The DTV Digest

After a short break, we are back with EIGHT main reviews! As usual, click the links to see the trailers! First up is CONSECRATION (Vertigo Releasing), a supernatural mystery set on a rural Scottish island, directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death). HIGH ROLLERS (101 Films) is a sequel to the John Travolta led heist movie, Cash Out! AMONGST THE WOLVES (Vertigo Releasing) sees a homeless ex-soldier at odds with a drug dealing gang! ITS NAME WAS MORMO (High Fliers) is a found footage film set in Greece, where a family is besieged by a demon in their home. BOGIEVILLE (Reel to Reel Films) finds a couple unwittingly staying at a trailer park for vampires! RUST ROAD (4Digital Media) is set in South Africa and finds two brothers at odds with each other over a bag of stolen money. THE PROSECUTOR (Signature Entertainment) sees Donnie Yen fighting the court system as well as street thugs.   Our Short shot is FIREWORKS, a tense drama set in a MI6 control room during a secret operation. Click the link to watch the whole 15min film! Our DTV Throwback is GRIZZLY II: REVENGE! This film was left unfinished after principle photography back in the 1980s but has recently been completed, after a fashion! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

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! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

After a prolonged break, we're back! And, to make up for lost time, Mike Rich and Steve are covering NINE new releases as well as our usual Short Shot and DTV Throwback. Click the links on each to see the trailer and more! We kick off with the biggest film, HAVOC - Gareth Evans' long awaited feature following his series Gangs of London. After being so long in gestation, can it live up to the anticipation? Next is BLACK CAB (Acorn Media International), in which Nick Frost terrorises a young couple held captive in the back of his taxi. APE x MECHA APE: NEW WORLD ORDER is an Asylum "mockbuster", riding the coat-tails of the bigger Legendary franchise - but does it hold its own? EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE (High Fliers Films) is yet another take on the home invasion trope, with a couple of twists to the genre - but are they enough to make this stand out from the pack? GATES OF FLESH (4 Digital Media) is a low budget end of the world movie in which a group of friends hide out in a church as people are being possessed by demons outside.... GLADIATORS (High Fliers Films) is another Asylum mockbuster - but again, one which might be entertaining in its own right? MOB COPS (High Fliers Films)- although the title suggests a Simpsons parody this is a tale of corrupt cops getting in deep with the mafia, and the honest cop on their tail. RUMPLESTILTSKIN (Miracle Media) is an adult re-telling of the fairytale - but exactly who is its audience mean to be?   Our Short Shot is THE MISERABLE MISFORTUNES OF MY MARVELOUS MASTER, a love letter to the likes of Stephen Chow! Click the link to watch the whole short film!   Our DTV Throwback is AMERICAN SAMURAI - this is a "director's cut" of the film and is available to watch for free on YouTube - click the link to see the whole film! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social  

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! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

This week Steve is off on holiday so its left to Mike and Rich to tackle five new releases - as always, click the link to see the trailer for each: We kick off with FIGHT OR FLIGHT (Sky), starring Josh Hartnett as a former agent brought back to find a hacker, and then must protect them from wave after wave of assassins! Next is ESCAPE FROM THE 21st CENTURY (Signature Entertainment) - a mind-melting visual experience in which three teen friends find they can jump forward into their adult bodies, 20 years in the future! DIE ALONE (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a post-apocalyptic thriller in which a man with amnesia tries to search for his missing girlfriend... BANGKOK DOG (High Fliers) is another pairing of D.Y. Sao and Brian Le, who appeared together in Shadow Master. This is a more conventional martial arts thriller and proof that these guys are top of their game. APPLEWOOD sticks out from the pack as the only non-action movie of the week: This is a more low key, supernatural tale about a  recently widowed woman buying a notorious mansion and needing to get to grips with its dramatic history.   Our Short Shot is from the Kirby Brothers (k & K Productions), who helmed the excellent Accident Man 2: Hitman's Holiday, and some other shorts we've enjoyed. Check out THE SURVIVORS - a zombie chase movie! Our DTV Throwback is PUPPET MASTER III: TOULON'S REVENGE, which can be found on Amazon Prime - as well as the other Puppet Master films! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social    

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!  

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! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social  

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! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social    

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. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social    

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! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social  

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new titles going straight to home media - as usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each one: We kick off with the biggest film of the week, GUNNER (Vertigo Releasing) sees Luke Hemsorth tackling a local gang of drug dealers when they kidnap his two sons.... in VOICE OF SHADOWS (Miracle Media), a young woman stands to inherit an estate as long as she abides by a strange set of rules... DEVIL'S KNIGHT (Mahal Empire) is from producer Sonny Mahal, who gave us the insane Bermuda Island. Will he reach the same giddy heights with this men-on-a-mission tale to destroy a demon? Our Short Shot is OUT OF BODY, about a young woman who can astral-project outside her body during sex. Click the link to watch the whole short film! Our DTV Throwback is MUMBAI SAGA, starring John Abraham as a crime lord being targeted by a corrupt policeman. This film is currently available on Amazon Prime!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social  

