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Diabolical Tales is a six-part, sci-fi/comedy short film series produced by Cosmic Control Productions. Each film follows the continuing adventures of the heroic FBI Agent Cooper (played by Brian Bedell) and his efforts to save the United States from evil men from within the earth. The series presents a fictional alternate history based around conspiracy theories that involves some notable figures from the recent world history, yet has very tongue-in-cheek dry humor based partly around the low-budget limitations the series was obviously produced with.

Contents 1 Background 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 DVD info 5 External links

Diabolical Tales was written, edited and directed by Brandon Kane, and produced by Kane and Don Gerron. The original score is by Troy Sterling Nies. The sound design is by James T. Rieder. The visual effects and animation is by Don Gerron. Diabolical Tales: Part I has a running length of 42 minutes and was completed in 2005. Diabolical Tales: Part II has a running length of 47 minutes and was completed in 2006. Diabolical Tales: Part III is due in 2007.

Inspired by low-budget sci-fi films, comic books, and fantasy pulp fiction of the 1950s, Diabolical Tales: Part I, Genesis of the Men From Within The Earth, is set in November 1952 just days after the first secret tests of the H-bomb. Rookie FBI Agent Cooper and his partner Agent Thompson are on a stakeout when they encounter a mysterious man dressed in a black cloak. Minutes later, Agent Thompson has been vaporized by the villain's "electro-incinerator" and Agent Cooper has been stunned unconscious. He is teamed up with a cryptic US government agent known only as Operative-132 who works for the newly-formed National Security Agency. Together they set out to put the stops on the evil Zong, a saboteur who hails from an ancient, hidden underground empire called Agartha.

Diabolical Tales: Part II is set in December 1954, two years after the events of Diabolical Tales: Part I. A group of evil hench-women, led by the partially-deaf arch-villain Zerg, are sent up from their underground fiefdom to capture the Sapphire of Agartha, a mystical relic that was stolen and handed over to heroes Agent Cooper (Brian Bedell) and Operative-132 (Mike Larose).

Part I

• Brian Bedell — Agent Cooper
• Mike Larose — Operative-132
• S. Matthew Aod — Zong
• Rachel Knutton — Kate Cooper
• Ted Cunningham — FBI Assistant Director Smith
• Brian Van Kay — Dr. Ernst Schafer
• Joe Mahoney — Agent Thompson
• Ken Wester — Dr. Helmut
• Erika L. McCauley — AEC Employee

Part II

• Brian Bedell — Agent Cooper
• Mike Larose — Operative-132
• Sparky Schneider — Zerg
• Kris Williams — Zella
• Rachel Knutton — Kate Cooper
• Don Gerron — Master Zun/Agent Nicholson
• Ted Cunningham — FBI Assistant Director Smith
• Michelle Whitaker — Ziva
• Lara Schneider — Zeena
• Melissa Pare — Zera
• Jared Alcorn — Zellor

Part I

• Schlock Treatment! The Secret History of the Men From Within the Earth documentary
• The Tales Begin: The Making of Diabolical Tales Part I documentary
• The Tales Continue: Diabolical Tales Part II featurette
• 12 Diabolical Tales Part I Web-Movies

Part II

• The Hunt for the MacGuffin: The Making of Diabolical Tales Part II documentary
• Stunts, Schlock-Style: The Fights of Diabolical Tales featurette
• Diabolical Unleashed! featurette
• ...And The Plot Thickens: Diabolical Tales Part III featurette
• 12 Diabolical Tales Part II Web-Movies

• Diabolical Tales Official web site
• Diabolical Tales at the Internet Movie Database