Graveyard Shift

Graveyard Shift

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

Directed by Ralph S. Singleton

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Graveyard Productions

199089 min5.4 / 10

A claustrophobic creature-horror film that traps workers in a decaying mill basement with an unknowable predator, emphasizing visceral dread over character depth.

John Hall 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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  • Is Graveyard Shift one of a kind? No. Less singular than 95% of films.

  • Is Graveyard Shift easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Graveyard Shift end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Graveyard Shift scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Graveyard Shift violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Graveyard Shift sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity6

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise40

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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