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases - as usual click the links to view the trailers for each! We kick off with one of the strongest films of the year: Joel Kinnaman stars as a detective who has recently become deaf after an accident in THE SILENT HOUR (Signature Entertainment). ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD (#AMFAD) (101 Films) sees a group of young people being picked off by a returning serial killer.... WINNER (Signature Entertainment) is based on the real-life experiences of Reality Winner, who was charged with leaking classified documents to the media... THE IMPOSTERS (Miracle Media) finds a young woman falling in love with another woman, only to find she has an ulterior motive...   Our Short shot is a fan film: BATMAN BEYOND: YEAR ONE finds Terry McGill meeting a young woman who may not be as she seems. Click the link to check out the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is Olivier Gruner's first feature film, ANGEL TOWN, in which he plays a college student who gets involved in the dirty dealings of the neighborhood where he is renting. This is currently available on Amazon Prime in a decent widescreen print (certainly better quality than the trailer!) Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social    

This week Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at five new reviews: click the links to see the trailers for each! Kicking off with SLINGSHOT (Signature Entertainment) - Laurence Fishburne and Casey Affleck star in this sci-fi movie about astronauts on a mission to Titan. DARK FEATHERS - DANCE OF THE GEISHA (Miracle Media) is one of the strangest films to head our way in a while, in which a detective investigates an enigmatic dancer after several of her dance partners mysteriously die... THE STOIC (High Fliers) has an interesting cast and the makings of a good script, as a gang of hardened mercenaries are hunted by an elite assassin/smuggler. THE AVENGER (Miracle Media) is a low budget tale a la Taken, in which a brawler must rescue his daughter when she is kidnapped on holiday! THE ENGINEER (High Fliers) is set in Israel, and finds mercenaries and CIA operatives trying to capture a bomb-maker following a terrorist attack.   Our Short Shot is TRAPA SUCIO, in which a family tries to protect their land from corrupt developers. Click the link to watch the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is ENEMIES CLOSER -  JCVD takes the villainous role, trying to recover a shipment of drugs and running into the local park ranger... the version we watched is available on Amazon but didn't have subs for the French language parts. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social      

In this episode Mike and Steve tackle five new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each film! As its Halloween week, what better way to start than...with an action movie? in CLASSIFIED (Signature Entertainment), Aaron Eckhart is a CIA hitman who discovers a dark secret about the Division he works for! Next is GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS: DEATH AND PORRIDGE (High Fliers) - a group of friends arrive at the wrong location for their annual reunion and soon come to regret it! in THE HANGMAN (High Fliers), a father searches for his missing son in the Appalachians while clashing with drug dealers and satanic cultists. HELLHOUNDS (High Fliers) pits werewolf bikers against werewolf hunter...bikers... Set in Italy, THE WELL (High Fliers) finds an art restorer plagued by hellish dreams while she restores a sinister painting...   Our Short Shot is an Alien fan film! NO MAN'S LAND (Kennedyboy Productions)is set during WW1 and some Australian soldiers make their way to the enemy trenches after they've gone silent for 2 days...I wonder what they'll find! Click the link to watch the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is THE TRIANGLE, a faux-documentary about some film-makers invited to document the inner workings of a young community living off-grid! The film is currently available to stream via FreeVee and possibly elsewhere. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!    

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases! As usual, click the link to see the official trailer for each... We kick off with AZRAEL: ANGEL OF DEATH (Signature Entertainment), starring Samara Weaving as a woman trying to survive in a post-Rapture apocalypse! In BLOOD STAR (Plaion Pictures), a young woman is trapped in a game of cat and mouse with a murderous sheriff out in the desert! SUBSERVIENCE (Vertigo Releasing) sees Megan Fox as an artificial humanoid purchased by a family to look after their young daughter... CLAWFOOT (The Movie Partnership) finds a wealthy housewife having to deal with an obnoxious and sinister handyman supposedly hired by her absent husband... DARKGAME (The Movie Partnership) follows a FBI special agent's attempt to capture a serial killer broadcasting torture and death on the internet...   Our Short Shot is the action film, TOPELT TURBO and you can watch the whole 30min short, HERE! Our DTV Throwback is HIT LIST, starring Jan Michael Vincent who must rescue his son when he is mistakenly kidnapped by a mafia assassin! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!  

Its been a while, but we're finally back on track! And to kick off we have two new films to talk about! First up is THE CONVERT (Vertigo Releasing), directed by Lee Tamahori. Guy Pierce stars as a lay preacher who arrives in a British colony in New Zealand and must deal with the threat of neighboring warring Maori tribes. Next is TAKE COVER (Signature Entertainment), in which Scott Adkins finds himself trapped in a penthouse suite with a sniper trying to get him in his sights!   Our shot shot is PROM CAR '91, an awesome horror comedy - click the link to watch the whole film! Finally our DTV Throwback is THE RAGE, starring Lorenzo Lamas as a FBI agent on the hunt for a serial killer. This film had loads to recommend it and its available to stream on Amazon Prime. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!  

