You could end the conversation by simply calling this an above-average horror film with a retro feel, and you would be right. And you would also be wrong. This is the kind of film that comes along about every half-century. The last time we saw something like this was 1988's THEY LIVE by John Carpenter. Which has, over the years, become a cult classic and also synonymous with so-called Predictive Programming. That older film is believed to have a revealed a world where everything in modern society is designed to control and exploit the masses. This film -- which features a pitch-perfect deconstruction of the role of late-night TV in capturing the attention of the masses -- takes a much bolder step and looks hard at the sacrifices some of us are prepared to make to get what we want. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Review of Late Night with the Devil
