Warning: contains spoilers for the Trigger Point finale.
Trigger Point concluded with a tense, pacey and well-directed episode that revealed the bomber’s identity and closed the case. Wash’s nightmare month ended, finally giving her little ponytail a chance to rest. Along the way, she’d lost her colleague, her brother and her bit on the side, and had only managed to stop about fifty percent of the bombs from going off, but at least she could draw a line under it. The Crusaders were no more, their puppet master had been unmasked, and his mystery revenge mission was laid bare. Time for everybody to get down The King’s Head for a pint and a game of pool. Or perhaps not pool. Too soon.
Let’s dig in to the finale’s revelations. Prepare for dynamic entry! Trojan One, ready to engage…
Sonya’s mug was the key...
Trigger Point concluded with a tense, pacey and well-directed episode that revealed the bomber’s identity and closed the case. Wash’s nightmare month ended, finally giving her little ponytail a chance to rest. Along the way, she’d lost her colleague, her brother and her bit on the side, and had only managed to stop about fifty percent of the bombs from going off, but at least she could draw a line under it. The Crusaders were no more, their puppet master had been unmasked, and his mystery revenge mission was laid bare. Time for everybody to get down The King’s Head for a pint and a game of pool. Or perhaps not pool. Too soon.
Let’s dig in to the finale’s revelations. Prepare for dynamic entry! Trojan One, ready to engage…
Sonya’s mug was the key...
- 2/27/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: this Trigger Point review contains spoilers.
It was lucky they let Wash back to work early. As our point-of-view character, if she hadn’t been reinstated, we could have faced another half hour of lethargic dialogue and vodka dance breakdowns. Instead, it was thankfully on with the Ray-Bans and the ponytail, and on with the show.
Making Wash so central to this story has stymied it. She’s in almost every scene, which sucks the urgency out of the police investigation because any discovery has to be reported to her after the fact rather than made on the spot. Wash’s information gathering (attending briefings, visiting Sonya for the latest on Portland Down, walking through that room where someone’s always shouting “This Is Your Top Priority, Let’S Get Cracking, I Want Results!”…) has turned into a repetitive, passive routine rather than the pacey series of breakthroughs other...
It was lucky they let Wash back to work early. As our point-of-view character, if she hadn’t been reinstated, we could have faced another half hour of lethargic dialogue and vodka dance breakdowns. Instead, it was thankfully on with the Ray-Bans and the ponytail, and on with the show.
Making Wash so central to this story has stymied it. She’s in almost every scene, which sucks the urgency out of the police investigation because any discovery has to be reported to her after the fact rather than made on the spot. Wash’s information gathering (attending briefings, visiting Sonya for the latest on Portland Down, walking through that room where someone’s always shouting “This Is Your Top Priority, Let’S Get Cracking, I Want Results!”…) has turned into a repetitive, passive routine rather than the pacey series of breakthroughs other...
- 2/20/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This Trigger Point review contains spoilers.
Oh, Wash. If my brother’s life depended on it, he probably probably wouldn’t listen to me either. All Billy had to do was sit tight and wait for Big Sis to do her job, but instead, he fell right into the bombers’ trap. Silly Billy. It’s not hard to see where the brains went in that family. Billy’s are currently distributed all over Cranstead Fields’ football pitch.
At least he didn’t take a crowd of innocent protestors with him as The Crusaders planned. Thanks to the fast work of Wash and the Counter Terrorism team, Billy’s was a sacrifice of one. One dozy, racist numpty to be precise, which isn’t much sacrifice unless you happen to be related to him. Actor Ewan Mitchell did such a good job of playing Billy’s dawning realisation that his new...
Oh, Wash. If my brother’s life depended on it, he probably probably wouldn’t listen to me either. All Billy had to do was sit tight and wait for Big Sis to do her job, but instead, he fell right into the bombers’ trap. Silly Billy. It’s not hard to see where the brains went in that family. Billy’s are currently distributed all over Cranstead Fields’ football pitch.
At least he didn’t take a crowd of innocent protestors with him as The Crusaders planned. Thanks to the fast work of Wash and the Counter Terrorism team, Billy’s was a sacrifice of one. One dozy, racist numpty to be precise, which isn’t much sacrifice unless you happen to be related to him. Actor Ewan Mitchell did such a good job of playing Billy’s dawning realisation that his new...
- 2/13/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This Trigger Point review contains spoilers.
If you were a Met officer who was secretly (and – credit where it’s due – successfully) orchestrating a cross-London terror campaign right under the nose of your employers, would you leave your work locker stuffed with evidence pointing your way? Unlikely. If that A to Z doesn’t just turn out to be John Hudson doing his homework like a good little bomb disposal expert, it’s likely been planted. But by whom?
