Rats - Notte di terrore (1984)

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3.0/10   

Director:

Bruno Mattei
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Writers:

Claudio Fragasso (screenplay)
Bruno Mattei (story)
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Release Date:

5 December 1984 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Mutants of a nuclear disaster

Plot:

One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions;...

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Nuclear War | Gore | Mutant | Post Nuclear War

Cast

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	...	Kurt (as Richard Raymond)
Geretta Geretta	...	Chocolate (as Janna Ryann)
Massimo Vanni	...	Taurus (as Alex McBride)
Richard Cross	...	Video
Ann-Gisel Glass	...	Myrna
Jean-Christophe Brétigniere	...	Lucifer (as Cristoph Bretner)
Fausto Lombardi	...	Deus (as Tony Lombardo)
Henry Luciani	...	Duke
Cindy Leadbetter	...	Diana
Christian Fremont	...	Noah (as Chris Fremont)
Moune Duvivier	...	Lilith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gianni Franco
John Gayford	...	Voice on Tape Recorder (uncredited)
Ted Rusoff	...	Kurt (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bruno Mattei		(as Vincent Dawn)
Claudio Fragasso		(uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claudio Fragasso		screenplay
Bruno Mattei		story
Hervé Piccini		screenplay

Produced by
Jacques Leitienne	....	producer

Original Music by
Luigi Ceccarelli

Cinematography by
Franco Delli Colli
Henry Frogers

Film Editing by
Gilbert Kikoïne		(as Gilbert Kiroine)

Art Direction by
Charles Finelli
Maurizio Mammi

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Carrera	....	hair stylist
Giuseppe Ferranti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sergio Cortona	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claudio Fragasso	....	assistant director (as Clyde Anderson)
Olivier Lefait	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
John Gayford	....	sound mixer: English version
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Maurizio Trani	....	special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elda Chinellato	....	wardrobe

Production Companies

• Beatrice Film

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Beam Entertainment (Japan) (DVD producer)
• Blue Underground (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Creative Axa Co. Ltd. (Japan) (DVD)
• Lightning Video (USA) (VHS)
• Roadshow Home Video (1986) (Australia) (VHS)
• Stormovie (2009) (Italy) (DVD)
• Titanus Distribuzione (Italy) (VHS)
• VDS Video (1985) (Belgium) (video) (French and Dutch subtitles)

Also Known As:

Blood Kill (USA) (trailer title)
Les mutants de la 2eme humanité (France)
Les rats de Manhattan (France)
Rats
Rats: Night of Terror

Runtime:

97 min | Belgium:90 min (video version)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM18 | Australia:R | Denmark:15 (video premiere) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | USA:Unrated | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Beatrice Film

Trivia:

In Germany this movie was presented as the third part of the "Bronx Warriors"-Series by Enzo G. Castellari.

Quotes:

Video: Stupid machine needs a kick in the balls!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hell Rats of the Living Dead (2002) (V)

Home Alone

Well, preparing to actually watch this movie (I'm not implying you should) you need to cope with the fact that rockers can survive a nuclear war, but can easily be killed by a dozen of mice (in the movie they're called billions of rats). The rockers are looking for a laboratory, where a cure for their nuclear war based sickness is to be found. Only problem; the "laboratory" (in fact it's a quite common apartment)is inhabited by pets, deadly pets. In the next 80 minutes, the rats kill one after another just by crawling over the rockers flawless bodies or by playing cruel tricks on them, just like MacCauley Culkin in Home alone. Also, in the "end" of the "movie" there's a quite "surprising" "turn". You won't believe your eyes because it's so shocking and horrifying, the human eye isn't capable to watch.