# Nightwatch (1994)

> A law student’s mortuary night shift becomes a claustrophobic nightmare of corpses, serial murder, and police suspicion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3567

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Ole Bornedal
- Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen, Ulf Pilgaard, Rikke Louise Andersson, Stig Hoffmeyer, Gyrd Løfquist
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110631/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: claustrophobic, paranoid, disturbing, late night horror, dark movie night

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- [Pusher (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/1413)

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