The DTV Digest

In this episode Mike, Steve and Rich tackle five new releases - as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film we're discussing! RAGE OF STARS (Sublimity Entertainment) is a Polish sci-fi movie which, incredibly, was made for only $500K! It certainly looks like it would have cost more, but is it any good? Check out the review! WUTHERING HEIGHTS: THE HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (Signature Enterta...

In this episode Mike, Amanda and Rich are joined by filmmaker Rob Howgate , writer of Pigman, The Crucifix: Blood of the Exorcist and the upcoming Rise of the Rats. He was good enough to not only talk about working in low-budget, indie horror films but also joined us in reviewing this week's films...and what a bunch of films we have! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each... We kick o...

This week Mike and Steve check out two new releases. As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with WE GO AGAIN (Darkside Releasing), written by friend of the podcast Tom Jolliffe (see ep 325's Death Among The Pines) and directed by his brother, Oliver. This film is a psychodrama concerning two neuro-divergent women. HERESY (aka Witte Wieven) (GrimmVision) finds a woman...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out six new releases - as usual, click the links below to check out a trailer for each film! GATOR FACE (Signature Entertainment) is a TCM style slasher in which a serial killer feeds his victims to real alligators! WHERE DARKNESS DWELLS (GrimmVision) finds a reporter having to face past traumas when she investigates a missing hiker... LENORE (Seven Tal...

This week we have a Full House, as Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda join forces to tackle seven new releases. As usual, click the links to check out a trailer for each film. As soon as we discovered Tommy Wiseau's BIG SHARK was available on Tubi, we knew we had to check it out. Were we as charmed by it as The Room? Could we make head or tail of it? Take a listen! Writer/producer Tom Joliffe is an old...

This week Mike and Amanda tackle five new releases, while Rich joins in to cover the Short Short and Throwback. As usual, click the links to check out trailers for each of the films being discussed!   We kick off with HUNGRY (Signature Entertainment), a creature feature from director James Nunn! Next is the meta horror film, FACES OF DEATH (Signature Entertainment), in which a serial killer is pay...

This week Mike and Amanda check out four new releases - as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film!   MATCH (Signature Entertainment) is a cautionary tale about what NOT to do on a first date! ITHAQUA (Kaleidoscope Film Distribution) sees Luke Helmsworth as a fur trapper/hunter who encounters supernatural shenanigans during a bitterly cruel winter... SOUL SNATCHERS (Seven Tales) find...

In our latest roundup of short films, Mike and Rich take a look at eight recent releases - click the links to see each film! ANOMOLOUS sees a witchfinder interrogating a woman who uses tea leaves to read people's fortunes... DEAD ECHO is a Star Wars fan film about a downed TIE-Fighter pilot... DONT.4GET2SMILE finds an influencer being stalked by a friend's killer... FIVE STAR sees a handyman going...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda take a look at three new releases; as usual click the links to see a trailer for each film!   We kick off with R L STINE'S PUMPKINHEAD  (Signature Entertainment), a horror movie for kids which contains actual horror! 49 MILES MORE (Reel2Reel Films) finds 2 friends, Max and Doug, stranded on their way to a Guys Weekend.... THE DEMON DETECTIVE (Miracle Media) d...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle five new releases - click the links to see trailers for each film!   We kick off with CHUM (Plaion Pictures) another "shark peril" movie but with a decent twist! DEADLY GAMES (Miracle Media) finds four influencers invited to a secluded island for...some reason... HARBINGER (Miracle Media) is the latest from Shogun Films and blends together some of my f...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases. NB: This episode was recorded in two sessions as not everyone was available on the same day.  As usual, click the link to be taken to a trailer for each film!   We kick off with THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT (Acorn), an adaptation of a survival horror video game! Renny Harlin returns to shark territory with DEEP WATER (Signature Entertainm...

