Exploring Willard
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6 жыл бұрынGoodBadFlicks looks into the rat filled thriller, Willard. Directed by Daniel Mann.
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@charityquill4965 6 жыл бұрын
I remember a scene near the end of willard where he killed a bunch of rats because he thought he was finally getting his life together, but ben finds him, and gives the most hateful glare I've ever seen from a rat. I'd say that award was well earned
@internziko 5 жыл бұрын
I love when he screams "TEAR EM UP!!!"
@LucyLioness100 5 жыл бұрын
I finally watched the movie over the weekend and really liked it. Love how it’s more of a character study (as intended) and some of the humor lands pretty well
@tylerskiss 6 жыл бұрын
God bless Scream Factory, really. They are the saviors of so many great cult classics.
@HEYDuDE607 6 жыл бұрын
Cyril I agree
@theninjamaster67 5 жыл бұрын
their other branch shout factory too I'm very thankful to them for getting reboot a dvd boxset for the whole series as one didn't exist before
@xingcat 6 жыл бұрын
I remember when my niece was singing "Ben" along with the oldies station and would NOT believe me when I said it was about a rat, LOL. Rats do make lovely pets. They're very smart and very loyal.
@ferbthe2gadgetguy 6 жыл бұрын
Incanticle 666 will you train them to tear your enemies apart?
@sandraweilbrenner67 6 жыл бұрын
xingcat i have had rats as pets true they are smart and gentle i know the rat wrangler for this film. i have had my 5 year old play with the rats
@galleryofrogues 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve had a couple rats as pets, they’re very entertaining and have lots of character.
@dr.decker3623 4 жыл бұрын
if they weren't leaving little trails of urine everywhere they went they would be great fun,.. i hope you people clean A LOT,.. rats, mice, gerbils all rodents do this. But mostly rats
@TheSP33DFREAK 4 жыл бұрын
@@dr.decker3623 Just put them in a cage. I have never heard of someone just letting a rat roam loose in their house.
@kdcj800 6 жыл бұрын
I saw a bit of this as a child and always wanted to watch it again. But could never remember the name
@Demortixx 4 жыл бұрын
As someone with 8 rats i love this movie
@HotKakez 6 жыл бұрын
Aw man, I was hoping that this was an exploration of the Willard movie from 2003.
@SeptienPatterson 6 жыл бұрын
You co-star likes you! You got the part!
@cordia96 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Raiterio Patterson. WTF?
@mcginnister79 6 жыл бұрын
Superb loved it!
@vonniedemers5683 4 жыл бұрын
I loved Willard... Once again my parents took us to see it at the drive in when I was little.. Thank God for cool parents
@SepticFalcon 6 жыл бұрын
You can train rats, I have 2 myself and are very intelligent. One even comes to its name being called... Im rat man!
@mcginnister79 6 жыл бұрын
Willard?
@StrazdasLT 6 жыл бұрын
They learn the sound of their name being called and go towards it because it means food.
@xgodzhiredgunx 6 жыл бұрын
False ^^^^ I have 6 and they come every time and only get fed once a day
@corruptofficial8638 4 жыл бұрын
This is an old comment but I think they meant like, groups of rats. If it's one or two rats sure, but as the review mentioned it was "buckets of rats".
@bluelover929 4 жыл бұрын
@@StrazdasLT what do you think dogs do? lmao
@Assimandeli 6 жыл бұрын
The remake with Crispin Glover is probably one of the best remakes out there. Both are great films.
@BobfishAlmighty 6 жыл бұрын
"And Borgnine is fantastic." No further words are necessary
@LucyLioness100 4 жыл бұрын
He was truly legendary
@BobfishAlmighty 4 жыл бұрын
Still is. You think a little thing like dreath with keep him down? 'Tis but a flesh wound
@shannondore 4 ай бұрын
I loved him in The Poseidon Adventure.
@2econd2tar-dt4dg 4 ай бұрын
this is genuinely my favorite film ever. is it exceptionally good? no, but it’s a comfort movie and i love it for what it is. thank you for covering it
@CryWolf-sm9iw Жыл бұрын
That line “You made me hate myself. Well I like myself now!” could easily be fit in The Joker.
@chrisadams7282 6 жыл бұрын
Only ever saw the 2003 version with Crispin Glover, had no idea it was a remake until now.
@jjenk911 6 жыл бұрын
Me neither.