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at four new DTV releases - click the links to check out the trailers for each film!   We kick off with DUCHESS (Vertigo Releasing), the latest film from Digest fave, Neil Marshall. Charlotte Kirk stars alongside Sean Pertwee and Philip Winchester in an action packed gangster movie... THINE EARS SHALL BLEED (Miracle Media) is not about a Death Metal band, as I'd initially surmised, but a period-set horror involving a pastor and his family stuck in the woods and encountering other-worldly sounds! CASH OUT (101 Films) sees retired master criminal pulled back in for one last job and facing off against his ex girlfriend, the police negotiator! LOOP TRACK (Arrow Video) is a New Zealand film about an insular guy finding something weird going on during his nature hike! Our Short Shot this week: IS NOW A GOOD TIME? - Jim Cummings directs and stars as a Disney rep trying to grant a wish to a dying child, only to be faced with some pertinent questions he might not be equipped to deal with! Our DTV Throwback is a banger - EL CHICANO is about a policeman who discovers not only a conspiracy to return California to Mexican control, but that his deceased brother was preparing to take on the mantle of a renowned folk-hero vigilante. You can find this on Amazon Prime and comes highly recommended by us!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve  tackle five main releases - as usual, click the link to check out the trailers for each film! We kick off with POOLMAN (Signature Entertainment), starring, directed by and co-written by Chris Pine. Check out our review to find out if its worth a watch! Set on the US/Mexican border, DEADLAND (Lightbulb Film Distribution) follows a conflicted Border Patrol officer dealing with a mysterious dead body and the sudden appearance of his estranged father. THE LAST BREATH (Signature Entertainment) is the latest entry into the Shark Attack genre, as some old college friends become trapped inside the wreck of WW2 battleship, surrounded by sharks! Director James Bamford had already  proved himself to be a decent DTV director with Airforce One Down. JADE (101 Films)  doubles down on that, making him a director to look out for and serves up a new action star, Shaina West! Going straight to Netflix, AXEL F is exactly the nostalgia piece you'd expect. Check out our review to see whether we enjoyed it! Our Short Shot this week is THE BAKU - click the link to see the whole 30min short. Former Power Ranger Jonny Yong Bosch made the excellent short Ark Exitus a few years back, so we were eagerly anticipating his latest film! Finally, our DTV Throwback is REPTILIAN, aka Reptile 2001, aka Yongary. This is a Korean produced Kaiju, featuring a giant dinosaur resurrected by invading aliens. You have to dig hard, but it is available on Prime and other locations. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!          

Hi everyone and welcome to a belated episode - I've recently had eye surgery and the recovery has been longer than expected! As usual, click the link to see the trailer for each of the main reviews! In this episode, we kick off with CHIEF OF STATION (Signature Entertainment) - the latest action thriller from director Jesse V. Johnson, starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko! THE PRANK (Signature Entertainment)  is a dark comedy in which two highschoolers spread a rumour that their science teacher murdered a student - with hilarious results! There's certainly nothing hilarious about BIRTHDAY GIRL, where a mother tries to help her daughter after she is date-raped on a cruise ship. Things get even more somber with WHAT REMAINS (Icon Films), in which a self-confessed serial killer starts to question his own guilt.   Our Short Shot is THE SPIDER, a genius take on the Spiderman origin tale! Click the link to see the whole short film! In our previous episode, we reviewed Samurai Cop as our DTV Throwback. This time, we review the sequel, SAMURAI COP 2! All I'll say is: this really defied all of our expectations!

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases:   AMONG THE WILLOWS (Miracle Media) is a western in which two old guys must put aside their own feud in order to hunt down a gang of killers... SORRY, CHARLIE (Miracle Media) is another film in which an actor spends most of the running time on her own, talking to people on a phone. Can this film do enough to stand out from the rest? Check out our review! YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER (Signature Entertainment) finds the always excellent J K Simmons as a psychotic killer hunting down a traumatised teen...   Our Short Shot is LACKADAISY: INGENUE - this is the latest animated short about a gang of bootleggers in the  Prohibition era. We covered a lengthier cartoon featuring these characters back in episode 229 and most certainly recommend you check them out! Our DTV Throwback is SAMURAI COP - a film which defies expectation. Its been lampooned before (There is a RiffTrax version out there) and friend of the show Rob Hill has recently made a 40 minute documentary on it. Please note that the version we've linked to, on Youtube, is edited for nudity - there are full versions available to rent. We urge you to watch the film, then check out Rob's documentary, HERE.   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases:   SILENCE OF THE PREY (The Horror Collective) mixes a bit of folk horror and uncomfortable right wing politics a la Get Out... THE LAST KUMITE (Altitude Film Distribution)  brings together a stellar DTV cast for a love letter to tournament movies gone by... BREATHE (Signature Entertainment)  also brings together a great cast in what is also a familiar tale...   Our Short Shot is MR AND MRS SMITH: LOVE AND WAR - this is made by Big Films, who made one of my all-time favourite shorts, Warlike. Check out the whole film by clicking the link, and explore some of their other work while you are there!   In honour of the late, great Roger Corman, our DTV Throwback is THE FANTASTIC FOUR - this is a film shrouded in urban legend (check out our review where Rich has to correct me on getting the details wrong) - a film which was basically made purely to allow someone to retain the rights, and never officially released! We discovered a very decent copy of the film on Youtube, HERE. If you want to learn more about the film's history, check out the documentary DOOMED Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!  

