An American man wakes up in Dakar with a bomb strapped to his chest. Soon, a mysterious voice on the phone is giving him orders. As he goes through what is demanded of him, he meets a second American man in the same predicament.
Shadowland (2024) [Beyond Fest 2024]
This review must be started by a warning, this film is about Richard Stanley and his abuses (some proven in court, some pending). We do not normally review films by or about known abusers, but this is how to get an exception.
The documentary here was supposed to be about the peace and magic of a special village in the French Pyrenees and it soon becomes about Richard Stanley’s involvement in this community and then his abuses. This is not a film just about Stanley, but his involvement led to it being in large part about him and his downfall.
Last Shadow at First Light (2023)
Available via SVOD Platform IndiePix Unlimited
A teen whose mother has disappeared goes looking for her as apparitions haunt here. Her trip is done with the reluctant assistance of her uncle, making it more emotional for her.
Mafia Wars (2024)
Now out from Saban Films
A man serving time in Italy gets released early by a cop who wants to use him as an undercover to stop an ambitious man from trying to take over the drug trade in.
Falling Stars (2023) [Halloween Horror Month]
Out now from XYZ Films
Following long told tales of witches and magick, three brothers head to the desert hoping to see one or catch one on this first night of harvest.
The Bootleg Files: Roadhouse Nights
BOOTLEG FILES 882: “Roadhouse Nights” (1930 feature starring Helen Morgan and Jimmy Durante).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the proverbial cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
The 1930 feature “Roadhouse Nights” is a production that is more famous for its back story and assembled talent and less celebrated for its contents. To be frank, it is among the most interesting and most boring films ever reviewed in The Bootleg Files series.
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Haunt Season (2024) [Halloween Horror Month]
Out now on VOD from Dread
During the last night of haunt in a suburban haunted house, a masked killer attacks and kills the scare actors one by one.