The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II (1988)

After Graveyard Shift, Jerry Ciccoritti directly moved on to write and direct another vampire film the following year. Though not a sequel, The Understudy received the complicated title-construct: The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II – and it stars the same actor in the vampire role: Michael A. Miranda (a. k. a. Silvio Oliviero). This film feels less ambitious in its style than its predecessor, which means that today it feels less dated. […]

Graveyard Shift (1987)

Jerry Ciccoritti’s Graveyard Shift is not the best vampire film you’ll ever see, but it is possibly one of the most ‘80s films out there. And with its random visual elements including yuppie/dinky culture, music videos, and noir, and the shortcomings in its story, you might well describe this film as style-over-substance. […]