Rats: Night of Terror -- Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
Italian horror has staked its reputation on a few directors: Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, and Dario Argento. A few others have made a decent movie here and there, but those are the big three and the reason that Italian horror is was so desired through the '70s and early '80s. But let me tell you, you stray from those three, then you will be in a world of hurt (I even find Argento is wildly uneven at his best). Enter Rats: Night of Terror.
There's actually not much to say about the movie. It's terrible. Bad dubbing. Totally lacking in suspense. One scene depicts our hero frantically waving a torch at a bunch of very non-threatening rats. It recalls the scene in Ed Wood where Bela Legosi tangles with the rubber octopus creature and has to move the limbs around to make it seem like it's attacking. The only time the rats seem vicious is when a character is thrashing one around his or her head and barely then.
If you're into watching terrible movies, then you will probably enjoy laughing at this. Personally, I can't stand that, though I did get the most enjoyment picturing the rat wrangler off screen dumping buckets of rats on people or tossing them onto bodies from off screen. Poor rats...
I guess the twist at the end is kind of fun. Hardly worth the 90 minutes of terrible.
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