Movie review
March 19, 2024 · 93 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Late Night with the Devil is a 2024 found-footage horror film written and directed by Australian brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes. It presents recovered footage from a fictional Halloween 1977 live TV talk show where host Jack Delroy invites guests including a psychic, a skeptic, a parapsychologist, and a teenage survivor of a satanic cult. Supernatural events erupt on air as the host’s ambition and hidden past collide with demonic forces in a classic possession story set against 1970s broadcast culture. The core narrative focuses on ratings desperation, personal loss, and occult horror without modern social or identity messaging.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Late Night with the Devil.
Woke representation / casting
Casting centers on a white male host with period-appropriate supporting roles for a 1977 talk show. A female parapsychologist serves as a logical expert in the occult plot. Ethnic guest roles fit natural talk-show variety of the era. No visible identity signaling, quotas, or emphasis on diversity in marketing or presentation.
Woke political dialogue
No activist, identity-based, or modern political dialogue appears. Brief historical references to 1970s events like Watergate provide era atmosphere only.
Identity-driven story themes
The story follows a host’s Faustian ambition, grief, and supernatural possession in classic horror structure. No plotlines or messaging centered on race, gender, sexuality, or identity politics.
Western institutional / cultural critique
References to elite circles like Bohemian Grove and 1970s events serve horror backstory and period flavor. No reframing into modern activist critiques of institutions, capitalism, patriarchy, or Western culture.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is an original story with no established characters, source material, or historical figures altered for ideological reasons.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Isolated online comments from some viewers describe it as straightforward traditional horror without contemporary messaging. No widespread or organized complaints accused the film of advancing woke or identity-driven content. Main discussion stayed on technical production choices.
Creator track record context
Key creatives are genre horror professionals whose prior output emphasizes suspense and entertainment. The Cairnes brothers and producers show no documented pattern of activist, identity-driven, or social-justice work.
Production
