Late Night with the Devil Trivia | 25 facts about the movie (2024)

Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes.

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1. Late Night with the Devilis a 2023supernatural horror filmwritten, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes.
2. It starsDavid Dastmalchian,Laura Gordon,Ian Bliss,Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri,Georgina Haig, andJosh Quong Tart.
3. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking andfound footage, the film follows the events of alate-night talk showepisode aired on the night ofHalloween1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedlypossessedgirl onto the show.
4. An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates,
5. Late Night with the Devilhad its world premiere at theSouth by Southwest Film Festival(SXSW) on 10 March 2023.
6. It received positive reviews from critics.
7. It garnered praise for its performances, production design, and technical aspects, though the revelation that it utilizedAI-generated artin three briefly-featured still images received criticism.
8. It was released theatrically in the United States on 22 March 2024 byIFC Filmsand in Australia on 11 April, grossing $11 million.
9. The film became available for streaming onShudderon 19 April.
10. The Carmichael character is very clearly based (including physically) on the real-life James Randi.
11. Randi was a talented magician who became a famous psychic debunker and he started an institute that offered a large reward to anyone that could reproduce their supposed paranormal powers in controlled conditions. Over decades, nobody was able to win the money.
12. The name of the mysterious men-only club situated in the Californian redwoods was ”The Grove.” It was inspired by the real-life Bohemian Grove located at 20601 Bohemian Avenue in Monte Rio, California.
13. The Bohemian Grove’s membership boasts several politicians (including three presidents of the United States), industrialists, and other noted figures. One of the real Grove’s founders was Ambrose Bierce, author of several horror stories and the cynical Devil’s Dictionary. The Grove’s rituals, which have been described as falling between occult and kitsch, include frequent images of owls.
14. This horror movie’s filmmakers ”The Cairnes Brothers” –Colin CairnesandCameron Cairnes– have said of this picture in an official statement: “In the ’70s and ’80s there was something slightly dangerous about late-night TV. Talk shows in particular were a window into some strange adult world. We thought combining that charged, live-to-air atmosphere with the supernatural could make for a uniquely frightening film experience.”
15. Famed horror novelistStephen Kinghas praised the movie. He said: “I got a screener. It’s absolutely brilliant. I couldn’t take my eyes off it. Your results may vary, as they say, but I urge you to watch it when you can.”
16. The amount of time that the opening black and white sequence runs for is about eight minutes. It was inspired by the 1980s shockumentary documentaryThe Killing of America (1981). The later sequences in B&W in the movie are the on-set and off-air interludes during commercial breaks.
17. Cult leader Szandor D’Abo appears to be based on Church Of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey.
18. In a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter,Cameron Cairnesgave details on the production schedule, shooting process, and design of the film: “We had 20 days in a studio, essentially one location on what was basically a 360-degree set. We shot the film like it was a TV show with three cameras running the whole time. There was the temptation there to shoot on all old vintage tube cameras, but just with the effects, demands, and everything we ended up shooting digitally, but we shot using three cameras running all the time. For the set design, the inspiration was a lot of those game shows and talk shows from that period, but we were fortunate enough to have a production designer who worked in that era on local TV here, including a very popular music program calledCountdown (1974). It was all too easy for him I think to come up with that design. And that palette of browns and oranges and beige. It all felt very of the time, and we really embraced that.”
19. The actual specific episodes ofThe Don Lane Show (1975)that inspired this horror movie were those that featuredUri GellerandDoris Stokes.
20. Christou’s stage name resembles two real life psychics/mentalists. Criswell (Charles Criswell King) was most famous for his outlandish (and mostly inaccurate) predictions, while The Amazing Kreskin (George Joseph Kresge) has been performing mentalist acts for over 50 years.
21. Both made several appearances on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. As well, Christou’s look bears a passing resemblance to Reveen, an Australian hypnotist who was popular in the 1970s.
22. Though set in New York City, the film was shot at the Dockland Studios in Melbourne, Australia.
23. Debut theatrical feature film of actressIngrid Torelli, who portrayed satanic cult survivor Lilly D’Abo.
24. The movie, which takes place on Halloween, had two film festival screenings held on Halloween 2023: India’s Mumbai Film Festival and the Brisbane International Film Festival in Australia.
25. The movie made $666,666 on Sunday March 24, 2024 at the box office, according to the distributor. In all likelihood it wasn’t a coincidence, as box office figures can be manipulated by around 5% by the distributor to compensate for receipts not tracked by Rentrak.

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