Deadly Eyes (1982) on Netflix
Steroid-contaminated grain has bred rats the size of small dogs in Toronto. Paul Harris, a basketball coach, and Kelly Leonard, a health inspector, investigate the attacks on residents.
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Plot summary
Steroid-contaminated corn grain has bred rats the size of small dogs in Toronto. The animals attack the city's residents. Kelly Leonard, a health inspector, orders the infested grain burned. The rats leave it and move out. Paul Harris, a high school teacher and basketball coach, works with Leonard to uncover the source of the attacks. Harris turns to his friend Dr. Louis Spenser, a professor and an expert on rats. George Foskins works for the health department as a field inspector.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Deadly Eyes (1982)
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- A planned 2002 remake titled The Rats, written by Frank Deasy and directed by Child's Play writer John Lafia, was pushed back from September 2001 for editing, and its shots of the World Trade Center were removed after the September 11 attacks.
- Robert Clouse reused footage from his own 1978 Bruce Lee film Game of Death in a gory theater scene in Deadly Eyes, along with footage from the children's educational show Curiosity Shop and B.C.: A Special Christmas.
- The film moved the British setting of James Herbert's 1974 novel The Rats to Toronto, yet promotional posters sometimes showed a New York City skyline complete with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
- Deadly Eyes later gained a cult following, with fans praising Scatman Crothers's acting, the Chuck McDermott songs, the Canadian setting and the film's unintentional comedy.
