The DTV Digest

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 retiremen...

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 inv...

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 Sho...

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 short...

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 (El...

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)...

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 (Ree...

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 fil...

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 rekn...

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 h...

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 ID...

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) fin...

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 origin...

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... SUPERCEL...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases...   Starting with ROADKILL (Reel2Reel Films), an Australian thriller in which a petty highway robber crosses paths with a serial killer, with terrifying consequences.... Also from Australia is WRATH OF SOULS (Bulldog Films), in which a young man comes to regret taking a job at the local crematorium when supernatural shenanigans start k...

This week Mike, Rich, Steve and Will take a look at six new films... RESTART THE EARTH (Dazzler) is a Chinese blockbuster set after plants have become sentient and taken over the world - its certainly not The Happening! BOON (101 Films) is an old fashioned and familiar tale about a stoic loner trying to keep out of trouble but who comes to the aid of a woman in need.  LITTLE BONE LODGE (Signature...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out 2 new releases....   NIGHT OF THE BASTARD (High Fliers Films)is a sordid tale of a reclusive man and his pet turtle under siege by a satanic cult when he begrudgingly helps a young woman they intend to sacrifice...   SAYEN (Amazon Prime) follows a young woman who comes home to her village in Chile only to find it under attack from rich land-grabbers l...

In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Will tackle six new films. - as usual, clicking the links below will take you to the trailer for each... Starting with A SMALL FORTUNE (101 Films) a familiar tale of greed and bad luck with a unique isolated setting... then we look at low budget horror movie, CRAVING  set in a road-house besieged by an armed gang of drug addicts.... HELL'S HALF ACRE   (Terror...

This week, Mike and Rich tackle  six new releases... LAST SENTINEL sees Kate Bosworth and three crewmates trying to discover why their relief ship was abandoned... NIGHTMARE RADIO is a horror anthology, centred around a late-night DJ challenging her listeners to call in with spooky tales... WIRE ROOM is the last Bruce Willis-featuring film to be made (although there are still some to be released)....

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out two new films....   First is COLONIALS (Reel 2 Reel Films), an independent sci-fi action movie which sees a recently-graduated cadet sent on a dangerous mission...to Earth!   Second is THE WALK (High Fliers Films) - set in 1974, this is a fictional take on Boston's enforced bussing policy to force its schools to become racially integrated, and some of...

As we had a light slate this week Mike, Rich and Steve decided to take a look at some recent films added to Netflix. As usual, clicking the links below will take you to a trailer for each film... But we start with our only physical release of the week, RIPPER'S REVENGE (High Fliers). Director Steve Lawson is a prolific low-budget film-maker and impressed us with RIPPER UNTOLD and his other films h...

After the huge workload of the previous couple of episodes Mike, Rich and Steve take it easy with only two main films to cover. As usual, clicking the links below will take you to the trailer...  V/H/S 99  (Shudder) is the latest in the anthology series - this one centering around a single tape which has been recorded over several times resulting in a series of stories set in 1999.    THE KILLER (...

This episode sees Mike, Rich and Steve tackling a whopping eight new releases. As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film: BAD CITY (101 Films) is a Japanese action movie about a hand-picked squad of detectives taking on a corrupt businessman running for mayor! NEXT EXIT (Blue Finch Releasing) is a road-trip for two strangers on their way to be euthanized as part of an experiment to p...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out five new releases:   AMBUSH (Signature Entertainment) a Vietnam War - set thriller about the hunt for a stolen top secret binder. THE FEARWAY (Reel 2 Reel Films) - a young couple are stalked along a deserted freeway. IMMORTAL (High Fliers Films)  - an anthology, a quartet of stories about people discovering they cannot die. DAUGHTER (Lightbulb Film Di...

Since we launched the @DTVShortShots twitter page, Rich has curated over 100 fan films and to commemorate that, we have put together a selection of some of the best comic-book fan films that are currently out there. Some of these are quite well known (I'm sure a lot of people will have come across the Deadpool ones before) but all are very much worth your time. Here's the list we cover, with links...