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DIABOLICAL: Evil Schemes Done Better

The comedy podcast where four long suffering friends dissect film’s most dastardly schemes, and then compete to improve those diabolical plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

01:20:14

Episode 52: Evil Dead 2

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2023/06/26

"I'm just wondering, has any of the Panel of Peril ever stayed in a cabin in the woods?" "My sister's been to Center Parks" The panel of peril laugh hysterically at a mounted deer’s head, then a lamp, then sit on a rocking chair to watch this week’s film, Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987). The chair collapses. Ash (Bruce Campbell) is heading into his second day in a haunted, secluded cabin in the woods. His only company? Demons, Deadites and ghouls, including a particularly nasty hag named Henrietta

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01:11:30

Episode 51: Blade Runner: The Final Cut

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2023/06/19

“It’s peak 1980s neon future vision” The panel of peril spray black paint across their eyes and cartwheel over to the sofa to take in a viewing of this week’s film, Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ridley Scott, 1980/2017). Deckard (Harrison Ford) is the titular runner, tasked with hunting down four artificial lifeforms known as Replicants. Led by the charismatic Batty (Rutger Hauer), the Replicants merely seek more than the four years of life that their programming allows for. Sad, in’t it? Watch the

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01:15:19

Episode 50: The Blues Brothers

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2023/06/12

“Have you ever seen a man who’s been hit by the brown note?” The panel of peril are wearing sunglasses indoors, but that does not impair the viewing experience for this week’s opus The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980). Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) are on a mission from God. A mission to raise $5000 for the orphanage that they grew up in, by any means possible. Featuring music legends Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway and Chaka Khan, The Blues Brothers is a one

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01:00:37

Episode 49: The Mummy (1999)

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2023/06/05

“Oh he’s not a giggler. He’s a very serious boy” The panel of peril stand back and admire their collection of Arnold Vosloo DVDs before popping The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, 1999) into their PS2. Rick (Brendan Fraser), Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and Jonathan (John Hannah) are on the hunt for the buried treasures of Hamunaptra but fail to take account of the dangers ahead. Ancient mummy Imhotep (played by our fave actor Arnold Vosloo) is roused from his slumber when the book of the dead is read from and he

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01:08:41

Episode 48: Audition

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2023/05/29

“Here comes Chekov’s sack!” The panel of peril scrub themselves down with a wire brush and bleach having already watched this week’s film, Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999). Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) is a single parent with his own, successful, film production company. He is also extremely lonely. Knowing this, his friend Yasuhisa arranges for a film audition to double as an interview process for a romantic partner for Shigeharu, unbeknownst to the women. Or is it? Taking a shine to Asami

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01:03:37

Episode 47: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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2023/05/22

“He’s got quite a punchable face” The panel of peril jump onto the dance mat at their local arcade, kicking some major butt, before relaxing at home with their best gal (not even holding hands) and watching this week’s film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010). Scott (Michael Cera) is a young roustabout who has a band named Sex Bob-omb and high school girlfriend named Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). But when the mysterious Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) arrives on the scene Scott

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01:10:25

Episode 46: Gentlemen Broncos

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2023/05/15

“I see myself as a bit more fruity. I'm not a macho guy, wondering where my testicles have gone. I still know where they are” The panel of peril pick up an excessively large ball of popcorn from a bowl on their kitchen table. They chisel off a portion-sized amount, and dive onto the couch to watch this week’s film Gentlemen Broncos (Jared Hess, 2009). Benjamin Purvis (Michael Angarano) is a young writer with a dream of paying tribute to his late father by publishing his pulp sci-fi tome Yeast Lords

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01:08:54

Episode 45: 2001 - A Space Odyssey

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2023/05/08

“Hey, I’ve got some plums. Let’s go down to KFC” The panel of peril take a quick break from the important business of smashing up a small pile of rocks using a big bone to watch this week’s film. Yes, it’s the proverbial good science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). Since the dawn of time man has wanted to destroy the moon. But when an ancient, unknowable, mysterious black monolith shows up on the moon will it be us (humankind) who are to be the destroyees? What does the

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01:09:53

Episode 44: Stephen King’s IT

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2023/05/01

“He’s like someone who can see their dinner coming a mile away” The panel of peril receive a phone call from an old friend and feel the fog of memories lost clear from their minds. Settling into a long flight home, they turn on this week’s film IT (Tommy Lee Wallace, 1990). The Losers are a group of ordinary kids, they like messing around in the woods, telling jokes, and being bullied by a bunch of douchebags. Maybe not that last one. But when a killer named Pennywise The Dancing Clown (Tim Curry)

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01:11:31

Episode 43: First Blood

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2023/04/24

“Do you know who gives you good production values? God, that’s who” The panel of peril walk solemnly through a small, prosaically-named town, before being accosted by a surly local sheriff. He takes us down the nick, locks us in a cell, throws away the key, but does leave us with a copy of this week’s film, First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982), for company. John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), devastated by the loss of a friend, wanders through the town of Hope. He’s stopped by Sheriff Teasle (Brian

