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Let me preface this as always by saying I'm not a professional movie reviewer, as so many here seem to want to be and therefore work really hard to find things in the movies they review to criticize. My wife and I are "regular" people, and we actually enjoy movies.

That being said, we both really enjoyed this flick. In summation, it's about a girl named Emma who is possessed, and a priest who has a history with her (it's explained in the movie) decides he needs to do whatever he has to do in order to exorcise the demon inside of her. It's done on the home parish of a priest who is leery, to say the least, about this whole situation, which provides a good side story.

The movie is almost exclusively a series of "rituals", or sessions in which Pacino's character performs various stages of exorcisms, culminating in the final "either the demon goes or I go" type situation.

The story is good, the actors all do a great job (even the supporting actors), and Abigail Cowen, who plays "Emma", the possessed girl, is simply awesome in her role.

Again, we aren't (nor trying to be) professional movie critics, and we don't expect nor need a movie to be a cinematic masterpiece to enjoy. If you like these types of movies, DO NOT miss this one. It's definitely a great addition to the genre and you'll enjoy it.

So just a recap, I really enjoyed the first Terrifier, and didn't like Terrifier 2 because it was too much "magic woo-woo" crap.

Terrifier 3 SORTA gets back to a serial killer killing people in original and mega-gory ways, which is what people who enjoyed the first one are looking for.

The guy playing Art is awesome and funny as he was in the first two. Lauren LaVera is pretty good, but lets face it, Art is why people go see this movie.

If you liked the first one, this one is one you will probably not regret watching, but hopefully for #4 they somehow don't get more ridiculous than 2 was and just get back to brutality and laughs.

So lemme preface this with three facts about me...one, I don't think as many seem to here that I'm a professional movie reviewer. Two, one of the main reasons I watch movies is to take a break from real life so I don't nitpick every scene. Three, a good ending can make a film and a bad ending can break it.

That said, Late Night with the Devil truly is a unique movie. In short, a talk show host has a few guests on Halloween that include a man who doesn't believe in possession, ESP, ect... and a woman, who happens to be the girlfriend (although that's not public knowledge) who is treating, and adopted, a young girl who lived in a house that was filled with the occult, and a cult who worshipped the devil. She is..."affected", lets say, and the woman is trying to help her.

I'll leave it there, as I don't want to spoil anything that happens, but in my opinion, the movie kept my interest the whole way through and then....the ending happened and ruined it.

If you have about an hour and a half to kill and just want something you don't have to think too hard to figure out, the movie really IS enjoyable up until the very end. Not a waste of time, it is fun up until the conclusion, but MAN......if they had a good ending this movie would have been a solid 8.