Rat Man (1988)

• Year: 1988
• Released: 20 Apr 1988
• Country: Italy
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095942/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rat_man
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Italian
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Horror
• Runtime: 82 min
• Writer: Dardano Sacchetti, Elisa Briganti
• Director: Giuliano Carnimeo
• Cast: David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Eva Grimaldi
• Keywords: fashion photographer, labor, rat,

4.4/10

Rat Man Storyline

A maniac butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats. The model’s sister suspects something isn’t quite right with the police investagation and decides to go snooping on her own. With her friend, Fred, their investagations lead them to an unknown part of the island where they discover a monstrosity of a rat like man. The creature is killed by Fred, but the true horror of it’s nature is just beginning…—Humberto Amador

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Not too bad a horror film…

I though that Ratman was quite a good film to watch. It is about a maniac who butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats. The model’s sister suspects something isn’t quite right with the police investigation and decides to go to find out by herself. With her friend, Fred, their investigation’s lead them to an unknown part of the island where they discover a rat like man. The creature is killed by Fred, but the true horror of the rats nature is just about to start. This ended up being a good film to watch. There is quite a lot of strong gory violence and nudity in the film for viewers which may be a bit to much for some people.

Rat Man Fever.

With Halloween coming up,I started looking round for Horror DVDs that I could list on Ebay,and I spotted a title that my dad gave me as a Birthday present!, (I’m not sure what that says about me!)which led to me deciding that it was time to face the Rat Man.

The plot:

Getting hold of a monkey and a rat, Doctor Olman decides to solve one of life’s greatest mysterious:what would happen if you cross breed a monkey and a rat?! It turns out that the answer to the question is a psychotic animal that kills Olman and goes on a killing spree. Informed by the cops that her sister has been killed,a model visits the Caribbean island,only to discover that the police have mistakenly identified another girl as her sister! Joining journalist Fred Williams,the duo start to set out a rat trap.

View on the film:

Whilst the picture is rather rough round the edges, Shameless deliver a clear soundtrack,and inset “missing” gore/skin shots back into the title.

Backed by an icy electronic score from Stefano Mainetti,director Giuliano Carnimeo tails a Slasher atmosphere into the creature feature,as smoothly held first person shots build anticipation for the rat attack.Offering a unique mix of Slasher & creature feature,the screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti & Elisa Briganti ruins any good will that the viewer gives the film by making the long non- Rat Man scenes incredibly dry,with there being no feeling of excitement over the duo getting closer the creature,in a movie which rats out on its promise.

Rat-crap.

Four years before Peter Jackson’s Sumatran rat-monkey caused a whole heap of trouble for Lionel in Braindead, director Giuliano Carnimeo introduced fans of Italian horror to Ratman, an equally troublesome simian/rat hybrid played by the world’s smallest actor, Nelson De La Rosa.

Suffering the indignity of having to strip to his waist and don plastic fangs for the part, little Nelson gives his all as the titular poison-clawed, killer critter created by an irresponsible scientist. Unfortunately, being only two foot four inches tall, Nelson’s ‘all’ is nowhere near enough, and with weak support from genre regulars Janet Agren and David Warbeck, who practically sleepwalk though their roles, Ratman winds up being extremely disappointing.

Between dreadfully dull scenes of chinwagging between Agren and Warbeck, as they attempt to discover who or what is responsible for a spate of recent murders, viewers are treated to a touch of light gore, plus some nudity courtesy of Agren’s busty fashion model sister (who displays very unusual techniques when it comes to both modelling and taking a shower). There’s also a little fun to be had from seeing just where teensy Nelson will pop out next: during the film, he launches attacks from a wardrobe, a fridge, a box, a luggage bag, and a toilet.

All of this cheesy silliness, however, is not nearly enough to compensate for the movie’s virtually plot less script, crap acting and torpid direction.