@baskogitlog7276 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@edlutz7218 3 жыл бұрын
I like this one best
@ohmy9504 5 жыл бұрын
You made me hate myself...but now I like myself...tear em up !
@tammymorris5475 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Bruce Davison a hunk in this movie
@otaking3582 6 жыл бұрын
5:53 Badly scarred? Sewers of New York? Controlling an army of rats? So basically this was supposed to be the origin story of Rat King from Ninja Turtles
@kingskull1689 6 жыл бұрын
Otaking Mikohani My life with the king of rats: a touching melodrama by April O' neal and Victor Falco
@gc3k 6 жыл бұрын
The back of Rat King's 80s toy box says "Willard" is his favorite movie
@SofaPop. 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of ratcatcher from DC comics
@ddivincenzo1194 3 ай бұрын
The movie had palm trees, so it was not New York. Hollywood was mentioned once, too. I would guess this is L.A.
@otaking3582 3 ай бұрын
@@ddivincenzo1194 The original Halloween also had palm trees despite taking place in Illinois. Also, the "scars and sewers of New York" part was referring to the proposed sequel.
@clairebamberger3829 6 жыл бұрын
Love the quote " dumped buckets of rats on him it didn't hurt it just felt weird" hilarious bro my teenage daughter loved this episode
@redrumdog2160 6 жыл бұрын
the crispin glover remake was great in my opinion I would have loved for them to make a sequel
@shroomyk Жыл бұрын
I love that the actor actually became friends with "Ben".
@cnashford2 6 жыл бұрын
This was edited, voiceovered, etc so well. Really great video. And my mind was so blown at 7:17 when a more up-to-date picture of Bruce Davison was shown. I didn't recognize him from his Willard role. Hilarious.
@MisfitBYTE 6 жыл бұрын
Me too! My head literally snapped back from surprise.
@tetepeb 2 жыл бұрын
The idea of a sequal where Willard lives in the sewers would have been aweseome!
@e-jaythesupreme1504 6 жыл бұрын
TCM just showed Willard and Ben back to back.
@LucasBradley 6 жыл бұрын
Edwin Sherman Darn, I just missed it. At least I had Eyes Without a Face set up to record.
@e-jaythesupreme1504 6 жыл бұрын
Cool. That just came on? DANG, I missed it.
@johnrife7134 6 жыл бұрын
The tear em up double feature!
@MrIDGAF84 6 жыл бұрын
Ben is great but I cannot fucking stand the kid he is so annoying and has an extremely punchable face and attitude.
@Apathygrrl 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to TCM, I was able to watch Willard for the first time last week. I liked it. I had no idea that Willard was played by Senator Kelly from the X-Men movies.
@Lazysupermutant 6 жыл бұрын
I have to admit I find the imagine of a furious Ernest Borgnine swinging a metal poll at me both terrifying and funny.
@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 4 жыл бұрын
Was he acting a bit EVIIIIIL!
@SixArmedSweater 6 жыл бұрын
Rats are little sweeties.
@LucyLioness100 4 жыл бұрын
My aunt had one who just passed & she was a spoiled little girl
@blacklistburlesque6985 6 жыл бұрын
Sweet zombie Jesus. Ratboy. I remember that! Left on its own, that file would never have resurfaced from the archives. Thanks!
@sailorarwen6101 5 жыл бұрын
Holy fudge. I was thinking, the entire time, Willard looked like the “old man” from x-men. That guy that’s been in a million things, but you don’t know his name. However, I doubted myself, then you popped up that recent picture of him and I about fainted. I love watching people age in the film business.
@parisgreen4600 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, another example is Scott Wilson (Hershel from "The Walking Dead") - as a very young man he did the crime classic "In Cold Blood."" So weird to watch someone grow up/grow old in my lifetime!
@leileyaravencroft 6 жыл бұрын
My mother was the one who originally told me about Willard. She said she loved the film (and Ben I believe).
@jbjacobs9514 6 жыл бұрын
The rats and mice I have been around like guinea pig pellets much more than peanut butter. You can indeed train rats, mice, and GPs. Food is key and you have to use positive reinforcement, NOT negative. The wrangler couldn't have been too great considering how much real bad stuff that happened in BEN.
@tyrannozilla 10 ай бұрын
There's an episode of Batman Beyond that was similar to this. It was about a teenage boy that controlled giant mutant rats in the sewers. I think the writers of that episode took inspiration from Willard.
