Working on a tiny budget didn’t allow director Anthony DiBlasi and co-writer Scott Polley to do everything they wanted when making the 2014 film “Last Shift” but they never imagined that there would be a return to that same world less than 10 years later. 

A new production company called Welcome Villain launched with producer Luke LeBeau pitching the duo on the idea of revisiting “Last Shift” — this time with a bigger budget, which would allow them to tell a bigger story. 

DiBlasi debated if he wanted to make an extension of the first film or just reimagine the movie under slightly different circumstances while also keeping everything in the movie rather than some parts that were purposefully left on cutting room floor due to budget restraints. 

DiBlasi settled on the latter, especially with the chance to remake the film with audiences also finally being able to see his movie in theaters. 

The setup was nearly the same as the original except this time the rookie police officer babysitting a decommissioned police station actually chose her assignment because she desperately wants to know more about her family’s history and the ties her father had to a demon worshipping cult that allegedly died alongside him one year earlier yet seems eerily still very much alive. 

In the second part of our two part series, Rewind of the Living Dead will stay out of holding and keep the laptop shut as we review the 2023 reimagining called “Malum”…

Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell

Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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