Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is back with possibly his strangest film ever,Rats. The film just had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and now we have the first trailer and poster below. Fans will get to see this film on both the big and small screens very soon.
Deadlinereports that Landmark Theaters and Submarine Deluxe are teaming up to screen this film in 10 markets formidnight showingson September 23 and September 24. Fans in Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and St. Louis will be able to see this innovative film on the big screen, before it airs on the Discovery Channel on October 22. Here’s whatMorgan Spurlockhad to say about his new film in a statement.
“I am so proud of thisgenre-bending movieand am very excited that people will get to experience all its horror doc theatrical glory in Landmark Cinemas. Seeing this on the big screen will give you even bigger nightmares.”
Ratsgoes deep beneath the surface to explore the lives of man’s greatest parasite. Oscar nominated directorMorgan Spurlockunveils a new form ofdocumentary horrorstorytelling, journeying around the world to bring viewers face to face with rats while delving into our complicated relationship with these creepy creatures. In ways never before captured on film,Ratsdives deep into New York City’s parks, subway tunnels, and sewers; venture to rice paddies in Cambodia and Vietnam where rats are caught and sold as food, cross worldly streets in India paroled by the revered Night Rat Killers, journey to the English countryside where packs of terriers kill hundreds of rats per day, and look inside a New Orleans lab, where scientists are studying how abandoned neighborhoods are making rats more invasive than ever.
Morgan SpurlockdirectedRatsfrom a script he co-wrote withJeremy Chilnick, based on thebest-selling bookof the same name byRobert Sullivan. The writers both serve as producers, withDavid Koh,Josh Braun,Dan BraunandStanley Buchthalserving as executive producers. Take a look at the trailer and poster forRatsbelow.
