The DTV Digest
News and Reviews of films that didn't make it to the cinema
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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 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
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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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
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
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
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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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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Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
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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