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

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Another week, and another glut of direct-to-video movies that would all feature quite comfortably within the detritus stained walls of the DTV Junkyard, so for the sake of simplicity I’ve plucked a threesome of homegrown horror’s to analyse. The… Read More DTV Junkyard 60

Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… There was a veritable bounty of movies dropping onto the bloodstained DTV Junkyard doormat on Monday. As always, ZH tends to favour the outsiders of the group, so while films like Cherry Tree, Night of the Living Deb, Mercury… Read More DTV Junkyard 59