7/10
This was fantastic. The lofi, cable late-night talk show setting was incredible as the backdrop for some insane shit. October 31, 1977. Jack Delroy(David Dastmalchian) hosts a talk show called ‘Night Owls’ that has been in slow decline. After the tragic death of Jack’s wife one year prior, he’s desperate to turn it all around and plans a Halloween special with a skeptic, psychic and cult survivor. Unbeknownst to him he is about to unleash a horrifying evil into homes across America.
Loved the vintage stylings of this movie and the set is perfect. It’s a pretty tight plot and doesn’t venture beyond that really at all but it keeps you guessing with a sense of impending doom and the story does not feel limited by the static set. I didn’t like some of the ending but did love most of it. The visuals themselves are insanity and the play-out was top notch. Felt like I was witnessing the horror in real time with the viewers of the nation.
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