Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

MovieGuy01 I though that Ratman was quite a good film to watch. It is about a maniac who butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats. The model's sister suspects something isn't quite right with the police investigation and decides to go to find out by herself. With her friend, Fred, their investigation's lead them to an unknown part of the island where they discover a rat like man. The creature is killed by Fred, but the true horror of the rats nature is just about to start. This ended up being a good film to watch. There is quite a lot of strong gory violence and nudity in the film for viewers which may be a bit to much for some people.

BA_Harrison Four years before Peter Jackson's Sumatran rat-monkey caused a whole heap of trouble for Lionel in Braindead, director Giuliano Carnimeo introduced fans of Italian horror to Ratman, an equally troublesome simian/rat hybrid played by the world's smallest actor, Nelson De La Rosa.Suffering the indignity of having to strip to his waist and don plastic fangs for the part, little Nelson gives his all as the titular poison-clawed, killer critter created by an irresponsible scientist. Unfortunately, being only two foot four inches tall, Nelson's 'all' is nowhere near enough, and with weak support from genre regulars Janet Agren and David Warbeck, who practically sleepwalk though their roles, Ratman winds up being extremely disappointing.Between dreadfully dull scenes of chinwagging between Agren and Warbeck, as they attempt to discover who or what is responsible for a spate of recent murders, viewers are treated to a touch of light gore, plus some nudity courtesy of Agren's busty fashion model sister (who displays very unusual techniques when it comes to both modelling and taking a shower). There's also a little fun to be had from seeing just where teensy Nelson will pop out next: during the film, he launches attacks from a wardrobe, a fridge, a box, a luggage bag, and a toilet.All of this cheesy silliness, however, is not nearly enough to compensate for the movie's virtually plot less script, crap acting and torpid direction.

Coventry So bad it's literally BRILLIANT, this ultra-low budgeted Italian trash-production spawns one of the most unlikely and absurd monsters in the history of horror-cinema ever! Dr. Olben's creation Ratman is a genetic crossover between a rat and a monkey and somehow it's able to produce a deadly venom for which there exists no antidote. Even crazier than the creature itself is Dr. Olben's conviction that his entirely pointless genetic breakthrough will gain him a Nobel Price! Why the hell would the scientific world be interested in a rat-monkey hybrid with absolutely no positive characteristics? Moreover, the little bastard is mean-spirited as hell and continuously escapes from Olben's lab and onto a nearby village where he aggressively feasts on the bodies of gorgeous fashion models. One of the missing girls' sisters teams up with fictional novelist David Warbeck – dressed in a ridiculous Hawaian shirt – to investigate her whereabouts. They discover the abandoned laboratory where Ratman cheerfully ran some amok and return home with more than they bargained for. "Ratman" is one bizarre and provocative Italian B-movie. The plot is rubbish and the acting performances are weak, but the hideous monster is genuinely creepy and menacing. All thanks to Nelson de la Rosa, officially the smallest man on the planet, who wasn't too proud to exploit his awkward appearance for the sake of trashy cinematic entertainment. His short stature is mostly impressive, but also the rest of his make-up is rather effective, like his pointy teeth, hairy face and penetrating eyes. If only director Giuliano Carnimeo had a slightly better script to work with, "Ratman" easily could have been one of the last truly great shockers to come out of Italy. Carnimeo surely already knew how to build up tension (the music is great and the set pieces are dark & unsettling) and the murders are reasonably gory, but the dialogs are simply too inept. As to be expected, the film also features lots of redundant and totally gratuitous nudity, like the shower sequence in which Eva Grimaldi extendedly shows off her perfect measurements. You got to love how the Italians tried everything possible to please their gore & sex-addicted fans! The ending of this crazed flick is very abrupt and laughable, hinting at a sequel that – if it would have been made – would have predated the concept of the 2006 blockbuster "Snakes on a Plane" with nearly 20 years! Can you image "Ratman 2: Hybrids on a Plane"? That would have been awesome! Even though it would be a crime against all the rules of good taste to call "Ratman" a good film, it's definitely still recommended to all the avid collectors of Italian horror cinema. It's nearly unavailable on DVD and you even have to move heaven and earth to obtain a halfway decent copy on VHS or bootleg DVD-R. That alone defines a gem!

ChiefGoreMongral Ratman is one of those movies you are going to like it or hate it for me it was the first more than the last. Ratman is just that a genetically breed crossbreed between human and rat.What you get for 90 minutes is a paper thin plot about a model and photographer who are going to go into the woods for more exotic locale pics and ending up getting more than they bargain for with the title character not wanting to smile for the camera. There is a side plot that has this model's sister coming to find out if she has been killed only to find another model matching her description has been slaughtered by old RM and also the scientist who made him trying to recapture him again.From there it is a cat and "rat" game with the cast running from the RatMan and boy is it funny. This mug is about 2 feet tall at best and bites scratches and claws people to their deaths. The movie works best on a cheese level whenever the Rat Man is on the screen he brings a smile to my face as he leaps at people with his high pitch squeal and takes them out.The ending in itself was interesting but I could have been better if they would have shown what was happening as Rat Man has stowed away in typical rat fashion on an airplane. The movie ends with the screaming passengers. Man I wish they would have shown him leaping on those people and doing a number on them.In closing a guilty pleasure film if I've ever seen one, if you like midget killers and hot Italian women then you will want to check this out. Heck if you like cheesy monster action check this out also. with alittle more gore this could have been in my highly recommended rating zone but since it falls a tad short there I'm giving Rat Man: 6/10: Cult worth film and a good way to waste a Saturday Afternoon (as I did with this one).RatMan, other than a German DVD Release by X-Rated (under the title Terror House) with no English audio or subs has no official U.S. release. The best way to get this is my magic word "special order". Remember if your going to see only one mutant Rat Man movie see....well uh....there is only one!!!Until next time Ghouls! Mongral Out!