Nightshift | Confusions of Desperate Terror

01.27.2020 – The Philippines is rich with folktales and mythology, but rarely the subject of a theme used in films. Most movies produced these day and age are either taking inspiration from what is trending or taking a page in using those elements to tell a fresh take on what horror films have been made in this generation. Usually, horror supernatural films made internationally have been popularized either from Korea or Japan and with that those concepts get immediately translated to being adapted my other films in other countries. Some are deliberately copies and then others when used certain elements and executed flawlessly it becomes a hit forgetting where they got those ideas that it mistakes it from being an original idea. And then there’s this recently released Filipino film titled “Nightshift” written and directed by Yam Laranas with Yam Concepcion in the lead role mostly focused on her story as the newly hired morgue assistant who was just recently started working for a week now is also the central figure of its narrative. SPOILER WARNING! IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN “NIGHTSHIFT" IN PHILIPPINE CINEMAS, PLEASE DO AVOID SOME INTERESTING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FILM AND SOME SURPRISES