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But, back in the 1970s, Jack Delroy was trying to make a name for himself by inviting all sorts of scare-meisters for a Halloween episode of his talk show, 鈥淣ight Owls.鈥�

Using plenty of TV techniques from the era (and referencing films that were big at the time), directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes do a great job of conjuring more than just the devil in 鈥淟ate Night with the Devil.鈥�

This is like a time capsule from the past, letting us wallow in the kind of 鈥減ull you in鈥� drama Johnny Carson occasionally embraced.

Delroy (David Dastmalchian), however, has more on the line than Johnny did. If this episode scores in the ratings, he could become something more than an also-ran. To hedge his bets, he has an Amazing Randi-like pal, Carmichael Haig (Ian Bliss), to debunk some of the charlatans and a friend (Laura Gordon) who says a client has gone through a sort of possession.

Together, they make a compelling Halloween late night.

As Delroy unleashes the guests (in a real Tom Snyder way), they try to make a case for their brand of demons.

During the breaks, the Cairneses use flashbacks to other aspects of Delroy鈥檚 life, including his late wife鈥檚 last days and his involvement in a cult that may be worse than anything he has on stage.

While there鈥檚 a 鈥淏lair Witch Project鈥� feel to some of this, 鈥淟ate Night with the Devil鈥� seems like something 鈥淣etwork鈥檚鈥� UBS might have programmed. There鈥檚 a voiceover that鈥檚 suspiciously similar, too, and a hint of network brass just waiting to pull the plug. The doctor and the little girl, meanwhile, are right out of 鈥淭he Exorcist.鈥� Ingrid Torelli, who plays the girl, is about as Megan as a character can get without being Megan.

Roll them all together, include commercial breaks, watch as hell breaks loose, and you鈥檝e got a horror film that would fit nicely next to 鈥淭he Conjuring.鈥�

Dastmalchian isn鈥檛 as charismatic as some of the hosts he鈥檚 suggesting but he doesn鈥檛 get in the way of his directors鈥� trek through dozens of familiar situations. He鈥檚 hosting the obvious; Bliss, though, is just right as the Randi surrogate.

When action calls for special effects, 鈥淟ate Night鈥� doesn鈥檛 quite deliver. It鈥檚 easy to see the makeup and the A.I. techniques that enable this to happen. Still, the film has a way of taking hold and making the subject matter matter.