David Dastmalchian

Biography

David Dastmalchian is originally from Kansas. He moved to Chicago, IL, to study acting at The Theatre School, DePaul University. After college, David worked as a professional fisherman in Alaska, a circus performer, movie theatre usher and playwright. He is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe Theatre Company and Caffeine Theatre in Chicago.

Known For

Late Night with the Devil: The Show That Killed

As everyone knows, horror films generally don't receive high ratings. It seems there are only a few recurring themes: Asian films focus on folklore and feng shui, Western films emphasize violence and gore; some rely on jump scares, while others depend entirely on background music to create atmosphere. It's been a long time since a horror film with new ideas emerged. However, recently, one has surfaced, featuring many innovative elements and avoiding the aforementioned clichés. From its debut, it

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Late Night with the Devil: The Show That Killed

When the most terrifying horror film is... not even a film?

Ok, to be honest, the title it is a little clickbaitish. Guilty as charge. But, it has a point. For film, at least nowadays and when we not consider that any piece of analog video as a film, we tend to assume that a film must be feature length. This is not the case here. Host is a movie with a duration of less than an hour, not short enough to be consider a, redundantly, short film, but it is part of the forgotten art of medium film (in Spanish the term “mediometraje” sounds more intellectual. I

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