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Summary: Not much in common with the King story but a good movie.
Review: A lot of changes made from King story to movie, but the atmosphere of the old mill with graveyard next to it is perfect. Warwick character played by Stephen Macht is very strong. David Andrews is excellent as the mysterious drifter. Interiors of mill are very well done. Very good special effects and plenty of gore. I cant leave out Brad Dourif as the exterminator,perfect. Everything combined this is an excellent horror movie. Can be watched over and over to pick up more details each time. Last but not least is the final credit theme with lines from the movie stung together in a chilling and memorable song.
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Summary: Okay little b-movie.
Review: Bachman (get it?) Mills has a rat problem. A really BIG rat problem. Get it?Stephen King's Graveyard Shift is one of those movies some people think Stephen King had something to do with. Kind of like John Carpenter had something to do with John Carpenter's Halloween. But Maine's #1 Horror Writer (oh, excuse me, "American Novelist") had nothing whatsoever to do with this movie, outside of demanding that it be shot in Maine, so his home state could get a little extra income. The meaning of the title is not dissimilar to Bram Stoker's Dracula or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The movie does draw a commendable amount from the source story (there's a crappy boss named Warwick, a fire hose is used to squirt rats to oblivion, and there's a giant monster rat, and a mill), so King had no legal ground to have his name removed, as he has done with the movie Stephen King's [NOT] The Lawnmower Man. Not that he wanted to, as it is Graveyard Shift is a dopy piece of b-movie fun. A drifter shows up in town and takes the job at the local mill that had been vacated by some poor dude that got mulched by The Picker. Seems Mr. Poor Dude got so scared of whatever was casting this really big shadow that he just fell into The Picker. The drifter is played by David Andrews, who would later open the Pandora's Box that is Skynet in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (way to go!), and all we really learn about him is that his wife died. What was her name? What was she like? Why is he drifting? Dunno, never explained. The mill is run by a nasty guy named Warwick (character taken from the story) and he is played by character actor Stephen Macht (who played Jack Deth's boss in Trancers III and got possessed in Amityville 1992: It's About Time). Warwick has a funny accent. At one point he says "Ayuh", so I guess he thinks he sounds like someone in Maine. He doesn't. He sounds like someone from another country, but he's the type you DO NOT ask "Where are you from anyway?" The drifter catches the eyes of two local cuties (one is having an affair with Warwick, the other refuses to - the refuser is from Castle Rock, end of characterization for both) and three local bullies (one is played by future Wishmaster Andrew Divoff). Eventually they all face off against the giant Rat Bat thingie in the sub-basement. Graveyard Shift has some nice things about it. Brad Dourif gets to chew up some scenery (which gets to give payback when it chews up him) as The Exterminator. No, not the character from those 80s vigilante movies, just some local yocal that Bachman (get it?) hired to kill the rats infesting his mill. This character is added to the story and serves no real purpose other than to give the lead something to look at other than The Picker and the rats and it gives Dourif the chance to deliver a rather gruesome speech on the horrors of Vietcong Rats, but other than that you don't miss him when he's not around. The other characters are just fodder. Heck, I don't think that screenwriter John Esposito even bothered to name them. Wait, I was talking about good things...uh...atmosphere. The movie has some nice atmosphere...and the monster is pretty nifty, even if it looks like a wad of gum with teeth. The end title mix of dialogue is something to hear as well. If it were made today, it would probably be a DTV or cable movie. Disposable b-movies like this seldom gets a theatrical release anymore. Pity.
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Summary: Okay little b-movie.
