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Graveyard Shift (1990 Film)
''Graveyard Shift'' is a 1990 American horror film directed by Ralph S. Singleton, written by John Esposito, starring David Andrews, Stephen Macht, Kelly Wolf, and Brad Dourif, and based on the 1970 short story of the same name by Stephen King which was first published in the October 1970 issue of ''Cavalier'' magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection '' Night Shift''. The film was released in October 1990. Plot Widowed drifter John Hall is hired to work in a rat-infested textile mill by the sadistic mill foreman, Warwick. Warwick has been carrying on numerous affairs with female workers, the latest being Nordello. Warwick has hired an eccentric rat exterminator Tucker Cleveland to take care of the rat problem. Cleveland confides in Hall that he is unable to kill all of the rats and the mill should be shut down. In the following weeks, Hall is bullied by both his fellow workers Danson, Brogan, and Stevenson, and Warwick, who holds a special hatred for him. Hall b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graveyard Shift (story)
"Graveyard Shift" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the October 1970 issue of ''Cavalier'' magazine and collected in King's 1978 collection '' Night Shift''. It was adapted into a 1990 film of the same name. Setting ''Graveyard Shift'' is set in a small town in Maine, and the action largely takes place in a textile mill. Plot summary A young drifter named Hall has been working at a decrepit textile mill in a small town in Maine when the cruel Supervisor, foreman, Warwick, recruits him and others to assist with a massive cleaning effort. The basement of the old mill has been abandoned for decades, and over the years, a monumental infestation of rats has taken hold. This rat empire, cut off from the rest of nature, has allowed the animals to evolve into a strange and varied combination of creatures, complete with its own bizarre, self-sustaining ecosystem. There are large, armored rats; albino, weasel-like rats that can climb up walls or burrow through the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |