![]() ![]() Willard Stiles (Bruce Davison) is an introvert who lives with his domineering and sickly mother, Henrietta (Elsa Lanchester). ![]() Willard was truly a change of pace indeed. Novelist Gilbert wrote the screenplay under the name Gilbert Ralston and directing chores went to Daniel Mann, a veteran who had earlier helmed classics such as Come Back Little Sheba, The Rose Tattoo, Butterfield 8 and Our Man Flint. ![]() There have been several involving rodents but none has had the impact or enduring appeal of 1971's Willard.īased on Stephen Gilbert's novel Ratman's Notebook, the picture tapped into the popular culture of the time, earning big bucks at the box office and spawning a sequel. "When animals attack" has certainly been a popular theme in horror movies since Alfred Hitchcock unleashed The Birds in 1963 on an unsuspecting public. ![]()
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