The A.V. Club by Matthew Jackson
Late Night With The Devil achieves that rare feat of feeling like something we were never supposed to see. But once we’ve seen it, we can’t look away.
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Directors
Cameron Cairnes,
Colin Cairnes
Cast
David Dastmalchian,
Laura Gordon,
Ian Bliss,
Fayssal Bazzi,
Ingrid Torelli,
Rhys Auteri
Genre
Horror
Jack Delroy is a moderately successful 1970s late-night talk show host in need of a ratings boost. To attract viewers, he invites a young girl purportedly possessed by the devil onto his show. His occultism-themed episode is tuned into by millions of Americans, but when everything goes horribly wrong, they'll wish they had changed the channel.
The A.V. Club by Matthew Jackson
Late Night With The Devil achieves that rare feat of feeling like something we were never supposed to see. But once we’ve seen it, we can’t look away.
Film Threat by Alan Ng
While the authenticity of a television show from that era may dampen the intensity of the scares, the film is still just plain fun to watch. The effects are wonderful, with the vast majority of them being practical. The Cairnes brothers lean on fun over terror, which may irk some. But, what fun is had!
Time Out by Phil de Semlyen
It’s wonderfully creepy and unnervingly familiar, like Alan Partridge by way of The Exorcist. If that doesn’t automatically enter it into the pantheon of classic midnight movies, I don’t know what does.
Total Film by Matt Glasby
Dastmalchian shines as Delroy, mugging to the studio audience as things spiral out of control, all the while rubbing his hands that he has managed to create the TV event of the decade. And along the way, the filmmakers pull off some rather nasty surprises.
The Irish Times by Tara Brady
Late Night with the Devil is at its best when it colours within the lines of the found-footage genre.
The New York Times by Alissa Wilkinson
The result is a nasty and delicious, unapologetic pastiche with a flair for menace. I had a blast.
Empire by Helen O'Hara
A smart, original approach makes this much more than just another Exorcist wannabe. You’ll sense that there are horrors coming, but you still won’t quite feel ready.
Los Angeles Times by Amy Nicholson
This is a pressure-cooker film, an exercise in small-budget simplicity that leans on one set and one goal: Keep ’em watching.
Screen Rant by Alexander Harrison
Late Night with the Devil is tremendously fun.
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
Smart, cynical and at times devilishly funny, the film delivers a crackle of disruptive static to the demonic possession genre.
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