Happy Second Halloween! It's the mooost wonderful time of the yeeear! Walpurgisnacht III: Season of the Mutants is coming 😀🍺🤠
Tune in tonight as Joe Bob and Darcy celebrate Walpurgisnacht aka Night of the Witches aka 2nd Halloween on THE LAST DRIVE-IN!
-This new single feature airs April 26 on ShudderTV and AMC+ TV at 9pm Eastern
-The episode will air in the US and Canada
-It'll go on demand April 28, PLUS it'll go on demand in Australia and New Zealand!
Also check out The Last Drive-In Halloween Special Marathon tricks and treats with Joe Bob Halloween specials all day long beginning 5:30am on April 26, leading up to the all-new Walpurgisnacht episode at 9pm ET.
Joe Bob Briggs @therealjoebob post and message from Twitter:
Our annual celebration of Walpurgisnacht, the Night of the Witches, will feature demonstrations of actual witch torture using @kinky_horror as a human pin cushion. Plus 3 special guests and a kickass movie. Friday at 9 EDT/6 Pacific, on Shudder and AMC+. I feel terrible but… pic.twitter.com/iLkzdq86jr
PLEASE, everyone, heed my impassioned plea for the restoration of the real meaning of Walpurgisnacht. Three years and we're FINALLY doing it right. This Friday at 9 Eastern/6 Pacific, #TheLastDriveIn on @Shudder and AMC Plus. pic.twitter.com/rDBzbDfb3S
Here’s the finished watercolor/ink piece I painted during The Last Drive-In’s Walpurgisnacht presentation of THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE. What an awesome night as one of my favorite films received TLDI treatment. Thanks, friends!💚#TheLastDrawIn during #TheLastDriveIn on @Shudderpic.twitter.com/vq6rooqHfq
Digging this thrift store find: 1977 vintage TV Guide with Night Owls host Jack Delroy on the cover, and trusty sidekick Gus repping Cavendish on the back. Plus a 1977 Life Magazine and the official book.
Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, and starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Framed as a found footage film with a documentary prologue, it focuses on a Halloween night 1977 talk show episode in which the host, the ambitious Jack Delroy, invites a purportedly possessed girl onto the program in an attempt to boost ratings.
Late Night With the Devil began streaming on Shudder on April 19, 2024. The Ghostwatch (1992) and WNUF Halloween Special (2013)-inspired film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on March 10, 2023. IFC Films theatrically released the film in the United States on March 22, 2024 and in Australia on April 11, 2024. It received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for its performances, production design and technical aspects, though it also received criticism for utilizing AI-generated art in three still image intertitles featured in the film.
The film opened in 1,034 theaters in the United States and Canada, and earned $2.8 million in its first three days, the best opening weekend for an IFC Films release; additionally, media outlets noted that the total included an estimated $666,666 gross on its third day. Expanding to 1,442 theaters the following weekend, the film made $2.2 million, finishing in seventh...read more at Wikipedia.org
Check out officially released posters, character posters, TV Guide/Life magazine covers/articles/scans and newspaper ads above. Plus trailers, custom VHS cover, a pre-show experience, AI art controversy, reviews and fan made concept posters below.
Flashback tonight to Halloween night 1977, for this ghoulish double feature! Right smack in the middle of @shudder's #HalfwayToHalloween, they take you back to UBC's late night two-for of 'Monster Shock Theater with Martin Monster' and 'Night Owl's with Jack Delroy!' Now this ended up being a very fateful night for our old buddy Jack....but FIRST, we had a hell of a good time Monstering it up! Be sure to watch this long lost archive material below before the film.
It's a spooky time, with variety act performances from tap dancing sword swallower @ginminsky, magician extraordinare @cardonemagic, Martin Monster's top Horror Movies of 1977, and of course our special guest, Mr Midnight himself, Jack Delroy! It was a shockingly good time! Packed with surprises, it’ll make you feel like you’re right in the 'Night Owls' audience!
The Monster Shock Theatre with Martin Monster | Late Night with The Devil Experience Pre-Show:
AI Art used in the film:
In the week leading up to the film's release, some reviewers pointed out the use of AI-generated art in several scenes, which were not present in the version screened at SXSW, and called for a boycott of the film. In response to the controversy, directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes said:
“In conjunction with our amazing graphics and production design team, all of whom worked tirelessly to give this film the 70s aesthetic we had always imagined, we experimented with AI for three still images which we edited further and ultimately appear as very brief interstitials in the film. We feel incredibly fortunate to have had such a talented and passionate cast, crew and producing team go above and beyond to help bring this film to life. We can’t wait for everyone to see it for themselves this weekend.”
Fans created their own art (below) based on the AI art used in the film (above).
