Past Life
20 March
Crimes from the past are reawakened when a traumatised journalist crosses paths with a celebrity hypnotist leading to a disturbing descent into the dark recesses of a fragmented mind where the lines between reality and illusion have fatal consequences. When war reporter Jason (Aneurin Barnard) meets famous hypnotist Tim (Jeremy Piven), he begins to experience the world through the eyes of a 1980s serial killer. Plagued by inexplainable memories of extreme violence, Jason’s grip on reality falters and his wife, Claira (Pixie Lott) starts to fear his PTSD will trigger a breakdown. Realising a killer has been reawakened, Jason must use hypnosis to uncover the truth and protect those closest to him. Past Life gets a limited theatrical release on 20 March and arrives on digital on 6 April courtesy of Miracle Media.
Heroes
26 March
New Ukrainian feature
Heroes, makes its UK debut exclusively on Viaplay this month. Full of raucous humour and bittersweet repartee, this Ukrainian feature introduces us to three elderly war veterans living in a retirement home in the countryside. Life is anything but quiet for these friends, as they navigate friendship and share wild stories from their misspent past. Spending their days entertaining each other with jokes and pranks they’re also hatching their ultimate plan to escape the home and be free again.
Heroes is streaming on Viaplay via Amazon Prime from 26 March.
She Killed in Ecstasy and Vampyros Lesbos
30 March
Two seminal Jess Franco 1971 cult classics, his 'magnum opus' Vampyros Lesbos and his follow up feature the 'erotically charged revenger' She Killed in Ecstasy, get their Worldwide UHD Premiere, courtesy of Severin Films. Experience these enthralling, erotically charged slices of iconic seventies cinema in the new two-disc 4K UHD / Blu-ray Edition complete with stunning packaging and a slew of special features including new commentaries and interviews with the acclaimed filmmaker himself. The stunning new 4K restorations are both set to arrive on 30 March, courtesy of Severin Films.
Surrender to It
30 March
This thrilling mystery adventure is an unmissable trip into the unknown with gripping twists and turns around every corner. Following the sudden death of his son, grieving father Dani reunites with his old drama workshop for a weekend at Devil's Bridge – a landmark steeped in ancient folklore. Joined by a chaotic collection of characters, Dani and the group embark on an adventure they will never forget. What could have been the perfect reunion, quickly descends into sinister pandemonium. Each harbouring dark personal secrets, the group must face their past head on, while contending with mysterious goings on in the woods. Tim Bryn Smith’s unnerving new thriller Surrender to It arrives on UK digital on 30 March, courtesy of Miracle Media.
Queens of Mystery Series 2
6 April
Murder mystery royalty is back as the witty and whimsical Emmy®-nominated crime caper
Queens of Mystery returns for its second outing. This bold and colourful series features a stellar female-led British cast with Julie Graham, Sarah Redwood, Siobhan Redmond, Florence Hall and Juliet Stevenson in her Emmy®-nominated role as narrator. Series two finds DS Matilda Stone (Hall) happily settled back in her picturesque hometown of Wildemarsh. However, it’s not long before the town has a killer in its midst, and as always, her mystery-writing aunts – who believe their knowledge of crime fiction makes them perfectly qualified to help – are on hand to assist in the investigations. With its outstanding female-led cast, picturesque setting, gloriously entertaining scripts and wickedly offbeat whodunnits,
Queens of Mystery Series 2 is set to arrive on DVD and digital 6 April courtesy of Acorn Media International.
Dangerous Truth
6 April
Powerful new political thriller
Dangerous Truth is inspired by true events that took place in 2003, in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. The intensely gripping drama series introduces us to Alex Jaromin, a photographer in his 30s, who has lived with his mother under a false name in the BKA witness protection programme in Athens for 20 years. When she dies, he learns that the deaths of his father and his sister in 2003 were not, as he had assumed, the work of Serbian nationalists. In his search for the truth, Alex's research stirs up a storm in political Berlin, but as he follows more leads, Alex finds himself in increasingly grave danger.
Dangerous Truthbegins streaming with episodes 1 and 2 on Viaplay via Amazon Prime from 6 April.
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