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01:11:00

Episode 42: The Lost Boys

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2023/04/17

“Delegation – that’s what you need” The panel of peril dance a jig around their bedroom to some ‘heavy metal’, jump in an incredibly bubbly bath, before heading down to the beach to watch a special screening of The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987). When the Emerson family (Michael, played by Jason Patric; Sam, played by Corey Haim; and Lucy, played by Dianne Wiest) moves to Santa Carla they set about finding their peer groups. Sam finds the Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), Lucy

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Episode 41: Dog Soldiers

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2023/04/10

“Physics should prevent that popcorn from staying in his mouth” The panel of peril hole up in deserted, isolated cottage in the dead of night, put their sausages away (meaning intestines, you dirty sods), and stick the box on to watch England vs Germany… I mean Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002). A small group of soldiers, led by Cooper (Kevin McKidd) and Wells (Sean Pertwee), are sent on a training exercise in the Scottish Highlands, but are caught unawares by the appearance of a hard-ass

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01:09:10

Episode 40: Alan Partridge Alpha Papa

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2023/04/03

“Liberty X Marks The Spot” The panel of peril park their Lexus, remove their string back leather gloves (worn for that bit of extra purchase) and settle down on the banquette to watch this week’s film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Declan Lowney, 2013). When world famous local radio DJ Alan Partridge’s (Steve Coogan) radio station is taken over by a media conglomerate it sets in motion a chain of events which has Alan working with the rozzers to try to defuse a potentially violent siege. That siege

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01:17:41

Episode 39: The Matrix

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2023/03/27

“All things considered, I won’t be dressing up as The Matrix for Halloween anytime soon” Waking up from an impromptu early evening nap at their work desk, the panel of peril are alarmed to find their computer seeming to type out words of its own accord. Those words? “Settle in and watch this week’s film The Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999).” Woah. Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is a workaday office drone with a side-line in computer hacking. But when he is contacted by the mysterious Trinity

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01:09:55

Episode 38: There’s Something About Mary

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2023/03/20

“Sorry, Cameron. We don’t have the budget for bras” The panel of peril perform the necessary preparations before their date with a beeeeyootiful blonde; for they are taking their beau to see a movie – this week’s movie There’s Something About Mary (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 1998). Mary (Cameron Diaz) is a bachelorette in high demand, particularly from brief high school flame Ted (Ben Stiller). When he hires private detective Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to find her whereabouts everyone gets more than

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01:04:53

Episode 37: Jason And The Argonauts

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2023/03/13

“I like how horny Hercules is” The panel of peril return home from a voyage across the seven seas, wearied by battle against foes both human and… inhuman – skeletons and wotnot. Just after putting a big wash on for all their travel clothes, they settle in to watch this week’s film Jason And The Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963). Jason (Todd Armstrong) and his merry band of Argonauts are sent on a perilous expedition to find the mythical golden fleece by his baddie uncle Pelias (Douglas Wilmer), who also

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01:27:59

Episode 36: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

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2023/03/06

“Hackers do not apostrophize” The panel of peril dust off their leathers, straddle the cheap motorbike they’ve been painstakingly restoring, and speed through the cold winter’s night, homeward. Once they’ve warmed up with a hot toddy, they stick on this week’s film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011). Disgraced journalist Mikkael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) takes on a decades old mystery at the behest of the elderly industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer): solve the mystery

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01:02:54

Episode 35: Sleepy Hollow

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2023/02/27

“It’s like murder Pringles” The panel of peril put on a pair of comically unwieldy magnifying-style glasses, shriek in the face of danger and down tools to view this week’s movie Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton, 1999). Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) has been summoned to the sleepy Dutch settlers town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of murders by decapitation. The locals headed up by Baltus Van Tassel (Michael Gambon), Magistrate Philipse (Richard Griffiths), Dr. Lancaster (Ian Macdiarmid), and

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01:14:57

Episode 34: Labyrinth

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2023/02/20

“They got Orson Welles to do the farts” The panel of peril adjust their codpieces, lacquer their hair profusely, and settle down with our goblin lackeys to watch this week’s film Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986). Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly) is a young woman who lives in somewhat of a fantasy world. And by that, I mean that she dresses up as a medieval princess down at her local park. Her parents aren’t happy about her lack of responsibility at all, but she’s having none of it. Until the night

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01:20:56

Episode 33: Jurassic Park

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2023/02/13

“Oooooh, dinosaurs!” The panel of peril slow their day glo off road vehicle first to a crawl, then to a stop before removing their sunglasses and staring in awe at this week’s film, Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993). John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has created the unthinkable, a park populated by long extinct dinosaurs, and invited several experts along before the grand opening. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldlum) et al. arrive to see what the fuss

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