Deadly Eyes

Deadly Eyes is a 1982 Canadian film directed by Robert Clouse, based on the horror novel The Rats by James Herbert. The story revolves around Giant Black Rats who begin eating the residents of Toronto after ingesting contaminated grain. The plot and subplots center on the movie's leading man, Paul Harris , a divorced high school teacher and basketball coach and his interactions during a killer rat infestation with a health department inspector ; a high school cheerleader, Trudy ; his students; and his friend, Dr. Spencer , a college professor and rat expert. Giant rats the size of small dogs... living in mountains of grain full of steroids are rendered homeless when a health department inspector orders it burned. The rats migrate to a suburban home occupied by unsupervised high school students. The rats' first human victim is a toddler left unattended in a high chair. The next victim is a senior citizen, walking the snowy streets alone late at night. Scatman Crothers, who briefly plays a health department field inspector, is destined to become the next victim.
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