A horror film about TV ratings from hell
A horror film about TV ratings from hell
In the legend of the Blues great Robert Johnson, a mediocre musician meets the devil at a Mississippi crossroads and leaves with extraordinary talent at the cost of his soul. It’s one example of a type of Faustian story that has resonated with American audiences for a long time.
Add late-night talk show hosts to that list.
The new horror film Late Night with the Devil, now in theaters and available online through the streaming service Shudder, is one of the most original movies about demonic possession of its genre. Directed by the brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes, it’s a fictional retelling of a moment in American history in the late 1970s when talk of the devil and hell were more in the air than they are today. And it shows the dangerous consequences both of courting the devil and of pretending he doesn’t exist.