DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better

“Yippie ki yay, mother pucker” The panel of peril successfully extinguish a housefire, with absolutely NO casualties, thereby proving themselves better than the lead of this week’s film. That star is Jean Claude Van Damme, that film is Sudden Death (Peter Hyams, 1995), and our guest at this time is the Editor of Empire Magazine and author of The Last Action Heroes, Nick De Semlyen. Darren McCord (JCVD) is a disgraced (?) former firefighter getting by working at his local ice hockey stadium as a safety marshall. Treating his kids to tickets to the Stanley Cup finals proves to be quite the error, though, as Joshua Foss (Powers Boothe) and his goons invade the stadium and take the visiting Vice President of the United States (Raymond J. Barry) hostage! What does Foss want, and can our high-kicking hero stop him before the final whistle? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyq2TbL1OG8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyq2TbL1OG8] ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Foss wants money, of course! A lot of money from a lot of banks, to be diverted into a lot more other banks at the close of each third of the game! If his demands aren’t met, come full-time, the arena will be blown to smithereens. Unless our Belgian/French Canadian hero can defuse the bombs, defeat a penguin mascot in fisticuffs, rescue the kids, and save the VP. Did the panel enjoy this week’s cinematic soupcon? Could they find a way to improve Foss’s villainous plan? And who will be named this week’s most diabolical (person/podcast((er)))? https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod [https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod] https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/] https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod [https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod] Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com [diabolicalpod@gmail.com]

“No one smells what space smells like when you scream… in space” A theremin plays that one thing that it can do in the background as the panel of peril walk through a small graveyard filled with (five or six) wobbly tombstones. They are searching for the screening room for this week’s film Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood, 1957). In what some have dubbed the ‘worst film ever made’, SEE! zombies rise from the grave (Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Tor Johnson)! WATCH! in horror as they slowly shamble about killing the living and that! VIEW! the alien spacecraft that hovers ominously and perhaps controls the nefarious creatures! Will humanity prevail??? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiZp2sXkVUg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiZp2sXkVUg] ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Yes, dear listener, the glistening chrome spaceship from beyond the stars holds the power to control the undead! But not for pure malice, friends. No. They mean to prevent a man-made apocalypse of the entire universe, thanks to the human discovery of solaronite: the very real, the very dangerous substance that explodes sunlight particles that fill both human and inhuman air! Can the humans prevent this diabolical plan to save the universe, or shall we become death the destroyer of worlds? Just what did the panel think of this week’s movie, pray tell? How can they improve upon the aliens’s plan (9)? And who will be christened this week’s most diabolical? https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod [https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod] https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/] https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod [https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod] Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com [diabolicalpod@gmail.com]

“I think they deserved to die, if that’s what killed ‘em” The panel of peril fall a small distance from a rickety bridge into a shallow river and arrive home soaking wet! They are sopping wet, but otherwise fine – thus their viewing of Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988) shall commence as planned! When the Deetz family (Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder) move from the city into a new home they plan to do what new homeowners always do – redocrate, remodel, redesign. But little do they know that the house is home to it supernatural former residents the Maitlands (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis). A battle of the wills commences, but which family shall gain the upper hand? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ickbVzajrk0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ickbVzajrk0] ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** The ghostly duo decide to enlist the dubious services of “bio-exorcist” Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton) to help rid them of those pesky city folk. Things don’t quite go how the Maitlands’ imagined however, as they become fond of the youngest member of the new residents, and Betelgeuse demands that same girl’s hand in marriage. Yikes. Did the panel enjoy this week’s cinematic serving? Could they find a way to improve the ghost with the most’s villainous plan? And who will be named this week’s most diabolical (person/podcast((er)))? https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod [https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod] https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/] https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod [https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod] Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com [diabolicalpod@gmail.com]

“Stay in your lane, Heston” The panel of peril feed their cats (cat food). They next feed their dogs. Finally… finally… they are ready to watch this week’s film Cats & Dogs (Lawrence Guterman, 2001). They are joined by Harley Mumford from Fandomentals podcast, who has also just fed his dog. A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, of which their human owners are blissfully unaware, Cats & Dogs features a talented voice cast including Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes and Joe Pantoliano. Which species shall win this particular war? Whoever wins, we lose. Or not. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ5RCk1iCY8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ5RCk1iCY8] ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Those dastardly cats plan to take over the world in one fell swoop by releasing a pathogen which will render every human being allergic to our canine friends. Truly diabolical, I’m sure you’ll agree. Will they succeed, or will those silly doggos remain our best collective best friend? Did the panel enjoy this week’s cinematic soupcon? Could they find a way to improve the feline’s villainous plan? And who will be named this week’s most diabolical (person/podcast((er)))? https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod [https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod] https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/] https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod [https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod] Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com [diabolicalpod@gmail.com]

“He's a digital Deliveroo driver” The Panel of Peril are well used to jacking a load of information into the old grey matter. Therefore, this week’s task shall pose them no problem – yes, it’s Johnny Mnemonic (Robert Longo, 1995). The year 2021: the NAS epidemic sweeps the world, and our Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a sought-after data courier, smuggling illicit information across borders and shielding it against the shady corporations who seek to abuse it. But when he overloads his memory capacity he faces a race against time to extract the info and escape the Yakuza, headed by the legendary Takeshi Kitano, and a blasphemous hitman named Preacher (Dolph Lundgren). What secrets is Johnny storing to send such fire power after him? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFJY_BZ55sI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFJY_BZ55sI] ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** The cure for deadly NAS is buried in Johnny’s noodle, and the corpos want to keep the population under their thumb – as per our own world. Fortunately, Johnny has powerful allies in Jane (Dina Meyer), J-Bone (Ice-T), and a tricked-out dolphin with all the latest gadgets. Wow! Will they release the cure and change the world, or will Johnny lose his head? Did the panel enjoy this week’s cinematic serving? Could they find a way to improve the villainous plan? And who will be named this week’s most diabolical (person/podcast((er)))? https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod [https://twitter.com/diabolicalpod] https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ [https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/] https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod [https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpod] Email diabolicalpod@gmail.com [diabolicalpod@gmail.com]