The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here!

The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here! (1972)

Runtime: 92 of the longest minutes of my life

“Directed by”: Andy Milligan

“Starring”: A bunch of performers who I’ll save the embarrassment of naming

From: Constitution Films

A movie I only saw due to its title; it’s also my first (& last) Andy Milligan movie. For years I’ve known Milligan was an infamous British exploitation director. Those in that field can create interesting schlock… or insufferable garbage. Sadly, for me I don’t get the love that some have for this; it’s a shame as the general idea wasn’t terrible.

There’s a family of werewolves and the youngest daughter wishes to find a way to end this curse. That’s about as in-depth as the story is presented here. Much of this is just flat-out boring as it’s crummy actors either constantly yelling at each other or just prattling on about nonsense I couldn’t be arsed to care about. Milligan decided to write acres upon acres of dialogue for these unexperienced chaps to babble about; it’s just bad.

Hardly any horror is present, unless you consider the animal cruelty to be horrifying. It’s just amateur crap, technically inept… most of this “affluent” family wears just one outfit despite the passage of days. Literally, the scenes with the rats were added a few years after the majority of the film was in the can due to the popularity of Willard, no kidding. When I wasn’t annoyed, this cure for insomnia had me nearly doze off into slumberland.

Instead of diving deeper into the filmmaker’s filmography in an attempt to determine why he has a small cult of fans, I’ll punt and not concern myself as there are MANY other directors to explore, let alone great motion pictures I still need to witness.