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| name = Graveyard Shift
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| image = Graveyard Shift film.jpg
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| director = Ralph S. Singleton
| director = Ralph S. Singleton
| screenplay = John Esposito
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==Plot==
==Plot==
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths. The only link between the killings is that they all occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.—the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman ([[Stephen Macht]]) has chosen newly hired drifter John Hall ([[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]]) to help a group clean up the mill's rat-infested basement. The workers find a subterranean maze of tunnels leading to the cemetery—and a giant bat that hunts at night. In the end, Hall is able to kill the giant bat when it gets caught in the grinding wheels of a cotton picker and crushed to death.
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths. The only link between the killings is that they all occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.—the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman ([[Stephen Macht]]) has chosen newly hired drifter John Hall ([[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]]) to help a group clean up the mill's rat-infested basement. The workers find a subterranean maze of tunnels leading to the cemetery—and a giant bat that hunts at night. In the end, Hall is able to kill the giant bat when it gets caught in the grinding wheels of a cotton picker and crushed to death.


==Production==
==Production==
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The film received poor reviews from critics, and currently holds a 13% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
The film received poor reviews from critics, and currently holds a 13% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].


''Graveyard Shift'' was a modest box office success for Paramount. The film was released October 26, 1990 in the United States, opening in first place that weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1990&wknd=43&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office October 26-28, 1990 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-07}}</ref> It grossed a total of $11,582,891 domestically.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=graveyardshift.htm |title=Graveyard Shift (1990) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-07}}</ref>
''Graveyard Shift'' was a modest box office success for Paramount. The film was released October 26, 1990 in the United States, opening in first place that weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1990&wknd=43&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office October 26-28, 1990 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-07}}</ref> It grossed a total of $11,582,891 domestically.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=graveyardshift.htm |title=Graveyard Shift (1990) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-07}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb title|0099697|Graveyard Shift}}
* {{IMDb title|0099697|Graveyard Shift}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|1031376-graveyard_shift|Graveyard Shift}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|1031376-graveyard_shift|Graveyard Shift}}


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Revision as of 22:33, 22 October 2017

Graveyard Shift
Original theatrical poster
Directed byRalph S. Singleton
Screenplay byJohn Esposito
Produced byWilliam J. Dunn
Ralph S. Singleton
Starring
CinematographyPeter Stein
Edited byJim Gross
Randy Jon Morgan
Music byBrain Banks
Anthony Marinelli
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10.5 million
Box office$11,582,891[1]

Graveyard Shift is a 1990 American horror film directed by Ralph S. Singleton, written by John Esposito and based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King[2] which was first published in the 1970 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.[2] The movie was released in October 1990.

Plot

When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths. The only link between the killings is that they all occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.—the graveyard shift. The sadistic mill foreman (Stephen Macht) has chosen newly hired drifter John Hall (David Andrews) to help a group clean up the mill's rat-infested basement. The workers find a subterranean maze of tunnels leading to the cemetery—and a giant bat that hunts at night. In the end, Hall is able to kill the giant bat when it gets caught in the grinding wheels of a cotton picker and crushed to death.

Production

The movie was filmed in the village of Harmony, Maine at Bartlettyarns Inc., the oldest woolen yarn mill in the United States (est. 1821). The historic Bartlett mill was renamed "Bachman" for the movie, an homage to King's pseudonym, Richard Bachman. The interior shots of the antique mill machinery, and the riverside cemetery, were in Harmony. Other scenes (restaurant interior, and giant wool picking machine) were at locations in Bangor, Maine, at an abandoned waterworks and armory. A few other mill scenes were staged near the Eastland woolen mill in Corinna, Maine, which subsequently became a Super Fund site.

Reception

The film received poor reviews from critics, and currently holds a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Graveyard Shift was a modest box office success for Paramount. The film was released October 26, 1990 in the United States, opening in first place that weekend.[3] It grossed a total of $11,582,891 domestically.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Graveyard Shift". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ a b "Graveyard Shift". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Weekend Box Office October 26-28, 1990". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  4. ^ "Graveyard Shift (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
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