Altered Species

After an experimental serum is injected into common rats, they're transformed into CGI-enhanced super-rats. After shredding a cat and a janitor, they're ready for action.

Meanwhile, a group of 30-year-old "teens" are out partying on their way to a party in their party van. When they stop by the lab to visit their scientist friend, the uber-rats poop all over their party!

The fact that none of these people has any discernable IQ figures directly into their lowered chances of survival.

Rule #1 should have been: No idiots in the lab!

This is especially true since the raging rodents seem to have a particular hankering for the tender flesh of imbeciles.

The main problem with ALTERED SPECIES (aka: RODENTZ) is that in between the rat-on-human slaughter, things get very, VERY boring. The characters have far too much downtime to prove just how uninteresting they are. In spite of the addition of squirting blood and female nudity, this is a cinematic migraine.

EXTRA POINTS FOR: The giant mega-rat! He's sort of a Ratzilla or Frankenrat, and nearly saves this movie from being a complete toilet raft!...

This film is easily one of the worst ones I have ever seen. And I don't mean that in a good way. We wanted to see a crappy horror/thriller, so we picked the one that seemed to be the lousiest in the store. For once, the film was everything we'd expected. And more! (or should I say less?)

The actors look like they are reading their lines from posters behind the camera. The so-called special effects are created by putting red see-through plastic in front of the camera to give the impression that we are seeing through the eyes of the killer rats. And the script? Don't even get me started on the script... And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it turns out that the first part of the film was Oscar-material compared to the ending.

Take it from me, this film is hilarious if you're into crappy horror-films, but if you want a GOOD film, keep on looking. This is not for you.

A must-see for horror fans. Terrifying! The rats looked real. My wife freaked out during the flick. I'm afraid to go in our basement now.

Altered Species (2001)

* (out of 4)

A professor is trying to cure cancer and of course doing experiments on rats who eventually escape and go on a killing spree. This is yet another film that deals with an animal going crazy and killing people but this one here is pretty bad from start to finish. The acting, directing and screenplay are all beyond horrid but thankfully the film gets so bad that you can't help but laugh. The director tries throwing all sorts of gore at the viewer but the killings are so bad that you can't help but laugh. We also get some nudity but not enough to keep the film moving. Go rent The Killer Shrews instead.

What a terrible film.

It starts well, with the title sequence, but that's about as good as it gets.

The movie is something about rats turning into monsters and going on a killing spree. The acting isn't so much poor, but the script is pointless and the film isn't even scary despite the atmospheric music.

It really is amazing that some group cobbled together this bag of rubbish and thought it would make a good film.

It isn't a good film. It's trash, and I urge you not to waste a minute of your life on it! One out of ten.