Review: Bachman (get it?) Mills has a rat problem. A really BIG rat problem. Get it? Stephen King's Graveyard Shift is one of those movies some people think Stephen King had something to do with. Kind of like John Carpenter had something to do with John Carpenter's Halloween. But Maine's #1 Horror Writer (oh, excuse me, "American Novelist") had nothing whatsoever to do with this movie, outside of demanding that it be shot in Maine, so his home state could get a little extra income. The meaning of the title is not dissimilar to Bram Stoker's Dracula or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The movie does draw a commendable amount from the source story (there's a crappy boss named Warwick, a fire hose is used to squirt rats to oblivion, and there's a giant monster rat, and a mill), so King had no legal ground to have his name removed, as he has done with the movie Stephen King's [NOT] The Lawnmower Man. Not that he wanted to, as it is Graveyard Shift is a dopy piece of b-movie fun. A drifter shows up in town and takes the job at the local mill that had been vacated by some poor dude that got mulched by The Picker. Seems Mr. Poor Dude got so scared of whatever was casting this really big shadow that he just fell into The Picker. The drifter is played by David Andrews, who would later open the Pandora's Box that is Skynet in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (way to go!), and all we really learn about him is that his wife died. What was her name? What was she like? Why is he drifting? Dunno, never explained. The mill is run by a nasty guy named Warwick (character taken from the story) and he is played by character actor Stephen Macht (who played Jack Deth's boss in Trancers III and got possessed in Amityville 1992: It's About Time). Warwick has a funny accent. At one point he says "Ayuh", so I guess he thinks he sounds like someone in Maine. He doesn't. He sounds like someone from another country, but he's the type you DO NOT ask "Where are you from anyway?" The drifter catches the eyes of two local cuties (one is having an affair with Warwick, the other refuses to - the refuser is from Castle Rock, end of characterization for both) and three local bullies (one is played by future Wishmaster Andrew Divoff). Eventually they all face off against the giant Rat Bat thingie in the sub-basement. Graveyard Shift has some nice things about it. Brad Dourif gets to chew up some scenery (which gets to give payback when it chews up him) as The Exterminator. No, not the character from those 80s vigilante movies, just some local yocal that Bachman (get it?) hired to kill the rats infesting his mill. This character is added to the story and serves no real purpose other than to give the lead something to look at other than The Picker and the rats and it gives Dourif the chance to deliver a rather gruesome speech on the horrors of Vietcong Rats, but other than that you don't miss him when he's not around. The other characters are just fodder. Heck, I don't think that screenwriter John Esposito even bothered to name them. Wait, I was talking about good things...uh...atmosphere. The movie has some nice atmosphere...and the monster is pretty nifty, even if it looks like a wad of gum with teeth. The end title mix of dialogue is something to hear as well. If it were made today, it would probably be a DTV or cable movie. Disposable b-movies like this seldom gets a theatrical release anymore. Pity.
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Summary: Near waste of film, complete waste of a DVD
Review: Based on a Stephen King short story, Graveyard Shift concerns a group of men trying to exterminate rats from a textile mill during the graveyard shift. What the men don't know is that there is a big rat-like monster awaiting them, and that's pretty much about it for a story and plot. The acting is sub-par to say the least, and the production values are hardly anything special. The film is not suspenseful or scary, but Graveyard Shift does have it's moments here and there, and fans of any of King's literary works could get a kick out of this. However, my main gripe is with the DVD itself. Once again we see Paramount releasing an older film on a bare bones DVD at the full list price (for examples see the Friday the 13th films, or April Fool's Day, My Bloody Valentine, or The Fan) and whenever I see that it just really gets to me. I've seen other studios release films on DVD with no or a few extras at a very cheap price (the recent release of Predator 2 on DVD for example) and I just can never understand why Paramount lists scant DVD's like Graveyard Shift at such a high price. Oh well, if you really like the movie, find it on video and save yourself some cash.
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Summary: JUST PLAIN AWFUL!!!
Review: Even when stacked up against all those other lousy Stephen King movie adaptions, this is still one of the worst movies I have ever seen. These people aren't even trying to make a picture that is in the least bit watchable. If you haven't seen this movie, trust me, it's not worth a minute of your time. If you have seen this movie, you have my sympathies.
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Summary: Makes You Want To Work The Day Shift
Review: From Horror master Stephen KIng comes this most terror filled tale yet.....Gates Falls, Main. When an abandoned textile mill is reopened several employees meet mysteriouse deaths. The Link between all the killings, they all occured between the hours of 11 pm. and 7 am. otherwise known as the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman has chosen a group to clean up the mills rat infested basement, but what the workers find is a subterranean maze of tunnels lreading to the cemetary, and an unimaginable horror that comes alivew in the dead of night.
