The DTV Digest

Merry Christmas Everyone!

For our final episode of 2018, Mike, Rich and returning guest Tom Jolliffe take a look at three Festive Horrors, MOTHER KRAMPUS, MERCY CHRISTMAS and SECRET SANTA. Will any of them be as entertaining as last year's ONCE UPON A TIME AT CHRISTMAS? Tune in to find out!

And, as is traditional for the last episode of the year, we take a look back and present our End of Year Awards, with many inventive categories such as 'Most Misleading Artwork' and 'Film with Best DTV Title'. Find out who wins on the show!

Finally, thank you for listening in this year and we hope you'll join us in January which is already looking packed with some great releases.

In our penultimate episode of 2018, Mike and Rich conduct another round-up of short films currently available, mostly for free (see below)! There is the creepy doll tale, THE DOLLMASTER, two shorts concerning THE MASK, taking things a lot darker and meaner than the Jim Carrey movie, a whimsical post-heist tale THE GETAWAY, the fx-laden THE 715th, a thoughtful romance/drama WINTER HILL, a fan-made version of UNCHARTED starring Nathan Fillion and a hardboiled action movie, NIGHT SHIFT.

All but one of these films are available FOR FREE, and you'll find the links below in the FOOTNOTES! 

In addition there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections. Enjoy!!

FOOTNOTES

THE DTV CHART

COMING SOON: TRAILERS

BLOOD HUNTERS - RISE OF THE HYBRIDS

THE SHORTS:

THE DOLLMAKER

RISE OF THE MASK

THE WASHING UP: OTHER FILMS RELEASED THIS WEEK

Looks like we're back on track and normal service is resuming! This week, Mike and Rich tackle two very different films: BUYBUST, a filipino take on The Raid starring Anne Curtis, and a Canadian horror movie which garnered a lot of praise at this year's Frightfest, THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW. Not only that, but Mike gives his take on the low budget thriller BETRAYED, ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION and the James Franco directed FUTURE WORLD. And as if that weren't enough there are also our usual features, the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections. We hope you enjoy the episode and be sure to check out the FOOTNOTES below!

FOOTNOTES:

COMING SOON: TRAILERS

LEPRECHAUN RETURNS

THE MAIN FEATURE REVIEWS:

BETRAYED

ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION

FUTURE WORLD

BUYBUST

THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW

THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

Hello everybody and welcome to our "lost" episode. We originally recorded the bulk of this shortly after the Fighting Spirit Film Festival, at the end of September but due to my moving house and Rich being on holiday, it took a long time to get round to editing and publishing the episode. So long in fact that we decided to add a fourth review, for the Belgian crime movie, GANGSTA, to go along with our already-in-the-bag reviews for FINAL SCORE, VENGEANCE and ATTRITION. We also run down our favourite films from the FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL. Now for this episode we re-recorded the DTV CHART and I've decided to leave out the WASHING UP for this week - it will be back in the next episode. Hope you enjoy the show and check out the FOOTNOTES below!

FOOTNOTES:

THE DTV CHART:

 COMING SOON: TRAILERS

THE SUPER

BIG KILL

FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS

Not many of these are currently available as they are still in competition, but you can learn a bit about them here.

STEAM

TRANH AND NOWAK (FULL MOVIE)

THE MAIN REVIEWS:

VENGEANCE

FINAL SCORE

ATTRITION

GANGSTA

Happy Halloween, everybody! We're finally back after a month's break and are bringing you a bumper crop of horrors to check out (or heed our warning and stay away) during the spooky festivities!

This week, Mike and Rich check out the horror spoof CAMP DEATH 3 in 2D, the low budget homage PARTY NIGHT, the Brit slasher DON'T BLINK and a couple of exclusives from the SHUDDER streaming service, RUIN ME and SUMMER OF '84. Not only that but we have our usual segments: The DTV Chart, Coming Soon trailers and the WASHING UP!

We hope you enjoy the show and don't forget to check out the FOOTNOTES!

FOOTNOTES:

The DTV CHART:

COMING SOON: TRAILERS

MARA

AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

BETWEEN WORLDS

PARADOX

THE MAIN REVIEWS: TRAILERS

CAMP DEATH 3 - IN 2D!

