Graveyard Shift (1987 film)

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Graveyard Shift
Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
Written byJerry Ciccoritti
Produced byRobert Bergman
Michael Bockner
Jerry Ciccoritti
Starring Michael A. Miranda
Helen Papas
CinematographyRobert Bergman
Edited byRobert Bergman
Norman Smith
Music by Nicholas Pike
Production
company
Cinema Ventures
Release date
  • June 12, 1987 (1987-06-12)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Graveyard Shift (also titled Central Park Drifter) is a 1987 Canadian horror film written and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, and starring Michael A. Miranda (billed as Silvio Oliviero) and Helen Papas. The film was originally entitled Graveyard Shift but when the film was released to video, the title was changed to Central Park Drifter (IMDb info). Supporting roles included Coronor (Michael Bokner), Detective Winsome (John Haslett Cuff), Detective Smith (Don James), and Officer Arbus (Lesley Kelly). Jerry Ciccoritti was nominated for Best Film at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival.

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Synopsis

Night brings out the hunger in people, especially a mysterious NY cab driver. He is a powerful vampire. And working the night shift brings a sultry array of sensuous passengers within his grasp. Embracing those ready to die, he controls an erratic but well-balanced vampire realm. Then unexpectedly, he discovers erotic human passion-unleashing a raging, terrorizing evil. When a slew of innocent citizens are senselessly slaughtered, the baffled police must solve a 350 year old mystery of unsated passion.

Cast

Production

Graveyard Shift was filmed at the end of 1985 with funds raised from New York producers Arnold H. Bruck and Stephen R. Flaks. [1]

Sequel

A sequel, The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II , was announced prior to the first film's release also starring Michael A. Miranda. [2]

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References

  1. Kimber, Gary (June 1987). "Graveyard Shift". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. Kimber, Gary (June 1987). "Graveyard Shift". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved July 12, 2023.