Directed by Phil Karlson
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
Ben, o Rato Assassino, 大危机, 贝恩, L'ultima carica di Ben, Ben, La Rata Asesina, Ben, O Rato Assassino, 벤, Ben, la rata asesina, Бен, 鼠王, ベン, Råttorna slår till igen
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The scene where the kid at the piano writes the song about the rat is a contender for the worst scene of all time.
"I'd trade all of that for one good heart" - Mom, talking about her kid...way harsh.
Kids be like that sometimes.
This is the sequel to Willard that I was in fact asking for. Ben is the giant, bad rat, that lead the rat revolt against Willard (Bruce Davidson) in the film Willard. This time the rat has befriended a young boy...that's not going to go well. So, I think rats are pretty great. I've never owned ones but I worked at a pet store for a year (no dogs or cats) and by the end I had a greater appreciation for rats, and I hated selling them for food. Other than their creepy tales they are nicer and smarter…
this is a 2 star movie whose message of "respect rats or die" pushes it up to 3
I know this is the sequel to the original and not the remake, but I rented the remake from the library and somehow didn’t realize the original was on Prime until after I watched this so here we are!
I also realize this sequel must be totally different than the original because it’s certainly that from the remake! It’s more like a super dark Disney movie than a horror movie and I’m ok with that. Even if it’s not quite what I expected, I do love the rats just kicking alllllll the ass in this one.
That final scene made me teary eyed in a good way because obviously I was rooting for Danny and Ben the whole time.
They knew this thing was terrible. They didn't play the song until the END!
Cheaply made. Has a real "Movie-of-the-Squeak" feel to it.
What do you want from me? I just sat through Ben...
The way I gasped when the rat puppet twerked for Ben 😫
what maniac called this Ben and not Willard: The Squeakuel?
does to MJ's 'Ben' what Chungking Express did to 'California Dreaming'.
"Ben" is a 1972 horror film directed by Phil Karlson and is a direct sequel to "Willard" (1971) which came out one year prior. Continuing the premise of the narrative form where "Willard" left off, "Ben" as a film shares the title with the centralized rat that had a dispositional attitude to wreak havoc in the first film. Not positionally giving away the context of "Willard" for those who haven't seen that one, but Ben moves his locational story to find himself in the home of Danny, a young boy who takes him in with open arms. Danny who has a heart condition lives an inside child's life away from others, a bit of an outcast vibe to push the…
Hope you like the song "Ben", no really...prepare to hear it on harmonica, sung in monotone by a child, then sung by a child and so on. Our child is an evil little boy named Danny (Lee Harcourt Montgomery) who keeps Ben as a pet (he's also our songwriter/performer). He tells Ben to do as he pleases, but he wants to know about it...nothing weird about that. He also has a heart condition so I think we are supposed to feel empathy for him. An army of rats seem to be attacking people, could this be related in any way? It's pretty dry and corny...the kid scenes are eye rollers. Even the violence and horror part was barely there, not…
This is one seriously weird movie.
The sequel to WILLARD, where a man develops a relationship with a smart rat and uses him to get revenge on those he thinks wronged him, until of course the tables are turned, picks up immediately where the last film left off. Ben, the rat (nice to see him get top billing), is fleeing the scene of the crime when he comes upon a young boy with a heart condition that takes him in. While developing a tender relationship with the boy, Ben is also focusing on growing his rat hoard to take over the city.
The tonal balance of this film is something to behold. At times it plays like OLD YELLER, with…
Very interesting sequel to the hit horror film WILLARD where “Ben” the rat from the first film sheds his previous owner and finds a new host, a young precocious boy, and gets into more horrifying hi jinx.
Guess Bruce Davidson wasn’t into reprising his role for the opening?
The direction feels like the director took the gig to save his insurance and then fired the first AD which is why the townsfolk and extras are just standing around, doing pretty much nothing (or they’re pulling a MESSIAH OF EVIL).
The amount of scenes that have no plot drive is staggering; if you cut all the non-sequiturs and people just standing around staring or lighting each other’s cigarettes you’d have a…
Somedays I am the murderous rat taking over the city, others I am the sickly child putting on puppet shows for him.