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve look at four new films - as usual, click the link to view the trailer for each: FOUNDERS DAY (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a slasher from the people behind last year's She Came From The Woods - a film highly regarded by us. Will their latest reach the same heights? Louis Mandylor stars as a contract killer sent to Thailand in HELLHOUND (Miracle Media). Could this be one of his better outings of late?  WITCH (101 Films) is a low budget horror film with awesome production values, but does it have what it takes in the story department? And will it annoy Mike with one of his pet peeves??   HOPE AND GLORY is a Mad Max fan film, but at 42minuted running time we decided to cover it with the other feature releases. Attempting to ride the coat-tails of Fury Road seems a very risky proposition - can this pull it off? Check out the link to watch the whole film!   The Short Shot is THE SPIDER WITHIN, an official short set within the Sony/Marvel animated Spiderverse, and sees Miles Morales having a particularly stressful day. Click the link to watch the whole short film!   The DTV Throwback is TIMELAPSE, in which some flat-mates discover a machine which takes photos 24 hours in the future and tries to exploit it to get rich, with predictably disastrous results!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

This week Mike and Rich tackle four new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each:   We kick off with JERICHO RIDGE (The Movie Partnership) a film which many of our US colleagues had on their top ten lists for 2023, and finally makes its way to the UK! Take a listen to see if we agree! THE BAD SHEPHERD (Scatena & Rosner Films) finds four friends on a hunting trip turning on each other when they come across a bag full of cash... PREY! (Signature Entertainment) finds Ryan Phillippe and Emile Hirsch crash-landing in an African nature reserve... LAND OF BAD (Signature Entertainment) sees Liam Hemsworth on a mission in the Philippines, with Russel Crowe as his eyes in the sky...   Our Short Shot is ALBERTO AND THE BEAST, in which a sound engineer discovers BigFoot - click the link to watch the whole film!   Our DTV Throwback is PULSE, in which a young boy has to convince his dad and stepmom of a malevolent electrical presence in their house... this can be found on Youtube - click the link to watch the film!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at twelve short films which are currently available on the Arrow streaming channel - which is currently offering a 14 day free trial via its website, HERE The shorts covered in this episode are: ARM (Katherine Markwick/Jill Worsley) A woman suffering from loneliness during Lockdown orders a device to sooth her sleep… BAD ACID (Sam Fox) Set during the 1980s, and our protagonist awakens to conduct her morning aerobics exercise - only to fall foul to a toxic chemical which gets mixed in with her morning soda! BARK (Ryan Irving) A sentient tree wishes for some excitement in its life and gets more than it bargained for! BLEEP (Ben S. Hyland) A husband and wife awaken in the middle of the night to a strange bleep coming from their kitchen… ITCH (Susannah Farrugia) A novice nun suffers from an extreme itchiness which may be a manifestation of her sexual frustration… KEITH (Alex Baro-Cayetano) A young girl has a chat with the monster under her bed… MEAT FRIEND (Izzy Lee) When young Billie microwaves some hamburger meat, she creates a creature called Meat Friend who has some very dodgy lessons for her to learn… SMILE (Joanna Tsanis) A manic depressive young woman is visited by a malevolent supernatural creature in the middle of the night…. TERRIBLE THINGS (Ciaran Hickey) In the post-apocalypse wasteland, a young scavenger spends the night talking to the dead resident of a house… THE ANATOMY MAESTRO (Drew Maxwell Weiss) On the dark New York city streets, a killer stalks his latest victim…but there is more to his quarry than meets the eye… THE MONKEY'S PAW (Ben Caplan) A family is visited upon by an old acquaintance who leaves them with a cursed gift… THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS. (Craig Williams) Three men find themselves with a harrowing task deep in the Welsh Valleys…    

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer!   We kick off with TIL DEATH DO US PART (Plaion Pictures), in which a runaway bride must fight for her life when besieged by her jilted fiancé and his grooms! THE STOLEN VALLEY (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a modern western in which a Mexican/Navajo woman teams up with a female cowboy to take revenge against a corrupt landowner... ON FIRE (Signature Entertainment) is a disaster movie centering on a family living in a trailer park under threat from a raging forest fire.   Our Short Shot is the excellent FAN FILM - click the link to watch this gem in its entirety!    Our DTV Throwback is Larry Cohen's THE AMBULANCE, starring Eric Roberts whose attempts at wooing a stranger leads him down a dark and dangerous path and a conspiracy about people being abducted by a mysterious ambulance! We found a very good copy on YouTube - click the link to see the whole film!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

