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Deadly Eyes (1982)

Deadly Eyes poster
Directed by
Robert Clouse
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Giant black rats, grown large from eating contaminated grain, terrorize and kill people in Toronto. The film follows residents and authorities trying to stop the deadly attacks.

creepyintensetenseominoussuspensefulgrimfast-paced

What happens

Deadly Eyes (also known as The Rats, Rats and Night Eyes) is a 1982 natural horror film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Sam Groom, Scatman Crothers, Sara Botsford, Cec Linder, Lisa Langlois, and Lesleh Donaldson. A loose adaptation of the 1974 horror novel The Rats by James Herbert, it revolves around giant black rats who begin attacking and eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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