Trailer: The dead rise while a morgue attendant works the Nightshift

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

I have to admit that I'm out of touch when it comes to the career of director Yam Laranas. Although he has several horror films to his name – including PATIENT X, THE ROAD (2011), AURORA, and two versions of THE ECHO – and is so respected that The Wrap even turned to him for advice on how to make a horror movie, I still haven't seen any of his work. After watching the trailer for his upcoming film NIGHTSHIFT, I'm thinking I need to catch up on what he has been doing.

Starring Yam Concepcion, NIGHTSHIFT follows 

a young woman working at a morgue who is trapped there by a harsh storm outside. Sleep-deprived and dealing with her own recent tragedy, she becomes alarmed by the sudden jerks and groans from the bodies around her. As a very long shift drags on, she begins to mentally  blur the line between the living and the dead.

Though she doesn’t believe in life after death, she begins to wonder if she’s living through the end of the world — while trapped at work. In a morgue.

The trailer can be seen below, and the movie looks to be pretty creepy to me… especially since a morgue is just about the creepiest setting I can think of for a horror story to take place in.

A release date for NIGHTSHIFT hasn't been announced yet, but I'm eager to check it out once it's available.