PARTY NIGHT

DON'T BLINK (AKA FOX TRAP)

RUIN ME

SUMMER OF '84

WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

Please excuse the background noise on this week's episode - Rich and I recorded it in the bar of our hotel, while attending this year's Fighting Spirit Film Festival (more on this in the next episode!).

Anyway, this week we take a look at two Anglo-Polish productions about events set during World War 2. First up is HURRICANE, about 303 Squadron. This is followed by the mystery drama THE LAST WITNESS. Then we change tack completely, with the latest horror movie from director Pascal Laugier, IN A GHOSTLAND. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon section and the Washing Up. Check below for links in the Footnotes!

FOOTNOTES:

THE DTV CHART

COMING SOON:

MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY

MAIN REVIEWS:

HURRICANE

THE LAST WITNESS

THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

This week, Mike and Tom take a look at the awesome REVENGE, while Will pops by for a lengthy discussion of the new thriller BAD SAMARITAN, starring David Tennant. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon Trailers and the Washing Up. Enjoy!

FOOTNOTES:

THE DTV CHART:

COMING SOON: TRAILERS

ASURA

LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD

INTENSIVE CARE

THE MAIN REVIEWS:

REVENGE CLIP 1 - PUSH

REVENGE CLIP 2 - SURVIVE

BAD SAMARITAN

THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

This week Rich and Mike tackle two different films called GENESIS(albeit one of the full titles is Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire) - two films with sci-fi themes but very different from each other! Not only that but Mike and Will take a look at a new Australian horror movie, OUT OF THE SHADOWS. On top of that there is a huge stack of trailers to take a look at (see footnotes below) in the COMING SOON section, as well as the usual DTV CHART and WASHING UP!

FOOTNOTES:

THE DTV CHART

COMING SOON: THE TRAILERS

IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES

THE MAIN REVIEWS

GENESIS: FALL OF THE CRIME EMPIRE

GENESIS

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES

Welcome to our special DEBT COLLECTOR episode! This week, Mike and Will take a long look at the latest collaboration between Jesse Johnson and Scott Adkins, a film whose tone really surprised Will and features a good handful of well-known actors (and one particular star on the rise). This episode also features an exclusive interview with Jesse Johnson - apologies for my questions being rather badly recorded (Jesse's answers are much clearer as he was wearing a mic!)

THE DEBT COLLECTOR was due for a release on DVD but got pullled from release schedules rather late in the day, so we've delayed the release of this episode until we knew more, as we wanted to coincide with the release. Then yesterday we discovered that the film had forgone the usual DVD release and gone straight to streaming media! As a result, I've re-recorded the DTV Chart to make it more relevant but the other sections are as Will and Mike recorded them.

Here's a link to Amazon's rental page

FOOTNOTES:

COMING SOON TRAILERS:

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

Beirut (aka The Negotiator)

Detective Dee and the Four Heavenly Kings

Five Fingers for Marseilles

THE MAIN REVIEW:

THE DEBT COLLECTOR

Please excuse my voice this week folks - I lost my voice a few days before and was still pretty rough during the recording! I've managed to edit out most of the coughing but there's still some in there so please bear with me!

Anyhoo, this week we take a good hard look at Nicolas Cage, as he has had three movies out recently and we've rounded them up to take a gander. First up is THE HUMANITY BUREAU, a curious sci-fi action film with some nice anti-Trump nuggets here and there. Second we have the "based on a true story" movie 211, in with about-to-retire cop Nic Cage finds himself stumbling onto a quartet of very violent bank robbers. Finally we have MOM AND DAD, in which Cage co-stars with Selma Blair as a parents who find themselves overcome with the need to murder their children. Can this film help me overcome my aversion to anything directed by Brian Taylor (Crank/Gamer)? Tune in to find out.

In addition we also have the usual sections - the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP.

THE FOOTNOTES:

DTV CHART

COMING SOON - TRAILERS

OVERLORD

THE MAIN REVIEWS:

THE HUMANITY BUREAU

211

MOM AND DAD

THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES