Rating: 4/14 Lay Riottas
TV show or Movie: Movie
Where to watch: Theaters, soon to be on Shudder
Premise: In 1977 a live television broadcast goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms.
Cast: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong Tart.
Review: A few weeks ago, I had a dream about seeing this movie. I woke up looking at showtimes to see it that weekend. It was not out yet. The next few weeks went by slowly. Maybe due to seeing this movie, but also because of food poisoning and a kidney stone. Well, I finally saw it on Friday and I really enjoyed it. It was one of my most hyped movies of the year. And the best part about seeing horror movies is that you get to watch twenty minutes of horror trailers before the final course ever starts.
It was great to see David Dastmalchian in his first starring role. Datstmalchian has such an impressive resume, acting in films such as Ant Man, Gotham, The Dark Night, Dune, The Suicide Squad, Oppenheimer. He is also in such a crazy horror movie, The Belko Experiment, which was a dream that James Gunn had and turned into a movie.
Late Night with the Devil played out like a feature length film of one of the V/H/S short movies. The movie was super creepy, the costume and set design were great. The cast was all so great. I didn’t grow up in the 70s, but it all felt so realistic.
The movie is very claustrophobic. Little nods in the film let you know that when all hell breaks loose, it’s going to be hard to make the way out of the studio. The film reminded me a lot of Carrie.
I wish the third act went in a slightly different directions but, overall, it was such a cool, original concept that was so well done and disturbing and wild. The movie is a trip from start to finish with a very big final scene.
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