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Understudy, The: Graveyard Shift II
| AKA: | Graveyard Shift II |
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| Release date: | 1988 Canada | Running time: | 90' (cover 90') - Source: VHS PAL | Rating: | Germ.: 18; UK: 18; US: R | ||
| Main Crew: |
Director: Gerard Ciccoritti (Chasing Cain 2001; The Life Before This 1999) Producer: Cinema Ventures Inc. Score: Philip Stern Writer: Gerard Ciccoritti Director of photography: Barry Stone |
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| Summary: |
Young actress Camilla (Wendy Gazelle) plays the female lead part in the upcoming vampire movie "Blood Lover". The
film seems to become a big success, but when the leading man suddenly disappears, all the efforts seem
to be a waste of time... The very next day, the newcomer Stephen turns up at the set and wants to take on the role. Everyone is fascinated
by him; for Camilla, it is love at first sight. Her friend Matthew (Mark Soper) is the first to notice that Camilla has changed since Stephen's
arrival. While observing the uncanny Stephen, he notices that Stephen and Camilla never appear together
on the set, and he also discovers the reason for it: Stephen is a disembodied entity in search for a new body - the body of
Camilla! Should Stephen gain complete control over Camilla's body, she will be lost. There's only one way left to save her... however at the risk of Matthew's own life... |
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short review: Ahh, finally a sequel that (nearly) reaches its predecessors high quality! Although Graveyard Shift plays in another league, and some of the dialogues/scenes in "Understudy" are somehow not completely satisfying, it is bloody good entertainment for one and a half hours of your nighttime. The main focus is on mental submission and psychic addiction, and, like already admired in part one, wrapped in nice pictures. Nothing outstanding, but worth a try.  |
