Ratman DVD

Advantages: A rare find anywhere in the world
Disadvantages: Poor story

...about Shameless Films 12th release Ratman that has left me wanting it months before its release. Back in the day when you could get to see Ratman (Aka Quelle Villa In Fondo Al Parco) via dodgy video's and when I never knew my arse from my elbow I avoided movies like Ratman instead favouring the latest Friday The 13th or Nightmare On Elm Street. Then in the late 1990's when my appreciations of horror widened I came to think of Ratman rather affectionately ...
...in the UK. Ratman is set on a Caribbean island is the story of a part human part rat creature whole its scientific father, for want of a better term calls Mousey (odd considering it's a Rat hybrid). The reason for creating this "hybrid" is to enhance science. The day prior to showing Mousey to the great scientific public, he escapes his birdcage home, which he can hardly fit in. Being an un-socialised individual Mousey heads for the beach where he ... Read review

Advantages: Great who-dunnit style movie
Disadvantages: Lacking in gore

...attachment. On the reverse is the less hostile cover used to promote the movie back in the day with the movies star George Hilton looking in a stern way to a woman sat opposite. The back of the case has the amusing "Sorry my digger slipped!" comment in reference to an incident that occurs prior to the movies opening titles. The DVD has trailers for the following Shameless releases: What Have They Done To Your Daughter, Night Train Murders, Torso, Baba Yaga, Ratman, and The Black Cat. As is usual the DVD also includes the trailer for the feature itself in this case My Dear Killer My Dear Killer is available from play.com for £9.99 or slightly higher from the likes of Amazon, or high street HMV's. Spencer Hawken 04/08... Read review

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Advantages: At last uncut and available to buy on high street shelves
Disadvantages: Few have heard of it, and as a result few will buy it

..., firstly when the two thugs attack a Santa and secondly when they enter the carriage that the two girls are in. The DVD contains the original theatrical trailer as was seen in the UK to promote the movie, creating an almost melodramatic view. It's worth adding that this is not the same trailer used by Shameless to promote the DVD as a forthcoming release, so collectors of the Shameless DVD's who enjoy the trailers as much as the movies are treated to two separate trailers. The trailer featured here is actually over 4 minutes long. The DVD has trailers for other Shameless releases: The incoming Frightened Woman, My Dear Killer, Ratman, and Baba Yaga are joined by two existing Shameless releases Phantom Of Death and The Black Cat. The DVD case is in the now familiar bold yellow, sitting firmly in a yellow amaray case. The cover is given... Read review

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Advantages: The unearthing of a lost classic
Disadvantages: None

..., and eyecatching yellow case. The movie has a reversible cover one side almost Austin Powers inspired with Dagmar Lassander meditating, while images of Phillippe Leroy kaleidoscope here, in a flower 60's style. On the reverse is a more sinister offering with Leroy looking onto a headless body (obviously Lassander's)who's arms bare a scorpion movement, something of great reference to the movie. The reverse cover also offers the feature under the title Femina Ridens. Special features are lacking, and lets be real what do you expect of a movie nearly 40 years old. What Shameless do offer however are a series of trailers for the movies My Dear Killer, What Have They Done To Your Daughters? Baba Yaga, Venus In Furs, Ratman, and The Black Cat which also stars Dagmar Lassander; all the trailers are for existing or forthcoming Shameless DVD features. Also... Read review

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