@jjenk911 6 жыл бұрын
Didn't know there was a Willard back in 1971. Just seen the Crispin Glover one.
@SHEPSCREATIVE Жыл бұрын
So, just one issue....you totally can train rats to about the same level as you can train dogs. I've seen rats trained to the point of the owner sneezing and the rats get her a tissue. Other tricks are going to the owners purse, opening the zipper, pulling out the wallet, opening it, pulling out a dollar bill and taking it to their owner. Rats can absolutely be trained if the trainer is even semi-competent!
@miahsbrokengarage 5 жыл бұрын
I have a copy of 'The Ratmans Notebook' and its great. I haven't seen this version of Willard, but I have seen the remake, will have to add this one to my queue =)
@tyrannozilla 10 ай бұрын
I could've seen EC Comics writing this back in the 1950s. It really has that feeling of a Tales from The Crypt or Vault or Horror Comic.
@Alienmojo 6 жыл бұрын
Loved this movie as a kid! Great background information in this. Great job!
@alexisbarnett5170 5 жыл бұрын
You CAN train rats its pretty easy considering you reward them every time with a treat
@Mrwhynots21 6 жыл бұрын
I loved the remake with McFly!!! Such a great movie!
@CybershamanX 6 жыл бұрын
Peanut butter. Is there anything that it _can't_ do? ;)
@04dram04 6 жыл бұрын
Cool username
@CybershamanX 6 жыл бұрын
Been rockin Cybershaman for over 20 years now. But, now that there are a few more of them out there, I adopted the "X" at the end to help my fragile ego feel more special. :P ;)
@CurtisAlfeld 6 жыл бұрын
One of Ernest Borgnine's grandchildren is stationed on the same ship I am.
@sandraweilbrenner67 6 жыл бұрын
love every incarnation of this film crispin glover was great in this
@grinch5885 5 жыл бұрын
That mansion is where the TV show "Charmed" was filmed and made as well, I believe.
@dyingbreed5386 5 жыл бұрын
I like this movie. I really liked the remake as well. Glover's a odd dude and it worked so well in the role.
@mysteryneophyte 2 жыл бұрын
I loved the remake and the original was great, its rare that both original and remake hold up so well.
@wstine79 6 жыл бұрын
Sometimes it's not so bad to be a character actor. Kinda the "In case of dying career, break glass" for most leading actors and actresses.
@blacquejacquesshellacque6053 6 жыл бұрын
I'd say it's better to be a character actor because their career isn't handcuffed to boxoffice returns. The Loan Ranger hurt Armie Hammer but was just another role for William Fichtner. Critics often call him the best thing about a bad movie when he's in one.
@StrazdasLT 6 жыл бұрын
Well thats because William Fichtner is one of the best actors out there, so any bad movie hes in he would definitelly be the best thing in it.
@austinrutledge7531 6 жыл бұрын
Blacque Jacques Shellacque The Loan Ranger? I'd be down for that movie.
@kirbymarchbarcena 6 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson would have been proud for "Ben"...
@romerjusu3804 Жыл бұрын
😱😂🤣😬🤠
@hegstad9 4 жыл бұрын
Good review. But Bruce Davidson was born in 1946, and had to be around 24 years old during shooting. After 'Last Summer' he had also starred in Stuart Hagmann's 'The Strawberry Statement' (1970) ...
@jaygrinder7694 6 жыл бұрын
This was only a little bit weirder choice for Bing Crosby Productions than Walking Tall, which also came as a shock to me when I saw the name of the production company.
@sainguin3887 5 жыл бұрын
Dude, I love your videos so much. You deserve a much bigger following and a hell of a lot more views. Keep creating. You turned me onto crappy movies and it's been a pretty amazing side hobby.
@dherring44 6 жыл бұрын
Another great exploring video!
@jonathancapps1103 6 жыл бұрын
I liked the remake. Glad to learn I now have the opportunity to see the original.
@FeniXMinerva 6 жыл бұрын
3:10 Lord have mercy on his taste buds...
@BlueButtonFly 6 жыл бұрын
This is weird. You can absolutely train rats. I have trained rats. Maybe not that many, maybe not in time, but they can be trained.
@hal900x 6 жыл бұрын
Bluebuttonfly Yeah, you totally can with patience and food. However, they are a bitch to train if allowed to grow to adult first. I suspect that's why it was so tough. If you don't get them young and socialized, it's extremely difficult.
