This is one that goes under the title, "How To Make a Bad Creature Feature." Still, it's completely trashy nature charms me somewhat. It certainly has enough filth, garbage & rats to satisfy anyone who loves to immerse themselves in low-rent horror.
Down in the bowels of a cotton mill lives something quite sinister, with an appetite for factory workers who venture anywhere near his lair.
John Hall(Dana Andrews, who is simply a lifeless blank)is a mysterious drifter who wanders into the position of running a Graveyard Shift textile machine once operated by someone else who saw something massive and fell it that blasted machine providing the rats with nourishment. Warwick(Stephen Macht, a hoot as he overextends his character's menace to the extreme) is the manager of the mill with a bit of a nasty streak which hides under a vile visage. Tucker Cleveland(Brad Dourif, who easily steals the film with his limited time on screen)is the exterminator of the mill who works day and night wasting those rat-vermin who wish to rear their ugly heads from the bowels. This mill should've been closed down forever, but Warwick has a way of extending time for a 4th of July clean-up where those who decide to work for double-pay, including Hall and his love-interest Jane(Kelly Wolf), will find true horror down in the basement of the place.
I have no right whatsoever recommending this hunk of pure trash to anyone, but those who enjoy rats and garbage may find it amusing. It's full of nefarious, colorfully animated characters like Macht's evil manager and Dourif's exterminator which may bring a delight to trash-lovers everywhere. Highlights include Dourif's exterminator explaining to Hall about an experience in Vietnam which inspired his choice of occupation where a prisoner of war is used as meat for specially trained rats(as he expresses in exact detail, Dourif gets so caught up in the intensity of the character he sheds a tear..that ought to bring a bit of respect from some that an actor of his caliber would care so much to give away part of himself to such a rotten movie), or how Hall traps the monster in the textile machine.But how Warwick goes over the edge, insanely with face paint used from grease of an old jar, as he chases after the creature has to be the ultimate highlight.
I think the best audience for this type of film is those lovers of bad Creature features, because in it's own ugly way, this film can be entertaining. But, it doesn't have one good bone in it's body, so others might wish to stay as far away as possible.
Down in the bowels of a cotton mill lives something quite sinister, with an appetite for factory workers who venture anywhere near his lair.
John Hall(Dana Andrews, who is simply a lifeless blank)is a mysterious drifter who wanders into the position of running a Graveyard Shift textile machine once operated by someone else who saw something massive and fell it that blasted machine providing the rats with nourishment. Warwick(Stephen Macht, a hoot as he overextends his character's menace to the extreme) is the manager of the mill with a bit of a nasty streak which hides under a vile visage. Tucker Cleveland(Brad Dourif, who easily steals the film with his limited time on screen)is the exterminator of the mill who works day and night wasting those rat-vermin who wish to rear their ugly heads from the bowels. This mill should've been closed down forever, but Warwick has a way of extending time for a 4th of July clean-up where those who decide to work for double-pay, including Hall and his love-interest Jane(Kelly Wolf), will find true horror down in the basement of the place.
I have no right whatsoever recommending this hunk of pure trash to anyone, but those who enjoy rats and garbage may find it amusing. It's full of nefarious, colorfully animated characters like Macht's evil manager and Dourif's exterminator which may bring a delight to trash-lovers everywhere. Highlights include Dourif's exterminator explaining to Hall about an experience in Vietnam which inspired his choice of occupation where a prisoner of war is used as meat for specially trained rats(as he expresses in exact detail, Dourif gets so caught up in the intensity of the character he sheds a tear..that ought to bring a bit of respect from some that an actor of his caliber would care so much to give away part of himself to such a rotten movie), or how Hall traps the monster in the textile machine.But how Warwick goes over the edge, insanely with face paint used from grease of an old jar, as he chases after the creature has to be the ultimate highlight.
I think the best audience for this type of film is those lovers of bad Creature features, because in it's own ugly way, this film can be entertaining. But, it doesn't have one good bone in it's body, so others might wish to stay as far away as possible.