Charles Bannon in 1931 North Dakota...
LIKE TEARS IN RAIN (Viaplay) is a documentary about actor Rutger Hauer, using home videos he'd shot himself through his life.
ALIEN LIFEBLOOD (aka Wellwood) (High Flier Films) sees a man capturing an extraterrestrial being and trying to use its blood to save his terminally ill wife....
TOP FLOOR (High Fliers Films) finds a young woman trapped in an elevator, at the mercy of a disembodied voice...
DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS (101 Films) finds a bunch of young friends in a camper van - what could go wrong?
CATALYST (4Digital Media) - finds a bunch of men held prisoner and and must work together to solve the puzzle surrounding their detainment.
 
Our Short Shot is THE THAW - click the link to see the whole short film!
Our DTV Throwback is GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE. Criterion has recently issued its restored version, but there is a perfectly good, free version in the Internet Archive - click the link to see!
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Episode 284: Project Silence, In Tenebras: Into the Darkness, Trancers Noir, Going Viral, New York Ninja

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with PROJECT SILENCE (Altitude Film Distribution) - A Korean disaster/action movie where commuters become stranded upon a bridge, and surrounded by genetically engineered military attack dogs!
Next is IN TENEBRAS: INTO THE DARKNESS (Miracle Media), a film which has some great locations in and around Gibraltar, and generated A LOT of discussion between us! Take a listen to hear what we think!
Finally, we take a look at TRANSERS NOIR, a remastered black and white version of the cult classic, starring Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth, sent back to modern day LA to stop a time-travelling criminal mastermind. You can find the whole movie on Youtube by clicking the link!
Our short shot is GOING VIRAL, from the Art School Dropouts team. You can see the whole short by clicking the link.
Our DTV Throwback is NEW YORK NINJA - a film which was shot back in 1984 but never completed. A long running project has meticulously managed to piece together the footage and brought in the likes of Don "The Dragon" Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock to re-dub the dialogue. This is available on Tubi - click the link to see the whole film!
 

Episode 283: The Baby In The Basket, Scarlet Winter, Street Trash, It Came From the Dirty Laundry, The Dungeon Master

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases: as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with THE BABY IN THE BASKET (High Flier Films), from Nathan Shepka and Tom Jolliffe, both of whom have form with our podcast! This is quite an ambitious project for the pair, but what do we make of it? Tune in to find out!
Next up is SCARLET WINTER (Miracle Media), a psychological thriller with a couple of neat touches...
Finally, I take a solo look at the re-imagining of STREET TRASH (Lightbulb Films), resetting the story in a Dystopian Johannesburg! 
 
Our Short Shot is IT CAME FROM THE DIRTY LAUNDRY, an amusing tale about letting a situation grow out of control. Click the link to see the whole five minute short film!
Our DTV Throwback is THE DUNGEON MASTER, also known as RAGE WAR - in fact the version on Amazon Prime has the latter title, despite being listed as the former! Its a real throwback to the mid-80's and worth checking out! If you want to learn more about the film, click this link to a GOODBADFLICKS episode!
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Episode 282: The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Gold Run, A New Breed of Mafia, Kpdama, Chain of Command

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new DTV releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
First up is a surprising one - THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Dazzler Media) somehow skipped the UK's cinemas and has, eventually, found its way to DTV land! Check out our review to hear what we make of it!
Next is GOLD RUN (Dazzler Media), a Norwegian/Danish film about the true events around Norway's mission to smuggle its entire gold reserve out of the country when Germany invades.
Finally we have A NEW BREED OF MAFIA (High Fliers Films), aka Jersey Bred. Check out our review to learn whether we think the title marries well to the film itself!
Our Short Shot is the excellent KODAMA, about an elite Samurai SWAT team who enter the spirit world to find out what had happened to another squad. Click the link to see the whole 15 minute film!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is CHAIN OF COMMAND. After last week's Avenging Force, we thought we'd try some more Dudikoff/Cannon madness. How does it square up? Take a listen to our review!
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Episode 281: Into The Deep, Sunray: Fallen Soldier, Rippy, Elite Force B.R.I., MR-9: Do Or Die, Blackwater Lane, Queen of Hearts, Avenging Force

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take on six new releases; as usual, click the link to check out the trailer for each film!
We kick off with INTO THE DEEP (Signature Entertainment), the latest DTV shark movie. Christian Sesma directs, Chad Law wrote the script and Richard Dreyfus makes an appearance!
In SUNRAY: FALLEN SOLDIER (Vertigo Releasing), a grizzled ex soldier gets his unit back together to go hunt the drug gang responsible for the death of this daughter. You may not have heard of this but we advise you do not miss it!
RIPPY (Altitude) is an Australian creature feature featuring a mutant/zombie kangaroo! We recommend checking out the original short film its based on: WATERBORNE!
We follow this with reviews for ELITE FORCE: B.R.I. (101 Film) and MR-9: DO OR DIE (Plaion Pictures). One is an ultra low budget action film, the other seems to have ten times the budget. We debate which is the poorer and which should be commended!
Lastly is BLACKWATER LANE (Plaion Pictures), a suspenseful thriller in which a woman suspects she's a killer's next target!
 
Our Short Shot is QUEEN OF HEARTS, a western confrontation in a saloon - click the link to watch the whole 9min short!
Our DTV Throwback is AVENGING FORCE - a Cannon Film, starring Michael Dudikoff and Steve James - do we need to say more?? You can find this on Amazon Prime, as well as other platforms.
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Episode 280: Werewolves, Beezel, Detained, An Invitation to Murder, Dead Before They Wake, Come Home, Curse of the Sin Eater, Somewhere Inbetween, The Dyatlov Pass Incident

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
In our first show back, we (Mike, Rich and Steve) catch up with seven new releases. As usual, check out the trailers for each film by clicking the link.
We kick off with WEREWOLVES (Signature Entertainment), Stephen C Miller's schlocky lycanthrope movie starring Frank Grillo!
BEEZEL (Dazzler Media) covers different decades as people encounter an eternal witch living in the basement of a suburban home...
DETAINED (Plaion Pictures) finds Abbie Cornish waking up in a police station - but why? 
AN INVITATION TO A MURDER (Plaion Pictures) is a period murder mystery which heavily leans into Agatha Christie...
DEAD BEFORE THEY WAKE (High Fliers Films) sees a bouncer being tasked with delving into Glasgow's underworld to rescue a young deaf woman from sex trafficking...
COME HOME (Miracle Media) - 2 couples spend the weekend in the mountains and meet some supernatural shenanigans... 
CURSE OF THE SIN EATER (High Fliers) - a young man makes a huge mistake when he agrees to inherit a billionaire's wealth - and his past sins...
 
Our Short Shot is the excellent time-travelling romantic comedy, SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN. Click the link to check out the whole 15minute film!
The DTV Throwback is THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT, a found-footage movie from Renny Harlin!
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