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Late Night with the Devil
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Late Night with the Devil

Do not adjust your set.

2024 93 min ★ 7.1 (2,243) Released
Horror

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Original title
Late Night with the Devil
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
Revenue
$16,765,533
Reviews & Ratings 4
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MovieGuys

Apr 27, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

Late Night with the Devil demonstrates how much can be achieved with a quality script and exceptional acting. First off the performance by David Dastmalchian is simply excellent, in every sense. He beautifully and convincingly pulls off a Johnny Carson style, impression of a late night 70's interviewer. The man is wholly believable and to be honest, its his performance that drew me in and kept me watching till the end. The story is well rendered too. Its not exceptional but there's a decent amount of originality and a sense of ambiguity, especially surrounding the main character to create intrigue and interest. Has the interviewer already made a shadowy pact with the devil? What price will he pay? Tune in, to see. On the down side there are obvious budgetary constraints in play. That said, but there is so much quality on offer here in terms of performances from the cast and a solid story, its really not overly noticeable. In summary, a flick defined by exceptional performances and a quality, Faustian style, back story. A must watch if you like "quality" horror.

dumasori

dumasori

Apr 23, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

**Brilliant** In this day and age of AI scripted stories, it is refreshing to finally see a movie which is original. Late Night with the Devil is simply brilliant. Direction, acting, storyline, suspense, thrill, everything more than one could ask for. The story flows so meticulously that I kept wondering what’s going to happen next? This movie is sure going to keep you on the edge of your seat. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Very entertaining and thought provoking. Solid 8/10 from me.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Mar 27, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

With his days of chasing Johnny Carson in the television ratings long gone, the now struggling and recently bereaved talk show host "Jack Delroy" (David Dastmalchian) is staring cancellation in the face. Then he and producer "Leo" (Josh Quong Tart) come up with an idea for a riveting Halloween special. The gist of what comes now purports to be an off-air recording of that lost transmission from 1977 - and it's quite literally hair raising. His first guest is a medium, his second an out-and-out sceptic and his third - well they have quite an unique claim to fame - and it's this last quarter of the film that comes "alive". Sadly, the rest of this feature is rather hampered by the constant (virtual) advertising breaks that completely suck the pace out of the thing. They are designed to, in monochrome, fill in a little of the back-stage machinations as the programme goes to air but for me, they just interrupted - far too frequently - the culmination of the truth or fake storyline. Dastmalchian does an half decent job here, but the plaudits really belong to Ian Bliss and his sarcastic "Carmichael Haig" character. He's the poacher-cum-gamekeeper cynic who has a ridiculing put down for just about everything that emanates from the other characters. Projectile vomiting or chair levitation - he has an plausible explanation. That's maybe part of the film's problem in general. Though set in the 1970s when these kind of visual effects were less prevalent, the whole thing just comes across as a perfectly plausible ratings-gathering gimmick. Whilst that's not necessarily a bad thing, it does rather rob the film of any pretence of horror or mystery. In fact, by the conclusion it seemed more designed to send up the whole principle of half-baked, late-night American television hosted by vain, ambitious but largely talentless men in suits. It's short and sweet, and doesn't hang around - but I just didn't find it particularly shocking or innovative. Wait til it's on the television, I'd say.

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Brent Marchant

Mar 26, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

How far are you willing to go in realizing your ambitions? Would you be willing to make big sacrifices? Associate with shady beings? Sell your soul? Those are among the possibilities raised in the latest hair-raising smart horror/comedy from the writing-directing duo of Cameron and Colin Cairnes. This documentary-style offering presents the supposedly lost recording (complete with allegedly never-before-seen found footage) of a 1970s late night talk show hosted by comedian/TV personality Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) whose goal is to unseat Johnny Carson’s eminently popular Tonight Show as the premier after-hours choice of viewing. Delroy’s Night Owls broadcast is modestly successful, but it never manages to win the late night ratings race, so he desperately looks for ways to nudge his program over the top. When he decides to host a Halloween show with an array of occult/paranormal guests – capitalizing on a growing trend at the time – he believes he’s hit on the formula to achieve his goal. But, as the show progresses, he finds himself in over his head as events begin to spiral out of control. Viewers both on and off the screen are kept in suspense with a well-integrated blend of humor, high camp and unexpectedly spooky moments involving a hammy, self-righteous psychic medium (Fayssal Bazzi), an egomanical magician-turned-debunker (Ian Bliss), and an escaped teenage cult member (Ingrid Torelli) and her psychologist caregiver/surrogate parent (Laura Gordon). As things deteriorate, Jack tries to hold the show together with the aid of his producer (Josh Quong Tart) and flunky sidekick (Rhys Auteri). But, as the stakes are continually upped, that task grows ever more difficult, especially when supernatural influences begin to assert themselves in the studio, threatening both the broadcast and the fulfillment of the host’s long-cherished dream. Although occasional pacing issues, a periodically disjointed narrative and a somewhat overblown final act can get in the way of the smoothness of the story flow, these shortcomings are made up for by the film’s superb period piece production design, its clever writing and its fine performances, most notably that of the protagonist. And, in the end, it’s all served up with lots of laughs and a tidy moral of the story. Admittedly, “Late Night with the Devil” probably would have worked better as a Halloween release than a piece of springtime movie fare, but that doesn’t lessen the entertainment value of this inspired production, one thar shows horror flicks can indeed do more than just see how high it can make the final body count.

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Cast 20
David Dastmalchian

David Dastmalchian

Jack Delroy

Laura Gordon

Laura Gordon

June Ross-Mitchell

Ian Bliss

Ian Bliss

Carmichael Haig

Fayssal Bazzi

Fayssal Bazzi

Christou

Ingrid Torelli

Ingrid Torelli

Lilly D'Abo

Rhys Auteri

Rhys Auteri

Gus McConnell

Georgina Haig

Georgina Haig

Madeleine Piper

Steve Mouzakis

Steve Mouzakis

Szandor D'Abo

Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell

Diane

Tamala Shelton

Tamala Shelton

Carol

Christopher Kirby

Christopher Kirby

Phil

Gaby Seow

Gaby Seow

Sammy

Elise Jansen

Elise Jansen

Cavewoman

Grace Cummings

Grace Cummings

Peggy Decay

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

The Narrator (voice)

Mitchell Brotz

Mitchell Brotz

Stage Hand 3

Imaan Hadchiti

Imaan Hadchiti

Frank Khoury

Miles Brown

Miles Brown

D'Abo's Disciple

John Leary

John Leary

Barry

Nicole Chapman

Nicole Chapman

Cleo James

Crew 15
Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson

Stunt Coordinator

Sam Desmond

Sam Desmond

Stunt Double

Cameron Cairnes

Cameron Cairnes

Director

Colin Cairnes

Colin Cairnes

Director

Cameron Cairnes

Cameron Cairnes

Editor

Colin Cairnes

Colin Cairnes

Editor

David Dastmalchian

David Dastmalchian

Executive Producer

Rami Yasin

Rami Yasin

Executive Producer

Derek Dauchy

Derek Dauchy

Producer

Roy Lee

Roy Lee

Producer

Steven Schneider

Steven Schneider

Producer

Andrew Kotatko

Andrew Kotatko

Music Supervisor

Paul Shanahan

Paul Shanahan

Sound Effects Editor

Cameron Cairnes

Cameron Cairnes

Writer

Colin Cairnes

Colin Cairnes

Writer

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Apr 13, 2024

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