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Oct 5, 2021 · Willard (1971) has long been overlooked as a classic.Yet, Daniel Mann’s film is one of the most creative, complex and ingenious horror flicks of the early 70s. Its disappearance and lack of critical assessment were mainly due to the film vanishing during the 1980s, with many assuming it had been eaten away by rats in a dusty garage somewhere.
Synopsis. Willard Stiles (Bruce Davison) is a pleasant but lonely young man who is unable to relate well to other people, particularly to his aging mother, Henrietta Stiles (Elsa Lanchaster) with whom he lives in a run-down mansion, and to his boss, Mr. Al Martin (Ernest Borgnine), who stole the business from Willard's father several years ...
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him. Daniel Mann.
Mar 2, 2020 · Film Review: Willard (1971) Nigel Honeybone 03/02/2020 Uncategorized. SYNOPSIS: “A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates (and their increasing number of friends).
Jan 28, 2024 · Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and written by Gilbert Ralston, based on Stephen Gilbert's novel Ratman's Notebooks. Bruce Davison stars as social misfit Willard Stiles, who is squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father.
Willard is a 2003 American psychological horror film written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring. It is loosely based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert , as well as on the novel's first film adaptation, Willard (1971), and its sequel, Ben (1972).
Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke and Elsa Lanchester. Based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, the film was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture. Willard Stiles is a meek social misfit who develops an affinity for rats. He lives in a large house with only his cranky and decrepit mother Henrietta for company. On his 27th birthday, he comes home to a surprise birthday party thrown by h