The top suspect has to be Thom Youngblood, a man who’ll ruin a takeaway by asking you to move in with him halfway through the Peshwari naan. There’s currently zero evidence against Thom. He’s only a suspect according to the rules of the TV thriller, which state that the character least likely to have done it but in the most scenes with the lead by the end of...
If you were a Met officer who was secretly (and – credit where it’s due – successfully) orchestrating a cross-London terror campaign right under the nose of your employers, would you leave your work locker stuffed with evidence pointing your way? Unlikely. If that A to Z doesn’t just turn out to be John Hudson doing his homework like a good little bomb disposal expert, it’s likely been planted. But by whom?
The top suspect has to be Thom Youngblood, a man who’ll ruin a takeaway by asking you to move in with him halfway through the Peshwari naan. There’s currently zero evidence against Thom. He’s only a suspect according to the rules of the TV thriller, which state that the character least likely to have done it but in the most scenes with the lead by the end of...
- 2/6/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Last Wednesday, November 18, Eb Research Partnership (Ebrp) co-founders Jill and Eddie Vedder presented Venture Into Cures, an inspiring virtual event featuring moving stories about individuals and families living with Epidermolysis Bullosa (Eb).
United by a lineup of celebrity friends, the event raised over $1.8 million for Ebrp, helping the organization move closer to finding a cure for Eb and leading the way for other rare diseases.
More than 150,000 tuned in to watch special appearances by Judd Apatow, Bradley Cooper, Laura Dern, Billie Eilish, Chris Hemsworth, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Gaten Matarazzo, Luis “King Kong” Ortiz, Adam Sandler, Jill Vedder, and Renée Zellweger, and inspiring musical performances by Jon Batiste, Alessia Cara, Andra Day, Glen Hansard, Adam Levine, Keb’ Mo’, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real with Micah and Willie Nelson, and Eddie Vedder. The one hour virtual show was produced by Door Knocker Media and Seed Entertainment.
“Our goal was...
United by a lineup of celebrity friends, the event raised over $1.8 million for Ebrp, helping the organization move closer to finding a cure for Eb and leading the way for other rare diseases.
More than 150,000 tuned in to watch special appearances by Judd Apatow, Bradley Cooper, Laura Dern, Billie Eilish, Chris Hemsworth, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Gaten Matarazzo, Luis “King Kong” Ortiz, Adam Sandler, Jill Vedder, and Renée Zellweger, and inspiring musical performances by Jon Batiste, Alessia Cara, Andra Day, Glen Hansard, Adam Levine, Keb’ Mo’, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real with Micah and Willie Nelson, and Eddie Vedder. The one hour virtual show was produced by Door Knocker Media and Seed Entertainment.
“Our goal was...
- 11/27/2020
- Look to the Stars
1980: Dallas' Sue Ellen remembered Kristin shot J.R.
1988: Santa Barbra's Julia stopped her wedding to "Mason".
1989: Another World's Sharlene and John married.
1995: One Life to Live's Todd was shot in Ireland."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1938: Radio soap opera Central City premiered on NBC Blue. The Blackett-Sample-Hummert serial told the story of a blue-collar manufacturing hub of 50,000 denizens. Elspeth Eric starred as Emily Olson with Van Heflin as Bob Shellenberger. Heflin was eventually replaced by Myron McCormick.
1957: On The Edge of Night, Billy Harper (Pud Flanagan) accidentally overheard Mary's (Anne Sargeant) confession...
1988: Santa Barbra's Julia stopped her wedding to "Mason".
1989: Another World's Sharlene and John married.
1995: One Life to Live's Todd was shot in Ireland."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1938: Radio soap opera Central City premiered on NBC Blue. The Blackett-Sample-Hummert serial told the story of a blue-collar manufacturing hub of 50,000 denizens. Elspeth Eric starred as Emily Olson with Van Heflin as Bob Shellenberger. Heflin was eventually replaced by Myron McCormick.
1957: On The Edge of Night, Billy Harper (Pud Flanagan) accidentally overheard Mary's (Anne Sargeant) confession...
- 11/21/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
I Bury The Living
Blu-ray
Shout! Factory
1958 / B&W / 1:85 / / 76 min. / Street Date April 25, 2017
Starring: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel.
Cinematography: Frederick Gately
Film Editor: Frank Sullivan
Written by Louis Garfinkle
Produced by Albert Band, Louis Garfinkle
Directed by Albert Band
I Bury the Living implicates us in a primal childhood thought-crime… what if you stepped on a crack and really did break your mother’s back? What if simply wishing someone dead made it so? Guilt, pure and simple, gives this off–kilter 50’s chiller its lasting power.
The film boasts an off–kilter leading man as well with the crater-faced Richard Boone as Robert Kraft, a small town business man railroaded into managing the family run cemetery. To make matters worse, the perennially gloomy Kraft, already skittish about his disconcerting new position, is saddled with a decrepit, unnaturally chilly workplace watched over by an unnerving bit of decoration, an...
