The director of "Enter The Dragon" does James Herbert. The result is unmitigated trash...and not even good trash. This is a total misfire, a Canadian-shot adaptation of one of the greatest British horror novels, "The Rats". How anybody thought this would work is beyond comprehension.
The film retains little of Herbert's novel. There is an attack in a movie theater, which is terribly fake, and the film does retain some of the characters, but it's as if the producers had no respect for the novel's rich characterization and, more importantly, classic London setting. The Canadian setting does not work at all.
I pray that nobody even attempts to turn the sequels, "Lair" and "Domain" into films, not unless the budgets are massive or, more importantly, the producers are smart.
Herbert's "The Survivor", later unofficially remade as "Fearless" (starring Jeff Bridges), was botched also by David Hemmings and producer Antony I. Ginnane.
The film retains little of Herbert's novel. There is an attack in a movie theater, which is terribly fake, and the film does retain some of the characters, but it's as if the producers had no respect for the novel's rich characterization and, more importantly, classic London setting. The Canadian setting does not work at all.
I pray that nobody even attempts to turn the sequels, "Lair" and "Domain" into films, not unless the budgets are massive or, more importantly, the producers are smart.
Herbert's "The Survivor", later unofficially remade as "Fearless" (starring Jeff Bridges), was botched also by David Hemmings and producer Antony I. Ginnane.