On Halloween night in the year of our lord 1977, late-night host Jack Delroy (the irreplaceable David Dastmalchian) looks to save his failing show Night Owls (ratings have plummeted after the loss of his wife one year prior) by throwing together a sensationalistic special. Said special features an exclusive interview with a famed parapsychologist Dr. June Ross-Mitchell and the subject of her recent book, Lily. This subject is a teenage girl who holds the infamous honor of being the sole survivor of a Satanic church’s mass slaughter following a siege by the United States government. Yeah. This ain’t gonna go well. All hell slowly breaks loose when evil is unleashed and a standard possession flick eventually deteriorates into Satanic havoc in front of the Night Owls studio audience and the viewers at home. I won’t say much more because it’s still relatively new and I don’t feel like slipping into spoiler territory if I don’t need to but there is more going on in the background, keeping things more interesting than the admittedly V/H/S segment vibes. Ian Bliss steals the movie as the cocky skeptic who has dedicated his professional life to exposing frauds. I know there’s a big stupid and overblown elephant in the room so here goes; I loved it but I’m not an artist so I could give two fucks about AI generated title-cards and I’m also a fan of crappy cgi so you probably shouldn’t listen to me. If ya can’t see past the minor bits and fixate on it enough to have it ruin your time with a fun flick, well, that’s your choice. And hey, my hometown of Berwyn gets a shout out.
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