‘Fear the ones left behind.’
Last Shift is a 2014 supernatural horror film directed by Anthony DiBlasi (Dread; Cassadaga) from a screenplay co-written with co-producer Scott Poiley (Exhume). The film was formerly titled Paymon: The King of Hell.
The film is released on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD on October 6, 2015, from Magnolia Home Entertainment via their Magnet imprint.
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Cast:
Juliana Harkavy (The Walking Dead), J. LaRose (Dark Places; Saw III and IV; Big Top Evil), Joshua Mikel (The Harvesting; Cell), Natalie Victoria (Lazarus: Apocalypse) and Sarah Sculco (Cassadaga; Exhume).
Plot:
Rookie police officer Jessica Loren (Harkavy) has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew collecting biomedical evidence. Ordered not to leave the station under any circumstance, Jessica comes to learn that it’s more than just an outdated station…
Unfortunately, its also home to the ultimate embodiment of evil, dangerous cult leader Paymon (Mikel), and his devoted followers. Paymon’s murderous spirit has haunted the station ever since he and two of his followers committed suicide on the night of their arrest. Trapped, Jessica is left to fight for her very survival in the devil’s playground…
Reviews:
” … a knowing and assured spin on established genre materials: an Assault on Precinct 13 by ghosts from a traumatic, Manson-esque past. Leaving its noisy spectres to a blurry periphery (or entirely to the paranoid imagination) to focus on its conflicted heroine, typically in close-up, Last Shift masterfully builds its tension towards an unexpected yet satisfying release that deepens and ambiguates everything that has preceded… Anton Bitel, Sight & Sound
“The movie is suspenseful and well-paced, and Harkavy is infinitely watchable …Ace cinematography by Austin F. Schmidt augments a stirring score by Adam Barber. It looks and sounds great.” Staci Layne Wilson, Dread Central
“Here the unflagging pace gives us horrors in every room of the police station, from the mildly creepy – furniture rearraging itself – to the full-on gore of the devil worshippers. That it makes not a lick of sense doesn’t matter: this is more akin to a ghost-train ride than a drama, and all the better for it.” Phelim O’Neill, The Telegraph
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