In this episode, Mike and Amanda take a look at two new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with SON OF THE SOIL (Trinity Content Partners), an independent action movie from Nigeria, directed by Chee Keong Cheung (REDCON-1, Bodyguard: A New Beginning). Next is THE CURSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing), a Japanese horror centred around a traditional curse rit...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle 4 new titles; click the links to see a trailer for each film! We start with BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 (Signature Entertainment) in which the passengers on an overnight flight encounter strange goings on both inside and outside their plane! THE LAST ASSASSINS (Seven Tales) is set in a dystopian future and follows a young woman and her bodyguard crossing the...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!   We kick off with ARE YOU THERE? (High Fliers), a supernatural tale in which a young woman looking to debunk spiritualism, messes with a candle linked to the Other Side.... BUFFALO DAZE (High Fliers) is a historical dramatisation of the life of native outlaw, Jim Gri...

In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle two new releases; as usual, click the link if you want to see a trailer... THE SHERIFF (High Fliers) finds out titular lawman scratching at the dark underbelly of a rural farm town, looking for answers about the murder of his own son five years previously.... SIGNAL ONE (Signature Entertainment) sees two young brilliant scientists recruited to a secluded trop...

In this episode Mike, Steve, Amanda and Rich tackle a bumper eight films! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film: We kick off with the Nordic creature feature, KRAKEN (Signature Entertainment), in which an aquatic behemoth is disturbed by new technology used at a salmon farm.... 13 SOULS (Seven Tales) is about a teen girl being reunited with her father and sister, and attacked by...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review two new releases: click the links to see a trailer for each film!   We kick off with KILLER WHALE (Plaion Pictures), in which two young women are trapped in a lagoon with an orca recently released from captivity! In our review I mention a feature by Last Podcast On the Left (which I refer to as "Last House" D'oh!) - you can find their story on SeaWorld...

In this episode of The Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at some recent action shorts. Click the links to see each of the films in full... Having said that, we kick off with a preview of a film currently in various competitions and scheduled for film festivals. If you see THE MIME listed on a festival programme, we highly recommend you check it out! AGENT CHING ATTACKS is a Bollywood action m...

In this episode Mike and Steve tackle two new films - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each! SELF DRIVER (GrimmVision) is the latest in the subgenre of thrillers set mostly within a taxi/rideshare vehicle. In this one we follow the driver as he gets lost in the rabbit hole that is a new money-making app. HUNTING PARTY (Miracle Media) finds a group of judges abducting criminals and hun...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with CONTENT (GrimmVision), a story presented entirely via laptop and smartphone screens, and concerns a film director who blackmails his would-be actors. Next is RISE OF THE CONQUEROR (Signature Entertainment) - a glorious historical epic set 100 years after the d...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out five new releases - click the links to see trailers for each film! We kick off with ADOPTED (High Fliers), about a young couple unwittingly adopting a murderous child! Next is ITCH! (Seven Tales), in which the occupants of a hardware store barricade themselves against a horrific infectious disease! ONLY FANGS (FilmHub) sees a wannabe monster hunter...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases - as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We start off with BONE KEEPER (Plaion Pictures), a familiar tale but with an exceptional monster! DRIVE BACK (High Fliers) finds an engaged couple stuck on a seemingly endless road... GHOST KILLER (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is about a young woman possessed by the ghost of a...

This week Mike and Amanda take a look at five new releases; click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with HARD REDEMPTION (Fairway Film Alliance), in which Jino Kang and Lou Ferrigno battle a street gang in a high school. BAD VOODOO (Miracle Media) sees a woman kidnapped by three escaped convicts! JITTERS (Miracle Media) sees a detective battling a sinister AI app. DAGGERS INN (...

The Short Shots have been on a two year hiatus but its finally back in action! To celebrate, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short films, all with a martial arts theme. We've also updated the format for this podcast so it mirrors our main show, with a "Long Shot" and Throwback! You can check out each by clicking the links below: We kick off with TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN   [8 minutes] (Martin Sofiedal, 2...

In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review four new releases - click the links to see a trailer for each film!    We kick off big style with OUTGUNNED (Signature Entertainment), a "Most Dangerous Game" style movie in which a young woman is hunted by an enemy from her past! OBEX (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a "low fi" science fiction movie about a man sucked into a retro adventure video game...