Just when you think about it Discover horror movies The last resort has been exhausted Creative and novelmovies like this Spend the night with the devil coming.A Halloween episode in the style of a 1970s talk show Way It’s totally off the rails and perfectly captures the aesthetics of the era – and its fascination with the emerging all mysterious things.
(But first, an important note: If you learned about this movie through its use of artificial intelligence art, which caused a stir online, you can check out This variety showThe filmmakers responded in a statement, which read in part: “Together with our amazing graphics and production design teams, all of whom worked tirelessly to give this film the character we’ve always imagined We ran three experiments with artificial intelligence and we further edited the still images, which ended up in very brief interstitials in the film.” They were indeed used briefly, and I didn’t even Note that the art is AI generated – but if this is something you don’t want to support, it’s best to get this information up front. )
Grow “that guy” Supporting Actor (“The Monster”, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter”, Oppenheimer, suicide squad)David Dastmalchian stars in the title role (with swinging sideburns and a beige polyester suit) as late-night syndicated talk show host Jack Delroy owl. He had some success, but “Mr. Midnight” never managed to escape Johnny Carson’s shadow, and after a few years on the air he was desperate to boost its flagging ratings. And that’s the context we get Spend the night with the devilA documentary-style opening, then goes straight into the infamous episode’s “recently discovered master tapes,” including behind-the-scenes footage shot during commercials.
Of course, just in time for Halloween, Delroy and his team – producer Leo (Josh Tate) and assistant and broadcaster Gus (Reese Autry) – put together a special , they want audiences to be both delighted and terrified. Jack’s guests include a famous psychic (Faisal Bazi) who claims to be able to talk to the dead; a parapsychologist (Laura Gordon) and a young cult survivor (Ingrid Torelli) is the subject of her new, ominously titled book. Talk to the devil; a stage magician turned skeptic (Ian Bliss) who is there to question everythingand apparently inspired by real-life debunkers James Randy. Plus: music, jokes, a costume contest, group hypnosis, and…the devil is unleashed?
Brother writer-director duo Colin Cairns and Cameron Cairns did their research — and you can tell many As part of the research process, they spent 20 hours on 1970s talk shows. Spend the night with the devil It feels very real. The script also does a good job of weaving through the thread of the film’s final act of collapse.You knew from the beginning that the “television event that shocked the nation” (reported to Infamous British mockumentary ghost watcher) is about to happen, but the preparation is almost as fun as the chaos of its arrival.
Spend the night with the devil In theaters March 22; it will be available on Shudder on April 19.
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