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6.1A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
Cast
- Bruce Davison as Willard Stiles
- Ernest Borgnine as Al Martin
- Sondra Locke as Joan Simms
- Elsa Lanchester as Henrietta Stiles
- Michael Dante as Brandt
- Jody Gilbert as Charlotte Stassen
Themes
- based on novel or book
- animal attack
- revenge
- murder
- maniac
- death
- domineering mother
- eaten alive
- rat
- eaten by rats
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
6,081 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Article · Deutsch
Willard ist ein US-amerikanischer Horrorfilm des Regisseurs Daniel Mann aus dem Jahr 1971. Er basiert auf Stephen Gilberts Romanvorlage Willard oder Aufstand der Ratten (im Original Ratman’s Notebooks) und ist der erste Horrorfilm, in dem Ratten eine tragende Rolle spielen. Er ist dem Subgenre Tierhorror zuzuordnen.
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