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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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Rated: 2/5

Oct 24, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

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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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 1/5

Jul 26, 2002

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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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Montgomery M

It doesn't really feel like a Stephen king movie in tone for some reason... Just not good.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Elvis D

Siguiendo con la explotación de las obras de Stephen King a la gran pantalla, esta película toma el relato original como referencia y presenta más bien otra disfrutable película de horror de los años 80 en vez de una adaptación. El relato original suele ser corto y breve sin mucho que contar. La película expande más la historia para darle un sentido y lo hace bastante bien. Lo único que cabe mencionar es la criatura que provoca el terror en la película, ya que en el relato original son varias criaturas y aquí hay solo una. Debe ser porque el departamento de efectos especiales solo estuvo limitado atraer una sola criatura en vez de varias, como en el relato original. Los efectos especiales son bastante buenos de todos modos, tratándose de una película ochentera de la época. Esta película es algo cuestionable como adaptación, pero es otra de esas películas de horror ochenteras que son bastante entretenidas para pasar un rato en pantalla. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 8/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/27/23

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Ralph S. Singleton

Director

David Andrews

John Hall

Kelly Wolf

Jane Wisconsky

Stephen Macht

Warwick

Brad Dourif

The Exterminator

Andrew Divoff

Danson

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Eaten Alive

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Fighting the Giant Mill Bat

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Bat Food

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Killing the Giant Mill Bat

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - The Bone Pit Fight

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - The Crazy Exterminator

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Flesh-Eating Rats

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Eaten by Rats

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Fear of the Dark

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Graveyard Shift: Official Clip - Trashing the Car

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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: Bonnie Sugar, Larry Sugar
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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