part Biutiful, part Dellamorte Dellamore, with an implacably vindictive ghost returning to reify the dysfunction that has taken possession of Stênio's unhappy home. It's a gory, unpredictable melodrama, where morality survives mortality. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- The Nightshifter is at its best when it's focused on the more grounded reality of Stênio's life and the very real and violent world around him. Full Review

Rating: 3.5/5 -- The tension is constant. Director Dennison Ramalho gives us mangled corpses, open graves and other, less familiar horrors, but there is a sense in which Stênio's woes are just one manifestation of a much deeper cultural malaise. Full Review

While the dead may be responsible for The Nightshifter's punchier scares, it's unnerving in a quieter way to watch Stênio's personal descent. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- It's absolutely conventional, combining elements of far more famous (and scarier) horror movies. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review

Rating: C -- Despite flashes of vicious inspiration, The Nightshifter is mostly content to pummel its distasteful protagonist with tiresome haunted-house shocks. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- Succeeds thanks to compelling lead performances, its inventive scenario and a social backdrop whereupon São Paulo is presented as a city awash with extraordinary levels of violence. Full Review