Movie Review: Too Late
Show business can be a dog-eat-dog world, or as director D.W. Thomas shows in her new horror comedy Too Late, a monster-eat-comedian world. The film is a darkly humorous look at the world of stand-up comedy that boasts solid acting and an engaging story. Violet Fields (Alyssa Limperis) is the assistant to renowned comedian and showcase host Bob Devore (Ron Lynch). She stays with him in hopes that he will finally give her a long-promised break, but in the back of her mind she knows it may never come, even though she loyally performs her main duty — providing Devore, who is a centuries-old monster, with stand-up comedians for him to eat. When Devore takes Violet’s new love interest Jimmy Rhodes (Will Weldon) under his wing, Violet must try her best to keep Jimmy from becoming Devore’s next meal — or worse. Thomas directs from a sharp screenplay written by her husband Tom Becker, and she does a fine job
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