Musophobia
by Encyclopedia_of_Horror | created - 05 Dec 2016 | updated - 01 Nov 2020 | PublicA list of movies for those who have a fear of mice and rats, brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series...
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1. The Food of the Gods (1976)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher
Votes: 4,595
2. Food of the Gods II (1989)
R | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Paul Coufos, Lisa Schrage, Réal Andrews, Stuart Hughes
Votes: 1,412
3. Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
Unrated | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic earth, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of surface people stumble upon an abandoned lab that was trying to bring life back to the earth's surface, but the place is run over by vicious rats.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Geretta Geretta, Massimo Vanni, Gianni Franco
Votes: 3,179
4. Burial of the Rats (1995 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In 19th Century France, a young Bram Stoker is captured by a man-hating, all-female cult of thong bikini wearers. Aided by flesh-eating rats, the warrior women raid the lairs of evil men ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Maria Ford, Kevin Alber, Olga Kabo
Votes: 528
5. Killer Rats (2003)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Tabloid reporter Samantha (Sara Downing, "Never Been Kissed") goes undercover at the Brookdale Institute to break a story about celebrity drug addicts, but she soon discovers that the real scoop is far more terrifying.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Sara Downing, Amy Parks, Bailey Chase, Michael Zelniker
Votes: 1,200
6. Mulberry St (2006)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to develop into blood-thirsty rat creatures.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Nick Damici, Kim Blair, Ron Brice, Bo Corre
Votes: 6,410
7. The Rats (2002 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Mädchen Amick, Vincent Spano, Shawn Michael Howard, Daveigh Chase
Votes: 2,203
8. Altered Species (2001)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On a moonlit night, in a remote research laboratory, a major medical breakthrough is about to have deadly results. A chemical compound that was created to "hunt and destroy" deadly cancer ... See full summary »
Director: Serge Rodnunsky | Stars: Allen Lee Haff, Leah Rowan, Guy Vieg, Robert Broughton
Votes: 499
9. Revenge of the Rats (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
When trash collectors go on strike during a record-breaking heat wave, Frankfurt is faced with a growing environmental catastrophe. Feeding off the increasing mountains of waste, giant rats multiply and begin to take over the city.
Director: Jörg Lühdorff | Stars: Ralph Herforth, Anne Cathrin Buhtz, Christian Kahrmann, Karin Neuhäuser
Votes: 410
10. Willard (1971)
GP | 95 min | Horror
A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Sondra Locke, Ernest Borgnine
Votes: 5,498 | Gross: $19.22M
11. Willard (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 20,405 | Gross: $6.89M
12. Ben (1972)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 3,427 | Gross: $0.77M
13. Of Unknown Origin (1983)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his recently renovated house.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 3,784 | Gross: $1.08M
14. Deadly Eyes (1982)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Contaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Sam Groom, Sara Botsford, Scatman Crothers, Cec Linder
Votes: 1,571
15. Saikyôjû tanjô Nezura (2002 Video)
90 min | Horror
A Japanese company funded by the United States army conducts experiments with anti-bacteriological weapons that create a lethal humanoid rat monster which kills all the lab technicians. The... See full summary »
Director: Kanta Tagawa | Stars: Mika Katsumura, Yoshiyuki Kubota, Daisuke Ryû, Ayumu Tokitô
Votes: 81
16. Rat Scratch Fever (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Brought back from a doomed space mission, an army of giant rats develop a big appetite for Los Angeles residents.
Director: Jeff Leroy | Stars: Randal Malone, Tasha Tacosa, Ford Austin, Eric Flenner
Votes: 140
17. Graveyard Shift (1990)
R | 86 min | Horror
In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
Director: Ralph S. Singleton | Stars: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 12,639 | Gross: $11.58M
18. Nightmares (1983)
R | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Anthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Cristina Raines, Joe Lambie, Anthony James, Clare Torao
Votes: 3,695 | Gross: $6.67M
19. Rat Man (1988)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Eva Grimaldi, Luisa Menon
Votes: 966
20. The Killer Shrews (1959)
Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon
Votes: 5,653 | Gross: $1.00M
21. Return of the Killer Shrews (2012)
84 min | Comedy, Horror
Fifty-three years after being attacked by killer shrews on a remote island, Captain Thorne Sherman is hired by a reality television crew to return to the island in question. The shrews attack again in short order.
Director: Steve Latshaw | Stars: John Schneider, Bruce Davison, James Best, Jennifer Lyons
Votes: 392
22. The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)
GP | 91 min | Horror
The daughter in a family of werewolves decides to put an end to the family curse.
Director: Andy Milligan | Stars: Hope Stansbury, Jackie Skarvellis, Noel Collins, Joan Ogden
Votes: 519
23. Terror in the Swamp (1985)
87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In an effort to create the perfect nutria for breeding by the fur industry, a scientist and his assistant inadvertently create a brutal mutation that escapes into the nearby swamps.
Directors: Joe Catalanotto, Martin Folse | Stars: Keith Barker, Chuck Bush, Gerald Daigal, Albert Dyket
Votes: 208
24. Mutantes del año 2000 (1992 Video)
97 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
In a bleak near future the world has really gone to seed due to severe pollution. Toxic smog, acid rain, and grotesquely mutated animals are all direct results of this environmental decay. ... See full summary »
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Gerardo Albarrán, Rossana San Juan, José Manuel Fernández, Óscar Vallejo
Votes: 83
25. Trilogy of Terror II (1996 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Three horror stories, including a woman's fate when she and her lover attempt to rob her husband's grave, a woman who brings her son back from the dead and a Zuni fetish doll who comes to life again and goes on another murderous rampage.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 1,803
26. Tara (2001 Video)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A vengeful madman and his would-be victims join forces to stave off an invasion by deadly vermin.
Director: Leslie Small | Stars: Isaiah Washington, Ice-T, Guy Torry, A.J. Johnson
Votes: 351
27. The Wild Beasts (1984)
Unrated | 92 min | Horror
The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.
Director: Franco Prosperi | Stars: Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd
Votes: 1,179
28. The Piper (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.
Director: Kwang-tae Kim | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Joon
Votes: 1,911
29. Rats! (2013)
4 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A young woman finds her home plagued by mutant Rats from Outer Space.
Director: Stewart Sparke | Stars: Lyndsey Craine, Lawrance Edmonds, Adam Raw Mackenzie
Votes: 154
30. Big Freaking Rat (2020)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Ranger BRODY, with the help of his nephew and niece DYLAN and NAOMI, is preparing to open the brand-new campground for the season. Everything is in order and the camp seems peaceful until a... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Churchill | Stars: Caleb Thomas, Caroline Abbott, Nino Aldi, Bob Barnett
Votes: 293
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