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===Filming===
===Filming===
''Late Night with the Devil'' was shot in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref name="Wise 2023">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/late-night-with-the-devil-review-colin-and-cameron-cairnes-1235283828/|title='Late Night With The Devil' Review: Richly Detailed '70s Meta-Horror From Colin And Cameron Cairnes – SXSW|last=Wise|first=Damon|date=10 March 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref> The film utilizes practical special effects, including [[puppetry]], along with digital visual effects.<ref name="Kauzlarich 2023"/> The film also utilizes three images generated by [[artificial intelligence art|artificial intelligence]].<ref name="Earl 2024">{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/news/late-night-with-the-devil-ai-images-clarification-1235947599/|title='Late Night With the Devil’ Directors Explain Using AI Art in the Film, Say They ‘Experimented’ With Three Images Only (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Earl|first=William|date= 21 March 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
''Late Night with the Devil'' was shot in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref name="Wise 2023">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/late-night-with-the-devil-review-colin-and-cameron-cairnes-1235283828/|title='Late Night With The Devil' Review: Richly Detailed '70s Meta-Horror From Colin And Cameron Cairnes – SXSW|last=Wise|first=Damon|date=10 March 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref> The film utilizes practical special effects, including [[puppetry]], along with digital visual effects.<ref name="Kauzlarich 2023"/>.<ref name="Earl 2024">{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/news/late-night-with-the-devil-ai-images-clarification-1235947599/|title='Late Night With the Devil’ Directors Explain Using AI Art in the Film, Say They ‘Experimented’ With Three Images Only (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Earl|first=William|date= 21 March 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==

Revision as of 03:12, 23 March 2024

Late Night with the Devil
Promotional release poster
Directed by
  • Colin Cairnes
  • Cameron Cairnes
Written by
  • Colin Cairnes
  • Cameron Cairnes
Produced by
  • Mat Govoni
  • Adam White
  • John Molloy
  • Roy Lee
  • Steven Schneider
  • Derek Dauchy
Starring
CinematographyMatthew Temple
Edited by
  • Colin Cairnes
  • Cameron Cairnes
Music byGlenn Richards
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 10 March 2023 (2023-03-10) (SXSW)
  • 22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Australia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 found footage horror film written, directed and edited by Cameron and Colin Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian as the host of a 1970s talk show, who on Halloween night invites a purportedly possessed girl onto the program in an attempt to boost ratings.

An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates, Late Night with the Devil had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023, and received acclaim from critics.[3][4] The film was theatrically released on 22 March 2024, and will be available on Shudder on 19 April.[5]

Premise

Jack Delroy is the host of a fictional 1970s variety and late-night talk show titled Night Owls with Jack Delroy. In the show's sixth season, broadcast on Halloween 1977, havoc unfolds when Delroy interviews a parapsychologist and the subject of her recent book, a young teenager who was the sole survivor of a Satanic church's mass suicide, as well as a clairvoyant and skeptic.[3]

Cast

Production

Development and casting

Production on Late Night with the Devil was announced on 13 February 2022, with the Emirati studio Image Nation and the American genre label Spooky Pictures attached. Describing their decision to base Late Night with the Devil around a late-night talk show, writer-director duo Cameron and Colin Cairnes stated: "In the '70s and '80s, there was something slightly dangerous about late-night TV. Talk shows in particular were a window into some strange adult world. We thought combining that charged, live-to-air atmosphere with the supernatural could make for a uniquely frightening film experience."[6]

The Cairnes brothers offered the role of Jack Delroy to David Dastmalchian after reading an article Dastmalchian wrote for the magazine Fangoria about regional TV horror hosts. Dastmalchian accepted the part after being sent a lookbook designed to resemble a 1970s TV Guide, along with the film's script.[7] Dastmalchian's casting was announced on 24 June 2022.[8]

Filming

Late Night with the Devil was shot in Melbourne, Australia.[9] The film utilizes practical special effects, including puppetry, along with digital visual effects.[7].[10]

Release

Late Night with the Devil had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023, in Austin, Texas, United States, where it played as part of the festival's "Midnighters" section.[9][3][11] That same month, horror author Stephen King was provided with an advance screener of the film, and he called it "absolutely brilliant. I couldn't take my eyes off it. Your results may vary, as they say, but I urge you to watch it when you can."[12][13] The film screened at the Sydney Film Festival on 9, 11, and 15 June 2023.[13]

In October 2023, IFC Films and Shudder acquired the distribution rights for North America, United Kingdom and Ireland.[14]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 100 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Delightfully dark, Late Night with the Devil proves possession horror isn't played out -- and serves as an outstanding showcase for David Dastmalchian."[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[16]

