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24 November 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
The terrifying last word in home invasion from the director of "Tombstone" and "Cobra." morePlot:
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Three words: spiked baseball bat moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Weller | ... | Bart Hughes | |
| Jennifer Dale | ... | Lorrie Wells | |
| Lawrence Dane | ... | Eliot Riverton | |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | James Hall | |
| Louis Del Grande | ... | Clete | |
| Shannon Tweed | ... | Meg Hughes | |
| Keith Knight | ... | Hardware salesman | |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Dan Errol | |
| Leif Anderson | ... | Peter Hughes | |
| Jimmy Tapp | ... | Meg's father | |
| Gayle Garfinkle | ... | Janis Wycoff | |
| Earl Pennington | ... | Mr. Thompson | |
| Jacklin Webb | ... | Newspaper Vendor | |
| Bronwen Mantel | ... | Florence Riverton | |
| Monik Nantel | ... | Secretary |
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Montréal, Québec, CanadaFun Stuff
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Take a "B" movie idea and put it together with clever cinematography, good acting and a reasonable budget, and you will have one of the finest movies of this genre ever made. Peter Weller basically does a one man job on this movie. I have a new found respect for him after this. In this move he plays a straight arrow guy, generally normal, likes to research before making a move. A pretty normal guy however, in this movie we get to enjoy the breakdown of his being while he has to come to terms with the forces of nature (or the Super Natural or Xeno Nature). For everyone who has ever gotten frustrated by a hellish problem or works in a job that should have more cathartic releases, see this movie!