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| Year: | 1990 |
| Country of origin: | USA / Japan |
| Director: | Ralph S. Singleton |
| Genre: | Rats and mutant bats |
| Starring: | Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff, Brad Dourif |
| Rating: | 3/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099697/ |
| Tagline: | Stephen King took you to the edge with The Shining and Pet Sematary. This time......he pushes you over. |
| Favourite line: | "We're going to hell together!" |
Based on a Stephen King short story, this is a loose adaptation which is as incoherent and idiotic as it is, for moments at least, entertaining.
A small, run down town in Maine, whose only stand out feature is a textile mill which, due to the searing heat, can only operate at night between the hours of 11pm and 7am - the Graveyard Shift.
Most of the 'scares' are facilitated by an abundance of rats creeping around the place, but there's a more sinister secret buried here too.
Could it be a giant mutant slimy bat creature with a taste for human flesh? I think it very well could be.
The atmosphere is effective, and the acting acceptable for this standard of movie - Brad Dourif, as ever, is the best character on show as The Exterminator. He's a creepy son of a bitch in every role he plays.
But be warned, it makes little or no sense - we never find out exactly why the creature is inhabiting the place, or why only now has it emerged, but that aside this is a slightly daft but vaguely entertaining horror tale.
Reasonably enjoyable.
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