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Plot

One of countless Stephen King adaptations, this take on one of the author's Night Shift tales is set in a Maine textile mill whose overbearing manager (Stephen Macht) finds himself in a tight spot when county inspectors crack down on his less-than-safe operation after a fatal accident involving a picking machine. He rounds up a few financially-desperate locals -- including drifter David Anderson, the film's nominal hero -- into a rag-tag crew to clean up the nightmarish, rat-infested lower levels of the decrepit building. Working their way through the labyrinthine tunnels beneath the mill, the crew encounters a rat's nest far beyond what their foreman had imagined, with a gigantic, man-eating monster rodent nesting at its center.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Horror,Thriller
Run Time:
87min.
Theatrical Release Date:
10/26/1990
DVD Release Date:
05/28/2002
Distributor(s):
Paramount
Director(s):
Ralph S. Singleton
Starring:
David Andrews , Kelly Wolf , Stephen Macht , Brad Dourif , Andrew Divoff
Themes:
When Animals Attack,Mutants
Tone:
Atmospheric,Creepy,Gritty,Menacing,Ominous,Tense,Gruesome
Keywords:
animal,attack,basement,crew,death,employment,exterminator,film,forces [military],graveyard,graveyard-shift,home,king,maniac,mill,monster,play [recreation],rat [animal],time,vampire,worker
Country of Origin:
USA (10-26-1990)
Language:
English