Late Night With the Devil

Late Night With the Devil

Credits
Title:	Late Night With the Devil
Director:	Cameron Cairnes; Colin Cairnes
Writers:	Cameron Cairnes; Colin Cairnes
Producers:	Roy Lee; John Molloy; Julie Ryan; Ben Ross; Joel Anderson; Rami Yasin; David Dastmalchian; Steven Schneider; Derek Dauchy; Mat Govoni; Adam White
Composer:	Glenn Richards
Cinematography:	Matthew Temple
Editors:	Cameron Cairnes; Colin Cairnes
Production
Production company:	IFC Films Shudder Image Nation Abu Dhabi VicScreen Good Fiend Films Cinetic AGC Studios Future Pictures Spooky Pictures
Distributed by:	AGC International Cinetic Media Shudder
Released:	March 10th, 2023
Rating:	R
Running time:	93 min.
Country:	Australia; USA
Language:	English
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Late Night With the Devil is an American and Australian co-produced feature film of the Satanic & supernatural thriller subgenres of horror, filmed with a mockumentary style aesthetic. It was written and directed by Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes. It received financing from multiple companies and studios including AGC Studios, Future Pictures, VicScreen, Spooky Pictures, Good Fiend Films and Image Nation Abu Dhabi. It was distributed through IFC Films and premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 10th, 2023. Actor David Dastmalchian plays the role of Jack Delroy, host of a 1970s late night talk show called Night Owls. Desperate to compete with ratings giant Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, Delroy hosts a special Halloween episode wherein he invites a young cult survivor named Lilly, who is supposedly possessed by a demon. Jack is confidant that he can become the king of late night entertainment if he can score an interview with the Devil himself.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
David Dastmalchian	Jack Delroy
Laura Gordon	June Ross-Mitchell
Ian Bliss	Carmichael Haig
Fayssal Bazzi	Christou
Ingrid Torelli	Lilly
Rhys Auteri	Gus McConnell
Georgina Haig	Madeleine Piper
Josh Quong Tart	Leo Fiske
Steve Mouzakis	Szandor D'Abo
Paula Arundell	Diane
Tamala Shelton	Carol
Christopher Kirby	Phil
John Leary	Barry
Gaby Seow	Sammy
Elise Jansen	Cavewoman
John O'May	Walker Bedford
Clare Chihambakwe	Stacey the wrangler
Amelie Mendosa	Christou's assistant
Grace Cummings	Peggy Decay
Michael Ironside	The Narrator
Andre Switzer	Lou
Declan Fay	Cue card guy
Milena Berhane	Production assistant 1
Leah Wilbraham	Production assistant 2
Chase Kauffman	Stage hand 1
Miranda Bloom	Stage hand 2
Mitchell Brotz	Stage hand 3
Caspian DezFouli	Camera operator 1
Rod Lara	Camera operator 2
Nicole Chapman	Cleo James
Steven Kwon	Skeleton man
Imaan Hadchiti	Frank Khoury
Farhad Zaiwala	Spoon bender
Jarrad Pidoto	Military officer
Paddy Shiels	Vietnam vet
Aya Cairnes	Levitating woman
Gerasimos Grammenos	FBI agent
Pearl Grammenos	Infant Lilly
Adam Batt	Head of airtime
Raoul Salter	Vice President of marketing
Janine Lum	Vice President's wife
Rik Brown	Anointed Grove member
Scarlett Varga	Young Lilly
Sarah Lorey	Spinning wheel lady
Tiare Skeats	High priestess
Anna van Guens	D'Abo's disciple
Arkie Simpson-Purdon	D'Abo's disciple
Daisy Anderson	D'Abo's disciple
Joel Anderson	D'Abo's disciple
Miles Brown	D'Abo's disciple
Scott Purdon	D'Abo's disciple
Quincy Simpson-Purdon	D'Abo's disciple
Jason Rout	Grove member
Jeff Schwisow	Grove member
Jason Marion	Orson
Moogy Morgan	French director
Andrew Swann	UBC show band
Benjamin Gillespie	UBC show band
Bruce Sandell	UBC show band
Dai Jones	UBC show band
Daniel Mougerman	UBC show band
Eamon McNelis	UBC show band
Robert Glaesemann	UBC show band
Stephen Grant	UBC show band
Stephen Purcell	UBC show band