This week, Mike and Rich tackle four new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each...   ROAD HOUSE (Amazon) has been a massive hit for Amazon Prime, but how does it hold up to the original and what did we make of it? Take a listen to find out! RESTORE POINT (Plaion Pictures) is a Czech sci-fi thriller as a female detective investigates a mysterious double homicide. SHIP OF THE DAMNED (High Fliers) is the latest Steve Lawson film, and in a break from his usual literary adaptations, this is an original tale set in contemporary England! WANTED MAN (Signature Entertainment) sees Dolph Lundgren star, direct and co-write a tale of a racist cop on a path of redemption as he attempts to escort a witness across the Mexican border....   Our Short Shot is VICE GRIP, from director Dillon Vibbart, whose work we've covered before. Click the link to check out this supernatural tale of an influencer being attacked in her nightmares! We round off with our DTV Throwback, SOLO, starring Mario Van Peebles as a cyborg soldier who develops a conscience and goes rogue!    Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers!   We kick off with HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Raven Banner), a film which garnered a lot of attention last year on the festival circuit. Check out the episode to find out our thoughts on it! Next is ALL SOULS (Signature Entertainment) - the title and artwork might have you thinking this is a horror film, but is actually about a young woman coerced by the police to become an informant. Finally there is LOVELY, DARK AND DEEP (Blue Finch Film Releasing), about a female ranger isolated in the "back country" of a national park.    Our Short shot is SHADOWFIST 3: THE FINAL CHAPTER. This is a 30 minute short about the quest for a secret, powerful scroll. Click the link to see the whole film. Our DTV Throwback is CONTROL, a film most of the team hadn't heard of before, but our interest was certainly piqued by the cast: Ray Liotta is a Death Row inmate saved from execution to participate in a drug trial which would modify his behaviour. Willem Dafoe and Stephen Rea play the sciences while Michelle Rodrigues stars as the love interest. Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at DOGMAN (Altitude), the latest film from Luc Besson, starring Caleb-Landry Jones. Take a listen to see how we rate it and click the link to watch the trailer! Our short shot is the horror film, ELLIOT'S CRADLE, in which a grieving mother seeks out a medium to get in contact with her dead child...click the link to watch the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is ESCAPE, aka FLUKT, a tight action movie starring Ingrid  Bolso Berdal.   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases...   Starting with FRANKENSTEIN: LEGACY (101 Films) - this starts in familiar territory but heads off to be its own thing - check out what we thought of it! THE ABYSS (Netflix) is a disaster movie set in the mining town of Kiruna, Sweden.... THE BLACK MASS (Cleopatra Entertainment) is a stylised account of Ted Bundy's killiing spree at a Sorority House.... TROPIC (Blue Finch Film Releasing) involves twins training and competing for a slot on a space mission, when one gets infected with an alien organism... V/H/S/85 (Acorn Media)- hot on the heels of last episode comes another anthology - how does it compare to '94? Take a listen to our thoughts on it!   Our Short Shot is THE SPIRIT HUNTERS, a stylish action film from Finland. Click the link to watch the whole film!   Our DTV Throwback is the classic, WEDLOCK, starring Rutger Hauer. This is currently free to view on Youtube, click the link!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle six of the recent releases; click the links to watch the trailers for each!   We kick off with FREAKS VS THE REICH (Dazzler) - not the best film title, but boy, what a movie!  Next is MONOLITH (Blue Finch Film) - a story about a journalist who investigates a strange phenomenon and discovers her past is tied to it. This is one of the best "Covid" films so go check it out! THE TROUBLES: A DUBLIN STORY (High Fliers) seeks to intertwine a crime narrative with terrorism in the 1980s - it has mixed results for sure... THE LIST (Miracle Media)  is set in South America and sees a wealthy family the victim of a PURGE style event after the overthrow of the old regime. UNDERGROUND (Miracle Media) find a group of girls on a bachelorette weekend wander off into some disused tunnels... Finally, V/H/S/94 (acorn media) is the latest edition of the anthology series - will it be any better than the others?   Our Short Shot is ASCENDANTS - this was shown at last year's @FSFFestival and is largely the work of Leroy Kincaid - check out the other films on his channel!   Our DTV Throwback is FRIDAY 13th PART 8 - JASON TAKES MANHATTAN - this was the first of the franchise to go straight to video, and finds Jason Voorhees aboard a cruise ship, heading for the Big Apple...   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!      

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer for each film... We kick off with THE BRICKLAYER (Sky), the latest thriller in which a man with an innocuous profession turns out to be a bad-ass retired agent! Hot on the heels of Warblade, which we covered in episode 257, comes FORTUNES OF WAR (101 Films), another WW2 movie about a disparate group of soldiers up against a superior Nazi force.  HEAD COUNT (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a quirky thriller in which an escaped convict finds himself at the mercy of his own revolver and must backtrack through his memory to work out how many bullets remain... COLD MEAT (Signature Entertainment) is a survival horror movie involving people trapped in a snow blizzard... Finally, spritely assassin Ian McShane finds himself in Fuerteventura waiting for details about his last target, in AMERICAN STAR (Vertigo Releasing).   Our Short Shot is THE COURT JESTER, starring Pauly Shore as Richard Simmons. This is from the team behind The Samurai and the Cowboy so you know its gonna be good! Click the link to see the whole short.   We wrap things as usual with our DTV Throwback - this week its my choice, of PYEWACKET, in which a teen bites off more than she can chew when she summons an evil spirit in a moment of anger. You can find this available to stream on Amazon and other platforms.   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

