Rats: Night of Terror - The Cinema Snob

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The Cinema Snob goes back to the world of Bruno Mattei for a killer rat movie so over the top and crazy, that of course it had to be post-apocalyptic as well.
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[@StonedGremlinProductions]

My book CLASS OF '86 is now available! It's my rollicking romp of slashers, post-apocalyptic adventure, high school comedy, and the cold war! Pick it at Amazon: a.co/d/8tr2cHJ

[@Elf-1975]

Just ordered it mate!! 😊

[@DarkseidJoshua]

Just finished reading your book, Brad. I really enjoyed it and I hope you write another someday. Thanks for continuing to make us all laugh with your books and videos.

[@hansdieter4537]

The book sucks

[@edwardtjbrown1979]

​@@hansdieter4537damn you! The book is art!

[@donnellwilliams3988]

The scene when the rat went into the most unseen holy of holies that eye shot was priceless

[@jemofthe80s18]

"We're RATS! We're rats! We're furry and forlorn! We live in sewers, love in sewers, and our hearts are torn!" This movie is totally new to me;)

[@animatrix1490]

I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules???

[@jemofthe80s18]

@@animatrix1490 "We laugh, we cry, We sing in harmony; I love her - but I love him - And darn it, he loves me! Ohhh...Rats Rats Rats Rats Rats!"

[@timkozdra5647]

Gotta love that Hey Arnold reference!

[@jemofthe80s18]

@@timkozdra5647 High FIVE!! Immediately thought of it with no idea what this movie even was:):)

[@timkozdra5647]

@@jemofthe80s18 Totally

[@vickanid1862]

Note to self: If covered with rats, don't go to the guy with the flamethrower for help.

[@heikkiremes5661]

The "It's sugar!" "Heh, no it's not." Almost killed me.

[@robertdochter277]

"DID YOU JUST FAKE NEWS, RATS?!" My favorite line of the episode.

[@CthulhuianBunny]

Nice to know John Carpenter's The Thing was popular enough back then that Bruno Mattei ripped off the "solemnly burn bodies at night" scene

[@Kiyoko191290]

Poor rats, the way they were dumping them I’m betting they can’t have the bit in the credits saying no animals were harmed

[@GUNUFofficial]

Rats, we're rats, we're the rats, we prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats. *I'M DA GIANT RAT DAT MAKES ALL OF DA RULES!* let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into.

[@charlottecorday8494]

Chocolate using Myra might be the most creative, hilarious scene I've ever seen in a film.

[@josh4307]

i gotta say i miss his italian horror reviews, he has so much wacky shit to work with 🤣

[@Melvinshermen]

Yep

[@robotrix]

I miss the snark. It's the Cinema Cheerleader

[@outlaw2747]

This movie cracked me up! The acting, the voices, the idiot characters, and the red rat room of doom!

[@Never_heart]

You have got to love a team captain who triple taps every ally just to be completely sure they are dead

[@120bluestar]

One of the best endings in the history of movies and cinema 😁

[@Iruleyoufail]

We got a Snob, A Tenold and Goodbadflicks video in one day. I'm a happy camper.

[@dbsommers1]

Ha. Those are my three go to as well. Nice. Only RLM is left.

[@garyhall7867]

Happy to see I'm not the only one that holds the holy trinity of movie reviews in such high regard. Got any other channels to check out? Rageholic Cinema should definitely be on your list

[@MissSallyB1]

@@garyhall7867 The Horror Geek uploads on Wednesdays

[@louisduarte8763]

I also subscribe to The Critical Drinker, Cinemassacre, moviebob, and Cinematic Excrement.

[@chrisruszkiewicz1034]

Don't forget weird movies with Mark

[@bensneb360]

Move over Planet of the Apes, The Sixth Sense and The Usual Suspects… Rats: Night of Terror has the best twist ending ever

[@GoatPopsicle]

*What?!?!?!?!* How could you ever forget to mention the unbelievable twists & twist ending to the modern *Billionaire v Alien Jesus* with its 2 perfect twists. _The discovery that “Martha Kent-Luthor-Wayne-EL!” was Bruce Wayne & Clark Kent’s mother. PLUS, the super difficult double twist ending of: “the 4 idiots buried Superman while he was in a Kryptonite coma, and he only had enough Jedi Force powers to lift some dirt off his coffin. ” OR. 2. The double secret twist that changes the movie Twister! *The fact that those weren’t tornados, but Scientology’s Ancient Alien criminal ghosts. That’s why the tornados growl and “choose” their victims.

