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Stephen king graveyard shift book6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, maybe it was for the best, for as anyone who knows pulpy, 70’s horror literature would know, even though it was published four years later, James Herbert’s 1974 novel, The Rats is the far better known rodent story despite containing many similarities that’s a little too close for comfort.Īnyway, there’s actually a very real sense of a missed opportunity here – which is odd for a movie about legions of hungry, man-eating pests – as the movie wastes a good cast, great sets and a nifty monster in order to punch below it’s weight and dumb down a movie that could have had loftier ambitions. ![]() A good example of this is the virtually forgotten 1990 killer rat movie, Graveyard Shift that came out amidst a slew of King adaptations and promptly sank without a trace. Possibly one of the most frustrating things about a duff Stephen King adaptation is the choice of certain filmmakers to allow the deeper meanings of the story slip through their fingers as nimbly as a greased rodent while they fully embrace the more audience friendly horrors that lurk on the surface. ![]()
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