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Nightshift
Episode 1 from 3rd Season from TV-series THE HITCHHIKER
| AKA: | Blutmahlzeit |
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| Release date: | 1986 Canada/France/USA | Running time: | 24' (USA 30') - Source: VHS PAL | Rating: | Germ.: 16; US: NR | ||
| Main Crew: |
Director: Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American 2002; The Bone Collector 1999; The Saint 1997; Clear And Present Danger 1994; Sliver 1993; Patriot Games 1992) Producer: Quintina Productions / Lorimar Score: Michel Rubini Writer: April Campbell / Bruce Jones / William Darrid Director of photography: Norman Langley |
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| Summary: |
The helpless inmates of a retirement home are under the thumb of a grumpy night nurse (Margot Kidder). She steals from
them and treats them bad. But one day she comes across the the wrong person, for the new occupant (Darren McGavin) turns out to be a human
monster. At first the cat has to take it, then the nurse's lover (Stephen McHattie), and in the end she herself has to serve as a "blood-meal". |
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short review: Vampire related episode from the American/Canadian TV series "The Hitchhiker" (also known as "Le Voyager"). The series is more about supernatural phenomenons and the dark side of mankind than about vampires. Well, this episode is about vampires. "Hitchhiker" is similar to another Canadian TV series, the much better produced The Hunger. This episode here ain't so bad at all, but far too short for more than a solid Two in our ranking system.  |
