Japan Synopsis
“Stephen King took you to the edge with The Shining and Pet Sematary. This time… he pushes you over.”
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" — from around midnight to dawn — and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
The 1989–1991 Japan Window
114 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Graveyard Shift sits at position #104.
Other Titles From Paramount
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Graveyard Shift premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 29m runtime, production spent $118K per minute on screen and earned $130K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,309 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #288 of 391 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Paramount, Graveyard Productions, JVC |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | October 26, 1990 |
| IMDb | tt0099697 |