Last Shift was a decent horror film, albeit littered with horror clichés and brought down by an abhorrent, semi-confusing ending. Worth watching for the great one-woman performance by Juliana Harkavy and the various long-take scenes. And some really good scares.

If you are used to being constantly let down by insipid, uninspired, or derivative horrors (or simply by bland horrors rated highly by "critics") then you need to see this. I am a fan of very good horror and my fave films include the Descent, Neon Demon and the autopsy of Jane Doe. This film features a female cop (with lips to die for, lols) who has to do a last shift at the cop shop where he father served, only for this to occur on the anniversary of a mass suicide of many satanists at the station a year before. the film contains many jump scares but is still very original and includes some of the best moments (done very well) that I have ever seen done in horror. Watch out for the moment where the "concerned cop" comes to check in on her - thats one of the moments I mean. Gripping, tense, and very well-paced. This is a great horror film and Im really not sure why it isnt rated higher than it is.

I got to 40 minutes in this movie and I couldn't watch it any longer. That's how painful it was. It was annoying to watch. Why didn't the mystery caller just call 911 instead of the old police station? The vengeful spirits of the cult members return from the dead to kill off the daughter of a policeman that they killed when he tried to arrest them. Why would they want to come back just to kill the daughter of a cop they didn't even know properly? The main actress is good enough but the crazy cult members are too over the top crazy in their acting. Things keep moving and making noises in the station which doesn't build suspense, it gets tiresome very quickly

I wanted to like this movie but between the predictable ending, the equally predictable jump scares, and the fact that the "monsters" were given too much screen time added up to a pretty mediocre movie. Before the half way point I managed to guess correctly that this would all be in her head(or maybe it was real, the ending made me feel that the director wasn't sure either). When it comes to scares, by the second half I could tell when the jump-scares were coming. The monsters/villains/demonic-entities often showed up well lit, the best horror movies almost universally clothe their monsters in shadows knowing it will hide any shortcomings the monster may have. The worst part of the movie personally was when the interview tapes played by themselves resulting in a torrent of cliché and the best chance to make this movie something far better. During the scene with the interviews the leader of the killer cult that now haunts the police station states that they are not devil worshipers while hinting at some force in hell that existed far before Satan took up residence, missing the chance for some good old fashioned cosmic horror, the movie never comes back to this. All in all there are worse movies to spend your time on.