We kick off this episode with an interview with director JAMES COUCHE, whose film Lost Phoenix we reviewed in episode 256. We've covered a lot of films which were made under COVID conditions but i believe Lost Phoenix was the first action movie made during Lockdown - and only for $10K at that! You can find examples of James' work on Youtube, HERE.   We then start on the reviews, beginning with the biblical horror film DELIVER US (Altitude Entertainment), which has an amazing opening...   Speaking of films from the COVID era, THE SEEDING (Lightbulb Film Distribution) finds a man trapped in a crater by a gang of feral kids...   Finally we have MARMALADE (Signature Entertainment), about a naive young man duped by a hot girl into robbing banks, but not everything is as it seems...   Our Short Shot is HIT ME, a tale of two rival assassins forced to work together...click the link to watch the whole short. Our DTV Throwback is NATIONAL LAMPOON'S SENIOR TRIP, a film worth a look mainly because its Jeremy Renner's first film role! Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!  

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at four new releases - as usual clicking the links will take you to the trailers... Kicking off with 'ON THE LINE' (Miracle Media), in which a telephone operator finds herself involved in a murder and kidnapping... 'PUNCH' (Miracle Media) is set in an off-season seaside town and deals with a young woman being hounded by a killer wearing a "Mr Punch" mask... 'THE ISLAND' (Plaion Pictures), an action-filled film featuring Michael J. White trying to solve the murder of his brother on a Caribbean island... RACE FOR GLORY: AUDI Vs LANCIA (Signature Entertainment), based on the true story of underdogs Lancia taking on Audi during the 1983 rally championships... Our Short Shot is  'SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU? IN SPRING-TRAPPED!', a stop-motion version of the classic cartoon, mashed with a Five Nights At Freddies parody! Click the link to watch the whole film. The DTV Throwback is  'VENDETTA', starring WWE's The Big Show and Dean Cain, and directed by the Soska Sisters! This is currently available on Amazon Prime and probably other streaming services... Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!  

In this episode we cover one film going to physical media and three which are available on streaming services - click the links to see the trailers.... We kick off with WAR BLADE  (101 Films), a WW2 thriller set in Occupied France as a team of resistance fighters locate a secret enemy bunker... Next we cover LIFT (Netflix)- the latest big budget heist movie, spearheaded by Kevin Hart... SHEROES (Paramount+)- this film about four young women taking on a drug cartel in Thailand drew a very strong reaction from us! We followed this with SLOTHERHOUSE (Paramount+), in which a sorority senior obtains a three-toed sloth thinking it will help her gain popularity, only to discover its a homicidal monster! Our Short shot is the Greek horror, THE LUMBERJACK - click the link to watch the whole short film! and our DTV Throwback is WRONGFULLY ACCUSED, one of the lesser-seen spoof movies starring Leslie Nielsen!   Follow the Short Shots  on X (formerly Twitter) where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK!

Happy New Year! For our first ep of 2024, we kick off with a bang - Scott adkins returns with ONE MORE SHOT (Signature Entertainment), directed by James Nunn and co-starring Tom Berenger and Michael Jai White!   We follow this with LOST PHOENIX, (Gunsaviour Pictures) an indie thriller in which an amnesiac crosses paths with his old comrades from a covert team looking to disrupt society...   Our Short Shot is FRIENDS FOREVER, where a bunch of teens look to party in a haunted house - with expected results! As of publishing, this short is not yet available to the public, we'll place a link on our twitter page when it becomes available.   Our DTV Throwback is THE 13TH FLOOR, a sci-fi mystery in which a computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered. This is currently available on Amazon Prime.   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

In our final recording of 2023, Mike and Rich take a look at five recent releases...   The anticipation for John Woo's much delayed SILENT NIGHT (Sky Cinema) has been pretty high, is the film able to live up to its hype? John Cena and Alison Brie join forces in the action comedy, FREELANCE (Amazon Prime)... ALICE IN TERRORLAND (High Fliers) is a modern take on the classic Lewis Carrol story... BLACKOUT (R4 Films LLC) is a 42min film about a Government Agent struggling to complete a mission he knows little about...this is available on Youtube - click the link to see the whole film! BENEATH US ALL (Deskpop Entertainment) sees a young woman enticed by a demon she unearths in the forest near her foster-home... Our Short Shot is an excellent Star Wars fan film called THE LOST RELIC - click the link to watch the whole short film! And our DTV Throwback is MADE MEN, in which Jim Belushi is a mob witness whose location has been leaked to his former boss. Look out for a scene-stealing turn from a certain Timothy Dalton! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!        

