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Of Unknown Origin
Of Unknown Origin

Of Unknown Origin

1983 88 min ★ 5.8 Horror

A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.

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Cast

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Bart Hughes

Jennifer Dale

Jennifer Dale

Lorrie Wells

Lawrence Dane

Lawrence Dane

Eliot Riverton

Kenneth Welsh

Kenneth Welsh

James Hall

Louis Del Grande

Louis Del Grande

Clete

Shannon Tweed

Shannon Tweed

Meg Hughes

Keith Knight

Keith Knight

Hardware Salesman

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Dan Errol

Leif Anderson

Leif Anderson

Peter Hughes

Jimmy Tapp

Meg's Father

Details

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Screenplay

Brian Taggert

Tagline

"Two forces have claimed the house. Only one will survive."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,000,000

Production

Canadian Film Development Corporation, Les Productions Mutuelles Ltée, Famous Players

Reviews

W

Wuchak

April 8, 2022

★ 5/10

_**The Rat from Hell**_ A Manhattan executive (Peter Weller) deals with the rats on Wall Street while defending his brownstone ‘castle’ against a literal vermin. Jennifer Dale plays his secretary while Lawrence Dane and Kenneth Welsh are on hand as colleagues. "Of Unknown Origin" (1983) strikes me as a Stephen King yarn, which makes sense when you figure that this is one of the horror auth...

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