'Rats: Night of Terror' is a ridiculously weird and obscure 80's Italian horror flick directed by Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso. Overflowing with over-the-top silliness and strangeness around every corner filled with mind boggling sequences, this off-kilter production goes all out with its absurd premise of killer rats and just runs with it and delivers an overall fun viewing experience.
The Plot = Set during the post-apocalyptic, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of biker's comes across a deserted urban landscape where they decide to take shelter, only to find that the place is infested by killer rats.
Look you're not gonna get anything groundbreaking from a movie called 'Rats: Night of Terror', but the least you can expect is something campy and schlocky and that's what you get. The movie's jam packed with nonsensical moments and baffling character interactions that will leave you scratching your head. However, with its interesting plot, cheesy special effects, and plenty of cool kills with some great gore effects and it does at least provide the goods in that department. What also helps is that the movie's well-paced with enough going on, so you'll never get bored with everything leading to an unexpected shocking climax.
The cast each gives equally warped and absurd performances for such a strange premise as this, but at the very least they were memorable with many quirky standouts that adds to this usual atmosphere such as Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as the leader Kurt, Geretta Gertta as the badass femme fatale Chocolate, Gianni Franco as tech genius Video, Moune Duvivier as Lilth the sexy punk chick, Massimo Vanni as the unhinged Taurus and Fausto Lombardi gives an odd performance as Deus.
Overall 'Rats: Night of Terror' is pure 80's b-movie fun that flies off the rails and relishes in its insanity.
The Plot = Set during the post-apocalyptic, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of biker's comes across a deserted urban landscape where they decide to take shelter, only to find that the place is infested by killer rats.
Look you're not gonna get anything groundbreaking from a movie called 'Rats: Night of Terror', but the least you can expect is something campy and schlocky and that's what you get. The movie's jam packed with nonsensical moments and baffling character interactions that will leave you scratching your head. However, with its interesting plot, cheesy special effects, and plenty of cool kills with some great gore effects and it does at least provide the goods in that department. What also helps is that the movie's well-paced with enough going on, so you'll never get bored with everything leading to an unexpected shocking climax.
The cast each gives equally warped and absurd performances for such a strange premise as this, but at the very least they were memorable with many quirky standouts that adds to this usual atmosphere such as Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as the leader Kurt, Geretta Gertta as the badass femme fatale Chocolate, Gianni Franco as tech genius Video, Moune Duvivier as Lilth the sexy punk chick, Massimo Vanni as the unhinged Taurus and Fausto Lombardi gives an odd performance as Deus.
Overall 'Rats: Night of Terror' is pure 80's b-movie fun that flies off the rails and relishes in its insanity.