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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.
Jul 30, 1971 · Willard Stiles, a lonely and bullied man, befriends and trains his pet rats to attack his enemies. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic creature feature.
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May 1, 2017 · He lives alone in a crumbling house with his ailing mother (Elsa Lanchester, Arnold, Bride of Frankenstein). His boss, Al Martin (Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York) is a vulgar, cruel man who...
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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 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 before.
Mar 14, 2003 · Willard: Directed by Glen Morgan. With Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs. A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
Willard is a young man who can talk to rats and uses them to exact revenge on his enemies. Roger Ebert analyzes the film's sociological and psychological implications and praises Ernest Borgnine's performance.
