Look, they dropped the ball a bit for 5 minutes in the middle, the opening was great and makes you wonder if It should have been a doco the whole time? It's got sequel written all over it
was pretty disappointed they couldn't stay faithful to the format. the backroom black and white scenes are too cinematic, and the ending almost completely abandons the framework altogether.
was pretty disappointed they couldn't stay faithful to the format. the backroom black and white scenes are too cinematic, and the ending almost completely abandons the framework altogether.
The backstage scenes made no sense because everyone kept saying deep dark secrets/criminally incriminating shit/etc. with a camera pointed right at them, it had The Office levels of "found footage" logic
that's what i'm saying. if that were the case it would be all handheld footage from a single angle, instead it's multiple steady cameras complete with closeups. that doesn't make sense logically
This is supposed to be found footage but what kind of cameraman keeps panning the camera around the film the faces of random people while some supernatural shit happens? Or anything exciting really. When Budd Dwyer offed himself on cam, did they film random reaction shots too? No.
everything about it would have been a lot better if it actually stuck to the premise and was presented as a straightforward 1970s tv show recording, no flashbacks or behind the scenes stuff, just the unedited show from start to finish. then maybe it would have had some actual dramatic tension because you would be left guessing if it was staged or not. also get someone who knows what actual TV recordings from the 1970s looked like instead of the typical zoomer 'found footage' filter and resist the temptation to turn the climax into an after-effects stock asset lightshow
It's triggered some people that cannot follow a movie as it goes instead of the way they expect it to be.
The delirious last act has a precedent in several other horror movies (more recently A Dark Song, Pope's Exorcist and Lords of Salem) and breaking the linearity of its previous narrative is part of Late Night with the Devil's appeal.
The only thing I remember about A Dark Song is the ending having literal deus ex machina
I guess the movie was probably shit in general but executed that bit really well on their budget because all of the Google images are of it, too
If you think about it there really ought to be MORE devil movies where that happens, just thematically speaking, but 99% of supernatural horror takes place in settings where there is definitely a Hell but no Heaven
Late Night With the Devil is like 1408 where it's possible that a deceased love one is trying to help the protagonist but it's equally possible that's ALSO the demon fricking with them
A Dark Song was a brilliant movie and the main character gets what she wants : contacting a literal angel. .
The premise of movies about the devil is usually Christian/moral even if the demon wins because it serves as a cautionary lesson.
LNWTD is cautionary Faust tale with a vampire trope: don't make deals with the devil and do not let evil in.
The apparition of his deceased wife through the movie is probably legit until that last scene where the devil impersonates the confused, tormented presenter so as to make him kill the girl.
the only problem with ADS which is great was that they ran out of money for the demons to be able to stage their big glorious angel so all the demons were just some guys bodypainted like aboriginals or whatever
That ADS sequence reminded me of The Beyond's ending when there's that confused, chaotic directionless torment all around.
Talk to Me did the undead/purgatory/hell thing very persuasively but it's a jagged, brief scene only.
The main thing i remember about a dark song was her doing the ritual and literally spawning flower petals out of nothing then the very next scene rage about how the ritual isnt doing anything and stabbing the moron.
It was a letdown, i watched 3 horror flicks this week and this one was the least enjoyable.
The other two where Abigail and Horny Big Tittied Nun Gets Preggo
This movie will always have a special place in my heart because it's the harrowing true story of how a loose bartender with huge breasts turned into a giant werewolf and ate everyone in her small Wisconsin town
This movie was so disappointing in so many ways but it also made no sense. Why are we able to see the in between moments in the show and the flashbacks if we're watching a recorded episode? Why didn't he answer his wife's call in the beginning? He wasn't in on it so he should've known that the psychic was legit. It makes no sense that he would just ignore his beloved wife. And is there anybody in the world that didn't think the hypnosis part was dumb as frick?
>And is there anybody in the world that didn't think the hypnosis part was dumb as frick?
That part had me laughing.
About the off air scenes, yeah it is strange since the movie introduces too us thst this is the tape from the that recording of the incident. But instead we see shit like the ending were he is having delusions of visions. The worm part was supposed to be like us the viewer was hypnotized as well, lame as that may be.
>And is there anybody in the world that didn't think the hypnosis part was dumb as frick?
That part had me laughing.
About the off air scenes, yeah it is strange since the movie introduces too us thst this is the tape from the that recording of the incident. But instead we see shit like the ending were he is having delusions of visions. The worm part was supposed to be like us the viewer was hypnotized as well, lame as that may be.
So you take the possession at face but b***h about the hypnosis?
*first five minutes
and the first 10 minutes too and also the scene with the worms
scene with the worms was one of the best parts, just the reveal afterward was annoying
it ruined the whole movie to me
Look, they dropped the ball a bit for 5 minutes in the middle, the opening was great and makes you wonder if It should have been a doco the whole time? It's got sequel written all over it
>the opening was great
Frick you
was pretty disappointed they couldn't stay faithful to the format. the backroom black and white scenes are too cinematic, and the ending almost completely abandons the framework altogether.
