Late Night with the Devil

20241 hour 33 minsREnglish

HorroRated pick

HorroRated verdict

Legendary

2020sFound FootagePsychologicalDemonsSupernatural

Directed by: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Written by: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
Produced by: Steven Schneider, Mat Govoni, Joel Anderson, Derek Dauchy, Adam White, Roy Lee, David Dastmalchian, Paula Salini, Darius Family, Ben Ross, Julie Ryan, Rami Yasin, John Molloy

Collections

Found Footage Supernatural Psychological Demons Religious Horror Urban Horror

Why it’s HorroRated

Late Night with the Devil is the found footage format applied to 1970s television with such precision that the recreation becomes eerie before the horror mechanics even arrive. David Dastmalchian gives a complex and deeply modulated performance and the Cairnes brothers understand that the most frightening thing about the footage is what it suggests about ambition. An essential recent horror film.

Synopsis

Colin and Cameron Cairnes construct the found footage around the authentic atmosphere of 1970s American television. David Dastmalchian's Jack Delroy is a genuinely complex portrait of ambition and grief. A strong premise executed with real craft.