Rats: Night of Terror
| Rats: Night of Terror | |
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 Italian theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei (credited as Vincent Dawn) |
| Music by | Luigi Ceccarelli |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country |
Italy France |
| Language | Italian (English dubbed) |
Rats: Night of Terror (Italian: Rats - Notte di terrore , also known as Blood Kill and Rats) is an Italian post-apocalyptic thriller movie directed in 1984 by Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso.
Plot
After a nuclear holocaust in 2015 the survivors are divided between those who live in comfortable underground cities and the "New Primitives" who live in the sunlight. A group of these comes across a mysterious village. Despite the presence of numerous horribly mutilated corpses, the adventurers decide to settle in town after discovering a large amount of food, a greenhouse with various fruit trees and a reservoir of drinking water. The following night hundreds and hundreds of hungry genetically mutated rats are ready to attack them one by one.[1]
Cast
- Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Kurt (as Richard Raymond)
- Geretta Geretta as Chocolate (as Janna Ryann)
- Massimo Vanni as Taurus (as Alex McBride)
- Gianni Franco as Video (as Richard Cross)
- Ann-Gisel Glass as Myrna
- Cindy Leadbetter as Diana
- Henry Luciani as Duke
- Fausto Lombardi as Deus (as Tony Lombardo)
- Jean-Christophe Brétigniere as Lucifer (as Christoph Bretner)
Production
The film was filmed at Cinecittà studios in Rome, using the sets built for Once Upon a Time in America.[2]
Ratings
The movie was released in Canada with a R rating,[3] after that had been previously submitted and rejected twice.[4] In United States it was unrated.[5]
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote, "for what it's worth, Rats remains one of Mattei's more watchable efforts."[6]
DVD
Rats was released on DVD by Anchor Bay, in their 2005 Fright Pack.[7][8] It was later re-released by Blue Underground in 2007.[9]
References
- ↑ John Kenneth Muir. Horror films of the 1980s. McFarland, 2007.
- ↑ Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.
- ↑ Shlomo Schwartzberg (March 6, 1987). "Angel Heart gets Restricted rating". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ Shlomo Schwartzberg (October 10, 1986). "Deadly Friend loses its (exploding) head". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "Rats - Notte di terrore (Blood Kill) (Rats: Night of Terror) (1984)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ Robert Firsching. "Rats (1983)". Allmovie. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Anchor Bay's latest Fright Pack - Man's Worst Friends". Monsters and Critics. August 28, 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ Par Laurent (1 October 2008). "Rats De Manhattan : Le Z Ultime". Excessif.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR". Blue Underground. Retrieved 17 February 2012.