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The DTV Digest
by Mike Parkin
News and Reviews of films that didn't make it to the cinema
Episodes
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Episode 329: Rage of Stars, Wuthering Heights: The House of the Damned, GolemAI, Mag Mag, Death Cycle, Pizza Force One, Thunder Run
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,...
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Episode 328: Crushed, Idiots, American Ripper Unleashed, Long Pork, The Gladiator
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...
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Episode 327: We Go Again, Heresy, Wonder Woman 1944, Steel Frontier
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...
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Episode 326: Gator Face, Where Darkness Dwells, Lenore, The Wave, It Ends, Legend of the White Dragon, Black Ranger, Wheels of Fire
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)...
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Episode 325: Big Shark, Death Among the Pines, In The Shadow of Nuremberg, Knightfall, Marshmallow, Swallowtail and Dragonfly, The Stranger, Tomorrow Group, Ninja Wars
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…
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Episode 324: Hungry. Faces of Death, The Extractor, Ignition, The Spirit Lock, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, City of Fear
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!…
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Episode 323: Match, Ithaqua, Soul Snatchers, Zip Wire, Forsaken Mercenary, Guyver: Dark Hero
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...
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Short Shots Episode 26: Horror Roundup!
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......
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Episode 322 - R L Stine's Pumpkinhead, 49 Miles More, The Demon Detective, Simon Says, Iron Eagle IV
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...
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Episode 321: CHUM, Deadly Games, Harbinger, Hellcat, This Tempting Madness, Sacrifice, The Enemy
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...
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Episode 320: The Mortuary Assistant, Deep Water, The Fires, Mockbuster, The Morrigan, They Wait In Shadows, Tinsman Road, Duped, Into the Blue 2
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...
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Episode 319: Son of the Soil, The Curse, The Gentle Sex, Hail Caesar
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)....
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Episode 318: Black Box: Flight 298, The Last Assassins, Executioner, The Fetus, Magical Meat, Cold Prey Trilogy
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…
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Episode 317: Are You There? Buffalo Daze, Dead Lover, Hold The Fort, Rememory, Round the Decay, Shadows of Willow Cabin, The Killgrin, Dave the Diver, Replikator
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...
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Episode 316: The Sheriff, Signal One, A Memory Owed, The Gathering
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…
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Episode 315: Kraken, 13 Souls, Affection, Crybaby Bridge, Diabolic, Tribe, Woken, Beast, No Trouble, Bloodsport 2
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.......
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Episode 314: Killer Whale, KRISPR, Finding Daddy, The Order
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…
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SHORT SHOTS Episode 25: Action roundup!
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…
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Episode 313: Self Driver, Hunting Party, SJOR: Rise of the North, Wargames: The Dead Code
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...
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Episode 312: Content, Rise of the Conqueror, Runaway Revenge, Surrender, The Vord, Obey, Hell Comes to Frogtown
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...
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Episode 311: Adopted, Itch!, Only Fangs, Scarborn, Touch Me, Last Stand on Hoth, The Marksman
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…
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Episode 310: Bone Keeper, Drive Back, Ghost Killer, Past Life, Surrender to It, Scream Therapy, The Cure, The Lost Fortune of Oliver Brody, Hollow Man 2
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...
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Episode 309: Hard Redemption, Bad Voodoo, Jitters, Daggers Inn, The Deep Dark, The Hat Man, Freakd
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…
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Short Shots Episode 24: Martial Arts roundup!
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...
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Episode 308: Outgunned, OBEX, Bosco, Play Dead, Jeffery Epstein: Bad Pedophile, Time Runner
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...
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Episode 307: Worldbreaker, Blood Barn, Else, The Monster Within, Silent Night Deadly Night, POV, Diamond Cut Diamond
This week Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by CHRISTOPHER PAGE, of The Time Shifters and Orphaned Entertainment! Check out the intro to learn more about who he is and what he does! We kick off with WORLDBREAKER (Signature Entertainment), a new Young Adult, post apocalypse movie with Luke Evans and...
