Rat Scratch Fever

2011 "Big mutant alien man-eating rats invade the earth"
4.5| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 26 February 2011 Released
Producted By: Michael W. Schwibs Productions
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Brought back from a doomed space mission, an army of giant rats develop a big appetite for Los Angeles residents.

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FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Michael Ledo Planet X on an gross elliptical orbit comes by Earth. A private company owned by Dr. Christopher Steele (Randal Malone) sends a spaceship to explore the planet, which we discover is inhabited by rats. The rats manage to kill off all the humans except Sonja (Tasha Tacosa). A small one appears to climb inside her vee only to eat its way out of her tummy, clearly an Alien spoof that didn't work well. She manages to return to earth with rats that battle the humans.First off, this was designed to be a camp "so bad it is good" film. As far as the special effects, if achieves the goal. However the dialogue and plot lack engagement and cleverness needed to go along with the bad props. If you are going to create a guy to spoof Dr. Strangelove, don't go half way. Weak characters.Guide: f-word. No sex or nudity.
Woodyanders An army of giant carnivorous rats with glowing red eyes are accidentally brought back to Earth on a shuttle from an ill-fated space mission. The enormous rodents invade Los Angeles. Rugged ex-Marine Jake Walsh (an earnest and engaging portrayal from Ford Austin) must prevent his infected astronaut girlfriend Sonja Trenton (a solid performance by Tasha Tacosa) from helping the vile vermin in taking over our planet.Writer/director Jeff Leroy keeps the enjoyably loopy story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains an engaging tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, delivers oodles of outrageous over-the-top blood-spurting splatter, makes neat use of both cool CGI and nifty old school practical effects such as miniatures, and concludes the film on a pleasingly dark'n'downbeat note. Moreover, it's acted with gusto by an enthusiastic cast, with especially lively contributions from Randal Malone as the sinister Dr. Christopher Steele, Phoebe Dollar as the hard-as-nails Jennifer, and John C. Mayer as unflappable newscaster Brock Coldfield. Leroy's sharp cinematography provides an impressive polished look. Andrew Crandall's groovy-grinding score does the right-on rocking trick. A total blast.
Chris Mackey (guestar57) Giant Rats,Ford Austin sweats Machismo and cool explosions and rides ! Okay,So we open on a exotic Planet X and it's really neat,Until you get the extras viewed and found out it is a Porno Set .The acting was on par with any on SYFY Channel and the deaths are more than that channel can handle.We like this film on so many levels,That the budget cannot explain,Amazing look seen through out film.Tasha as the lead goes thru a variety of emotions and always has this vulnerable,but menacing undertone.Ford was at his pinnacle as a zero-budget leading man and really tries hard to show multiple sides to a character that is basically not likable.Randal was truly stretching his acting skills with props,makeup and costume that made sense,In this scenario.Leroy uses big real rats,Alongside his REEL RATS and his Remote control vehicles have it all in gear and his scale models of Los Angeles are breathtaking.
RCORMAN1 Jeff Leroy continues with his non-stop carnage and annihilation of EVERYTHING in sight. It doesn't matter what it is.....human, rat, tank, TV, brick wall. Everything is blown to smithereens. If you've seen his other flicks like CREEPIES and WEREWOLF IN A WOMENS PRISON, you know he's obsessed with models and miniatures.These movies are not to be taken seriously, so disregard anybody commenting about the "bad" effects. They're meant to look like that. This is a parody of giant monster movies. Ford Austin steals the show as the Bruce Campbell hero type. I love the fact that there's no slowdown in this film. Not much time for gab. There's something happening every two minutes. Somebody get this director a bigger budget. Definitely a party movie. Invite a dozen friends over, order some pizzas, and enjoy.