As a pair of films, Willard (1971) and its sequel Ben (1972) stand in stark contrast to each other and I’ve always been fascinated by the differences between the two.Willard offers audiences an unrelentingly tense character study hinging on a revenge narrative that’s elevated by the addition of a horror component in the form of an army of subservient, murderous rats. Video vi2836578073. Over the course of their conversation, however, he sees Ben staring at him from a shelf. The film was a major hit in 1971, opening to good reviews and high box office returns, and was the 12th highest-grossing release of the year. Performed by … WILLARD (1971) Version Française part 2. The acting credits, however, are top notch. Willard starts bringing Socrates and Ben to the office on Saturdays to keep him company while he is the only one there. ... Watch Repair Willard -Willard Watch Repair. 1971 | PG | CC. Willard uses food and a plank bridge to lure them into a pit in the backyard, then begins filling the pit with water to drown them. My Only Friend / House Full of Rats: 1:44: 16. The next day, a worker spots the rats. The critical consensus reads: "Willard has an intriguing character study lurking within – but much of those elements, like many of the movie's characters, are swallowed up by rats. After leaving the party in embarrassment, he notices a rat in his backyard and tosses it pieces of his birthday cake. Willard (1971) Full Cast & Crew. 99 to rent. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. It is loosely based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, as well as on the novel's first film adaptation, Willard, and its sequel, Ben. Courtesy of Motown Records. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. This video file cannot be played. It was not billed as a remake by the producers, who chose instead to present it as a reworking of the themes … [6] Variety said: "Neat little horror tale...some good jump moments, at least two stomach-churning murders committed by the rats, and superior production values with tight direction of Daniel Mann develop pic into sound nail-chewer". Prime Video From $2.99 $ 2. Here are the movies we're most excited for in 2021. ... mede door de fantastische en vooral ook bijpassende soundtrack, ... 1971. Tap to unmute. Willard (1971) Review Willard (2003) Review Yo Adrian. Music Composed By Shirley Walker Willard Score (2003) I don't own this track / all material in this video. He then seals up any holes through which the rats could enter his house. I hate rats. The man and his wife flee the house upon seeing the rats, and Willard steals the cash. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? (And their increasing number of friends) 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. FYE A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent pack of killer rats. (1971). Tap to unmute. ... Willard. A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. [4], The film-review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 57%, based on 23 reviews, with a rating average of 5.79/10. He later begins playing with a rat he names Queenie. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. It's a rare occasion where the human characters, rather than the animals, drive the film to its intense climax. A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors. Jackson is a lonely serial killer who is really beginning to question the point of all his killing. Training Montage: 1:15: 10. On his 27th birthday, he comes home to a surprise birthday party thrown by his mother, where all of the attendees are her friends. That is, until he befriends the rats in his garden and learns that he can make them do his bidding! Shopping. Willard 1971. Willard offers Ben and the rats food, which he mixes with pesticide. Willard: The Hermit Of Gully Lake. He’s pestered at work and has to take care of his aging mother at home. The theme song, " Ben ", is performed by singer Michael Jackson . Willard. buy this soundtrack from cdandlp.com Search eBay for Willard : Willard (1971) Composer(s): Alex North Released in: 1971 Genre: Horror: Other Resources: Other information: Total number of members who have this title in their: Collection: 0 Wish list: 0 There are no labels for this title. Willard's Hatred Builds: 1:10: 8. The guests are terrorized by the rats, and Al destroys the catering tables trying to fend them off. He barricades the door against the other rats, leaving Ben to face him alone. The Tire Mission: 1:30: 11. It was also included on his 1972 album of the same name . Prime Video $1.99 $ 1. In this horror film, the young and disturbed Willard Stiles befriends a pair of rats and trains them to brutally attack human beings. From $8.99 to buy. He is informed that she had no money and the house is heavily mortgaged. Investigating, he finds hordes of rats in the basement. At work, Willard is tasked with an overwhelming number of accounts by his boss Al Martin, who usurped the business from Willard's father. 