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Episode 306: REDUX REDUX, The Huntsman, Bury Em Deep, Jimmy and Stiggs, Dr Bees Beyond, The Rip, Battle Drone
In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle four new releases, while Will joins us for a new segment! We kick off with the awesome REDUX REDUX (Blue Finch Releasing) in which a mother avenges the murder of her daughter, across the multiverse! THE HUNTSMAN (High Fliers Films) sees Shawn Ashmore…
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Episode 305: We Bury The Dead, Grizzly Night, Tim Travers and the Time Traveller's Paradox, Residence, Monolith
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out three new releases! As usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with WE BURY THE DEAD (Signature Entertainment), a thoughtful zombie movie starring Daisy Ridley! GRIZZLY NIGHT (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a drama...
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Episode 304: Stand Your Ground, The Knife, Reverence, A Gangster's Tale, Hermanita, Arctic Void
Happy New Year, everyone! For our first episode of 2026, we are joined by special guest Ryan Verrill from Disc-Connected (all socials), who joins Mike and Steve to check out some new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film. We start with STAND YOUR GROUND (High Fliers...
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Episode 303: Wake Up Dead Man, Troll 2, Nightfall, End of Year Round-up
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is our final episode of 2025 and we've managed to get not only Rich back on, alongside Mike, Steve and Amanda, but also Nathan Lunn, who had previously joined us for our 300th episode! Unfortunately, however, the DTV market tends to dry up during...
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Episode 302 - Dracula, Quarantine 19, The Final Party, He Kills At Night, Manor of Darkness, The Perfect Gamble, Can You Hear Me, Hostages, Long Shadows, Coyotes, Misfire, Riot
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda cover no less than 10 new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with Luc Besson's version of DRACULA (Signature Entertainment), which bears more than a likeness to Coppola's version! Next up is QUARANTINE 19 (Trinity...
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Episode 301: Bride Hard, Shark Island, The Naughty List of Mr Scrooge, M: Beyond the Wasteland, Bone Lake, Nazi Supersoldier, Director's Cut, A Desert, Full Moon Gloryhole, From Beijing With Love
This week Mike, Steve, Amanda and Will tackle the latest films to be hitting home media. As usual, click the links to see trailers for each of the films! We kick off with BRIDE HARD (Signature Entertainment) in which superspy Rebel Wilson must thwart Stephen Dorff and his mercenaries when they...
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Episode 300! The Bitter Taste, Please Don't Feed The Children, The Cellar. The Partisan, Borley Rectory: The Awakening, Forgive Us All, The House at Hallow End, Guns and Moses, Snow Angel
Nearly nine years in the making, we have reached our 300th episode! To mark the occasion, we invited some guests to join the regular team: Tom Jolliffe is a screenwriter and producer, who has appeared on the show before; Nathan Lunn, who has recently completed his book on Kaiju films which will…
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Episode 299: Beast of War, London Calling, Delivery Run, Red Plague, The Severed Sun, Helloween, Night Shift, Downtime
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle six new releases: as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film... We kick off with BEAST OF WAR (Signature Entertainment) - set during WW2, it finds a bunch of army recruits at the mercy of a great white shark when their ship is...
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Episode 298: Prisoner of War, A Breed Apart, Bone Face, Devil In The Dust, Scurry, The Drowned, Diablo, First Sight, Dollman vs Demonic Toys
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases, including two Scott Adkins movies! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film. We kick off with the WW2 set PRISONER OF WAR (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment) in which Scott Adkins is shot down over the...
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Episode 297: Mission Alarum, Americana, In Vitro, Psycho Therapy, Sovereign, Riff Raff, The Astronaut, The Shephers Code II: Road Back, The Milk Situation, Open Grave
This week Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with MISSION ALARUM (aka Alarum) (Signature Entertainment), in which two enemy agents fall in love and go off-grid in Poland, only to have the CIA hunt...