Variety's Dennis Harvey commended the film's production design and technical aspects, as well as the performances of the cast, and wrote that the film's "mix of vintage Me Decade showbiz cheese and Exorcist-y demonic doings is distinctive, not to mention deftly handled by the [Cairnes] brothers as both writers and directors."[3] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com praised the film as inventive and its use of the found footage format as clever, and highlighted Dastmalchian's "phenomenally committed performance [...] really holding the film together as he finds the right tone between smarmy and likable that dominated so much '70s culture."[17]

Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting gave the film a score of three-and-a-half out of five, criticizing the film's pacing as rapid but writing that "the ingenuity, the painstaking period recreation, a riveting performance by Dastmalchian, and a showstopper of a finale make for one Halloween event you won't want to miss."[18] Trace Sauveur of The Austin Chronicle also praised Dastmalchian's performance and called the film "totally gimmicky, but the sincere commitment to the conceit is what really makes this work." Sauveur adds that, despite finding the film's conclusion lacking, "Late Night with the Devil is able to mine plenty of effective and fun ideas out of its premise, and it works as a potent examination of the price of success."[19]

Use of artificial intelligence

In the week leading up to the film's release, some reviewers pointed out the use of AI-generated art in several cutscenes, which were not present in the version screened at SXSW, and called for a boycott of the film. In response to the controversy, directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes said: "In conjunction with our amazing graphics and production design team, all of whom worked tirelessly to give this film the 70s aesthetic we had always imagined, we experimented with AI for three still images which we edited further and ultimately appear as very brief interstitials in the film." Star David Dastmalchian said: "So I think [Cameron and Colin] said it really well, and I stand by what they said and I completely stand by this movie as a thoroughly original piece of work that so many man hours went into this incredible artistic craftsmanship to be set in this world. So it's a good conversation to have. It's an important conversation. We've got to have it."[20][21]

References

  1. ^ Ntim, Zac (24 October 2023). "'Late Night With The Devil:' Meta-Horror From Colin And Cameron Cairnes Lands International Sales Deal Ahead Of AFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Late Night with the Devil (15)". BBFC. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Harvey, Dennis (23 March 2023). "'Late Night With the Devil' Review: A '70s Chat Show Becomes Must-Unsee TV". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (13 March 2023). "'Late Night With The Devil': David Dastmalchian On Relating To Unhinged Talk Show Host In Horror Pic – SXSW Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ^ Navarro, Meagan (31 January 2024). "'Late Night with the Devil' Rated R for 'Violent Content' and 'Some Gore'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (13 February 2022). "Image Nation, Spooky Pictures Set For 'Late Night With the Devil' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b Kauzlarich, Jason (15 March 2023). "Stomach-Ripping And Throat-Slitting: Late Night With The Devil At SXSW". Fangoria. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  8. ^ Vivarelli, David (24 June 2022). "'Dune' Actor David Dastmalchian to Star in 'Late Night With the Devil' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b Wise, Damon (10 March 2023). "'Late Night With The Devil' Review: Richly Detailed '70s Meta-Horror From Colin And Cameron Cairnes – SXSW". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  10. ^ Earl, William (21 March 2024). "'Late Night With the Devil' Directors Explain Using AI Art in the Film, Say They 'Experimented' With Three Images Only (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  11. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (13 March 2023). "'Late Night With The Devil': David Dastmalchian On Relating To Unhinged Talk Show Host In Horror Pic – SXSW Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  12. ^ King, Stephen [@StephenKing] (26 March 2023). "Late Night with the Devil: I got a screener. It's absolutely brilliant. I couldn't take my eyes off it. Your results may vary, as they say, but I urge you to watch it when you can" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ a b Rugendyke, Louise (2 June 2023). "The low-budget Aussie horror Stephen King 'couldn't take his eyes off'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  14. ^ Brew, Caroline (1 November 2023). "IFC and Shudder Acquire Supernatural Thriller Late Night With the Devil, Starring David Dastmalchian (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Late Night with the Devil". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 March 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ "Late Night with the Devil". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  17. ^ Tallerico, Brian (14 March 2023). "SXSW 2023: Brooklyn 45, Late Night with the Devil". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  18. ^ Navarro, Meagan (11 March 2023). "'Late Night with the Devil' SXSW Review – Salute to Late Night Television Transforms Into a Raucous Horror Ride". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  19. ^ Sauveur, Trace (16 March 2023). "SXSW Film Review: Late Night With the Devil". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  20. ^ Earl, William (21 March 2024). "'Late Night With the Devil' Directors Explain Using AI Art in the Film, Say They 'Experimented' With Three Images Only (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  21. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (22 March 2024). "'Late Night with the Devil' AI Usage Sparks Debate: Fair or Foul?". IndieWire. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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