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Release

Title  [ Quella villa in fondo al parco AKA Ratman

Release  [ 2013-02-17        Source  [ Retail DVD
Retail  [ 2008-03-31        iMDB  [ 4.0/10 (344)
Runtime  [ 78 mins           Size  Main [ 702MB / 50x15MB
Genre  [ Horror                 Extra [ 10MB / 1x10MB

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095942/

Encoding

Audio  [ 107kb/s VBR Mono -V 1
Video  [ 592 x 336 @ 1141kb/s 25.000fps

PLOT

A maniac 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 investagation and decides to go snooping on
her own. With her friend, Fred, their investagations
lead them to an unknown part of the island where they
discover a monstrosity of a rat-like man. The creature
is killed by Fred, but the true horror of its nature is
just beginning.

RIP NOTES

Ah, the Italians. Leave it to them to create the
trashiest, most exploitative horror around.
With the tagline "He's The Critter From The Shitter",
Ratman, or Quella villa in fondo al parco as it is known
by its original name, is by no means an exception.

Shot in the Dominican Republic, it stars native Nelson
de la Rosa (aka Mahow), the shortest actor ever, whose
part in the 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau is
said to have been the inspiration for Verne Troyer's
infamous Austin Powers character Mini-Me. For anyone
wondering, yes, Verne towers a good 4 inches taller.

The plight of the dwarf actor was recently spoofed
quite successfully on the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant
show Life's Too Short (starring Warwick Davis of Willow
fame), and it's no secret that the majority of parts
available to dwarves involve suits of some sort, and
often less than dignified roles, even when no canons or
throwing is involved. While inside industry "little
people" sources (happy now?) tell us that many are more
than happy to take on most parts, and consider it an
easy way to make a quick buck, most would probably agree
that wearing rat makeup and sitting in a birdcage
hissing is not the best way to make your parents proud.
Hey, at least he got to feast on some lovely ladies,
including Eva Grimaldi, and Swedish hottie Janet  gren.

For this release we sourced the English dubbed R2 DVD
from Shameless. Many kudos to them for restoring a
complete and uncut version from multiple sources, but
you can tell it was done on a budget. We've tried to
clean up the audio a bit, but there wasn't much we could
do about the soft picture and poor contrast. Even so,
this is probably going to be the best version you're
likely to find of this title today.

Detached piece of trivia: ratman the creature is
explained as being a cross between rat and monkey,
notable for pre-dating the infamous stop motion Sumatran
Rat-Monkey of Braindead by a good five years! Similar to
its Sumatran successor-in-spirit, Ratman also carries a
fatal toxin, although his victims are never seen to
resurrect as zombies.

Enjoy!

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