The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)

Director:

Andy Milligan

Writer:

Andy Milligan (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A gruesome tale of man-eating rats and blood-sucking werewolves!

Plot:

The daughter in a family of werewolves decides to put an end to the family curse. |

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Claim In Title | Independent Film

Cast

Hope Stansbury	...	Monica Mooney
Jackie Skarvellis	...	Diana
Noel Collins	...	Mortimer Mooney
Joan Ogden	...	Phoebe Mooney
Douglas Phair	...	Pa Mooney
Ian Innes	...	Gerald
Berwick Kaler	...	Malcolm Mooney
Chris Shore
George Clark
Lillian Frit

Also Known As:

The Curse of the Full Moon

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Constitution Films

Trivia:

Originally filmed on location in England as "The Curse of the Full Moon" with a running time of 72 minutes. Andy Milligan's producer William Mishkin said that the running time was too short and more footage had to be added in. Due to the success of Willard (1971), Milligan added in the story of man-eating rats and shot the footage in his hometown on Staten Island. The new sequences increased the running time to a full 92 minutes.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Andy's best movie, though admittedly that isn't saying much.

I first met Andy Milligan in 1985 and told him how much I enjoyed his movies. I remember how he actually blushed when I asked for his autograph. This 1972 movie is his best . . .but I am the first to admit that is small compliment. The Mooney family has no end of problems. Pa Mooney claims to be 199 years old, daughter Monica (Hope Stansbury) is a sadist, son Malcolm is a halfwit and the whole family are werewolves! There is enough plot here for two movies! The eldest daughter in the family (Jackie Skarvellis) returns home from medical school with a new husband, which Pa Mooney heartily disapproves of, but she is the last hope that they can overcome the ancient curse. Will she succeed? Remember, this is an Andy Milligan film we are talking about! Clearly Hope Stansbury is the best actress in the picture. A Milligan perennial, she turns up in several of his pictures. Andy always denied it but I suspect it is he playing Mr. Macawber, the one armed, disfigured shopowner who sells Ms. Stansbury the rats which serve to pad out the picture by 11 minutes (11 l-o-n-g minutes!). Notice during one scene in Mr. Macawber's shop if you look at the background you will see several cardboard boxes labeled "Hires Root Beer". A great movie? No. A fun movie? Yes, definitely. I miss you Andy.