Late Night with the Devil – The new, demonic found footage horror movie Late Night with the Devil has broken the US domestic box office record for IFC in its opening weekend.
The movie, being released in Australia by Maslow Entertainment on April 11, has performed extraordinarily well at the US box office, becoming IFC’s highest grossing opening weekend ever with $2.8M+ GBO from 1,043 screens across the country.
Sunday’s reported GBO was a fittingly satanic US$666,666. The film also ranked #6 at the box office and is currently enjoying a superb 96% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes (and 82% Audience Score).
Written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign) and starring David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer, Dune, The Dark Knight) alongside an all-star Australian line-up including Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig and Josh Quong Tart, the nightmarish ode to the talk shows of the 70s is set to arrive in Australian cinemas nationally on April 11, 2024.
It’s 31 October, 1977. Johnny Carson rival, Jack Delroy, is the host of ‘Night Owls’, a once hugely popular syndicated talk show.
A year on from the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted, and sponsors are getting nervous. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack pulls out all the stops for his annual Halloween special, booking a psychic, a professional skeptic, a parapsychologist and a young girl allegedly possessed by the devil… What could possibly go wrong?
Writer-director duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes craft a suspenseful narrative that unfolds mostly in real time, as the ‘Night Owls’ broadcast makes surprising turns from the amusing to the bizarre to the deliciously sinister. In his first major lead role, Dastmalchian brings compelling charisma and gravitas to the character of Jack Delroy. At its core Late Night With The Devil is a tale about the cult of personality and the price of fame…with plenty of supernatural thrills along the way.
The film is produced by Future Pictures’ Mat Govoni, Adam White, and John Molloy, Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee and Steven Schneider, and Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy, with the assistance of VicScreen, and development support from VicScreen and Screen Australia. Production investment from Maslow Umbrella Ahi Entertainment.
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL WILL BE IN CINEMAS APRIL 11, 2024
Media Release – Maslow Entertainment
Link to Maslow Entertainment HERE
TV Central Cinema Previews HERE
