Last Shift

A cub cop's first shift within the last night of a closing station house alone turns into a living nightmare. The plot echoes John Carpenter's 'Assault on city district 13' however with supernatural twist.
Director:

 Anthony DiBlasi
Writers:

 Anthony DiBlasi, Anthony DiBlasi, two a lot of credits »
Stars:

 Juliana Harkavy, Joshua Mikel, J. LaRose |See full forged and crew »

Storyline

From director Anthony DiBlasi comes a Dr. impressed horror film centering around a transitioning station house. Officer Jessica Loren has been assigned  to attend for a HAZMAT team to select up bio-hazardous waste from the station's armory. however unbeknownst to Jessica, cult Leader John Michael Paymon has haunted the department ever since he and 2 of this followers committed suicide a year past up to now. And now, Jessica is on the point of establish however dangerous they'll be once she's left alone on this Last Shift.

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Amazing use of easy premise

19 Gregorian calendar month 2015 | by quincytheodore (Indonesia) – See all my reviews

It's a rarity for movies to use lone character in extreme plight. This rings very true for horror movies, since most of them concentrate on numerous victims to create up tension. astonishingly, Last Shift creates a awfully threatening night with nice pace, eerie effect, visceral sensible impact and extremely intense atmosphere.


The first night at the duty for Jessica (Juliana Harkavy) is additionally the last night her recent city district is in impact. This recent station house is regular for closure and it has been in tattered condition for what appears to be an extended time. it is the quite building one would notice in Silent Hill, with the rust and every one. Being alone within the cryptic place, Jessica before long finds herself in outre unworldly state of affairs.


As the exclusive lead Jessica Harkavy performs praiseworthily. whereas the picture show has many supporting characters, several scenes revolve round her. She brings an honest young temperament as a police cub, she conjointly displays adequate equanimity that slowly fades as her mind is exhausted. there is many smart convincing reactions from her likewise as slightly a lot of desperate ones once the paranormal occurrences step up.


The picture show conjointly employs several recent scare techniques, these aren't restricted to leap scares alone. while not spoiling abundant, the horror comes from creepy attrition on the lone cop, sharp swings of tones or just precise temporal order for haunting. This candidly took ME without notice, they're effective either by fiddling with audience's expectation therefore well or simply making scary bursts of ominous apparition.


Visually, it's dark however does not venture an excessive amount of into unclearness. The occasional glimpse is deliberate, creating smart use of shadow and light-weight. Sound effects play vital role too, there area unit multiple scenes wherever the trickling and buzzing pique enough curiosity to excellently produce the atmosphere.


It's not while not flaws tho'. Not each scare is spot-on, a few of them area unit less effective, and also the picture show still uses some quick writing. However, they're simply minor hindrance because the picture show keeps a solid consistent pace and its finer moments simply overshadow these hiccups.


Last Shift could be a pleasant surprise. Delightfully intense and totally creepy, it's one in every of the sleeper horrors in recent years.

Enjoyable vampire eye-candy

Many of Jess Franco's movies are slim on plot, and strong on atmosphere. 'Female Vampire' is a typical example. The story can be summarized in two lines, and the climax is actually revealed on the back of the Redemption version video case, so there's no mystery or suspense in this movie. What there is though is the gorgeous Lina Romay naked throughout. She may not be much of an actress (and her character is mute, so there is no dialogue), but she is beautiful, and makes one of the hottest screen vampires ever. The sight of her walking through the mist wearing nothing but a cape and a belt will stay with you for a long time! Judging this movie is difficult. As a horror movie it fails, but as a voyeuristic treat it certainly succeeds! Not Franco's best by a long shot, especially as large chunks of it are out of focus(!), but highly recommended 1970s sexploitation nevertheless.