In this episode Mike and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers for each...   Emile Hirsch turns up in DTV land for the third time this year in INSIDE MAN (101 Films) The Australian thriller THE COST OF VENGEANCE (High fliers Films) sees two men taking justice into their own hands to get revenge on a murder-rapist... Victoria U Bell stars, writes and directs the horror film HEIR OF THE WITCH (Miracle Media)...   Our Short Shot is RAZE OF THE CYBORG - click the link to see the whole short!   ...and our DTV Throwback is ROCKAWAY, which can be watched for free on TUBI...   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle two new releases - click the links to see the trailers!   First up is DESPERATION ROAD (Signature Entertainment), in which a young woman and her daughter get caught up in small town crime... ...and in WICKEDLY EVIL (101 Films), some desperate criminals pick the wrong house to hide out in!   Our Short Shot is THE HATCHLING, where some children try to keep a baby dinosaur from falling into the wrong hands! Click the link to watch the whole short!   Finally our DTV Throwback is DOUBLE EDGE - this is the first time we've used the Throwback for     the episode pic, so you know this one is special! You can find a copy of it on Youtube - click the link!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

In this episode Mike and Rich take a look at five new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each! We kick off with SHOWDOWN AT THE GRAND (Signature Entertainment), in which theatre owner Terence Howard battles with property developers and gets a little help from a genuine action hero! MERCY FALLS (101 Films) finds five friends at the mercy of a deranged killer in the Scottish highlands.... EVIE  (High Flier Films) is a slow-burn, atmospheric horror about a cursed necklace... WEREWOLF SANTA (Miracle Media) asks the question, what if Santa was real and got bit by a werewolf? MUZZLE (Signature Entertainment) sees Aaron Eckhart as a LAPD K9 handler who loses his furry partner!   Our Short Shot is a fan film based on the Jet Li film, UNLEASHED Click the link to watch the whole short.   Our DTV throwback is HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE, the fourth installment in the series. It has recently been remastered and re-released as part of Arrow's Quartet of Torment boxset, which also includes the work-print of the film. Check out the review to hear our verdict on the two versions of the film!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each! First up is the latest film from Jesse V. Johnson, BOUDICA (Signature Entertainment) starring Olga Kurylenko as the titular warrior queen! Next is BITE (Bulldog Film Distribution), a British horror in which two young con-artists get mixed up with the wrong elderly couple! Finally in THE RED TIDE MASSACRE (High Fliers Films), a small Floridian town is besieged by a monster created from a dangerous algae....   Our Short Shot is THE OFFERING, in which a care-worker discovers a horrific secret about her new client! Our DV Throwback is none other than MANIAC COP 2, starring Robert Davi and Claudia Christian!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

In our 250th episode Mike, Rich and Steve wax lyrical about some of the stand-outs we've covered to date, before kicking off with four main reviews. As usual, click the link to see the trailer for each of the main films:   We kick off with DANGEROUS WATERS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teen girl goes head-to-head with her mother's boyfriend on a sailing trip gone wrong! Next is THE PRICE WE PAY (101 Films), directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and stars Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff and Vernon Wells! 8 FOUND DEAD (High Fliers Films) centers around a remote holiday home harboring a couple of unwanted guests... and in THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO ISLINGTON (Bulldog Film Distribution), a hapless music teacher sells his soul to the devil!   Our Short Shot is DEAD ENDERS, a horror comedy which has just finished the festival circuit and is well worth checking out! Click the link to watch the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is FULL ECLIPSE, which has a great cast and was directed by the late Anthony Hickox. Clicking the link will take you to the whole film being hosted on Youtube. Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!      

