Deadly Eyes (1982)

Deadly Eyes aka Rats 1982



Hong Kong kung-fu kingpins Golden Harvest Films invade Hogtown in Deadly Eyes, a killer rat movie directed by genre stalwart Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon). In the film, rats feeding off steroid-laced grain grow to uncomfortable sizes and attack humans, including "special guest star" Scatman Crothers. High school teacher Paul (Sam Groom) and health inspector Kelly (Sara Botsford) are the bland, middle-age love interests who fight back. Deadly Eyes is infamous for its cheap effects, which included disguising a pack of small dogs to portray the marauding rats, but it does wring some entertainment value out of its well-worn premise. The finale has the rats overrun a movie theatre (showing a Bruce Lee movie, of course!) before attacking subway system patrons. In the end, Deadly Eyes is a co-production that's most notable for an interesting turn by Lisa Langlois (runner-up Miss Teen Canada 1974) as a cheerleader intent on seducing her teacher, and a surprising amount of footage of downtown Toronto.
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