Review – Graveyard Shift

Hollywood serves up a low-budget version of Stephen King’s working-class reheat of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Rats in the Walls.” The basic premise (old factory infested by rats and their giant, mutant relatives) has potential, but here the execution leaves a bit to be desired. For openers, the production’s a bit light in the talent department. The biggest name in the whole thing is Brad Dourif, who plays a supporting role as a psychotic exterminator. Our protagonist is played by David Andrews, an actor whose emotional range seems to be limited to a glower of consternation. Or is it constipation? It’s hard to tell. And I guess it probably goes without saying that the tale is a little hard on the rodents, bumping off everything from the cute little pet store critters that are supposed to pass for vermin right up to the giant, fakey-looking rubber rat-bat thing. See if desperate