Michael_Elliott
Altered Species (2001) * (out of 4) A professor is trying to cure cancer and of course doing experiments on rats who eventually escape and go on a killing spree. This is yet another film that deals with an animal going crazy and killing people but this one here is pretty bad from start to finish. The acting, directing and screenplay are all beyond horrid but thankfully the film gets so bad that you can't help but laugh. The director tries throwing all sorts of gore at the viewer but the killings are so bad that you can't help but laugh. We also get some nudity but not enough to keep the film moving. Go rent The Killer Shrews instead.
garylovesrodentz
wow....I can't even begin to describe how this movie has changed my life. Before i saw rodents i had no reason to live. Now that has all changed.there were so many spectacular parts to this movie, i couldn't possibly list them all... but to list a few: -the acting was the highest quality i've ever seen -special effects had me on the edge of my seat the whole time -the sex scenes got me off more than any boyfriend i've had in the pastThis movie scared me so much, i had to borrow a pair of my grandma's "Depends" so i didn't ruin any furniture. This deserves an academy award for one of the best thrillers of all time...if you haven't seen this insane flick i suggest very highly that you go rent it right away. the effect it has is indelible on your soul. beautiful, just beautiful.there is nothing that can compare to this movie. it will touch you in ways you have never even dreamed of being touched and you will love every second of it. god bless the crew that created this incredible masterpiece. it is a breath of fresh air, better than free-balling it on a breezy summer day.thank you all for your time. i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.
DarkAnnie
This movie starts out with a guy pouring glow stick goop down a sink. Any movie that starts out with glow stick goop is OK in my book! (Let's hear it for ReAnimator!) Okay, this is a really, really bad movie. The characters, script, and acting are not worth mentioning. But it's full of RATS! Loads and loads of RATS! Lots of close-ups of their cute little ratty faces. Lots of images of adorable rats running here and there. If you're a rat fan, you'll dig it.Then there are the rat attacks. Simply sublime. Shaky camera work, girls tossing their hair around, people screaming wildly as rat puppets "chew" on their body parts, people holding fat, bewildered pet rats up to their throats and shrieking. If you're not giggling by the end of the first demise, you're in a coma. (And there's actually a fairly decent "chewed off face" effect at one point. I suspect they spent all their money on that effect. And on rat chow.) And then, there's the giant rat. YES, what a surprise, there's a giant rat. Sometimes it's a giant rat puppet, or a disembodied tail dragging around. But the VERY BEST part comes at the end, when you get a good look at the whole rat.IT'S A GUY IN A RAT SUIT! I laughed so hard I sprayed diet Dr. Pepper through my nose and hit the dog from five feet away! *Spoiler. Like anybody cares.* It gets better. They set the giant rat on FIRE. Yes, we get a flaming giant rat. Then the flaming giant rat is riding around on top of a van, which is pretty amusing. Then it falls INTO the van, where it appears to be driving it. I was lying on the floor howling with laughter and rolling around in my popcorn by the time this movie ended.I gave this flick zero stars as a horror film, but ten stars as a "stay up all night watching really bad movies and drinking beer with your buds" flick. I intend to add it to my Giant Rat Movie Marathon party this summer.SQUEAK!
