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Willard (1971)

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This film is based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks, by Stephen Gilbert. Bruce Davison is Willard Stiles, a 27-year-old mama's boy whose repressions are bottled up inside and come to the fore in his nervous nail-biting. As one character describes Willard, "Willard is basically an extrovert, but it's all inside." Willard and his possessive invalid mother, Henrietta (Elsa Lanchester), live in thrall to Al Martin (Ernest Borgnine), the man who took over a foundry business after the death of

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Horror

Directed By: Daniel Mann

Cast

Bruce Davison
Willard Stiles
Ernest Borgnine
Al Martin
Elsa Lanchester
Henrietta Stiles
Sondra Locke
Joan
Michael Dante
Brandt
Jo Gilbert
Charlotte Stassen
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Alan Baxter
Walter T. Spencer
Pauline Drake
Ida Stassen
William Hansen
Mr. Barskin
Lola Kendrick
Mrs. Martin
J. Pat O'Malley
Jonathan Farley
Sherry Presnell
Mrs. Spencer
Almira Sessions
Carrie Smith
Joan Shawlee
Alice
Helen Spring
Mrs. Becker
John Myhers
Mr. Carlson
Shirley Lawrence
Louise DeCarlo
Guest
Robert Golden
Motorcycle Rider
Arthur Tovey

Critic Reviews for Willard

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (6)

Really little more than a crudely directed revenge thriller.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A killer classic with teeth!

June 11, 2005 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

It's a cult classic with claws.

January 12, 2005 Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

StaciWilson.com

Any movie with Ernest Borgnine eaten by rats isn't all bad.

June 23, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The most terrifying thing about the movie is the sight of Ernest Borgnine strutting around in skin-tight red polyester pants; even an army of swarming rats is easier to look at than that.

March 17, 2003 Full Review Source: James Sanford on Film

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James Sanford

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A pretty good cast, but the movie isn't very scary at all, in fact it's kind of funny at times. I liked it anyway.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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For some reason I've always had a thing for Bruce Davison. No idea why. That's probably why I liked this movie years ago. Don't even know if I could sit through it now...I shudder just thinking about all the mice running around everywhere. YIKES!

July 6, 2009

Cindy I

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