[@flippedoutkyrii]

Myrna makes Willie Scott look like a hardened badass lol.

[@tinkerer3399]

Always great to see a reviewer showing Geretta Geretta some love. She always brings a little something extra to films... and man do the films that she brings that to often need it. Except Demons, that film was already amazing and she just helps.

[@bocowan9106]

I hope one day Brad dresses his baby as a little cinema snob and dubs over himself to review a movie about babies 😂

[@fanofbioshock2nolastname861]

Can't wait for the baby geniuses review

[@ItsClodsire]

I don’t

[@paganarh]

I've seen this masterpiece so many times and will continue until inevitable ratpocalypse

[@txmagyar32]

I swear I remember long long ago, Brad reviewing this but I vaguely remember it, sitting around the table with some of the old Springfield crew

[@ricknuzzy]

Been looking forward to this one getting the Snob treatment for a while, worth the wait!

[@cartergeorge1545]

For real! Of all Matteo movies this is so perfect.

[@barachiel212]

But is it, though? Tthis, and a lot of recent reviews, have felt more like Brad reviewing old movies, than the Snob.

[@WorthlessWinner]

@@barachiel212 - he did an old roundtable discussion about this with some of his friends, i dunno if it's still up?

[@williamcrowe2576]

The ending of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes has got nothing on the ending of Rats: Night of Terror.

[@GoatPopsicle]

Exactly, this at least made sense in the context of a radioactive +300yr future. PoTA was a Charles Heston fever dream about a Chimp-Human romance, and the sole gun that saved the day.

[@heyelliew]

Truely one of my fave RiffTrax

[@JamesB-mg9pk]

Love this movie. Just so damn fun to watch. Half the fun is listening to the dubbed voices. Great review.

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

When you have the filmmakers behind HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, as well as two Reb Brown movies (ROBOWAR and STRIKE COMMANDO)... How can this possibly fail?!?

[@AllenHerns]

I've seen this movie the first time on Tubi and I love it. I like to think this movie takes place in the same universe as Hell of the Living Dead.

[@robertperry678]

So this is basically Planet of the Rats? Damn it all. Damn it all to Hell.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I like these styles of creature horror

[@dbsommers1]

This is how Endgame should have ended. Rats bursting out of Thanos. Wonderfully absurd Italian post apocalypse movie.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

One of the most 80s post apocalyptic movies with one of the most 70s post apocalyptic endings

[@TheGoodLad89]

"Well close enough, they found the doorway to Hell, Lucifer's gotta be nearby" 😂

[@Enshohma]

24:22 - SPOILER: I have always assumed the Rat People were always good guys, considering the rescue and all of the yellow suited beings nodding to Chocolete's speech on benevolent brotherhood... Though there would probably be some awkward time of adjusting to this weird situation.

[@fatman18k63]

11:33 So THIS is where that one rat clip in Diamanda Hagan's intro comes from. I've always wondered where it was from.

[@xkumanekox]

A certified Bruno Mattei classick

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

13:10 Thank you for putting a name to that voice. I've been watching these Italian horror movies for 20 years, (coincidentally Rats and Hell of the living dead were some of the first) and you are the first reviewer to give a name to that beautifull voice!! Have they ever done a documentary on him? Even a smaller, DVD extra? I'd love to learn more :) Cheers from Canada and thanks for another classic review!

[@williambeckett6336]

There are precious few people on Earth who can say their body of work includes both Terminator 2 and Troll 2.

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Yes!!! A Last Crusade reference!!!

[@koppsr]

"Well, you have about 500 desease now." I died 🤣🤣

[@Nedzilla345]

Neil Breen should do a remake of Rats. He did work with Chocolate in Pass Through.

[@enlightenednormie242]

That would literally cause cerebral hemorrhage! And I'd love it 😅

[@StarShipGray]

Chocolate dancing around and gleefully singing that she’s a “white” will stay with me much longer than the film’s ending.

[@CaptainRufus]

Wow Commodore 64 text in the future. Tbf when the movie was made the C64 was high end for a home computer. And was very popular in Europe. I approve.

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

The Fallout movie I've always wanted

[@HylianFox3]

Rats were very much harmed in the making of this film. RIP

[@CynnamonSpyder]

yeah, can't watch this

[@memoryalphamale]

Reminds me of a book by Gunter Grass, "The Rat". This movie could almost be an adaptation. Thanks for the fun review SGP. Peace and long life.

