Movie with ben the rat

Ben is a song written by don black and composed by walter scharf for the 1972 film of the same name the sequel to the 1971 killer rat film willard. It was also included on his 1972 album of the same title. As a sequel to willard, this strange film tells of the friendship between an ill boy and a highly intelligent rat, benwho happens to be the leader of a 4,000 member killer rat pack. Ben is back is a microdrama about a drug addict visiting his family on christmas eve. The movie rat bernardo villela is like a mallrat except at the movies. Willard chases ben upstairs, cornering him in a storage room. Willard quickly becomes obsessed with his friendship with a white rat he names socrates. He barricades the door against the other rats, leaving ben to face him alone. While ben eludes willards attacks, the rats gnaw through the door. Ben is a 1972 american horror film about a young boy and his pet rat, ben. Ben is a numberone hit song written by don black and walter scharf and recorded by the teenaged michael jackson for the motown label in 1972. My last female rat was white, and i named her socrates. Jordan peele and lupita nyongo are among the top winners at the 51st naacp image award, recognized for their work on the horror movie us.

The film is known for its sentimental theme song by michael jackson also called ben. The movie willard is the 2003 remake of the 1971 classic by the same name. Ben has fair skin, green eyes, and shaggy brown hair. Ben the rat returns to lead a violent rodent army in this 1972 horror sequel to willard. Rodents, particularly rats and mice, feature in literature, myth and legend. He wears the prototype omnitrix on his right wrist and. They are exceptionally welltrained and i mean that sincerely or who like schlocky. Between the silly rat melodrama and some familiar character actors giving their hammiest performances ben feels more like a parody to willard than a sequel with the worst qualities of willard being exaggerated. The theme song, ben, is performed by singer michael jackson.

Joaquin phoenixs joker gets entangled with robert pattinsons soontodebut batman in a cool fan. The world has lost a true and rare star in the form of michael jackson. Final credits and the song ben performed by michael jackson. It is the second film in the view askewniverse after 1994s clerks, although, chronologically, mallrats takes place a day before. In the animalsongs canon, ben may be the only love song about a rat. As a sequel to willard, this strange film tells of the friendship between an ill boy and a highly intelligent rat, ben who happens to be the leader of a 4,000 member killer rat pack. Apparently there is also now a sad little remake of the ben movie. His talent and fan base has been compared to that of the beatles and elvis, but i think its fair to say that he is. Ben 1972 where willard ends, ben begins so states the film poster. He is a writer, director, editor and film enthusiast who seeks to continue to explore and learn about cinema, chronicle the journey and share his findings. There was a willard rat movie, and also a ben rat movie. Ben becomes the boys best friend, but things soon take a downward turn as bens swarm becomes violent, resulting in several deaths.

Benhur, made in 1959, was the third movie to be made from lew wallaces successful novel, benhur. A lonely boy befriends ben, the rat leader of the swarm of rats trained by willard stiles from the previous film. This list of fictional rodents is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents, including beavers, mice, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines and squirrels, as well as extinct or prehistoric species. Ben protects danny and helps him cope with a serious illness. Ben, the evil and maybe just abandoned and upset giant male rat from the movies ben and willard. I seem to recall from willard, last summers big rat movie, that willard trained ben to heel, beg, roll over, play dead and sic ernest borgnine.

Frank martin, a vicious man whose professional interest in willard extends to a personal financial one. During the course of the movie, its revealed that gwen goes to school with ben and stops him from using the omnitrix by saying it was a prop for the talent show. Willard then finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his coworkers and is eventually fired by his cruel and uncaring boss, mr. The song was the title track of the sequel to the 1971 movie willard, in which a young outsider trains a rat population to attack his enemies. As a sequel to willard, this strange film tells of the friendship between an ill boy and a highly intelligent rat, benwho happens to be the leader of a 4000. Although this movie will be remembered mostly for its downbeat ending song ben sang memorably by michael jackson for me the meat of the film will always be the work of the rat wranglers who with limited optical effects truly delivered in the scenes where hordes of these rodents were needed to make the film a staple. However, things gradually take a downward turn as bens swarm becomes violent, resulting in several deaths. Ben ratner is an awardwinning actor, writer, and director. Willard original movie poster 1973 ben rat creature.

