Late Night with the Devil movie storyline. With his ratings plummeting, late-night talk show host Jack Delroy desperately needs a boost. After all, he’s been chasing Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) for too long. So, to put his Night Owls back on the map, Jack comes up with an occult-themed 1977 Halloween special featuring a medium, a professional sceptic, a parapsychologist, and a satanic cult survivor. But some forces are beyond human comprehension. And as hair-raising incidents keep the audience on edge and viewers guessing, America is in for a nasty surprise for sweeps week–the night Jack televised evil.
The film purports to be derived from a rediscovered master tape of an episode from the show’s sixth season, broadcast on Halloween 1977; during this live television broadcast, havoc unfolds when Delroy interviews a parapsychologist (Laura Gordon) and the subject of her recent book, a young teenager (Ingrid Torelli) who was the sole survivor of a Satanic church’s mass suicide.
Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night of Halloween 1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.
An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates,[4] Late Night with the Devil had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023. It received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for its performances, production design, and technical aspects, though the revelation that it utilized AI-generated art in three briefly featured still images received criticism. It was released theatrically in the United States on March 22, 2024 by IFC Films and in Australia on 11 April, grossing $12 million. The film became available for streaming on Shudder on April 19, 2024.
The film opened on March 22, 2024 in 1,034 theaters in the United States and Canada, and earned $2.8 million in its first three days, the best opening weekend for an IFC Films release; additionally, media outlets noted that the total included an estimated $666,666 gross on its third day. Expanding to 1,442 theaters the following weekend, the film made $2.2 million, finishing in seventh.
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
Directed by: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Starring: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auter, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong, Georgina Haig, Steve Mouzakis, Nicole Chapman
Screenplay by: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Production Design by: Otello Stolfo
Cinematography by: Matthew Temple
Film Editing by: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Costume Design by: Steph Hooke
Music by: Glenn Richards
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Umbrella Entertainment, Maslow Entertainment, Ahi Films (Australia), AGC International (worldwide)
Release Date: March 22, 2024