[@thatguy3332]

I bought this on DVD and they put It out on blu-ray with Hell Of The Living Dead.

[@mrbarker92]

When an Italian movie is involved, you know it's going to be a great episode.

[@Basta.Giallo]

Really enjoyed your review of this Mattei Masterpiece! His work, along with about half a dozen other Italian directors during the late 70's-early 80's is just pure pleasure. Especially if Goblin performed the soundtrack, nothing compares!

[@louisduarte8763]

1:36 In other words, it's Fallout, but many Vault Dwellers leave for the surface to early and turn into Ghouls. 4:02 I can hear it now: "Producer guy: But why do these wasteland survivors choose to sleep in a rat0infested building? Writer guy: "So the movie can happen." Producer: "Fair enough."

[@Rob1976x]

I can see Burt and Peral looking at all those rats and saying not my problem.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

Congrats on the book! I'll be picking up my copy as soon as the next paycheck arrives ;) When I saw the video title, I figured this must be an older review. I've been a fan for 10 years and know your love for Vincent Dawn, so I just assumed this one had been covered already. Glad to be wrong!! Also, for anyone who likes the looks of this movie, check out the Rifftrax version!! It's one of Mike and the (former) bots best Riffs, since the MST3K days :) Cheers from Canada

[@kyledebrier7053]

I remember watching this on a midnight Friday (or Saturday?) horror timeslot and literally the only thing I remember is that ending.

[@AntoinettexKitten]

Also i cant resist singing Rats 'they're still coming after you, and there's nothing you can do'

[@DJ_Macphisto]

Such a good song.

[@KyleRobots]

Gotta love that big grey 'not for resale' band they put on your proofs at Amazon...

[@cjthrill]

"Hoopers shop" I'm dying over here!!!

[@JLAvey]

Five continents? I take it either Africa or South America got off Scot free. So did Antarctica, but nobody counts penguins. Now if sea otters lived there, it would be the best continent.

[@johnny1173]

Oh i hope he does the crazies now that he referenced it maybe..i had a hard time telling who was crazy and who was panicking so i made it a drinking game....i want to see more ennio morricone.....edit i mean sergio leone

[@franzsanders9573]

So, I guess this is the closest we’re ever going to get to a movie starring the Skaven, huh?

[@filmfangirls9163]

That one white mouse just had me laughing for some reason lol

[@carveraugustus3840]

It's okay the apocalypse missed Apparently 2 whole continents

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

This episode is a long time coming

[@tec5x5]

It was a game! looked at the code at 7:26 its a C64 board/puzzle game Fifteen By Glen Fisher 1983 (c) The Code Works In this game from Glen Fisher and Paul Barnett, published in 1983 in multiple releases, including Cursor/64 #1, Cursor/64 #2, and also in Scandinavien PD #04, you must arrange the 15 pieces in numerical order using as few moves as possible. F and S swaps fast and slow speeds, Q to quit if you've had enough. Like golf, lowest score wins!

[@endplanets]

That's also the story of Tattoine from Star Wars. It was once a lush jungle planet where the locals built massive glass skyscrapers. Then evil alien raiders came, tried to enslave everyone, blah blah, nukes. Glass skyscrapers create endless sand. Original residents turn into Jawas and Tuskan Raiders after hiding in caves.

[@wilcee238]

I remember the ending freaking my little brother out, and ruining Ninja Turtles for him because he was a Master Splinter fan.

[@turntheblueiris4626]

Chocolate: "AAAAaaaahhhhh!" Rat man: "Rude!"

[@elliepira8400]

After years of it being referenced all the way back in the early Hell of the living dead review its wild to finally see a review of RATS!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool video as always Snob 💯

[@yogisie]

There needs to be a Rats: Night of Terror and Of Unknown Origin crossover!

[@magicalpasta5462]

You should do Night Killer 😂 it's the best Claudio film

[@tsartomato]

the ending was told to me at a camfire when i was younger than 10 and 20+ years later we watched it with my dawg

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following is the opinion of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it, so don't take anything he says too seriously!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] "Pity Lloyd isn't around to help the Cinema Snob fight that rat plague he's dealing with on the title card! Guess his new cats will have to invite the RATs to play with them (Cats are known to toy with their food/prey) instead!"

[@marclewis5505]

That ending?! What the fuck Snob?!🤣

[@shallendor]

I love this movie, and it has such a perfect ending!

