NIGHT SHIFT (2024)
Writer: Benjamin China, Paul China
Stars: Phoebe Tonkin, Patrick Fischler, Madison Hu Genre: Horror, Slasher, Psychological
How to Watch: VOD
Synopsis: While working her first night shift at a remote motel, a woman begins to suspect that the property is haunted.
Thoughts: So many delightful tropes are presented in one tight little 80 minute movie - a night shift; trapped in a motel; killer on the loose - and I do love the tropes. Our main character, Gwen, seems to know she’s in a horror movie right from the start. She’s spooked by every shadow and noise and is suspicious of all the guests, and lack thereof. It’s perhaps because of this that the movie is dripping with tension even if it doesn’t deserve to be, yet. But after the ghostly apparitions, the creepy car, the impossibly ringing phone, we get there, to that paranoid screw this I’m out of here moment. I hate to say that I called the ending in the first twenty minutes but I guess I’ve just seen too many movies and not every movie is an original idea. Despite this, the journey was super fun. I second guessed myself on multiple occasions and I didn’t stop waiting for the final girl to earn her title. Night Shift isn’t exactly fresh. But it's a tasty junk food option at the end of a long day.
3 out of 5 💀s
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