@blacklistburlesque6985 6 жыл бұрын
People might not have realized that at the time.
@04dram04 6 жыл бұрын
Willard, is that you?
@CoMMaNdeRKeENs 6 жыл бұрын
You can train rats
@F1rsttimer 6 жыл бұрын
I loved the remake. Glover was so great in that role.
@TheHorrorMiserMontyG 6 жыл бұрын
I remember when I first saw Willard in theaters here in Philly when it came out during the 70's. I believe it was either the Fox or the Milgrim theaters on 16th and Market sts. I loved the movie back then and saw it when TCM was showing this and Ben together. It's such a great horror movie about social misfit and how he becomes unhinged. #OldSchoolHorror
@MrRjh63 6 жыл бұрын
The cat wasn't so lucky in the remake.
@boomstickcritique902 5 жыл бұрын
Like both this an the reboot along with the sequel to the first Ben
@rjohnson Жыл бұрын
Before it was Jaws with the line we're going to need a bigger boat it was Willard with the greatest line ever as kids we used to repeat it all the time and it was how he said tear him up and then he slammed the door that's the greatest scene ever.
@Fiver565 6 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Willard remake and it was kind of empowering for me for some reason
@davidr9509 6 жыл бұрын
A Ghost Story review/exploring would be absolutely top
@markcoleman4937 6 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing an 'Exploring' on this! It's a personal favourite of mine since I was 10. You're a legend and a hero for doing this series. Could you please do a video on 'Martin' at some stage in the future, perhaps?
@66cuda 6 жыл бұрын
I had rats as pets, our first was sox she was supposed to be food for or pac man frog, didn't eat her, so we bottle fed her she was a great pet, she and our cat harry got along, sox would groom harry, the ex wife got a male we had babies, the male we named Socrates and the son we named Ben all very smart and sweet
@the_punk_for_christ 6 жыл бұрын
OH you better not let anything happen to that kitten, or the internet will HATE you FOREVER... - Cecil (The Fly 2)
@johnmanning6587 6 жыл бұрын
When Cecil uploads a new video, I'm all smiles for the rest of the day.
@raritydead37 6 жыл бұрын
Finally! I love this film!
@nathanl7018 6 жыл бұрын
After showing the poster, you need to do a video on Night of the Lepus. Most ridiculous horror movie ever, but I love it.
@jeremypaige6666 6 жыл бұрын
great job as always
@gwolfe333 6 жыл бұрын
I loved this movie as a kid and now I know why I've not been able to watch it for the past 40 years. I also was unaware of the remake so now I'll have to go watch it.
@haruruben 6 жыл бұрын
Who knew rats liked peanut butter so much... we'll, it is pretty good
@waterandafter 6 жыл бұрын
Rats are so smart.
@johnnybensonitis7853 6 жыл бұрын
God save the cats!
@shannondore 4 ай бұрын
I had a pet rat once. I kept finding items in his cage that shouldn't be there (pens, pieces of paper, etc.). I thought he was pulling things through the bars, then one day I saw him unlock his cage, open the door, and climb onto my desk. He then dragged a small calculator to his cage into the door, and then he shut the door back and locked it. I couldn't believe the little stinker. He was a thief, a cute and smart thief but a little thief.😂
@legofan370 6 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on the remake? From what I've heard, it's a very underappreciated horror film, and Crispin Glover is excellent.
@04dram04 6 жыл бұрын
I loved it. Felt unique.
@NefariousKoel 6 жыл бұрын
Crispin Glover did great. Speaking of weird character actors..!
@RavenPryde 6 жыл бұрын
I liked the remake.
@upshot211299 6 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a remake of Terminator, played by Crispin Glover.
@legofan370 6 жыл бұрын
If it was a T-1000 esque role, I could see it.
@Laceykat66 4 жыл бұрын
One of the most successful films of the year and yet you never see it today. I have never understood that until now, though I was totally creeped out when my boyfriend took me to see it at a college art house theater in the late 1970s.
@princeofcupspoc9073 2 жыл бұрын
4:30 Sam Peckinpah flashbacks, most likely. There was a story that for one fight scene, Sam got the actors so drunk that they had a real fight, and shot it. Oh, and about The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah had no interest in animal safety. He even went as far as filming in Mexico, where there were no cruelty laws.