21 of 24 people found this review helpful. Written by His friend and temporary assistant, Joan, gives him a cat named Chloe to comfort him. Reviewed for TheBluFile.com by Dustin Putman (Release Date: May 16, 2017) – "This is the one movie you should not see alone," touted the hyperbolic tagline on the original "Willard" one-sheet from 1971. [8] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also gave the film 2 out of 4 stars and wrote that although it "will have you keeping your feet up off the theater floor, Daniel Mann's slow direction will lower your eyelids. In terms of horror or thriller Willard is pretty tame. Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch Mansion - 637 South Lucerne Boulevard, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, California, USA. 99 to rent. There’s a twist at the end however. As Al attempts to attack him, Willard instructs the rats to kill him. His only friends are rats which he trains. Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. Willard was a 1971 horror film about a loner named Willard (Bruce Davison). His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. After overhearing one of Al's friends boasting of a large cash withdrawal, he sneaks into the man's house and orders his rats to tear up the bedroom door. Total Tire Recall / Not the Puppy: 4:19: 12. When Joan refuses to persuade Willard to sell his house to Al, he fires her and Willard, believing that unemployment will force Willard to sell. He confronts Al over the death of Socrates, the mistreatment of his father and Al's machinations to buy his house. 1971, Horror, 1h 35m. ", The film earned rentals of $9.25 million. 23 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings What to know. The next day Willard's mother dies. In the Basement, Ben / Where's Mother? Info. The supporting cast included Elsa Lanchester in one of her last performances before her death, and Sondra Locke in one of her first. Willard Willard (1971) - MainTheme. Directed by Daniel Mann | Starring: Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, Bruce Davison, Sondra Locke 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. The story is EC Comics grisly – even down to casting the good rat as white, the bad rat as black. "[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "one could not ask for a more satisfying yet less pretentious hot weather suspense-horror entertainment. The film was a major hit in 1971, opening to good reviews and high box office returns, and was the 12th highest-grossing release of the year.[2]. Willard 1971. While Ben eludes Willard's attacks, the rats gnaw through the door. Video vi2836578073. The next day he places his remaining rats into crates and drowns them in the backyard pit. Share. 1 talking about this. Ik heb er in elk geval kunnen van genieten. Rats were at the centre of Willard (1971) directed by Daniel Mann and produced by ex-crooner Bing Crosby. His mother tells him to eliminate the rats. Willard asks Al for a raise, having not received one since his father's death despite working after hours and weekends. Willard has dinner with Joan at his house, telling her of his newfound self-confidence, which he attributes to her and Socrates. Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke and Elsa Lanchester. (And their increasing number of friends) 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. 16:00. A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will. With its disturbed young hero, crumbling old mansion and macabre developments it immediately brings to mind Psycho. There's plenty of twists and turns to be had, as well as a few moments of skin-crawl, especially for those who aren't fond of rodents! Highlighted by a touching and sympathetic performance from Davison, Willard is a different kind of "nature-strikes-back" film. He hands Chloe off to a stranger. "Willard" is een onderhoudend griezeldrama, en de versie van 1971 moet zeker niet onderdoen voor de remake, ik vind hem nog iets somberder. 216 likes. The future looks bleak ... See full summary ». 1 VIDEO | 31 IMAGES. Willard. He lives with his domineering widowed mother, is bullied by his boss, and doesn't have any friends. Willard Sees Ben / Willard Closes Hole: 2:13: 17. Big Ben: 2:11: 9. Shopping. timesticking. חדוה ושמוליק 1971 פתיח Hedva & Shmulik 1971 Theme. Willard is a 2003 American horror film co-written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring. Instead, Daniel Mann settles for facile effects, like the cut-in shot of rats tearing at a piece of raw meat while they are supposedly demolishing Ernest Borgnine, and gradually drives what might have been an unusually intriguing horror film pretty much into the ground. "[12], Ben the rat won a PATSY Award as the best animal performer in a feature film for 1971. Willard chases Ben upstairs, cornering him in a storage room. "[10] Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin thought that the rats were "so well-mannered and prettily groomed that they are more likely to elicit coos of delight than shudders of fear...when the horrors do come, they are very tame indeed: not one single shot to match