The Devil's Work Podcast

It’s Skeptik’s day of birf! And to celebrate, he’s giving us all the gift of trauma in the form of Pascal Laugier’s 2008 new French extremity masterpiece, Martyrs. With us today is friend of the family, Dillon Wright! This film was originally intended to be the debut episode of this podcast, so it’s been a long time coming! This is another collective favorite so get ready for a fun one. Obviously,...

Welcome back to our conclusion to this very morbid conversation! We’ve had a lot of fun so far, but it’s about to take a turn for the worse, so buckle up kiddos. You’re probably gonna want a shower and a hug when this is through. Fair warning. TW: violence against women and children, torture, gun violence, self harm/suicide, general sense of nihilism all throughout. Be sure to like/subscribe to ou...

It’s Skeptik’s pick this week! How can a film be both a cult classic and an absolute foundational gem of multiple genres? Ask the genius behind the 1991 horror-comedy, The People Under The Stairs, Wes Craven. Delivering just as many creepy/disgusting moments as it does laughs - and never letting up on either - it was an obvious choice for us to cover on the pod. TW include: racism, homophobia, chi...

This week our intrepid trio hit another milestone as they review the first movie recommended from outside the pod: 1980 Canadian sensation The Changeling! A very early example of a "classy" haunted house/possession movie, but one that had a massive influence on the genre as a whole. We join the fantastic George C. Scott yet again, as he portrays a writer struggling with the tragic death of his wif...

Skeptik decided to take us all on a feel trip this week with our first dive into the world of animated films, Grave of the Fireflies. Directed by Isao Takahata in 1988, this is a harrowing Studio Ghibli film about the horrors of war. Told through the perspectives of a child, Setsuko, and her older brother, Seita, we follow the pair as they struggle to survive a war-torn Japan during WWII and maint...

It’s Evelyn’s turn at the wheel and she’s driving us straight into a drug-fueled-prog-rock haze from the mind of Panos Cosmatos known as Mandy! This thing is a sight to behold, with incredibly fun visuals, insanely brutal kills, and of course Nicolas Cage. We highly recommend watching this one before listening, as it’s gonna be a lot more interesting if you’ve seen how wild this ride really is. We...

Welcome back to the unhinged fun! Hope you’re enjoying the conversation so far. Now let’s get back to one of the most insane chainsaw fight scenes ever committed to film and of course, our undying love for Nicolas Cage. 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 @thedevils...

Welcome to a very special episode of The Devil’s Work! We were extremely fortunate to sit down with the legendary Neil Napier and discuss his prolific acting career (which began with playing dual roles of both Preacher Man and Chainsaw Charlie in Slashers, which you can hear us gush about on episode 18). Check it out to hear the wonderful chain of events that led up to this meeting! We even got Sk...

PsydeShow is taking us into some strangely erotic territory this week with David Cronenberg’s Crimes of The Future. This psychological pseudo noire/body horror is sure to entice and disgust. Dealing with multiple themes of environmentalism, sexuality, and transhumanism; it serves as a slice of life from a completely realized world created by the godfather of body horror. If there’s anything we lov...

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...

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...

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...

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 charism...

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 extr...

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 w...

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 i...

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 Join th...

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...

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 vie...

It's time to play cops and robbers and zombies on The Devil's Work! This week, Skeptik leads the conversation as we discuss 2009's French action-packed horror La Horde, directed by Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher! Appearing to be a gritty gangster thriller on the surface, this film takes a wild turn as the characters are thrust into the middle of an undead apocalypse amidst their nefarious rev...

Evelyn's got us putting our thinking caps on this week with Bong Joon-ho's 2003 true crime masterpiece Memories of Murder. The film was inspired by South Korea's very first confirmed serial murders, which makes the last shot before the credits roll even more powerful when put into historical context. With the use of gorgeous cinematography, it is largely centered around the incompetency of the pol...

It's time for PsydeShow to grab the wheel once again, and this week, we're going to church to worship at the feet of Saint Maud! Directed in 2019 by Rose Glass, this unique take on a possession/body horror follows Maud as she struggles to find meaning to her existence through a good ol fashioned helping of self-abuse in service of the big man upstairs. Exploring themes of religious fanaticism and...

It’s Skeptik’s turn to steer the ship this week! Join us as we discuss the 1999 cult classic Audition, directed by Takashi Miike! Firmly in the “good for her” category of horror, this film has had a profound influence on many accomplished directors in (and adjacent to) the genre. What begins as a seemingly innocuous attempt at finding love (read as “committing fraud”), takes a sinister turn as eve...

And we're back with the conclusion to our discussion of Titane! Remember kids, desperate times call for head-butting a sink. TW for this film include: gore, general violence, surgery, use of needles/injections 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 y...

It's Evelyn's pick this week and it's a doozy! We're covering the 2021 French fever dream Titane, directed by Julia Ducournau. If you have yet to watch it, do yourself a favor and go in as blind as possible. It is a violent and heartwarming cinematic masterpiece that will leave you speechless by the time the credits roll. There is far too much to say about it (hence the two-parter), so we're keepi...