The Devil's Work Podcast

This week we’re headed back to our neighbors in the North, Canada, to examine the story of an All-American episode of a Japanese game show… huh?! Trust us, it’s worth taking a minute to do the mental math with three slashers prowling an abandoned paintball arena and $6 million on the line! Maurice Devereaux’s 2001 Slashers is an examination of the then-new phenomenon of reality TV, capitalism, and the quest for fame for fame’s sake.

Trigger warnings include sexual assault, nudity, graphic violence, gore, racism, dismemberment, those damn scissors from the Exorcist 3 - and Chainsaw Charlie’s whole deal Be sure to like/subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@thedevilsworkpodcast2191  Join the discussion on Facebook (The Devil's Work Podcast) and Instagram @thedevilsworkpod  We’re on Letterboxed! https://letterboxd.com/evelyn_mars/list/the-devils-work-podcast/  Email us your own reviews about the films or your thoughts on episodes at: [email protected]

Do you want to go to the dance with us? This week, Evelyn is taking us to Australia with an amazing little indie project from 2009, directed by Sean Byrne! The Loved Ones is a film that reminds its audience that they don’t need to attend a formal school dance to have a good time on prom night, you just need weed and someone who cares. Following the traumatizing death of his father, Brent Mitchell is trying his best to cope. When he rejects Lola Stone’s proposal to go with her to the End of School dance, what seemed to be a small, inconsequential encounter ends up drastically altering the course of his life for a second time. Hell hath no fury like a girl who loves pink! Enjoy one of our most demented discussions of torture and glitter, which brings us to the trigger warnings: Gore/violence, sharp objects (of the power tool variety), incest, allusion to SA, drug use and nudity, animal cruelty.

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Welp, it was gonna happen sooner or later - we’ve finally joined the ranks of shows badass enough to have a lost episode! We had recorded a Christmas episode on Visitor Q, led by Skeptik, but fate has conspired to save our listeners from living through such trauma. We’ll get back to it eventually, we promise, but in the meantime we’re celebrating your narrow brush with utter mind bending horror as PsydeShow leads us in diving into the all time GOAT of possession films; the Exorcist 3! Brad Douriff ABSOLUTELY joins the list of patron saints of the pod, alongside murder mama Beatrice Dalle, in his magnificent performance as the Totally-Not-Zodiac Killer in one of the only episodes where you’ll ever hear us root for a cop. Yeah, it’s THAT crazy of a movie.

Trigger Warnings include - a smidge of gore, some really scary looking “medical” implements, depiction of mental hospitals/mental illness, racism, and a weird bit of dialogue about a carp

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Welcome back to our discussion of the Creep series directed by Patrick Brice! This is a rare case of a sequel being superior to an original title in every possible way. Creep 2 sees (our favorite character of the series) Sara stepping into the videographer roll as she answers an ad from our main subject. They begin a very fun (and at times very awkward) mental game of chess, which leads to an extremely intense climax between the two.

Have fun! And try not to dream of Peachfuzz, if at all possible. Be sure to like/subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@thedevilsworkpodcast2191

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Evelyn is getting creepy this week with both Creeps! No, not her co-hosts, the films Creep (2014) and Creep 2 (2017) directed by Patrick Brice. This first part of the dual episode covers a film we struggle to call a slasher, yet seems to fit in somewhere within the sub-genre. It’s a very fun black comedy that bears celebrating for the fact that it was made with no budget whatsoever. With a charismatic lead, and plenty of well-earned jump scares, it manages to keep the audience engaged and guessing at a quick runtime of 82 mins.

Don’t go anywhere once it’s done! Stay tuned for our dissection of the sequel on Part 2 immediately following this episode!

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We conclude our dissection of Jordan Peele’s Nope! If you have yet to hear the first part of this conversation, we’d recommend doing that before hitting that Play button. Might get a tad bit confusing. And if you wanna finally see our faces doing the thing where they move and make noise (plus a sleepy Oliver), you can do that over on our YouTube channel! Be sure to like/subscribe and let us know if you’d like more in-person video episodes from us!

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Lucky number 13! On a very special (dual) episode of The Devil’s Work, PsydeShow keeps it contemporary with Jordan Peele’s Nope! Truly a spectacle to behold, it’s an insanely fun creature feature that’ll keep you both entranced and terrified. As is the case with most of the films we cover, the three of us would highly recommend viewing the movie before listening to both episodes. We promise it’s worth it!

This was such a huge deal to us, that we marked the occasion with our very first video episode, which is available on our YouTube page! That’s right, you can finally see our faces make noises at you. Be sure to like/subscribe and let us know if you’d like to see more in-person videos from us!

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This week Skeptik takes the wheel - and a French lady tries to take a baby! When an expectant mother suffers an unexpected car crash and the loss of her husband/baby daddy, she finds herself putting up with a Christmas Eve caper rivaling the most dramatic escapades of John McClane!

TW: home invasion, blood/gore, violence against women, realistic surgery, head trauma, racism, Beatrice Dalle

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Evelyn is here to help us question reality on this week's episode! We’re covering Perry Blackshear’s 2015 psychological horror They Look Like People. Much like with Saint Maud, the viewer is asked to question the validity of the events occurring on screen, leaving them uneasy up until the climax of the film! Join the discussion on Facebook (The Devil's Work Podcast) and Instagram @thedevilsworkpod  We’re on Letterboxed! https://letterboxd.com/evelyn_mars/list/the-devils-work-podcast/  Email us your own reviews about the films or your thoughts on episodes at: [email protected]

PsydeShow is taking the helm this week and he's bringing along his friend Austin for the ride! We're discussing Swallow, a 2019 American psychological horror directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis. The film follows Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, who is struggling with both pica and finding a way of keeping her husband's business-obsessed family happy. A slow burn that still manages to keep the viewer on edge, it explores the psychology behind this particular disorder as we follow the protagonist's journey to find autonomy over her own body. 

TW: portrayal of eating disorders, abortion, surgery, violence against animals, gas lighting, toxic masculinity 

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