Willard
Movie • 1971 • Horror
ReportA 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. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. 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.
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He leaved Ben alone after killing his boss
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cannaear
not exactly, but the main character takes revenge on his abusive boss
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DragonScalie
All violence against rats in this film is done via special effects and none of the live rats used in the production were harmed
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angrydoberman
Many rats die
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Is there a dead animal?
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GhostieCandy2112
A pet rat is killed on screen. It's not graphic and shown in depth but it does have quick shots of the rat actor covered in fake blood
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DragonTheScalie
Ben the rat is often mistreated but he's not portrayed as being sad very much more angry and defiant.
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glitchbirds
The other comment is about the remake from 2003. In the original 1971 film, the cat is simply abandoned with a stranger and never seen again.
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A pet rat is shown to die on screen, a character also drowns his own rats on screen.
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Multiple rats are drowned but no humans are held under water
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Willard's father dies before the movie and is mentioned often, his mother dies however her death and her body are not shown on screen.
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KristopherFleck
it’s implied that willard did in the bathroom scene w mr. martin. no noises just a cough and martin saying he had a “nervous stomach”
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Willard is probably autistic and he is like the villain of the movie but I don't think his autism itself is portrayed offensively in any way.
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Willard is very likely autistic based on his behaviour and mistreated, partially because of his autism. However this movie was made in the 1970s so it's not like they actually ever say that he's autistic. He's just seen as a weirdo in general.
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DragonTheScalie
A character jumps out a window in an attempt to escape a hoard of rats
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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GhostieCandy2112
There are parts of the movie where characters scream over seeing the rats. The main character also yells at another one telling her to leave his house
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KristopherFleck
not used towards an lgbt person, but someone is called a f*g bc they stood on a table when the rats came to martins party.
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Someone is called the f slur but it's the only instance in the movie
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DragonScalie
It's not mentioned but it could be implied with Willard's mother but it could easily be that she's just old
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glitchbirds
No humans drown, but rats are drowned. We don't see the animals themselves, but there are extended shots of the character holding them underwater.
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InsufferableTallyHallFan
There is a little bit of blood
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