Late Night with the Devil was disappointing

I saw this at the BFI London Film Festival.

I was really excited to watch this, but I was so disappointed. I do like David Dastmalchian, but this should have just been a 20 minute bit of a VHS film.

There’s a great possession scene and I wish the film had just focused on that. I feel like the title of the film is misleading. I thought the plot was going to be about a late night television host talking with the devil and while that is a part of it, the film is mostly just random horror stuff happening that isn’t necessarily connected.

The hypnotist, the worms, the guy throwing black goo at the start…None of it connects effectively enough. They all just feel like their own separate horror segments, with each one trying to outdo the previous.

Also, it’s not scary. It reminds me of Adult Swim Yule Log, just in that it feels really silly and they are throwing random gore and horror ideas to the wall to see what sticks.

Anyone else seen this?