Favourite DTV movies

[Steedeel]

Like the heading says, what’s your top ranked DTV films please?
A top ten would be good, preferably titles available on Blu-ray.

[DR Herbert West]

In no order:

Tremors 2
Mean Guns
Phantasm: OblIVion (I'd also list III & V, but they had small theatrical releases)
Death Machine
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (Day of Reckoning got a limited release)
Nemesis
Crash and Burn
Amityville: It's About Time
Silent Trigger
Neon City

[Leslie Dame]

1. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing 2006
2. Tremors II: Aftershocks 1996
3. Castle Freak 1995
4. The Prophecy II 1998
5. Baby Blues 2008
6. Population 436 2006
7. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007
8. Hard Justice 1995
9. Darkness 1993
10. The Hills Run Red 2009

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

In no order:

Tremors 2
Mean Guns
Phantasm: OblIVion (I'd also list III & V, but they had small theatrical releases)
Death Machine
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (Day of Reckoning got a limited release)
Nemesis
Crash and Burn
Amityville: It's About Time
Silent Trigger
Neon City

Originally Posted by Leslie Dame

1. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing 2006
2. Tremors II: Aftershocks 1996
3. Castle Freak 1995
4. The Prophecy II 1998
5. Baby Blues 2008
6. Population 436 2006
7. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007
8. Hard Justice 1995
9. Darkness 1993
10. The Hills Run Red 2009

Thanks guys, been getting back into them lately, mainly due to Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning and Avengement. I didn’t realise the former got a limited release.

[Al_The_Strange]

Does Trick 'R Treat count as DTV? It keeps coming up on Google as one, but I'm not clear on how its release was handled.

Also, do the movies that were made direct to streaming count?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Does Trick 'R Treat count as DTV? It keeps coming up on Google as one, but I'm not clear on how its release was handled.

Made as a theatrical, but dumped on video.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Does Trick 'R Treat count as DTV? It keeps coming up on Google as one, but I'm not clear on how its release was handled.

Also, do the movies that were made direct to streaming count?

No, just traditional DTV movies please.

How about we say just DTV movies that have a Blu-ray or DVD, that is better.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Does Trick 'R Treat count as DTV? It keeps coming up on Google as one, but I'm not clear on how its release was handled.

Also, do the movies that were made direct to streaming count?

TRT has to be one of the best ones, agreed.

[JG85]

Not all of these are on blu-ray but they're all really solid for DTV movies.

Life After Fighting
Blood & Bone
Undisputed 2-4
One Shot
Drive (1997)
Wake of Death
In Hell
Into the Sun
Urban Justice
The Russian Specialist
Curse of Chucky

[DR Herbert West]

In Hell needs more love.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by JG85

Not all of these are on blu-ray but they're all really solid for DTV movies.

Life After Fighting
Blood & Bone
Undisputed 2-4
One Shot
Drive (1997)
Wake of Death
In Hell
Into the Sun
Urban Justice
The Russian Specialist
Curse of Chucky

Blood And Bone gets a lot of mentions, might check that one out.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

In Hell needs more love.

A prison movie I see, interesting.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Leslie Dame

1. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing 2006
2. Tremors II: Aftershocks 1996
3. Castle Freak 1995
4. The Prophecy II 1998
5. Baby Blues 2008
6. Population 436 2006
7. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007
8. Hard Justice 1995
9. Darkness 1993
10. The Hills Run Red 2009

Undisputed 2 also on my shortlist.

[Jay H.]

Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Curse of Chucky
Cult of Chucky

[dr. wai]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

In no order:

Tremors 2
Mean Guns
Phantasm: OblIVion (I'd also list III & V, but they had small theatrical releases)
Death Machine
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (Day of Reckoning got a limited release)
Nemesis
Crash and Burn
Amityville: It's About Time
Silent Trigger
Neon City

I am assuming you are speaking about the Albert Pyun film. If so, the film played in theaters, albeit limited, and it made $2 million.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by dr. wai

I am assuming you are speaking about the Albert Pyun film. If so, the film played in theaters, albeit limited, and it made $2 million.

I'll replace that with Trancers III: Deth Lives.

[Moviefan2k4]

Do combined double-length TV episodes count? In that case, one of my votes would be Smallville: Absolute Justice. It originally aired on February 5th of 2010, and here's the basic rundown...

[Show spoiler]After being confronted by a so-called "friend" who calls himself Sylvester Pemberton, Lois' cousin Chloe is thrown into a nearby dumpster, while her acquaintance apparently fights someone with strange powers. Freeing herself moments later, Chloe finds the killer gone and Sylvester dead, his body impaled by large blades of ice.

Not long after, Clark helps Chloe investigate what she witnessed, which leads them both to a history reel of footage showing several accused "criminals" - Carter Hall, Kent Nelson, Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Ted Grant, Abigail Hunkel, Wesley Dodds, and Al Pratt. By the time Clark discovers the team's headquarters, only Hall and Nelson remain, plus Pemberton's successor Courtney Whitmore. They reluctantly team up to catch the killer, revealed as the son of a comatose criminal previously called Icicle.

While all our heroes eventually win the day (Dr. Fate restores John Jones' Martian powers at the cost of his own life), it turns out that Icicle was a mere pawn, used as bait by the leader of the government agency Checkmate, which in turn refers to its members as belonging to "the suicide squad". This episode is also notable in DC Comics adaptation history, since Pam Grier starred as the first live-action Amanda Waller.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Do combined double-length TV episodes count? In that case, one of my votes would be Smallville: Absolute Justice. It originally aired on February 5th of 2010, and here's the basic rundown...

[Show spoiler]After being confronted by a so-called "friend" who calls himself Sylvester Pemberton, Lois' cousin Chloe is thrown into a nearby dumpster, while her acquaintance apparently fights someone with strange powers. Freeing herself moments later, Chloe finds the killer gone and Sylvester dead, his body impaled by large blades of ice.

Not long after, Clark helps Chloe investigate what she witnessed, which leads them both to a history reel of footage showing several accused "criminals" - Carter Hall, Kent Nelson, Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Ted Grant, Abigail Hunkel, Wesley Dodds, and Al Pratt. By the time Clark discovers the team's headquarters, only Hall and Nelson remain, plus Pemberton's successor Courtney Whitmore. They reluctantly team up to catch the killer, revealed as the son of a comatose criminal previously called Icicle.

While all our heroes eventually win the day (Dr. Fate restores John Jones' Martian powers at the cost of his own life), it turns out that Icicle was a mere pawn, used as bait by the leader of the government agency Checkmate, which in turn refers to its members as belonging to "the suicide squad". This episode is also notable in DC Comics adaptation history, since Pam Grier starred as the first live-action Amanda Waller.

Just movies, but there are no real rules here, thanks for your post.

[Steedeel]

Any love for the Death Race films? (The remake ones obviously)

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Any love for the Death Race films? (The remake ones obviously)

Part 2 is surprisingly solid.