[Review] Late Night With The Devil (8/10)

Title - Late Night With The Devil
Production - Future Pictures, IFC Films, Shudder
Starring - David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Rhys Auteri, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Madeleine Piper, Steve Mouzakis
Writer - Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
Director - Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes
Release - 22 March 2024

I'm glad to see David Dastmalchian in a real dramatic role because the only times I've ever seen him were in weird or comedic ones. And I think it's so easy for the world to forget that he's a really good dramatic actor too.

While the concept of "found footage" worked really well for this story, there were a few times when, if we were to step back and thought about it; some of the behind-the-stage footage that we saw were too difficult to capture. But those scenes needed to be there so it was inevitable to not have cameras suddenly shooting the backstage.

But it didn't really matter. The movie worked well. The whole setup with the disbeliever played by Rhys Auteri before bringing in Laura Gordon and Ingrid Torelli's characters worked very well to have that back-and-forth.

The ending was a little bit iffy for me. The whole dream sequence kind of took me out of the story because it wasn't "found footage". But it had to be there to show how the movie ended. That was my only negative but a big one.