Of Unknown Origin

    Of Unknown Origin
    1983

    Synopsis

    A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.

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    Cast

    • Peter WellerBart Hughes
    • Jennifer DaleLorrie Wells
    • Lawrence DaneEliot Riverton
    • Kenneth WelshJames Hall
    • Louis Del GrandeClete
    • Shannon TweedMeg Hughes
    • Keith KnightHardware Salesman
    • Maury ChaykinDan Errol
    • Leif AndersonPeter Hughes
    • Jimmy TappMeg's Father

    Recommendations

    • 60

      Film Threat

      Cosmatos, surprisingly, manages to create something resembling a suspenseful atmosphere, all while managing to get Shannon Tweed naked in the first three minutes. Whether you like giant rats or Canadian Playmates, this movie has something for everyone.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Gives new meaning to the phrase rat race. [15 Aug 2003, p.22]
    • 60

      Film Threat

      Cosmatos, surprisingly, manages to create something resembling a suspenseful atmosphere, all while managing to get Shannon Tweed naked in the first three minutes. Whether you like giant rats or Canadian Playmates, this movie has something for everyone.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Gives new meaning to the phrase rat race. [15 Aug 2003, p.22]
    • 50

      The New York Times

      The comic possibilities of this are generally ignored in Brian Taggert's screenplay and the direction of George P. Cosmatos, which features about as many shots from the point of view of the rat as of Bart Hughes.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      Directed with flair by George Pan Cosmatos and filled with sly references to Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea, this film is a successful blend of terror and humor, played with some real fervor by Weller.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      The comic possibilities of this are generally ignored in Brian Taggert's screenplay and the direction of George P. Cosmatos, which features about as many shots from the point of view of the rat as of Bart Hughes.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      Directed with flair by George Pan Cosmatos and filled with sly references to Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea, this film is a successful blend of terror and humor, played with some real fervor by Weller.