Concha Gómez Conde, Daveigh Chase, Elisa Moolecherry, Esperanza Alonso, Francisco Algora ...( see more  see more... ) , Jose Caride , Kim Poirier , Mädchen Amick , Shawn Michael Howard , Vincent Spano , Álvaro Monje

A colony of rats?the result of a secret DNA research project?terrorizes the residents of New York City during the Christmas season.

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Antonio Giménez Rico, John Lafia

Release Date: January 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: October 15, 2002

 

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  • August 25, 2009
    The Rats is a well made TV B-Movie. It picks some excellent talent to drive this along and leading the way is Madchen Amick. She suits her character so well, you almost believe this is how the actress would live her life. Chase manages to pull off the daughter role without being ...( read more)annoying. I was never cheering on the rats and there were a few scenes that made me shudder. Like Willard, this will have me checking my toilet for a while. It also attempts a bit of a mystery as to why the rats are flocking and commentates on the deceptive nature of politics. I'd still rather watch the remake of Willard, but if this came on TV I doubt I'd change the channel.
  • June 24, 2007
    Not overly scary but very well done. It would have been even better if, instead of Frank Deasy's excellent script, they'd used James Herbert's book of the same name as the storyline.
  • December 21, 2009
    THE RAAS WAS SOMETHING ELSE. MADE ME WANT TO BUY SOME TRAPS. LOL
  • December 9, 2009
    It's pretty much everything you would expect from a 'TV' movie about killer rats. Extremley corny, so-so acting, bad storyline, and whenever those scary CGI rats weren't killing someone it was actually rather boring. The final scenes are quite laughable, especially the final mome...( read more)nts of the film (endings always suck when it comes to corny Horror films of course). Overall I have seen worse, but 'The Rats' can probably be avoided like 'The Plague' :)
  • December 3, 2009
    this movie was amazing, it was balistic. if you have not watched this movie, human you have got to watch it. its excting.
    this movie is the boom, i have never seen so many rats in my life.
  • September 18, 2009
    Watch this movie! It has more rats than you are gonna believe possible. Intense! Nightmares are the source of movies like this, and they cause even more nightmares.
  • September 14, 2009
    ----------------------------- Please save your life; I didn't even find the words for making a comment... :(

    23/100
  • July 28, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that madchen amick, m?dchen amick, kim poirier, esperanza alonso, francisco algora, jose caride, elisa moolecherry, ...( read more)daveigh chase, concha gomez conde, vincent spano play good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that this is not a scary movie 2 watch but its a freaky movie 2 watch....i think that this is a good freaky/thriller movie 2 watch n its an enjoyable movie
  • July 26, 2009
    "They're bold... They're breeding... They're hungry... Most of all... They have no fear."

    Eww parts of this movie made me shudder. Very cheesy but very entertaining.
  • July 18, 2009
    so far the best rat movies that i have seen.... much more real

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