This is a bare bones movie with no dvd extras, though the dvd itself and the artwork on it, are very cool. Not the best Stephen King movie, but definately not the worst.
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Summary: Makes You Want To Work The Day Shift
Review: From Horror master Stephen KIng comes this most terror filled tale yet.....Gates Falls, Main. When an abandoned textile mill is reopened several employees meet mysteriouse deaths. The Link between all the killings, they all occured between the hours of 11 pm. and 7 am. otherwise known as the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman has chosen a group to clean up the mills rat infested basement, but what the workers find is a subterranean maze of tunnels lreading to the cemetary, and an unimaginable horror that comes alivew in the dead of night.
This is a bare bones movie with no dvd extras, though the dvd itself and the artwork on it, are very cool. Not the best Stephen King movie, but definately not the worst.
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Summary: Easily one of the worst movies ever made!! Total trash!
Review: Graveyard Shift accomplishes an amazing feat of achieving the level of truly awful badness!! I cannot recall seeing a film worse than this. It even lacks the charm of being so bad, it's funny. Its just plain BAD--NOT FUNNY!!Its based on a short story by Stephen King, but is very different. King's story featured several large and scary rats. This one features a giant bat that's not scary, and a bunch of small rats that do nothing. I would recommend that King sue the makers of this fiasco. The actors seemed to have been made of cardboard. They are all boring and say their lines like condemed prisoners. There's even a quasi-love interest between two characters that leads no where--not that anyone cared! I have no idea what the production people were thinking when they made this film. The texile mill set looks actually good, but every scene is as interesting and tasty as a year old, stale piece of bread. Near the end, there's a big a struggle in a pile of bones between three and a woman is killed senselessly, by her evil boss. I thought the bat was supposed to be the villain here! I had such a thoroughly unpleasant experience at this film. What I found most disturbing about this movie is that people paid good money to see it.The filmmakers should do society a favor and burn up every print of this film. This is not an exaggeration! This film is THAT bad. Wanna know just how bad this film is? Before it started, they showed a trailer for another Stephen King film, Misery. I enjoyed that short trailer light years more than Graveyard Shift. Heck, I would have rather watched the Misery trailer over and over for the same length of time as this disaster, and would have enjoyed myself immensely. Stay away from Graveyard Shift BY ALL MEANS. If you want to check out a great Stephen King horror movie, Misery is an excellent choice. I'd give "Graveyard Shift" ZERO STARS if I could.
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Summary: predictable horror film
Review: Graveyard Shift is a short story written by Stephen King that should never have been adapted to the big screen. It's about a giant rat-bat creature living underneath a basement. The idea is fine and creepy for a story but for a movie, its treatment is horrible. The acting is sometimes good, and sometimes really bad. The characters were so one-dimensional it was hard to care if they were killed or not. Either way, it seemed pretty likely who was going to be alive by the end of the film The rat-bat creature looks pretty real, and that's the only positive thing about this movie.
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Summary: At Least It's Not The Lawnmower Man
Review: Graveyard Shift is one of those movies that most people have seen or caught part of at one time. It's not a great movie, but memorable enough that it gets stored away in the back of your mind. The only time you recall it at all is if someone refers to "that movie with the giant bat thing in it." Then you most likely know what they're talking about. Similar to Krull-Everyone remembers the cool throwing star, boomerang weapon thingamajig. The movie is based(very loosely)on a Stephen King short story. You know the film is in trouble when they adapt a short story and attempt to stretch it out to 90 minutes-there's a reason why short stories are short, ya know. Therefore, 5% of the film belongs to King, and 95% to the screenwriter. Yeah, drifter comes to town, gets job at textile mill, there's a rat problem and a bunch of guys try to clean it up, they run into giant bat monster. This is basically it, folks. You could actually make an entertaining flick from this premise, but this film is way too slow. The pre credit sequence has a gruesome giant bat thing murder, then we don't really hear from him again till the final ten minutes or so. The whole chunk of the film is used for boring subplots and character development that doesn't work. The three stars go towards Brad Dourif's great performance as the exterminator and the cool Lovecraftian underground bat lair. Otherwise, this is pretty cruddy.
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