Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes and staring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. The film follows the events of a late-night talk show Halloween episode from the seventies were the host attempts to boost the show’s ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl on the show. Late Night with the Devil is a crazy weird throwback to seventies horror that fans on the genre would love.
The direction in the film is good. The film canters around a small selection of characters making each one unique. The small pool gives them more characterisation and makes these characters feel real. The mood and style of the film is good. The film very much has a feel like a late-night TV talk show. The film does a good job in making the film feel real and very much innkeeping with the period. The film feels like the seventy’s late night TV talk show and very much has the look and feel of a TV show of the period. The film looks and feels like a seventy’s movie and in an accurate representation of talk shows of the era. The film is. Vey surreal in its tyle making something bizarre and confusing but also highly unique is how bizarre it is.
The acting in the film is good. David Dastmalchian does a good job as Jack Delroy the sleazy host of a filing Tv show that hides a part past on what he has done to get here. Laura Gordon does a good job as June Ross-Mitchell a parapsychologist and author that believes in the supernatural. Ian Bliss Camichael Haig a former magician turned sceptic. Fayssal Bazzi does a good job as Christou a psychic. Ingrid Torelli does a good job as Lilly D’Abo a survivor of a mass suicide who supposedly has a physic link. Rhys Auteri does Gus McConnell Jack’s sleazy sidekick that helps him do the show. Georgina Haig does a good job as Madeleine Piper Jacks diseased wife that is key to the mystery of the film. Josh Quong Tart does a good job as Leo Fiske the producer of Night Owls.
The writing in the film is good. The film is a fun entertaining over the top film that vey niche feels like a 70s horror film. the film uses all the classic horror troupes to great effect making for a great throw back horror film. The film is completely crazy. The over-the-top style of the film that makes all sorts of bizarre twists and turns throughout that makes for a unique bizarre experience. The film very much has an old school horror film to it. The film has sleazy 70s horror feel with its violence and retro style that creates a unique retro feel that old school horror fans would love. The film also has an interesting unique twist to it that recontextualises the main character in an interesting way. The cinematography in the film is good. The film has a retro seventies feel with surreal lighting and effects that adds to the otherworldliness of the film. The film also has a good use of practical special effects that makes the film be a good throwback to old school horror films.
Late night With the Devil is a crazy, weird, surreal over the top film that fans of old school horror would love.
