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Five Films to Check Out on Legend This Week – 031022

Written By:

Martin Unsworth
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It’s October and Legend continues to pack their schedules with great films and TV shows, but here are our picks you shouldn’t miss this week…

 

 

Monday October 3rd, 10.55pm – Tales from the Lodge (2019)

MacKenzie Crook and Johnny Vegas are among the stars of this horror-comedy portmanteau film. What makes it special is each actor directed their own story within the movie!

 

 

Wednesday October 5th, 9pm – Piercing (2018)  

Superb, twisted thriller from director Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother). A normal guy books into a hotel room with the intention of committing the perfect murder.

 

 

Thursday October 6th, 10.50pm – Peripheral (2018)

Directed by Paul Hyett (Howl), technology takes over art when a writer struggles with her new book. Stars Hanner Arterton, Jenny Seagrove, and Tom Conti.

 

 

Saturday October 8th, 9pm – Boiling Point (1993)

Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper star in this action flick full of mayhem, revenge, and mobsters.

 

 

Sunday October 9th, 9pm – 12.10am The Vintage Vault

Legend continues to celebrate the Golden Age of genre cinema with a season of double bills. This week, there are a pair of fifties creature features. A giant beastie is on the loose in The Deadly Mantis (1957) and the threat is from outer space in Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956), which boasts effects by Ray Harryhausen.

Find out more information at https://www.legend-tv.co.uk/

Tune into Legend on Sky 317, Virgin 149, Freeview 41, Freesat 138.

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