CGI and AI be damned. With special f/x right out of the 60s TV shows, I have an epic I'm sure you missed. A true B movie with horrific alien planets and creatures, space-babes (most will die horribly), space-hunks (most will die horribly), soldier babes (most will die horribly), soldier hunks (most will die horribly), and a Dr. Phibes type mad scientist. The death toll will be in the millions as you see toy and model military vehicles respond to a giant invasion from outer space. Our feature today is 2011's "Rat Scratch Fever," directed by Jeff Leroy.
A mysterious planet enters our solar system and the Steele Space Corporation (SSC) sends a spaceship to investigate. The astronauts and astronettes on the mission are eaten on the planet by rats the size of bears, except for Sonja (Tasha Tacosa). This space-babe gets the ship back to Earth but a small rat crawled up her pant leg and into her...her...well, let's just say it...#@&%. Now Sonja is infected and has a rat inside her, guiding all her actions. Soldier babes and soldier hunks respond to her landing. Sonja murders them, eats them, and steals their war vehicles. In possession of guided missile vehicles, Sonja destroys the base of SSC. Now Jake (Ford Austin), a poor man's Roddy "Rowdy" Piper, enters the scene. He's Sonja's BF and wants her back. The SCC magnate, Steele (Randal Malone) knows that Sonja is no longer human and wants her dead.
As Steele and SCC try to find and exterminate Sonja, she keeps eating people. Rats, big ones, the size of bears, and regular sized ones, converge on L.A. They even eat babies. Yep, this film does have heartbreak. Now Jake finds Sonja but all she wants is his blood. Most of L.A. gets wiped out but Jake and a handful of heroic soldiers, including the very pretty Jennifer (Phoebe Dollar) fight to the end. Wait! Steele arrives. The weird guy with phony skin and limbs has a solo war vehicle with a weird laser beam thing on it. He's ready to exterminate. Uh oh...the rats number in the millions. What's worse, the rat that has taken over Sonja...well, enough. You are going to want to see the fiery ending to this one.
Will Jake be able to enjoy pre-marital sex with Sonja as long as those body parts are still functioning? As a rat entered into Sonja through her #@&%, is there a rape-crisis center she can come in contact with? Was this film about the rat takeover of Earth a foreshadowing of the Biden Administration? This is a wild one. The f/x are nostalgic and edifying. A lot of battles, explosions, gunfights, babes and hunks pulled apart by rats, and laser beams will keep you entertained for over 90 minutes. For an uplifting film, the way films should be made, see "Rat Scratch Fever."
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