[@clearcat7296]

Been watching this with Rifftrax overlayed on it, fun stuff!

[@HylianFox3]

The RiffTrax version is great. "They're chocolate bunnies on a conveyor belt!"

[@psychoabattoirhorror]

I got dvd double featire this with hell of the Living Dead in thee early 2000s and this film rocks

[@stevencowie7151]

How I love this film.

[@scottneil1187]

One of two films that fooled me into thinking somebody had adapted James Herbert's Rats books. Dammit!, someone make a Rat's movie!.

[@ChaosTicket]

Cine Masochist, GoodBadFlicks, Brandon Tenold, this is now the fourth channel Ive seen review the film. I should watch it because it looks like an entertaining, gory, house siege movie like Night of the Living Dead. The rats being totally disinterested on attacking the actors is hilarious. Stagehands are just chucking rats at the actors.

[@philipcampbell4096]

I called that ending LMAO 🤣

[@SchlockAndAweFilms]

Geretta told me some fantastic and insane stories about making of this movie

[@edwardtjbrown1979]

Hmmm

[@shimshamjunior]

So were the rat people even further evolved rats or were they like mutated underground people the only time I watched this movie was when I was high so I don't remember much could someone clear it up for me if they feel like it

[@Sticks_]

I enjoyed the review a lot especially after recently seeing Diamanda Hagan review the movie as well. Only let down is, I know you're promoting your book but do we need to be told to preorder it 4x a video while having it in the background and having it as your pinned comment? Otherwise love your content Brad. You rock!

[@donnellwilliams3988]

Now that's how you end a bat sh*t crazy rat movie

[@jeffreybarrow9788]

I am siding with the rats. They are too cute, and the human characters are idiots.

[@carlosarmandovegavazquez7038]

The first minutes of this movie made me feel I was watching the "Turbo lover" music video from Judas priest.

[@oxfordjames]

Wonder if there’s any correlation between Rats: Night Of Terror and Burial Ground: Nights Of Terror aside from the obvious?

[@narcolepticchihuahuaproduc1801]

24:37 classic. Clapping reminds me of reaction to “If I ever come to Jesus I come all the way!”

[@stonepasta5296]

In an alternative universe, it's The Cinema Snob talking to the audience instead of Sam Elliott in The Big Lebowski.

[@chrisgrove7829]

I’m a huge rodent phobe, and have read The Rats from 1974 by James Herbert, and seen the movie Deadly Eyes, which took place in Toronto instead of London, like the book, I grew up with Willard and Ben, so here I go. My friends tell me, hey there not that bad, I’m like cool. Let me dump a tub full of them on your head. enjoy:)

[@jcawthon99]

Really missing the comfy blue chair

[@jonathanortega753]

Both rats and hell of the living dead are my guilty pleasure movie which it said on blue underground blu-ray cover and it's really silly in a good way and is not really scary is try to do a Fulci references for gore and brief graphic nudity

[@Rando1975]

I haven't seen Rats, but I LOVE Hell of the Living Dead. It's certainly not a good movie, but is massively entertaining.

[@austinwhite4626]

I played a Fallout Tabletop RPG, which was set in Chicago. Needless to say mutant rats killed my character.

[@austinwhite4626]

Forgot to mention they were like swarms of land piranhas. So yeah I was fucked. Botched every dice roll.

[@SigEpBlue]

Still less rats than the last Chipotle I visited.

[@tipofthespear74]

Missed an opportunity to compare those two on the motorcycle at :30-:32 to say "it looks like George and Edna from The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue survived the apocalypse..."

[@casperorillian7393]

I would love a cinema snob review of neon city

[@kaydog2450]

Looks like a classic do you think if rats: night of terror got a remake would it work now even if did get a remake the rats would probably be a mix of cgi and practical

[@eclipsehorse8693]

why isn't Disney making THIS remake?! It's got rats!!

[@garyhall7867]

Snob does Rats Night of Terror, and Tenold does Island of Terror on the same day. Coincidence? Probably

[@ZenShawoom]

I message this before but Brad you are a really cool person brother. Have a gentle heart and peaceful mind.

[@nakenmil]

Italian Fallout.

[@hrrproductions553]

If I'm going to be honest here, I saw this movie before. I thought it was an "Okay" kind of horror movie, especially since it was the first horror movie that I've seen to feature rats in it

[@mr.e1149]

oh sean is back, great. tbh you thumbnails during his abscence were hedious brad