The Rats (2002)

Directed by

John Lafia

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

16

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of rats mutates into aggressive man-eating predators after a DNA experiment. They infest a department store in Manhattan and threaten to spread across the city.

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What happens

The Rats (working title: The Colony) is a 2002 American made-for-TV horror film written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia, loosely based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert. The plot follows a clan of rats transformed, as part of a DNA research trial, into man-eating killers who take over a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City. Originally intended to air on September 17, 2001, its release was delayed after the September 11 attacks to remove shots of the World Trade Center towers. The film premiered on Fox on September 17, 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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