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Late night with the devil

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    #2
    well24
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭well24


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058342619/late-night-with-the-devil

    Ha thanks might try that one myself.. flicked through the trailer there..



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    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Weirdly, I'm seeing a bunch of reviews claiming the film uses AI Art, and thus getting a bit slammed?

    The concept looks pretty neat and David Dastmalchian is a fabulous character actor; though surely nothing will beat the time the BBC genuinely pulled an Orson Welles and did this exact concept - but never told its audience it was all fake. It was even "presented" by Michael Parkinson himself and caused its own mini panic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkEbGMEXVs
    https://letterboxd.com/film/ghostwatch/




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    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,210 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058342619/late-night-with-the-devil

    This looks interesting but not too many showings about unfortunately



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    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    It gets 4.5 out of 5 in RTÉ review.



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    Musicrules
    Registered Users Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭Musicrules


    I thought it was David McSavage on the still from the trailer.



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    silliussoddius
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    He actually looks a bit like Martin Brennan.



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    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,210 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Bit of a mixed bag for me, really interesting premise and it looks fantastic for the most part but it didn't have many scares at all it had more laughs. Also some of the CGI was useless it's a shame because the practical stuff is excellent. The big positive is Dastmalchian, I know he is in everything (in small roles) but this was a terrific showcase. It was also short but didn't entirely feel it.

    My other half hated it and almost fell asleep...

    5.5/10



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    KkomradeWarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭KkomradeWarrior


    Wanna watch is so bad is it good?



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    orangerhyme
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭orangerhyme


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121934467#Comment_121934467

    It's decent but not amazing.

    I guess you'd call it 3 stars.

    I found it a little too camp or kitsch to be scary or creepy but it wasn't a comedy either.

    The Taylor Sweeney film Immaculate might be the better of the two horrors but I haven't seen it.



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    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    Saw it last night, I liked it. The 70s talk show format suited the story, and there was always an eerie build up to the shocking end, with bits of slapstick thrown in. Great performances from all. Very good horror film.



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    Lily Aldridge
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Lily Aldridge


    I'll definitely watch this later.



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    emilyhlib
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭emilyhlib


    I wanted to watch this movie but don't remember the name, thanks for sharing



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    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭Spon Farmer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121918209#Comment_121918209

    I remember that.

    The team at the haunted house encounter something, there is few minutes of panic and the transmission goes death.

    I can’t remember what I thought at the time, like whether I believed it or not.

    Would this be the first “found footage” film? I must research who came up with the idea.



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    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,210 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121948024#Comment_121948024

    First one I am guessing would be cannibal holocaust.



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    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121949382#Comment_121949382

    And a film whose violence and publicity campaign caused the director to be charged with obscenity, then murder, in a Milanese court; the initial ruse was to have the actors who died on-screen stay out of the public eye and promotions for the movie, to cause a bit of a stir. Maybe they were actually killed? So when the director got charged with murder, they had to get the actors to come out of hiding to prove it wasn't a Snuff Movie.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust#Snuff_film_allegations


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,543 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Watched this last night. After all the hype, I was hugely underwhelmed. It just wasn't very...y'know....good.



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    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,307 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Was ok but don't think it deserves the high rating its got, 5.5/10 for me - not really scary at all but just entertaining

    No one makes good horror movies anymore



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    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122043435#Comment_122043435

    We've had loads of great horrors in the last few years imho. Barbarian, Possessor, Pearl are just what's coming to mind right now. This one felt more like it was aiming for an element of comedy that doesn't hit too hard but overall enjoyed it. Likely won't go back to it any time soon though.



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    micks_address
    Registered Users Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭micks_address


    seen it at the weekend, liked the premise/set up and about 3/4s of it but falls apart in the end… would have been interesting if it delved into a bit more of what went on in the woods..



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    dulpit
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    I enjoyed this. But I didn't like how the end jumped from being the TV show/behind the scenes to being in his head. Felt that let it down. Main actor was fabulous though...



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    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,307 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122051928#Comment_122051928

    Didn't find those 3 films scary at all - average films, slightest scary movie these days gets way too much hype



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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,690 ✭✭✭buried


    This thing suffers way too much on dragging you out of the proper movie experience, firstly because its basically showing a re-run of a talk show, then it has all this lame backstage found footage shtick that's stuck in between. By the time it got to the possessed waneen, I literally wasn't even watching anymore.

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #24
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users Posts: 31,066 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095503#Comment_122095503

    I really enjoyed it, and found the construct entirely engaging throughout - had exactly the same reaction as you, that it felt like they cheapened the movie by stepping outside that ‘tv recording’ construct. Had it literally just ended 10 minutes earlier it would’ve been perfect (for what it was).



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    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,365 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Thought it was very good but did feel the ending was slightly lacking compared to the rest of the movie. Also wasn't a huge fan of the transition from the 70's TV format to the cinematic look.

    Main actor was really superb as was the skeptic.

    Great setup overall and done very well, I wasn't bored for a second. Overall I'd give it a 7/10.

    Personally I think equating horror with scary, and then dismissing a movie because it's not scary, is doing a disservice to the genre.

    Horror can be scary obviously but it doesn't have to be. Movies like Possessor, Pearl, Where Evil Lurks, aren't "scary" but they're damn effective movies that are disturbing and horrifying all the same.

    I can't actually remember the last time I saw a genuinely creepy film, but I've seen tons of great horror movies all the same. I'd say it was probably Smile in the cinema.



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    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095623#Comment_122095623

    The poster didn't say they were scary films. A horror doesn't necessarily have to include jumpscares. Body horror is generally regarded as the more gruesome type movies.



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