The read
A Balasaur Score of 38 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 10%, Metacritic 28/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
309 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph S. SingletonDirector
- John EspositoScreenplay
- Brian BanksOriginal Music Composer
- Anthony MarinelliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David AndrewsJohn Hall
- Kelly WolfJane Wisconsky
- Stephen MachtWarwick
- Andrew DivoffDanson
- Vic PolizosBrogan
- Brad DourifThe Exterminator
- Robert Alan BeuthIppeston
- Ilona MargolisNordello
- Jimmy WoodardCarmichael
- Jonathan EmersonJason Reed
- Minor RootesStevenson
- Kelly L. GoodmanWarwick's Secretary