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Graveyard Shift

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Graveyard Shift

R

1990

1h 27m

Holiday

Horror

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John Hall (David Andrews) is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

I suppose the best one can say about Graveyard Shift is that it’s superior to 1995’s truly abysmal The Mangler, another movie based on a Stephen King short story and involving a monster munching mortals among mill machinery.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 2, 2025

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Rated: 2/5

Oct 24, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Sep 4, 2005

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Rated: 2/5

Aug 4, 2004

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Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

I honestly believe that I'm the only person in the world that didn't hate this movie.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 18, 2003

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Gerry Shamray

Your Movies (cleveland.com)

One of the worst of Stephen King movies. Don't punch in for this mess.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 22, 2002

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Zackary T

If I could give anything individual actor and star rating I'd give Brad Dourif 5 stars. This movie is fun but poorly executed and needed alot more Brad Dourif.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Dallas H

Brad Dourif is an absolute scene-stealer in this movie. He showed up on set and chewed the scenery! Overall, the story is simplistic and relatively easy to follow. Of course, it wouldn't be a proper Stephen King story if there isn't a flair of something supernatural or absurd blended into the horror factor. I can't hardline this movie as my favorite King adaptation, but I still enjoyed watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Mj B

I really can't say much about this film. I tought it was okay for a low budget B movie. Not bad not good just okay that's why I give it 3/5 wich I think it's fair.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Christian K

Only Brad Dourif's performance, which can be classified as some kind of bright spot of film, warrants one whole star instead of half. One of the worst Stephen King adaptations ever!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Howard H

Falls flat on its knees in regard to character development. Story has its interesting moments.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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GPhonse257

A hidden gem, in the Stephen King movies lineup. The actors that played as the cotton mill workers, clearly portrayed their strife in this movie. The creature at the end, when it fully revealed itself, is a magnificent design of a carnivorous giant rat/bat creature. The idea that something like that could be lirking in the maze of a basement, in a cotton mill that you work at...is terrifying! Most people probably would not survive that experience, to get their worker's comp. I only wish that, the love interest of the main character had survived with him at the end. Great horror movie. I'm still in awe, everytime i catch this movie on tv. And you can't really go wrong, with a movie that has Brad Dourif in it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Ralph S. Singleton

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John Hall

Kelly Wolf

Jane Wisconsky

Stephen Macht

Warwick

Brad Dourif

The Exterminator

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Synopsis

John Hall (David Andrews) is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.

Director: Ralph S. Singleton
Producer: William J. Dunn, Ralph S. Singleton
Screenwriter: John Esposito
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: R
Genre: Holiday, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.4M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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