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Nightwatch (1998)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:6

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on... While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on style, with solid technical execution of the requisite alone-with-corpses scenes. Danish director Bornedal's American-audience remake of his own 1994 "Nattevagten." [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette, Alix Koromzay, Lauren Graham, John C. Reilly, Brad Dourif, Lonny Chapman

Director: Ole Bornedal

Director: Ole Bornedal
Producer: Michael Obel
Composer: Joachim Holbek

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Clint Morris
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creepy and effective

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Margaret A. McGurk
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Cincinnati Enquirer

Saddled with a nominally respectable cast and given a theatrical release, its cliched story and gratuitous nastiness leave a bad taste.

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Maitland McDonagh
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A repellent parade of gore.

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