Burial Of The Rats [DVD]

This film is so much better than DRACULA. It adds horrifying imagination with sexual desire, and pleasure. I couldn't have asked for more! This movie is about a young Bram Stoker, getting captured by women who worship rats, and despise male humans. But one of the rat women begins to fall for Stoker, and she helps him fight his way to the top! Much better than BRAM STOKER'S THE MUMMY, and just a tad bit better than BRAM STOKER'S SHAWDOWBUILDER.

This has all the makings of the B-movies! It's fun and doesn't take itself too serious. If you like B horror films this is worth seeing. There isn't a lot of gore but plenty of almost unnecessary T & A. Give this one a try--it should be in any B-movie collectors library!

Last weekend I saw a strange film called Bram Stoker's Burial of Rats. This is a film that at first seems like a cross between Lair of the White Worm and some of the newer Lovecraft films.
Burial of Rats opens with Bram Stoker and his father riding in a coach and arguing Bram's future. Bram wants to be a writer. Before their argument can develop too far, their carriage is waylaid by bandits and rats. Bram saves his father by shooting one of the bandits. Bram is captured and the father is left behind. While Bram's father goes to the authorities and is told to consider his son dead, Bram is taken to the secret lair of the bandits.
The bandits are women. They are under the slightly-mad leadership of their queen who is quite well played by Adrienne Barbeau. The Queen is described as the Pied Piper's twisted sister (she has a flute with which she can control rats). Because he killed one of their number, Bram is slated for execution. He only survives because one bandit realizes that he only acted to save his father. This touches her deeply as she was unable to save her own family. She then goes on to aid Bram's cause. When the Queen learns of Bram's aspirations of writing, she commands that he chronicle their raids to better sow fear into the hearts of men. Thus Bram becomes a part of the raids.
Through some plot twists and clever arguments, the rat women are led to greater victories and ultimately to their demise. In the end only Bram and his father escape alive. Then just as the film is closing, Bram's father gives Bram his blessing to become a writer.
A pretty fun movie all around. Adrienne Barbeau does an excellent job of playing the Rat Queen. Visually the film is quite odd. The rat women tend to wear fur bikinis complete with little tails. The Queen presides from an opulent throne room located beneath the ruins of a palace. There are several scenes of celebration where topless dancers perform for the Queen. Just how these displays fit in with the women trying to end male oppression is only vaguely hinted at. While this film does much to promote the cause of women, it also pokes fun at men in power but the film was obviously planned with a male audience in mind.

You can add a star if for some reason you like this director's work. However, this movie was very weak. It was more-or-less a "made for TV movie" with occasional nudity. Even that isn't fair, as many of today's TV movies are MUCH better than this. Adrienne Barbeau? She has a handful of over-acted, poorly-delivered lines. And no; she isn't disrobed at any point in the movie for all of you Adrienne Barbeau fans who were hoping.

This was a film which could be classifed as a B movie..Its has some rae screens, but the story line is OK.