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GenreHorror
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 33 mins
ReleasedMarch 22, 2024
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorColin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
StarringDavid Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss
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Late Night with the Devil (2023)
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| Late Night with the Devil's Details | |
| Genre | Horror |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 03/10/2023 (SXSW); 03/22/2024 (United States); 04/11/2024 (Australia) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 33 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Country | Australia, United States, United Arab Emirates |
| Language | English |
| Late Night with the Devil's Interests | |
| General | Talk show couches, studio audiences, wide 1970s lapels, cue cards, Halloween, live TV with no take two. |
| Music | Glenn Richards and Roscoe James Irwin |
| Movies | The Exorcist (1973). Same decade, very similar houseguest. |
| Television | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The ratings giant Jack can't catch. |
| Heroes | Gus McConnell. Every host needs a sidekick who laughs on cue. |
| Late Night with the Devil's Crew | |
| Director | Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes |
| Writers | Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes |
| Producers | Mat Govoni, Adam White, John Molloy, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Derek Dauchy |
| Cinematography | Matthew Temple |
| Music | Glenn Richards, Roscoe James Irwin |
| Edited By | Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes |
| Production | Image Nation Abu Dhabi, VicScreen, AGC Studios, Cinetic Media, Good Fiend Films, Future Pictures, Spooky Pictures |
| Distributed By | IFC Films, Shudder, Umbrella Entertainment, Maslow Entertainment, Ahi Films |
Halloween night, 1977. Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) hosts Night Owls, a late-night talk show that can't climb out of Johnny Carson's shadow. After a long rough patch, Jack needs a ratings stunt, so he books a live occult special. On the couch: the psychic Christou (Fayssal Bazzi), a magician turned skeptic named Carmichael Haig (Ian Bliss), parapsychologist Dr. June Ross-Mitchell (Laura Gordon), and Lilly (Ingrid Torelli), a young girl said to be possessed. The movie plays like a documentary built around footage of that one broadcast. Colin and Cameron Cairnes direct. Ninety-three minutes, stay tuned at your own risk.
Anyone who stays up past midnight on Halloween. Bring the rabbit ears.
Late Night with the Devil spends 93 minutes nailing the look of a 1977 talk show, then fumbles its very last segment. Everything before that is a blast. David Dastmalchian plays Jack Delroy, host of Night Owls, a late-night show that has never beaten Johnny Carson, so on Halloween he gambles on an occult special for ratings. The couch fills up fast: Christou, a psychic, Carmichael Haig, a former magician who now debunks for a living, and a parapsychologist, June, who brings along Lilly, a girl she swears is possessed. It’s built as the master tape of that night plus backstage clips, and the period detail is uncanny. Dastmalchian is the reason it works, a showman whose grin gets more desperate by the segment. A hypnosis bit with Jack’s sidekick, Gus, goes sideways in a way you won’t shake. A few AI-made interstitials drew fair grumbling. That 97% on Rotten Tomatoes is earned. A 7.9 because the format is clever and the ending wobbles. $63.16 says you watch a late-night monologue this week and squint at the studio audience.
What works: David Dastmalchian gives a riveting, fully committed performance, and the found-footage talk show format is clever down to the period detail.
What doesn’t: The finale breaks its own format and doesn’t fully land, and a few AI-generated interstitial images were a needless distraction.
Who it’s for: Horror fans who love a gimmick done right, and anyone who stayed up way too late watching old talk shows.
Spoilers
Jack once made a pact at The Grove, a retreat for powerful men, trading his late wife’s soul for fame, and the broadcast collapses into a nightmare as the demon takes over. It ends with Jack alone in a wrecked studio, realizing what he has done on live television, as sirens close in.
| David Dastmalchian | Jack Delroy |
| Laura Gordon | Dr. June Ross-Mitchell |
| Ian Bliss | Carmichael Haig |
| Fayssal Bazzi | Christou |
| Ingrid Torelli | Lilly |
| Rhys Auteri | Gus McConnell |
| Georgina Haig | Madeleine Piper |
| Josh Quong Tart | Leo Fiske |
| Steve Mouzakis | Szandor D'Abo |
| Paula Arundell | Diane |
| Christopher Kirby | Phil |
| John O'May | Walker Bedford |
| Michael Ironside | the narrator |
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