Cameron and Colin Cairnes’s film starts with a narrated profile of fictional 1970s late night talk show host Jack Delroy (Dastmalchian in a role where he’s able to perfectly filter entertainment-business cynicism through a veil of audience-facing charm) and his variety program that acts as an alternative to the likes of Johnny Carson.
Despite enjoying modest success, Jack lives in the ceaseless shadow of his contemporaries, a fact exacerbated by his despair when his wife succumbs to lung cancer. As ratings continue to dip, Jack, looking for anything to stir up conversation, plots a special Halloween broadcast in which he’s going to invite on supposedly possessed young girl Lilly (Torelli), her haunting borne out of a satanic cult written about in a book by clairvoyant June (Gordon), who also appears on the show. The film reveals the unearthed, cursed reality of this particular taping of Delroy’s show, which also includes exclusive behind the scenes footage captured from the fateful night. Thus, the film plays out as an actual taping of a 70s late-night talk show: Events are presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio and with the slight fuzzy glow reminiscent of a VHS tape playing on a CRT television. Jack is played in and out by his live band, and in between we watch him fill the time between commercial breaks
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Late Night Talk Show Halloween Broadcast Possessed Girl Cursed Reality 70S VHS Tape Aesthetic
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