Blu-ray
Shout! Factory
1958 / B&W / 1:85 / / 76 min. / Street Date April 25, 2017
Starring: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel.
Cinematography: Frederick Gately
Film Editor: Frank Sullivan
Written by Louis Garfinkle
Produced by Albert Band, Louis Garfinkle
Directed by Albert Band
I Bury the Living implicates us in a primal childhood thought-crime… what if you stepped on a crack and really did break your mother’s back? What if simply wishing someone dead made it so? Guilt, pure and simple, gives this off–kilter 50’s chiller its lasting power.
The film boasts an off–kilter leading man as well with the crater-faced Richard Boone as Robert Kraft, a small town business man railroaded into managing the family run cemetery. To make matters worse, the perennially gloomy Kraft, already skittish about his disconcerting new position, is saddled with a decrepit, unnaturally chilly workplace watched over by an unnerving bit of decoration, an...
- 4/29/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
A newlywed believes her husband's late wife still lingers in their home in The Screaming Skull, and with the 1958 horror film now out on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, we've been provided with three copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Screaming Skull.
How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:
1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:
https://www.instagram.com/dailydead/
2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Screaming Skull Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 2nd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of...
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Screaming Skull.
How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:
1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:
https://www.instagram.com/dailydead/
2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Screaming Skull Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 2nd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of...
- 4/25/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Tuesday, April 25th boasts an array of diverse Blu-ray and DVD offerings with a great assortment titles both new and old. Lionsgate is releasing one of the best zombie films I’ve seen as of late, The Girl With All the Gifts, on both formats, and the most recent sequel in the Underworld franchise, Blood Wars, arrives this week on 4K Blu-ray, as well as the typical Blu and DVD discs, too.
Scream Factory is resurrecting both The Screaming Skull and I Bury the Living on Blu this Tuesday, and Arrow Video has put together a fantastic 2-Disc Special Edition set for Caltiki The Immortal Monster that fans definitely will want to pick up.
Other notable titles coming home on April 25th include a special edition release of The Vampire Bat, Mean Dreams, Detour, From Hell It Came, and Psycho Cop Returns.
Caltiki The Immortal Monster: 2-Disc Special Edition (Arrow Video,...
Scream Factory is resurrecting both The Screaming Skull and I Bury the Living on Blu this Tuesday, and Arrow Video has put together a fantastic 2-Disc Special Edition set for Caltiki The Immortal Monster that fans definitely will want to pick up.
Other notable titles coming home on April 25th include a special edition release of The Vampire Bat, Mean Dreams, Detour, From Hell It Came, and Psycho Cop Returns.
Caltiki The Immortal Monster: 2-Disc Special Edition (Arrow Video,...
- 4/25/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Eleanor Parker today: Beautiful as ever in Scaramouche, Interrupted Melody Eleanor Parker, who turns 91 in ten days (June 26, 2013), can be seen at her most radiantly beautiful in several films Turner Classic Movies is showing this evening and tomorrow morning as part of their Star of the Month Eleanor Parker "tribute." Among them are the classic Scaramouche, the politically delicate Above and Beyond, and the biopic Interrupted Melody, which earned Parker her third and final Best Actress Academy Award nomination. (Photo: publicity shot of Eleanor Parker in Scaramouche.) The best of the lot is probably George Sidney’s balletic Scaramouche (1952), in which Eleanor Parker plays one of Stewart Granger’s love interests — the other one is Janet Leigh. A loose remake of Rex Ingram’s 1923 blockbuster, the George Sidney version features plenty of humor, romance, and adventure; vibrant colors (cinematography by Charles Rosher); an elaborately staged climactic swordfight; and tough dudes...
- 6/18/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Movies from the “golden age” of black and white films (approximately the 1930’s through the 1950’s) almost invariably contain well-written dialogue and strikingly subtle humor, making them a favorite among many fans of cinema. The horror movies of this more subtle period in film history are therefore of a cerebral nature, primarily relying on the viewer’s imagination to generate the true sense of horror that modern movies generate through more visual means. It is these oft-ignored horror movies that will be the focus of a series of articles detailing the reasons why true fans of horror movies should rediscover these films.
With this 6th installment in the Forgotten B&W Horror series, we take a look at a little known movie with a couple of interesting twists.
The Screaming Skull (1958), with a cast of unknown actors, tells the tale of a widower and his new bride as they begin...
With this 6th installment in the Forgotten B&W Horror series, we take a look at a little known movie with a couple of interesting twists.
The Screaming Skull (1958), with a cast of unknown actors, tells the tale of a widower and his new bride as they begin...
- 3/25/2012
- by Tim Rich
- Obsessed with Film
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