Book:
The Rats
By James Herbert
Film:
Deadly Eyes (1982)
A horror novel by British writer James Herbert. This was Herbert's first novel and included graphic depictions of death and mutilation. Herbert became inspired to write The Rats in early 1972, whilst watching Tod Browning's Dracula; specifically, after seeing the scene where Renfield describes a nightmare he had involving hordes of rats. Linking the film to childhood memories he had of rats in the London suburbs, Herbert stated in later interviews that he wrote the book primarily as a pastime; "It seemed like a good idea at the time, I was as naive as that." The manuscript was typed by Herbert's wife Eileen, who sent it off after nine months to nine different publishers
The Canadian horror film directed by Robert Clouse, very loosely based on the 1974 horror novel The Rats by James Herbert. The story revolves around giant black rats who begin eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain. Dachshunds wearing rat suits were used in the filming of Deadly Eyes to achieve the effect of super-sized rodents. James Herbert, who wrote the novel upon which the film was based, was displeased with what the filmmakers did to his story, and described it as "terrible ... absolute rubbish.

Opening Credits; Introduction (1.01); Plot Synopsis (13.21); Forming the Plot (14.22); Book Thoughts (18.57); Scoring the Book (46.03); Book of the Season (49.56); Introducing a Film (56.00); Film Trailer (56.41); Lights, Camera, Action (58.44); Epilogue (1:23.48); Film of the Season (1:26.46); End Credits (1:32.08); Closing Credits (1:33.24)

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