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "The live television event that shocked a nation!"
There are a total of 66 credited cast members in this film.
Production on Late Night With the Devil began on February 13th, 2022. The movie was shot entirely in Melbourne, Australia. Studio shots were filmed at Docklands Studios in Melbourne.
Late Night With the Devil was screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival on the same day as Talk to Me.
Late Night With the Devil was first screened on the same day that Scream VI was released to theaters.
Late Night With the Devil was also screened at the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 30th, 2023. Renfield was screened at the Overlook on this same day.
Late Night With the Devil opened to limited theatrical release on March 22nd, 2024, and was screened in 1,034 movie theaters. During its theatrical run, it earned $9,964,512 in the U.S. market with another $2,035,965 for a total worldwide gross of $12,000,477.
Late Night With the Devil opened at #6 at the box office, and is the second horror movie to premiere that week to make it into the Top 10. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire took the #1 spot at the box office on the March 22nd weekend, with another demonic thriller, Immaculate, coming in at #4. Coincidentally, it earned $666,666 during its opening weekend.
The movie was made available on the Shudder streaming platform on April 20th, 2024.
Déborrah Moogy Morgan, who plays the French director, is credited as Moogy Morgan in this film.
Actor Benjamin L. Gillespie, who plays a member of the UPC Show Band, is credited as Benjamin Gillespie in this film.
Actor Robert Glaesmann's name is mis-spelled as Robert Glaesemann in this film.
The Joel Anderson who plays one of Szandor D'Abo's disciples is not to be confused with executive producer Joel Anderson.
The film makes use of artificially intelligent (AI) visual designs, which were used for interstitial images in the film. Cameron and Colin Cairnes specified that only three of the images that were used were AI generated. The use of AI has caused some measure of controversy with viewers and reviewers. In the week leading up to the film's release, some reviewers pointed out the use of AI-generated art in a montage, which was not present in the version screened at South by Southwest, and called for a boycott of the film.
On the Internet Movie Database, Late Night With the Devil has a Starmeter rating of 7.10 out of 10 based on more than 56,000 user votes. The unweighted mean is 7.1 out of 10, which makes up 31.8% of the total voting populace, with more than 18,000 votes. 7.6% of the voting pool ranked the film as a 10 with more than 4,200 votes and 1.5% of the voting total gave the film a score of 1, comprising 823 votes.
On Metacritic, Late Night With the Devil has a Metascore of 72 out of 100 based on 22 posted critic reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. It has 18 positive votes, comprising 82% of the voting pool with 0 negative votes, and 4 mixed review votes, totaling 18% of the vote. The film has a user score of 7.0 baaed on 96 posted user ratings.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Late Night With the Devil holds a certified "fresh" Tomatometer rating of 97% base on 210 approved critic reviews. It has 203 positive reviews and 7 negative reviews, averaging 7.80 out of 10. The movie has an audience score of 81% based on more than 500 verified users, and a score of 78% among all users, averaging 3.9 out of 5.
On Letterboxd, the film has a weighted average score of 3.43 out of 5 based on 290,385 user votes.
Directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes also directed the 2012 Australian comedy thriller 100 Bloody Acres.
The character of Carmichael Haig is based on actual stage magician and skeptic James Randi, who also went by the stage name of The Amazing Randi.
A photograph in the film shows Carmichael Haig standing in front of the Dutch Colonial home formerly occupied by the Lutz family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island. This house served as the basis behind the book and movie adaptation of The Amityville Horror. In the scene, Haig takes a shot at actual paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who investigated the Amityville house in early 1976. Fictionalized accounts of this and other cases investigated by the Warrens are chronicled in The Conjuring film series.
The Bohemian Grove that is referenced extensively in this film is an actual private gentlemen's club located in Monte Rio, California. While there is no evidence of their members conducing Satanic rituals, you can bet your bottom dollar that they probably hold orgies.
The Church of Abraxas is loosely based on an actual religious organization known as the Church of Satan. It was founded in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey. The character of cult leader Szandor D'Abo is loosely based on LaVey.
When Lilly goes fully demonic, Gus McConnell holds up his crucifix and intones "The power of Christ compels you". This line is derived from an old Catholic prayer attributed to the Rites of Exorcism, but was more popularized in the 1973 film The Exorcist when Fathers Lankester Merrin and Damian Karras chanted it in an effort to exorcise the demon Pazuzu from the body of Regan MacNeil. This is likely where Gus took the phrase from.
The movie includes stock footage of cult leader Charles Manson and three members of his "family", including Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten.
This movie includes stock footage of serial killer David Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam.
The well-known magic word "Abracadabra" is referenced by both Lilly and Carmichael Haig in this film. Film lead David Dastmalchian is also known for playing a futuristic super-villain named Abra Kadabra on two episodes of the CW Network television series The Flash.

Recommendations[]

Amityville Horror, The
Conjuring, The
First Omen, The
Immaculate
Rosemary's Baby
When Evil Lurks

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