Inspired by Don Lane, the American who dominated the Australian chat show in the mid-’70s and early ’80s, Late Night with the Devil hits the right notes.
is pitched at both horror-movie addicts and nostalgia buffs with a taste for old television formats. It’s an unlikely marriage, yet somehow the film’s Australian writer-directors, Colin and Cameron Cairnes, make it work by applying a healthy dose of raw satire.
Ingrid Torelli as the possessed Lilly, David Dastmalchian as Night Owls host Jack Delroy and Laura Gordon as the psychologist June in Late Night with the Devil.In explaining their inspirations they hark back to their childhood fondness for Don Lane, the lanky American who dominated the Australian chat show in the mid-’70s and early ’80s.
, a Chicago talk show, is getting desperate. His ratings have been on the slide since the breakdown he suffered after the untimely death of his wife, and they’re showing no sign of recovery. As a result, he’s counting on Halloween to give him the boost he needs. Deciding to go for shock value, he’s booked a psychic, a professional sceptic, a parapsychologist and her patient – a teenager said to be possessed by the devil. Then, quite justifiably, he hopes for fireworks.. They were inevitable. More original is the film’s shooting style, which successfully recreates the look and atmosphere of a 1970s television studio.
The cast is Australian except for Dastmalchian. Familiar from a series of superhero movies, he has a volatile charm that evaporates rapidly once the action accelerates and the guests start doing battle – although Lilly , the teenager at the centre of the storm, remains remarkably composed during the intervals in which the devil isn’t actually in possession.
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