Rat Scratch Fever

Epic Low Budget Fun
"Rat Scratch Fever" is an micro-budget epic. It's has explosions and action galore. Does it show its' budget at times? Heck yeah, but you have to enjoy its' ambition even it doesn't always reach it's production value goal.

An Enjoyable Turd In a Tuxedo (with Googly Eyes and a Propeller Beanie)
Want an example of a "so-bad-it's-good" movie? Here it is! Everything in this feature was so laughably bad, that I found myself almost falling off the couch. I did appreciate the lack of its horrible CGI. They didn't over rely on it like most other movies, and used miniature sets and live animals instead, which added a bit of charm to the film. This movie is definitely not for those who expect the best.

There's a tribute to Dr. Phibes here
Randal Malone's robotic voice in here annoyed me at first until I recognized it as a tribute to Dr. Phibes (and the ungloving of the face punctuated it); this flick is fun; shades of Jim Wynorski, Brett Piper and Fred Olan Ray, furry traces of Food of the Gods and Deadly Eyes and droppings of 1950's sci-fi nature run amuck made this entertaining (and garishly colorful); it reminded me of Pacific Comics's Alien Worlds from the 1980's, and the rat crawling into the girl's yoohoo nearly made me fall onto the floor...the Marquis de Sade would have approved. And thanks to the special features I now know that the stylish house that has appeared so often in Randal Malone movies is his actual home. FIVE BLOODY PAW PRINTS, fellas.

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