Harriet Walter Stars in ‘On the Line’ + British Seaside Slasher ‘Punch’ Arrive on Digital January 22

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ON THE LINE

A person with a telephone in her mouth

Description automatically generated ‘Exciting thriller’ – Film Threat

Stay On The Line for this enthralling, expertly crafted new thriller, which sees a telephone operator get in way over her head as she does all that she can to help a caller in need. Oliver Pearn (Napoleon, Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power) makes his directorial debut in this impressive film that has a cast of Dame Harriet Walter DBE (The Young Victoria, Sense and Sensibility, The Last Duel, Succession) and Royce Pierreson (Line of Duty, The Witcher), whose familiar voices have a powerful impact. The film is set for its UK premiere on 22 January courtesy of Miracle Media.

It’s 1964 and 24-year-old switchboard operator Agnes (Victoria Lucie– The Devil’s Machine) passes time listening to phone conversations as she connects peoples’ calls in the Channel Islands. However, things take an unexpected turn when she receives a panicked call from Shirley (Harriet Walter), an old woman suffering from dementia who suggests that she’s been kidnapped.

Alerting the police and collecting information from various callers, it doesn’t take Agnes long to deduce who the kidnapper is. As she assists the police in tracking him, things become more and more complex and begin to spiral out of control. Can Agnes save Shirley before it’s too late?

This gripping feature is brimming with suspense and mystery and with its powerful one-person premise, you’ll get hung up On the Line.

On UK digital January 22 from Miracle Media

PUNCH

A poster of a person with a bat

Description automatically generated ‘A great British slasher movie’ ★★★★ – Movie Reviews 101

‘Mr. Punch quickly emerges as one of the slasher greats, beating and bludgeoning his way to the top’ – Starburst Magazine

‘The spirit of the English seaside is alive in all its wild, mendacious, ancient glory, the madness of Albion which invites nostalgia and sometimes love and always terror, for those who have seen beyond the mask’ ★★★★ – Eye For Film

Andy Edwards’ seaside slasher packs a Punch as the petrifying puppet is brought to life to terrorise the tourists and the locals of Hastings in this wickedly wacky new feature that’s been dubbed ‘one of the best slasher flicks to come along since Terrifier’ by GBV Reviews. Following its FrightFest premiere this year, the brutally bloody British horror gets its digital release on 22 January courtesy of Miracle Media.

There’s no clowning around as Mr Punch stalks the seaside town – merrily battering with his baton to the sound of his maniacal laughter, causing death and devastation in his wake.