Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… I must admit that I’ve looked forward to every one of this wave of Frightfest Presents titles. The dozen or so movies that began to be released in the UK back in March have been defined by an impressively… Read More DTV Junkyard 69

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the final part of Rob Getz’s excellently written review for GHOSTS, or Haunted as it was originally known, for HorrorNews.net. “It isn’t until the final five minutes when the running and screaming and… Read More DTV Junkyard 68

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… I really love the arrival of films like CLOWN TOWN, with its virginal IMDb page, untouched by spin, blogger or over-expectant horror folk distraught at how they spent thirty minutes downloading it illegally only to switch it off “’cos… Read More DTV Junkyard 67

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Contrary to opinion, I’m not against the work carried out by DTV-orientated UK film distributors, who, despite my regular rants at the declining quality of their acquisitions, are I’m sure striving to release the best product they can. While… Read More DTV Junkyard 66

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… “It’s genuinely the very best new film that we’ve released” swooned 88 Films this morning over FOOTSOLDIER, the latest movie from fellow East-Midlander Steve Lawson. The cold-hearted cynic among you may be quick with a retort that suggests it… Read More DTV Junkyard 65

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… If you had to evaluate the first six months of Signature Entertainment’s new offshoot, Precision Pictures, then you’d most likely be leaning towards the unflattering description of mediocre. From cyber-slasher Hacked to the disappointing Xmoor, there’s been precious little… Read More DTV Junkyard 64

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Admittedly there’s hardly a burgeoning sub-genre for radio station based horror movies, but I have to say it’s an attractive proposition. The eerie solitude of a lone voice whispering in your ear during the twilight hours lends itself perfectly… Read More DTV Junkyard 63

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… I’ll say it before you do. I’m a mug. I’ve been on all fours this month, crawling through a barely populated desert of direct-to-video titles, with the final Monday in May glaring at me like some bountiful oasis that… Read More DTV Junkyard 62

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Sigh. It had all started pretty excitingly for the UK arm of long established American distributor TriCoast. First out of the traps was Bernard Rose’s latest Tolstoy adaptation, 2 Jacks, while not far behind it came the cool adventure… Read More DTV Junkyard 61