However, things gradually take a downward turn as ben s swarm becomes violent, resulting in several deaths. Silly to the point of so much unintentional laughter in what truly feels like a bad tv movie of the week. Toward the end of the movie when willard is in the kitchen with ben preparing to poison the rats you can see the image of the rat wrangler putting ben on the kitchen counter in the reflection of the glass cabinet. Ben is a song lyrically written by don black music by walter scharf about the subject a boy and his pet rat of the 1972 film ben for its soundtrack. Yesterday, we raved about scream factorys release of director daniel. Ben often referred to as bens song, is a song written by don black and composed by walter scharf for the 1972 film of the same name the sequel to.

Once ben does become overwhelmed by eons dna, her bond with ben is what brings him back. Judah benhur charlton heston is jerusalems richest and most respected jewish citizen. Ben may be referring to two or more different villains. When detective sergeant cliff kirtland joseph campanella, meteor investigates the horrifying murder of willard stiles by a band of rats, he discovers that the rats are now an organized army, and. I missed seeing this in theatres by a hot minute in 1970s because of my young age but my older brother came back with tales of how epic it was. The story takes place in the holy land just as a young carpenter from nazareth is preaching a gospel of peace and mercy. Eventually the rats, led by their leader, ben, turn on willard and devour him. It was performed in the film by lee montgomery and by michael jackson over the closing credits. Ben is arguably the main protagonist of the horror move willard as well as its sequel ben and is a large and hyperintelligent rat who seems to have a vindictive, even evil, personality quite happy to amass armies of rats to kill those who anger or threaten his owners. Is it true that michael jacksons father killed his pet. Willard stiles 2003 rat movie with crispin glover character profile. Don black and walter scharf wrote this for the 1972 movie of the same name. Ben tennyson was a normal tenyearold kid until he found the omnitrix, a powerful watchlike device that allows him to turn into different aliens. Lee montgomery befriends a rat named ben and soon discovers his real roll as the leader of a crew of rogue rodents.

Ben is a 1972 horror film about a young boy and his pet rat, ben. Ben is a classic horror movie sequel released in 1972 about a loner named danny who becomes friends with a rat, the title character. And then there was socrates, the white rat that is willards best friend, and cruelly killed by his manager. A lonely boy named danny garrison befriends ben, the rat leader of the swarm of rats trained by willard stiles. Now that i see it again decades later it still holds up but plays more like a made for. Why the movie folk find this rat theme so fruitful is beyond me. Mallrats is a 1995 american romantic buddy comedy film written and directed by kevin smith and starring jason lee, jeremy london, shannen doherty, claire forlani, ben affleck, jason mewes, joey lauren adams, michael rooker, and smith himself. In willard, ben is a pet rat who is trained by a human named willard that has learned how to make rats to his bidding. I seem to recall from willard, last summers big rat movie, that willard trained ben to heel, beg, roll over. But the rats, led by ben, the only survivor of the willard attack, take to the. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie. It takes berlitz six weeks of intensive training to get a french businessman to the point where he can proposition a girl on rush st. Willard has the rats kill for him, but at the end of the movie they turn against him.

During the quest to find and destroy eon, she shows deep concerns for ben when he isnt taking anything seriously. It was the sequel to a movie called willard, which was remade in 2003 starring crispin glover. Ben sniffs the pesticide box and squeals loudly, alerting the others. Steamboat willie 1928 the cartoon that launched the worlds most famous mouse into the stratosphere. If you came here from a link, please go back and make the right link for one of the villains listed below. This is a movie for people who like films with animal actors i cant fault the rats. He is met with suspicion and hostility, despite his assurances that rehab is working. Willard then begins to train and befriend the other rats, including an extralarge one he names ben. Ben the granddaddy of rat army movies and a direct sequel to willard is alive and well and officially on disc. Willard offers ben and the rats food, which he mixes with pesticide. Never has there been such an amazing talent as him.