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 Shanghai Noon (Sky Movies Action & Thriller)
A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O’Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
9.00pm Stryker (Movies4Men)
The world’s water supply has dried up due to an apocalypse, and only a beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs of water resides – a spring which is being guarded by a group of Amazons. When the woman is captured by your typical post-apocalyptic group of villains, our hero Stryker must team with the Amazons to rescue her. Mad Max style adventure starring Steve Sandor.
10.00pm Glee (E4+1)
Sue remains hell-bent on destroying Will’s glee club and gives the New Directions’ set list to their rival glee clubs: Jane Addams Academy for Girls, a group of recently reformed juvenile offenders, and Haverbrook Deaf Choir. Elsewhere, Quinn decides against adoption and Rachel fails to capture Finn’s interest. Season One, episode 11.
10.40pm Tamara (Zone Horror)
Spellbinding tale of vengeance from the creator of Final Destination. When bullied Tamara is killed by her tormentors she returns from the grave with deadly mystical powers and a sexy new look!
11.20pm Electra (Film24)
Billionaire named Roach desperately seeks for the secret serum which could turn an ordinary human into a superbeing. The serum is hidden in the body of young Billy Duncan. The serum can be transmitted via sexual intercourse, and that turns to be the basis of Roach’s evil scheme. Stars Shannon Tweed.
12.40am Morgana (Zone Horror)
A coven of vampires operates out of a modeling/escort agency known as Blonde Heaven. Angie came from Oklahoma to find her way into the movie business, but is followed by her boyfriend Kyle. Head vamp Illyana takes a liking to Angie and convinces her to do escort work for the agency, but has other recruiting plans for her as well. While the vampires do their sleazy work around LA (and Angie gets in over her head), Kyle and a vampire hunter team up to try and stop the fiends. Directed by David DeCoteau and starring scream queen icons Michelle Bauer and Julie Strain. Aka Blonde Heaven.
