|Late Night with the Devil: Would YOU Keep the Cameras Rolling?

About this episode

Ambrose and Jessica discuss the deeper themes of 'Late Night with the Devil' and its commentary on fear and media.

Send Us Your Scares! It's Halloween 1977, and a desperate late-night host named Jack Delroy has booked the worst possible lineup for a live special. A psychic, a smug debunker, a parapsychologist, and a possibly-possessed teenage girl walk into a TV studio — and the ratings start climbing. Ambrose and Jessica break down why Late Night with the Devil (2023) is so much more than a horror gimmick, and why the scariest thing on screen isn't the demon. Leave a Review - https://the-thing-about-film...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ambrose, Jessica

Topics covered

• horror
• film analysis
• live television
• 1970s culture
• psychology
• media critique

Keywords

• Late Night with the Devil
• horror film
• 1970s
• live special
• psychic
• media
• film review

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Books & works: Late Night with the Devil

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