Indie frightmeister Jeff (Werewolf In A Women’S Prison) Leroy gave Fango the scoop and some pics (see more below) from his latest furry fear flick, Rat Scratch Fever. “Hide the cheese,” says Leroy, who served as writer, director, cinematographer and editor.
“The film is a homage to 1976’s Food Of The Gods,” Leroy tells Fango. “I picked up *Famous Monsters* magazine every month, and they had a cover story about Bert I. Gordon’s film with all kinds of really cool stills of giant rats attacking people, with oversized rat heads by makeup mastero Thomas Burman. Food Of The Gods didn’t live up to that hype, but it still had a lot of energy and animal attacks. My film has the same energy and better effects. No rats were hurt, but plenty of humans get gnawed to pieces.”
The toothy terror begins when astronaut Sonja (Tasha Tacosa) travels...
“The film is a homage to 1976’s Food Of The Gods,” Leroy tells Fango. “I picked up *Famous Monsters* magazine every month, and they had a cover story about Bert I. Gordon’s film with all kinds of really cool stills of giant rats attacking people, with oversized rat heads by makeup mastero Thomas Burman. Food Of The Gods didn’t live up to that hype, but it still had a lot of energy and animal attacks. My film has the same energy and better effects. No rats were hurt, but plenty of humans get gnawed to pieces.”
The toothy terror begins when astronaut Sonja (Tasha Tacosa) travels...
- 10/30/2008
- Fangoria
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