Of Unknown Origin

  • Horror
11/23/1983
88
R

Two forces have claimed the house. Only one will survive.

A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.

Budget:
$4,000,000

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  • Wuchak

    The Rat from Hell

    A Manhattan executive (Peter Weller) deals with the rats on Wall Street while defending his brownstone castle against a literal vermin. Jennifer Dale plays his secretary while Lawrence Dane and Kenneth Welsh are on hand as colleagues.

    "Of Unknown Origin" (1983) strikes me as a Stephen King yarn, which makes sense when you figure that this is one of the horror authors favorite flicks.

    While the compare/contrast of the protagonists life in his home-castle with the rat maze at work is interesting, the premise is too light IMHO to carry a feature film: a man vs. a rat alone in his gothic abode. Weller works well as the resolute hero but, for me, the best thing about it is winsome Jennifer Dale (Cynthia Dale's...

    April 8, 2022

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