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Last year near the start of October on a whim I bought a few dvds of newer horror films. Late Night with the Devil was one I kept hearing about.
Watched the DVD,with the commentary going,as I did laundry one day. Yea I'm weird and will do stuff like first time watching a movie put on the commentary.
Then way late in October it aired on Joe Bob's annual Halloween special. Watched it again,and Joe Bob had on the lead actor. Fuck this is good.
So today wanted something to watch saw the DVD on the shelf,put it in the player and yea this is damn good.
Our lead is a late night tv show host in the mid 70s. He is trying his best to beat Johnny Carson. After his wife dies from lung cancer his contract about to end on Halloween night 1977 he does a show that he hopes will get him the ratings he needs to keep the show going.
Starts off with a psychic coming out on the show. Cold reading the room and using the normal cold reading tricks. This kind of bombs. Then a former magician comes out shows how the Psychic did the cold read.
But now the Psychic isn't feeling good. And he ends up projecting vomiting black bile. Rushed off to the hospital and dies on the way.
The next guest is a parapsycologist and her current patient. And young teen girl who is the only survivor of a Satanic Cult.
The teen girl is strapped to a chair and on live tv the demon appears in her. And yea I was like ok this is decent but why was everyone raving about it at this point.
The film does a great job recreating how 70s tv looked. And the BTS footage is a nice touch.
Now the magican is back out. Takes the co host of the show hypnotizes him and the audience and shows that this is how the demon appeared.
Nope,all through out the film many mentions are made of our lead going to "the Grove". Yea Bohemian Grove is part of the plot of this film.
The Demon takes over the little girl. She starts killing everyone in the studio. And our host survives.
Then we get the twist ending. It is strongly hinted the host sold his soul to the Devil to get ratings. And one of the prices of this was his wife was a sacrifice.
Fucking amazing film. I got vague memories of seeing a few late night talk shows in the late 70s. Mostly nights I was being babysat. The sets,clothing and hairstyles look right to me.
Late Night with the Devil gets a B+