As a tribute to the Fighting Spirit Film Festival (@FSFilmFestival) Mike and Rich take a look at no less than 30 short films centering around Martial Arts. We've grouped them around some basic themes, but the first one seemed not to fit in with any of the groups (in retrospect I'd have put it with "shot in the woods").  Clicking the links below will take you to each film: So the "anomaly" we kick off with is: HOOK SWORD HUNTER https://youtu.be/v0KNe_fYrAE 15 Jonathan Fung     "TWO BLOKES FIGHTING" (6:02) THE LESSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keffogkvQPY 1 Godefroy Ryckewaert FIGHT OR FLIGHT https://youtu.be/eE9-xoolX1s 3 Godefroy Ryckewaert HASTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLiYxBk82VQ 5 Aeddan Sussex INSANE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8CUDsKexZs 9 Cool Cham & Ben Choi   "WOMEN IN ACTION"  (21:53) BITTEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3rh18Oz6M 6 John Ferrer MARITA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pLh6kfSnc 4 Serge Girishya PHOENIX - COMEBACK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnOmEWte-e8 7 Emin Abishov AGENT RED 2 https://youtu.be/zE5WBir5agI 13 Kevin Barile   "UNSAFE HOUSES" (34:15) STRATAGEM https://youtu.be/0cd7ungwX5I?si=AbFTwQjGx2eYxJv- 10 Daniel Locicero STATUS: RETIRED https://youtu.be/mfd5uxUD7qE?si=brxQ_e3KJvfWJbEL 7 Joey Min SOUR TRADE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_lHY81Elo 9 Daniel Locicero   "SHOT IN THE WOODS" (44:34) BOUNTY https://youtu.be/Dkyj7RqmQGk 5 Jay Kwon DADDY ISSUES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXoAnSBrXgw 5 Lorenz Hideyoshi / Joseph Le YUKUE FUMEI https://youtu.be/LLcvvM5mZeg?si=lIgM3WjFqTu---QI 9 Jordan Okubo   "IN THE MIND" (01:00:00) ONCE UPON A TIME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex0EtXhIamo 3 Chongwei Zhang THE INNER DEMON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrdrVPjz7FA 7 Emman Arrieta SOUL FIGHTERS https://youtu.be/MTmU5n9ZdjE 7 Wilson Vang A DROWNING HEART - PART 2 https://vimeo.com/827357889 20 David Lee   "BATTLE OF THE SEXES" (01:13:04) CHOPSTICKS!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy25XUVs-uQ 23 Aeddan Sussex DISHING IT OUT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvzRUxT8_L4 3 David Lavallee Jr TRAITOR https://youtu.be/duTHbSehBTk?si=omHRnLtKdEvG_i7Y 1 Millie Dallas YOUR KILL this film is unlisted at the moment - we shall link once available to share! 16 Juan Bofill   "SCI-FI" (01:29:45) WE ARE HOME https://youtu.be/BTURMgkX3kw?si=HQbbA-aqKwAmVSjq 6 Ramin Sohrab Z-43 https://youtu.be/n1_ilxfWuGI 7 Martin Reyes FUSE https://vimeo.com/827858923 7 James Chappell   "REVENGE & RESCUE!" (01:35:30) BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqVep-t3Go 4 Stu Cooke UBUNTU UPPERCUT https://vimeo.com/834323674 6 Loukman Ali SAMIRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lSPc_Av7s 7 William Carnahan SAYONARA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYcJjcaJkJg 25 Chris Tex   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!      

In this episode, Mike and Rich discuss five new releases - click the links to view the trailers! We kick off with my favourite film of the week - FIST OF THE CONDOR (Dazzler Media)  is a Chilean flavoured, traditional styled martial arts film starring Marko Zaror! NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (Hulu/Disney+)finds a young woman besieged by ETs in her secluded home... THE HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY (Vertigo Releasing)  is set aboard the luxury cruise-liner, both on one of its voyages and in the present day and involves spooky shenanigans! END OF TERM (Reel 2 Reel Films)  is a British slasher involving a bunch of art students falling foul of a masked killer... WASHINGTON ARMOUR (High Fliers Films) looks at the early days of George Washington's military career and his involvement in skirmishes with French forces...   Our Short Shot is LOLLIPOP, in which a woman tries to decide which course her life should take... Click the link to watch the whole short film!   Finally, our DTV Throwback is BALLISTIC, in which a female detective finds herself up against misogyny as much as drug dealers. This has a great cast, including an early screen presence of Michael Jai White! We watched a version on Youtube - click the link to see the film! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!  

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!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

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.   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out six new films - click the links to see the trailers!   We start with the biggest film of the week, OUTPOST (Lightbulb Films), directed by Joe Lo Truglio (Boyle on Brooklyn 99) in which a woman tries to deal with a sexual assault by volunteering as a park ranger. Next is #CHADGETSTHEAXE (The Horror Collective/Entertainment Squad), in which some Youtubers investigate a haunted house. HUNTED (aka Kill Shot) (High Fliers Films) finds a hunter guide and his tourist customer under attack from terrorists looking for a special briefcase! Poor Steve had to review ANCHORAGE on his own this week, in which two drug addicts attempt to drive to Alaska with a car loaded with drugs... TRAUMA THERAPY PSYCHOSIS sees some people falling prey to a self-help guru with some dangerous ideas about therapy! THIRST finds a group of hipsters having to deal with troubling insomnia during an ecological crisis!   Our Short Shot is NIGHT RUN, an 80's love letter in which a man returns from the dead on the anniversary of his murder, seeking revenge. Normally, we'd link the film here but since recording, the film has been taken down! We shall update when we can.   Our DTV Throwback is KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, which you can find on FreeVee and other channels with ads.    Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!

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! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!    

In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest ETHERIA film nights. Etheria is a film festival which celebrates horror and sci-fi short films from women directors. The latest, Etheria Film Night 2023, is currently available on SHUDDER and we heartily recommend you check them out. the 2022 line-up isn't available in the same format, however we have tracked most of the shorts down (all except one) and you will find links to them as follows: THIS IS OUR HOME - Directed by A.K. Espada https://vimeo.com/765532271 INHERITANCE - Directed by Annalise Lockhart https://vimeo.com/741997426 DANA - Directed by Lucía Forner Segarra N/A LUCID - Directed by Deanna Milligan https://vimeo.com/653754815 FREYA - Directed by Camille Hollett-French https://youtu.be/c0vTR2HH3fQ THE FAMILIARS - Directed by Millicent Malcolm https://youtu.be/F4IgEa0xxo0 COME F*CK MY ROBOT - Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan https://youtu.be/M-RLlXXxM6I   Listen to the episode to find out how we rated them! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!    

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!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!    

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.   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!    

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!   Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!