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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A character jumps out a window in an attempt to escape a hoard of rats
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cannaear
not exactly, but the main character takes revenge on his abusive boss
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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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Is an animal sad?
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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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DragonTheScalie
A pet rat is shown to die on screen, a character also drowns his own rats on screen.
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DragonTheScalie
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 very likely autistic 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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Does someone die by suicide?
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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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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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