Expert: 7devonapes - 9/13/2006

Question
This is a film in theaters in the late 80's - early 90's. I believe it took place in a new england type setting during the off season in either a warehouse or old school. There is a crew there to renovate or clean up. They find hidden passages to a lair. The rats run from it. In the end the creature is a giant albino looking batlike creature. I seem to remember it having "the mangler" type of appearance.

Did I daydream this or was this a real movie?

Answer
Hi, the movie you're looking for is called, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, released in 1990, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. The story is as follows:

In Gates Falls,Maine,an old textile mill that has been closed down for many years is reopened.The place is dirty,run down,and overrun with huge rats.The graveyard shift is operated by a skeleton crew,just enough to keep it going.This is where we meet John Hall,a young drifter who gets hired on to work with the crew.The plant which is infested with rats also harbors something much larger,deep in it's cotton filled bowels,something that wants to come up to the surface.The crew of the graveyard shift are about to come face to face with what's underneath the factory.

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