The found footage horror film "Late Night with the Devil" has enjoyed remarkable success, from festival acclaim to a theatrical hit to its recent release on Shudder, where it became the most popular film ever on a streaming service dedicated to horror! Filmmakers Colin and Cameron Cairns skillfully recreate a second-rate late-night talk show from the 1970s, immersing the audience in the experience

Host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) tries to boost ratings by staging the appearance of a parapsychologist and a girl who seems possessed on Halloween night As things spiral out of control, the filmmakers mix a vintage TV aesthetic with a modern horror approach to build an existential terror for Jack and his guests If you're looking for a film with a similar theme and style, here are five films to check out after seeing "Late Night with the Devil"

One of the biggest influences on "Late Night with the Devil" is this BBC TV movie, which so perfectly recreates an actual news broadcast that many viewers thought it was real when it aired in 1992 Like Orson Welles' classic radio show "The War of the Worlds," the film is presented as straightforward news reporting: an investigation into a ghost that allegedly occurred in a family's London home

The stars are all BBC news presenters, adding an extra level of realism to a film that lures the audience into a false sense of security with its incredibly rigid setting and unleashes terror at the end The viewer is also made complicit in the horror, an ingenious way to heighten the feeling that we are watching a truly haunting broadcast

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Like Jack Delroy, Sean Radie (Joseph Winter) is an arrogant and somewhat obnoxious media personality In this found footage horror comedy, written and directed by Joseph Winter and his wife Vanessa, Sean, an online content creator, spends the night in a supposedly haunted house while live-streaming his experiences

Sean is known for his outrageous antics, but after one controversial act turns many of his followers against him, he tries to redeem himself with a haunted house stunt Of course things don't go according to his plan, and the Winters find a clever way to showcase Sean's supernatural encounters within the streaming broadcast format Deadstream is genuinely funny and genuinely scary, with low-budget ingenuity and great make-up effects"

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Evil spirits invade different kinds of broadcasts in this inventive "screen life" film by director Levan Gabriadze Set up as one character's online interaction on a computer screen, Unfriended is a sophisticated depiction of the way teenagers interact online, or at least the way it was in 2014

It is a perfect snapshot of a moment that feels authentic rather than dated, and its verisimilitude heightens the sense of dread when high school students discover a ghostly presence in a video chat Gabriadze never breaks the format of the computer screen, even when people start getting killed Unfriended effectively portrays people through a variety of online platforms Like "The Devil and the Late Night," the film succeeds by sticking to a very specific setting

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One of the most influential found footage horror films is also a surprisingly effective domestic drama about a couple's frayed relationship after moving into a new home Micah (Micah Sloat), adamant about capturing their private moments with his new camera despite his girlfriend's objections, already seems a little inconsiderate, and his relationship with Katie (Katie Featherstone) becomes even more toxic as her concerns about the possibility of a demon infestation in their home becomes even more toxic as she ignores or minimizes them

Director Oren Pelli makes sure that the audience is emotionally invested in Micah and Katie before they are sent to hell Paranormal Activity still feels real, like someone's home movie that they inadvertently discovered at a garage sale, ready for a terrible surprise"

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Videographer Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) never encounters a sinister presence from beyond, but his pursuit of juicy stories that bring attention and money is more cunning than Jack Delroy Writer/director Dan Gilroy's film is a thrilling and dark journey through the Los Angeles underworld Lou moves from a small illegal business to a slightly more legitimate job chasing gruesome crime scenes in order to get footage to sell to the local news

Lou's increasingly unscrupulous modus operandi mirrors the desperation of television journalists like Nina Romina (Rene Russo) who seek to boost ratings with sensational stories, regardless of their news value or degree of truth Along with Gyllenhaal's best performance, the film cynically depicts the nasty side of the TV news business

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