Night Shift offers a few genuine scares despite its supporting characters lacking development. Night Shift's twist ending feels unnecessary, detracting from the main character of the film. Night Shift could benefit from a longer runtime to fully flesh out its characters and storylines.

A stuffed bear named "Yogi" that falls off the wall at inopportune times, cockroaches, used condoms, large rats, and that's before we even get to a sinkhole at the bottom of an empty swimming pool bubbling inky black mud. These are all things that greet Gwen, played by Phoebe Tonkin, upon her arrival at the "All Tucked In" motor lodge as the new night shift manager in the appropriately titled Night Shift. If this slew of hotel nightmare visages isn't enough to scream "horror film", the flickering halogen lights and phone calls with no one on the other end are.

5/10

Night Shift follows Gwen Taylor, a...