>the backroom black and white scenes are too cinematic
i thought they were meant to be backstage footage, filmed by one of the cameras rolling
The backstage scenes made no sense because everyone kept saying deep dark secrets/criminally incriminating shit/etc. with a camera pointed right at them, it had The Office levels of "found footage" logic
Everyone had a strange different ideas of how the night will go too. Jack of course had no idea either
that's what i'm saying. if that were the case it would be all handheld footage from a single angle, instead it's multiple steady cameras complete with closeups. that doesn't make sense logically
then how should have it ended?
I liked it. It's obviously predictive programming. I hope the polkadot man doesn't get whacked like Kubrick after Eyes Wide shut.
why is it predictive programming?
why didn't you save her?
This looks so corny, like a parody film or some YouTube horror skit
This is supposed to be found footage but what kind of cameraman keeps panning the camera around the film the faces of random people while some supernatural shit happens? Or anything exciting really. When Budd Dwyer offed himself on cam, did they film random reaction shots too? No.
Can you settle this once and for all, did the directors say it's FF or?
Its fake found footage as in it has the found footage gimmick but abandons it whenever it becomes inconvenient
everything about it would have been a lot better if it actually stuck to the premise and was presented as a straightforward 1970s tv show recording, no flashbacks or behind the scenes stuff, just the unedited show from start to finish. then maybe it would have had some actual dramatic tension because you would be left guessing if it was staged or not. also get someone who knows what actual TV recordings from the 1970s looked like instead of the typical zoomer 'found footage' filter and resist the temptation to turn the climax into an after-effects stock asset lightshow
Yeah the last act just felt kind of goofy.
I thought it was going to turn out that Haig had secretly been Abraxas the whole time and I still think that would have been a better ending
This movie really underwhelmed me. To be honest, I don't even see anything to discuss. Just a big swing and a miss like 99% of found footage.
Zoomers will probably lap it up then. They love le liminal spaces
>waaah, why must movies be interesting instead of artsy 'subtle' Euroslop?
oh, it's another one of those threads, eh?
It's triggered some people that cannot follow a movie as it goes instead of the way they expect it to be.
The delirious last act has a precedent in several other horror movies (more recently A Dark Song, Pope's Exorcist and Lords of Salem) and breaking the linearity of its previous narrative is part of Late Night with the Devil's appeal.
The only thing I remember about A Dark Song is the ending having literal deus ex machina
I guess the movie was probably shit in general but executed that bit really well on their budget because all of the Google images are of it, too
If you think about it there really ought to be MORE devil movies where that happens, just thematically speaking, but 99% of supernatural horror takes place in settings where there is definitely a Hell but no Heaven
Late Night With the Devil is like 1408 where it's possible that a deceased love one is trying to help the protagonist but it's equally possible that's ALSO the demon fricking with them
A Dark Song was a brilliant movie and the main character gets what she wants : contacting a literal angel. .
The premise of movies about the devil is usually Christian/moral even if the demon wins because it serves as a cautionary lesson.
LNWTD is cautionary Faust tale with a vampire trope: don't make deals with the devil and do not let evil in.
The apparition of his deceased wife through the movie is probably legit until that last scene where the devil impersonates the confused, tormented presenter so as to make him kill the girl.
the only problem with ADS which is great was that they ran out of money for the demons to be able to stage their big glorious angel so all the demons were just some guys bodypainted like aboriginals or whatever
That ADS sequence reminded me of The Beyond's ending when there's that confused, chaotic directionless torment all around.
Talk to Me did the undead/purgatory/hell thing very persuasively but it's a jagged, brief scene only.
The main thing i remember about a dark song was her doing the ritual and literally spawning flower petals out of nothing then the very next scene rage about how the ritual isnt doing anything and stabbing the moron.
It was a letdown, i watched 3 horror flicks this week and this one was the least enjoyable.
The other two where Abigail and Horny Big Tittied Nun Gets Preggo
>what you will watch here was a real event
>girl becomes electric jean grey
The ending was moronic
This movie will always have a special place in my heart because it's the harrowing true story of how a loose bartender with huge breasts turned into a giant werewolf and ate everyone in her small Wisconsin town
You mean a horror movie about demonic possession features supernatural scenes? Whoa
I wholeheartedly agree.
I was laughing at the scene when the worm came out the dudes eye kek
This movie was so disappointing in so many ways but it also made no sense. Why are we able to see the in between moments in the show and the flashbacks if we're watching a recorded episode? Why didn't he answer his wife's call in the beginning? He wasn't in on it so he should've known that the psychic was legit. It makes no sense that he would just ignore his beloved wife. And is there anybody in the world that didn't think the hypnosis part was dumb as frick?
It's a documentary about that night
>And is there anybody in the world that didn't think the hypnosis part was dumb as frick?
That part had me laughing.
About the off air scenes, yeah it is strange since the movie introduces too us thst this is the tape from the that recording of the incident. But instead we see shit like the ending were he is having delusions of visions. The worm part was supposed to be like us the viewer was hypnotized as well, lame as that may be.
So you take the possession at face but b***h about the hypnosis?
If you liked Late Night with the Devil, WNUF Halloween Special is also a fun watch
So Nosferatu and longlegs has to be kino or this is the horror film of the year