![]() Next is the sceptic, Carmichael Hunt (Ian Bliss), formerly a conjurer so he knows all the tricks, who debunks Christou’s black vomit as that old regurgitation routine, and offers a cheque for $100,000 for any demonstrable supernatural behaviour. He opens with a psychic, Christou (Fayssal Bazzi), in a gold lamé suit who may or may not have channelled the dead son of a woman in the audience before his dramatic departure from the set. ![]() It’s Halloween in 1978 and Delroy, played with a discerning mix of cheesy patter and fake sincerity by Dastmalchian, has a ripper line-up. We learn that his beloved wife, a former actress, was ill and a segment where she pledged eternal love for Jack through jagged breaths, rated well – even better that she died a fortnight later. He is getting desperate as he performs practised patter before a studio audience, throwing to his wingman Gus (Rhys Auteri) who is in charge of the house music. A 1970s talk show host, Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian), has all the moves but his Night Owls ratings are never close enough to Johnny Carson to guarantee his next contract. The story of Late Night with the Devil is told mockumentary style. This was the germ of an idea for the talented Australian filmmaker brothers Col and Cam Cairnes, whose wacky debut film, 100 Bloody Acres, starred Damon Herriman and was filmed in the Adelaide Hills. ![]() He apologised the next day but, in his defence, he said people like Stokes brought joy to the world. Not that guests were spewing black bile on The Don Lane Show, but he did once storm off camera while arguing with a sceptic over whether professional mediums like the British psychic Doris Stokes were the real deal. Fun fact: this film’s origins are in a true story about Australia’s own lanky American TV show host from the 1970s and ’80s, Don Lane.
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