Jaquie, a psychic, Schmiddy, a dyslexic cameraman, and Dave, apparently producer/financier, descend upon Tom Riley's abandoned house to learn what happened using all of their special skills. After breaking into the house and retrieving a camera to read the sim card, on return, Tom emerges from the woods, where he has been living in a tent since being dragged down the stairs and thru the basement at the end of the first episode.
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Footage from a video camera found at the homicide scene of a John Doe, aka "Peeping Tommy", is matched with obtained footage from surveillance cameras to partially reconstruct the final days of the victim, a video voyeur, in an attempt to I.D. the victim and the perpetrator. A faux presentation of "3rd_i" neural network soft biometric search results.
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The English name "Hachishaku-sama" is an urban legendary character from the Japanese forum 2ch. Like the name "eight feet", it is uniformly described as a tall female ghost who will make a male "popopo" smile. The description of clothing in the article is wearing white dress, but according to different records, it seems that different people see different clothes. For example, some people see white mourning clothes. She will act like the voice of the relatives of the parties concerned, which makes the parties relaxed and vigilant. People who are confused by an eight-foot adult will die in a few days. Usually, children are easily confused.
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The 15th installment in the "Sealed Videos" series, investigating the truly dreadful in horror videos. A certain independent film, provided by film festival officials. Although praised by the judges for its high degree of perfection, the film has never been screened. Collected among the 5 episodes on this volume: "The Appeal", "Somniloquy"
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On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.
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A horror documentary that approaches the mystery of the most evil cursed mask that brings misfortune to those involved, introduced on TV. The magazine reporter who was interviewed was seriously injured, and the people involved suffered misfortune one after another, and now the full picture of the cursed mask sealed in the temple in Kyoto is revealed.
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In October of 1894, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Transylvania, Romania while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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Three filmmakers spend the night in a haunted forest to shoot a documentary about the legend of Grete Müller, a woman convicted of witchcraft and burnt at the stake over 300 years ago.
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In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, young Ann Putnam accuses several residents of being witches, and they are tried and put to death. In 1980, young Loreen Graham is on a school outing to the Salem Witch Museum when a wax figure of a man from 1692 comes to life and accosts her. It seems that she may be the reincarnation of Ann, who has accused the man's 5-year-old girl of witchcraft and the girl is scheduled to be burned at the stake. Loreen must fight being possessed by Ann Putnam and confront the evil minister from 1692 who is consorting with Ann to falsely accuse people of witchcraft.
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How far are you willing to go in realizing your ambitions? Would you be willing to make big sacrifices? Associate with shady beings? Sell your soul? Those are among the possibilities raised in the latest hair-raising smart horror/comedy from the writing-directing duo of Cameron and Colin Cairnes. This documentary-style offering presents the supposedly lost recording (complete with allegedly never-before-seen found footage) of a 1970s late night talk show hosted by comedian/TV personality Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) whose goal is to unseat Johnny Carson’s eminently popular Tonight Show as the premier after-hours choice of viewing. Delroy’s Night Owls broadcast is modestly successful, but it never manages to win the late night ratings race, so he desperately looks for ways to nudge his program over the top. When he decides to host a Halloween show with an array of occult/paranormal guests – capitalizing on a growing trend at the time – he believes he’s hit on the formula to achieve his goal. But, as the show progresses, he finds himself in over his head as events begin to spiral out of control. Viewers both on and off the screen are kept in suspense with a well-integrated blend of humor, high camp and unexpectedly spooky moments involving a hammy, self-righteous psychic medium (Fayssal Bazzi), an egomanical magician-turned-debunker (Ian Bliss), and an escaped teenage cult member (Ingrid Torelli) and her psychologist caregiver/surrogate parent (Laura Gordon). As things deteriorate, Jack tries to hold the show together with the aid of his producer (Josh Quong Tart) and flunky sidekick (Rhys Auteri). But, as the stakes are continually upped, that task grows ever more difficult, especially when supernatural influences begin to assert themselves in the studio, threatening both the broadcast and the fulfillment of the host’s long-cherished dream. Although occasional pacing issues, a periodically disjointed narrative and a somewhat overblown final act can get in the way of the smoothness of the story flow, these shortcomings are made up for by the film’s superb period piece production design, its clever writing and its fine performances, most notably that of the protagonist. And, in the end, it’s all served up with lots of laughs and a tidy moral of the story. Admittedly, “Late Night with the Devil” probably would have worked better as a Halloween release than a piece of springtime movie fare, but that doesn’t lessen the entertainment value of this inspired production, one thar shows horror flicks can indeed do more than just see how high it can make the final body count.
With his days of chasing Johnny Carson in the television ratings long gone, the now struggling and recently bereaved talk show host "Jack Delroy" (David Dastmalchian) is staring cancellation in the face. Then he and producer "Leo" (Josh Quong Tart) come up with an idea for a riveting Halloween special. The gist of what comes now purports to be an off-air recording of that lost transmission from 1977 - and it's quite literally hair raising. His first guest is a medium, his second an out-and-out sceptic and his third - well they have quite an unique claim to fame - and it's this last quarter of the film that comes "alive". Sadly, the rest of this feature is rather hampered by the constant (virtual) advertising breaks that completely suck the pace out of the thing. They are designed to, in monochrome, fill in a little of the back-stage machinations as the programme goes to air but for me, they just interrupted - far too frequently - the culmination of the truth or fake storyline. Dastmalchian does an half decent job here, but the plaudits really belong to Ian Bliss and his sarcastic "Carmichael Haig" character. He's the poacher-cum-gamekeeper cynic who has a ridiculing put down for just about everything that emanates from the other characters. Projectile vomiting or chair levitation - he has an plausible explanation. That's maybe part of the film's problem in general. Though set in the 1970s when these kind of visual effects were less prevalent, the whole thing just comes across as a perfectly plausible ratings-gathering gimmick. Whilst that's not necessarily a bad thing, it does rather rob the film of any pretence of horror or mystery. In fact, by the conclusion it seemed more designed to send up the whole principle of half-baked, late-night American television hosted by vain, ambitious but largely talentless men in suits. It's short and sweet, and doesn't hang around - but I just didn't find it particularly shocking or innovative. Wait til it's on the television, I'd say.
**Brilliant** In this day and age of AI scripted stories, it is refreshing to finally see a movie which is original. Late Night with the Devil is simply brilliant. Direction, acting, storyline, suspense, thrill, everything more than one could ask for. The story flows so meticulously that I kept wondering what’s going to happen next? This movie is sure going to keep you on the edge of your seat. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Very entertaining and thought provoking. Solid 8/10 from me.
Late Night with the Devil demonstrates how much can be achieved with a quality script and exceptional acting. First off the performance by David Dastmalchian is simply excellent, in every sense. He beautifully and convincingly pulls off a Johnny Carson style, impression of a late night 70's interviewer. The man is wholly believable and to be honest, its his performance that drew me in and kept me watching till the end. The story is well rendered too. Its not exceptional but there's a decent amount of originality and a sense of ambiguity, especially surrounding the main character to create intrigue and interest. Has the interviewer already made a shadowy pact with the devil? What price will he pay? Tune in, to see. On the down side there are obvious budgetary constraints in play. That said, but there is so much quality on offer here in terms of performances from the cast and a solid story, its really not overly noticeable. In summary, a flick defined by exceptional performances and a quality, Faustian style, back story. A must watch if you like "quality" horror.
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