Alt.TV – 26/11/09

Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Haunted (Zone Horror)
Ghostly TV show starring Matthew Fox. Following the abduction of his son, Frank Taylor is sent to investigate another case of child abduction and is seriously injured whilst trying to apprehend the suspect. On recovering, he discovers that he can receive messages from kindly spirits, but the malevolent presence of the dead suspect plagues him. Season 1, episode 9.

9.00pm Final Voyage (Movies4Men)
When a luxury cruise ship falls victim to modern day pirates, Aaron Carpenter becomes the only hope to stop the bad guys. Explosive b-movie action from director Jim Wynorski, starring Dylan Walsh, Erika Eleniak and Ice-T.

10.00pm Venus in Furs (Moveis4Men 2)
Classic Jess Franco erotica set in Istanbul, where a jazz trumpeter pulls the murdered body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a millionaire playboy’s party and then later watched as she was assaulted by the party’s host and two of his friends. In confusion, Jimmy, the musician, leaves for Rio where he finds the sympathetic ear of Rita, a singer who invites him to live with her and helps him recover his equilibrium and his musical ability. Then, into the room walks a woman who looks like Wanda, the murder victim. Jimmy pursues her, not caring if she’s alive or dead. What’s going on?

11.00pm The Devil’s Rejects (Zone Horror)
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil’s Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.

12.05am Pathology (Sky Movies SciFi & Horror)
Harvard Medical School graduate Dr. Ted Grey arrives at one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs and is quickly noticed by the program’s privileged and elite band of pathology interns who invite him into their crowd. It is also here, where he is introduced to Dr. Jake Gallo, who brings him to a secluded wing, where he and four other indulge in their after-hours, extra-curricular activities…finding ways to commit the perfect murder! Medical horror-thriller from the makers of Crank, starring Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes).