Graveyard Shift (1990)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Ralph S. Singleton

Writers:

Stephen King (short story)
John Esposito (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 October 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Stephen King took you to the edge with The Shining and Pet Sematary. This time......he pushes you over.

Plot:

Based on Stephen King's short story about a Maine textile mill, where it's workers come into contact with something far more gruesome than anyone might expect. |

Plot Keywords:

Textile Mill | Mill | Worker | Cotton | Exterminator

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Andrews	...	John Hall
Kelly Wolf	...	Jane Wisconsky
Stephen Macht	...	Warwick
Andrew Divoff	...	Danson
Vic Polizos	...	Brogan
Brad Dourif	...	Tucker Cleveland / The Exterminator
Robert Alan Beuth	...	Ippeston
Ilona Margolis	...	Nordello
Jimmy Woodard	...	Carmichael
Jonathan Emerson	...	Jason Reed
Minor Rootes	...	Stevenson
Kelly L. Goodman	...	Warwick's Secretary
Susan Lowden	...	Daisy May
Joe Perham	...	Mill Inspector
Dana Packard	...	Millworker

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Graveyard Shift

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1992) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #30739)

Filming Locations:

Bangor, Maine, USA

Company:

Graveyard Productions

Trivia:

The name of the mill is "Bachman Mills". "Bachman" is a pseudonym used by 'Stephen King', upon whose short story the movie was based.

Goofs:

Continuity: When they first go into the sub-basement Warwick puts grease on his face and its there throughout the movie. Later on in the cave full of bones, all the shots of his face show no grease whatsoever.

Quotes:

Warwick: [to the monster] We're going to hell together!

Movie Connections:

References "Star Search" (1983)

Soundtrack:

BAD BOYS

Rats! Rats! Rats!

Bland David Andrews is a quiet hunk drifter who starts the late shift at a grimy Maine textile mill, headed over by a sadistic sleazeball boss (Stephen Macht). The basement work crew start falling prey to a giant rat monster that lurks underground. Real rats are all over the place too, to clean up the bodies.

The gore FX are mostly top-notch, the sets are good and there's plenty of violence and action, but this pointless movie is one big, unpleasant cliché thanks to poor direction and scripting (by John Esposito, based on the Stephen King story). Everyone yells and screams a lot, but Kelly Wolf (as a tough female worker who can hold her own) and Brad Dourif (as 'Nam vet pest exterminator Tucker Cleveland) are the only two who bring any spark to their roles.