History Film / LateNightWithTheDevil

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Lilly is the sole survivor of a mass suicide by a Satanic cult which had been grooming her for ritualistic sacrifice, has at some point found herself possessed by a demonic entity, finds herself in the care of a doctor that seeks to exploit their relationship for profit, and then has her demonic possession play out in front of a live studio audience and on instant replay before [[spoiler: completely losing control to Mr. Wriggles - who proceeds to murder Gus, Haig, and June, terrorize Jack and most likely get his show cancelled. Subverted in that Mr. Wriggles manipulates Jack into murdering Lilly with the sacrificial dagger in full view of cameras, so that Lilly ends up becoming a human sacrifice after all.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Lilly is the sole survivor of a mass suicide by a Satanic cult which had been grooming her for ritualistic sacrifice, has at some point found herself possessed by a demonic entity, finds herself in the care of a doctor that seeks to exploit their relationship for profit, and then has her demonic possession play out in front of a live studio audience and on instant replay before [[Spoiler: completely losing control to Mr. Wriggles - who proceeds to murder Gus, Haig, and June, terrorize Jack and most likely get his show cancelled. Subverted in that Mr. Wriggles manipulates Jack into murdering Lilly with the sacrificial dagger in full view of cameras, so that Lilly ends up becoming a human sacrifice after all.]]

* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: Lilly is the sole survivor of a mass suicide by a Satanic cult which had been grooming her for ritualistic sacrifice, has at some point found herself possessed by a demonic entity, finds herself in the care of a doctor that seeks to exploit their relationship for profit, and then has her demonic possession play out in front of a live studio audience and on instant replay before [[Spoiler: completely losing control to Mr. Wriggles - who proceeds to murder Gus, Haig, and June, terrorize Jack and most likely get his show cancelled. Subverted in that Mr. Wriggles manipulates Jack into murdering Lilly with the sacrificial dagger in full view of cameras, so that Lilly ends up becoming a human sacrifice after all.]]

* YouAreWhatYouHate: For all that Haig rails against people like Christou who fake the supernatural for profit, it's abundantly clear that he's just as guilty of preying off vulnerable people, exploiting tragedy for his own ends, and generally being a sleazy prick as the latter. He just uses skepticism to do it instead of magic.

** [[spoiler:Madeline's spirit can be briefly seen in several shots, unnoticed by the characters, ranging from behind Jack in the mirror during the first commercial break, a moment's flash in Lilly's hair during her first possession, and in the mirror on the table when the water glasses break]].

* SpikingTheCamera: [[invoked]] Lilly keeps staring intently into the camera when she first arrives on set. Jack has to gently tell her that she should look at the people who are talking to her. [[spoiler: Jack does the same during his breakdown, pleading with the audience as he protests his innocence.]]

* WagTheDirector: [[Invoked]] It's heavily implied, in-universe, that [[spoiler: June leveraged her relationship with Jack to appear on the show.]]

* WagTheDirector: [Invoked] It's implied, in-universe, that [[spoiler: June leveraged her relationship with Jack to appear on the show.]]

->''"Let me tell you something -- If Minnie were here, she'd be saying "You get out there, Mr. Midnight, and you [[GoneHorriblyRight knock 'em dead]].""''

** [[spoiler: Haig's [[BodyHorror hypnotism]] doesn't just work on Gus; the audience sees it too]].
** [[spoiler:When Lilly is fully possessed by Mr. Wriggles, the camera zooms in on her face before cutting to static. Yet within the static, her face pushes through with an evil smile.]]
** [[spoiler:In-Universe as well, amid Jack's vision at the end, he turns to the cameras and starts begging the audience at home to turn their television sets off for their own safety.]]

* {{Fauxshadowing}}: As he's being cleaned up by the on-set makeup artist, Haig mutters that he'll "fit right in" with The Grove, indicating that he has some connection to demons. [[spoiler: He doesn't and, contrary to his earlier declaration that he is "a liar, a cheat, a charlatan, and a fake", he has no real hidden motivation otehr than to be the resident skeptic.]]