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Episode 296: Bad Man, Little Jaffna, Don Q, Purgatory Jack, Resurrection Road, The Invisible Raptor, The Occupant, Unsinkable, Howl at the Dead, Perfect Target
This week Mike and Rich are joined once more by Amanda, whose work over on Eastern Kicks you can find HERE! This week we tackle 8 new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each movie! We kick off with BAD MAN (Vertigo Releasing) in which Seann William Scott plays a no nonsense cop…
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Episode 295 - Somnium, Borderline, Derelict, All the Lost Ones, Dark Summer, The Spawn, Dollman
In this episode, Mike and Rich are joined by guest presenter, Amanda! Between us we tackle five new releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film! We start with SOMNIUM (Lightbulb Film Distribution), in which a young woman starts working the night shift at a dream...
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Episode 294 - Fright Fest Special! The Home, Your Host, Pig Hill, Above the Knee, 213 Bones, NoSeeUms, Cover, Super Happy Fun Clown, Video Barn, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve review 8 films which are all receiving their premier at this year's London Fright Fest! NB - we normally mention the distributor for each film, but some have yet to find a home. Nevertheless, click the link to see the trailer for each movie! We kick off with…
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Episode 293: Red Sonja, The Last Ritual, Inside, Meanwhile On Earth, The Hermit, Stalkers, Sweet Revenge, Body Count
In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle six new films - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each! We kick off with the highest profile film of the week, RED SONJA (Signature Entertainment), in which Revenge's Matilda Lutz plays the titular hero while MJ Bassett (Solomon Kane, Strike...
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Episode 292: Tin Soldier, 40 Acres, Saint Clare, Osiris, Futra Days, The Activated Man, The Banished, Reputation, Charlie Foxtrot, Sword of Heaven
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 8 new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film. We kick off with TIN SOLDIER (Signature Entertainment), which finds Scott Eastwood as an ex cult member recruited by a shadow ops team to re-enter his former home, a compound run…
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Episode 291: Salvable, The Unholy Trinity, Night Terror, Monsters of California, Child Machine, Angel of the Warrior, The Cellar, Frankie Freako, Leprechaun Vengeance, Strength and Honour
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve cover 8 new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each film! We start and end with a boxing movie, kicking off with SALVABLE (Vertical), in which boxer Toby Kebbel tries to reconnect with his daughter (good) & shady old pal Shia LaBeouf...
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Episode 290: Rust, Final Recovery, 24 Hours to D-Day, Last Resort, Gods Soldier, A Woman Scorned, Shark Warning, Logan The Wolf, The Devil Conspiracy
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle seven new releases; as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film! We kick off with RUST (Signature Entertainment) - a film which carries a lot of baggage due to the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but is it any good...
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Episode 289: Consecration, High Rollers, Amongst The Wolves, Its Name Was Mormo, Bogieville, Rust Road, The Prosecutor, Fireworks, Grizzly II
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…
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Episode 288: Fear Below, It Feeds, The North Witch, First Shift, Heretics, Beneath London, Jason Goes to Hell
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…
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Episode 287: Havoc, Black Cab, Ape x Mecha Ape New World Order, Cold Road, Everyone is Going to Die, Gates of Flesh, Gladiators, Mob Cops, Rumplestiltskin, American Samurai
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...
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Episode 286: Long Gone Heroes, End of the Rope, Like Tears in Rain, Top Floor, Alien Life Blood, Don't Turn Out The Lights, Catalyst, The Thaw, Godzilla vs Biollante
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...
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Episode 285: Fight Or Flight, Escape From the 21st Century, Die Alone, Bangkok Dog, Applewood, The Survivors, Puppet Master III
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...
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Episode 284: Project Silence, In Tenebras: Into the Darkness, Trancers Noir, Going Viral, New York Ninja
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...
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Episode 283: The Baby In The Basket, Scarlet Winter, Street Trash, It Came From the Dirty Laundry, The Dungeon Master
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...
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