In the following weeks, Hall is bullied by both his fellow workers Danson, Brogan, and Stevenson, and Warwick, who holds a special hatred for him.

That night, Nordello breaks in to Warwick's office to steal documents showing recommendations for the mill's closure from the exterminator and OSHA.

Cleveland is blackmailed by Warwick to exterminate the rat problem in the graveyard, but he's killed when a stone coffin falls on him.

Hall later discovers a trap door leading to an abandoned part of the mill, which he believes to be the nesting ground for the rat infestation.

Brogan discovers a severed human hand and, terrified, runs back up, but one of the stairs breaks and he falls into the pool beneath, where the creature devours him.

Left alone in complete darkness and hearing a strange noise next to him, he lights a lighter and encounters the creature, who immediately devours him.

[2] Dunn brought in Ralph S. Singleton to direct the film in what would be his directorial debut after having previously served as an associate producer on Pet Sematary.

[2] The adaptation of Graveyard Shift was written by John Esposito who had actually been carried over from work under another producer who had previously held the option on the story but let it lapse.

[2] Dunn secured financial backing for the film from Larry Sugar Entertainment who had previously handled the European theatrical release of Salem's Lot edited from the TV miniseries, and opted to produce Graveyard Shift independently which was motivated by the success of Pet Sematary.

[2] The film was shot in the village of Harmony, Maine at Bartlettyarns Inc., the oldest woolen yarn mill in the United States (est.

Other scenes (restaurant interior, and giant wool picking machine) were at locations in Bangor, Maine, at an abandoned waterworks and armory.

[3] Stephen King heavily disliked the film and named it one of his least favorite adaptations calling it "a quick exploitation picture".