The Nightshifter – aka Morto Não Fala – is a 2018 Brazilian supernatural horror film directed by Dennison Ramalho (The ABCs of Death 2 segment: ‘J is for Jesus’; short: Ninjas; writer of José Mojica Marins’ Embodiment of Evil) from a screenplay co-written with Claudia Jouvin. The movie stars Daniel de Oliveira, Fabiula Nascimento and Bianca Comparato.
Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) works the night shift at a morgue in a very large, very violent city. On the job, he sees cadavers in every conceivable state, often the victims of horrific gang warfare. While most would be rather unsettled by it all, Stênio is not. For the dead speak to him. Not in any metaphorical sense but in a very literal way.
Stênio was born with an occult gift and while not everyone would be at ease conversing with mutilated cadavers on slabs, he has learned that there are endless secrets that can be gleaned this way. Related to crime. To prosperity. One day he learns a terrible secret about people in his own life. He commits the sin of acting on knowledge obtained from the dead, cursing himself and those dearest to him in the process…
The Nightshifter has its world premiere at the Fantasia festival in Canada on July 17, 2018.
Running time:
104 minutes
Trivia:
The film’s international working title was Among the Living