the chilling menace dispensed by the brooding crows in The Birds or the prowling felines in Eye of the Cat. A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox. 1 VIDEO | 101 IMAGES. GP | 1h 35min | Horror | 30 July 1971 (USA) 2:18 | Trailer. Incredibly, it was a minor hit at the box office, the 12th top-grossing movie o... read the rest. Willard (1971) Review is part 1 of 2 in the Willard series. The story, director Daniel Mann’s direction and the cast all comes together in a neat little package. In terms of horror or thriller Willard is pretty tame. Willard (1971) - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube. Written by Walter Scharf and Don Black. A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors. "Willard" is about rats, and about a young man who likes rats and has a mysterious ability to communicate with rats. [7] Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. Based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, the film was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Picture. The movie also has a bit of a darkly humorous side to it. Willard’s 27 and working as a clerk in the factory his father built up from nothing. "Willard" (1971) is an odd mundane character study of a timid loner with low key horror and a bit o’ black humor; it has a curious vibe that hints at the insanity of life. Performed by Jackson 5. Willard (Crispin Glover) is op zijn werk bij zijn collega's zo'n beetje de pispaal. An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K. A homicide detective realizes that the brutal murders committed by a mysterious serial killer he's after have something to do with the late husband of a beautiful widow. Further details may exist on the, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willard_(1971_film)&oldid=1015432243, Articles needing additional references from February 2016, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles needing additional references from January 2021, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-LCCN identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 April 2021, at 13:01. A white rat, which Willard names Socrates, becomes his best companion. Willard (1971) - MainTheme - YouTube. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), ... See full summary », 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. Nathalie Parent-poppe. 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. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Full Release Details for Scream Factory’s Willard (2003) Blu-ray, Willard (2003) is Coming to Blu-ray on February 26th from Scream Factory. 1:03: 14. Based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, the film was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Picture. Founder and Executive Director of all things Horrific at AllHorror.com (Ok, actually I'm just a guy who watches way too many horror movies. Al bludgeons Socrates to death, devastating Willard. Willard sneaks into a party that Al is hosting, opens a rat-filled suitcase, and urges them to get the food. (Error Code: 102630) Play trailer with sound 2:18. Ben sniffs the pesticide box and squeals loudly, alerting the others. I hate spiders even more than rats, although rats are more dangerous, because of my anthropomorphic bias. When things start going wrong he unleashes his rats upon people. He’s pestered at work and has to take care of his aging mother at home. Willard was a 1971 horror film about a loner named Willard (Bruce Davison). Willard Soundtrack Score (2003) - YouTube. I also hate spiders. Nagged by his mother (Elsa Lanchester), bullied by his boss (Ernest Borgnine), a young man (Bruce Davison) trains mansion rats to kill for him. Title: Or available with HBO on Prime Video Channels. [13], Please expand the article to include this information. A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master. Willard Stiles is a meek social misfit who develops an affinity for rats. GP | 1h 35min | Horror | 30 July 1971 (USA) 2:18 | Trailer. Under license from Universal Music Enterprises. There’s a twist at the end however. It's a bit of a rare movie to find these days, but seek it out and hope for a much-needed DVD release of this B movie classic.Followed by a rather dark remake in 2003*** 1/2 out of ****. Meanwhile, the rat colony is growing and Willard cannot afford to keep feeding them. Ben. 1:10: 15. Everything Coming to HBO Max in January 2021. Was this review helpful to you? But seeing it for probably the third time since it was released half a century ago, has provided the context I needed to realize Willard belongs on the same shelf as films like Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), and possibly, more appropriately, Psycho (1960). That night, while Al is at work, Willard enters the office with his rats. A demented, elderly woman has her mentally retarded son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent coed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them. It's unhealthy, really). Copy link. 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