@hal900x 6 жыл бұрын
As a boy I read the book "Willard" and was enthralled. I assume it was the novel, renamed. Either that or an adaptation of the film, I'm curious which. This was before I saw the movie and I had assumed the book came first.
@primate924 6 жыл бұрын
"you can't train rats"... I dunno about that. Pretty sure you can. Maybe just not a giant swarm of them
@romerjusu3804 Жыл бұрын
Sandra Lockhart was also in Rat Boy .
@TheReal008Zulu 6 жыл бұрын
Huh, did not know Jaws was the result of this movie.
@willlastnameguy8329 6 жыл бұрын
The cat doesn't die. Nice
@Victor-tg9jp 2 ай бұрын
Rats are truly terrifying
@DarkGlass824 4 жыл бұрын
I have strangely learned a great deal about rats while watching this channel lol they can't be trained and love peanut butter...ha ha!
@parisgreen4600 3 жыл бұрын
Also they are so smart and teachable that they use them to detect old land mines for removal (don't worry, they are too light to set off the trigger).
@angeltread 6 жыл бұрын
only seen the remake which i love alot and have seen a lot. knew it was a remake and now finally have a chance to check it out.
@eppursimuove3119 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Dude I love your exploring series. You gotta do one for Behind the Mask: Rise of Leslie Vernon - super underrated horror gem imo
@michaelgirodat1062 6 жыл бұрын
It's funny you bring up that no cats die in this one. They certainly killed a cat in the Crispin Glover one lol
@homelesshannah50 6 жыл бұрын
Those bunch of bitches
@TheJayrockerr 3 жыл бұрын
Lavern Merriweather -Rats revenge. For all the rats and mice, killed by cats.
@coalitionofrob436 6 жыл бұрын
Never heard of the movie, that's why I like the Channel. Keep going Cecil!
@Thulgore 4 жыл бұрын
:30 GOD DAMN that's creepy! I want that in poster size hanging on my wall. Thanks I have a purchase to figure out.
@isaacherrera2337 6 жыл бұрын
i was wondering when you were gonna do this movie thank you :)
@blacquejacquesshellacque6053 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I suggested this before, but I'd love to see Exploring Freeway.
@DarthArachnious 6 жыл бұрын
I love the Batman Beyond episode based on this movie.
@xgodzhiredgunx 6 жыл бұрын
You absolutely can train rats I have 6
@johnrife7134 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. What an unusual movie. I suggest this a while ago. I hope it was me who put this in your mind.
@Mean_Jean 4 жыл бұрын
Peanut butter is so unsafe for rats as it can cause choking
@crowrosive 6 жыл бұрын
Good info. Though it's entirely untrue you can't train rats! I've had them as pets and they can learn tricks in a matter of hours sometimes! Come when called, fetch, give a paw, spin, jump from one thing to another on command climb on command etc. They are actually as easy to train as dogs if you just use clicker training! Though I wonder if the real problem was the number of rats on set training 2-3 in one go is easy but probably not hundreds!
@StrazdasLT 6 жыл бұрын
Rats can be trained temporarely, but forget it in a matter of a few weeks unless the action is repeated.
@pzath1979 6 жыл бұрын
I always reference this movie but no one ever gets it. I always thought it was a weird movie so maybe that's why no one knows Wtf I'm talking about.
@allright 6 жыл бұрын
I hope next week is "MONSTER SQUAD"
@kylecarson5723 6 жыл бұрын
god i missed your old school reviews
@rowan7929 6 жыл бұрын
damn. i have only seen the remake, which i did not mind. but i certainly would like to see the original. thanks for bringing this up. i still would have thought that the remake was just a simple horror movie, without knowing it was a remake.
@lu.ciel8770 6 жыл бұрын
Omg thats heaven! I love rats ❤
@krasykay2294 4 жыл бұрын
Kidding me? Rats are easier to train then dogs. They got some rats that literally sniff out mines. My only complaint about them as pets is they only live 3-4 years.
@TheJayrockerr 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they definitely can be trained. There is a KZfaq channel called “Shadow the rat”. Where she trained her rats to play basketball, and take money from her purse..lol. You are also correct. Regarding training rats, to find land mines. They are in Africa. They are called “Hero Rats”. The type of rats, are called Gambian Pouched Rats. They can also detect tuberculosis. Pretty amazing.
@josiahshea3350 5 ай бұрын
The thing is, training them after they are adults is more difficult and training hundreds is almost impossible in the time frame of making a movie. But individually they can be trained.
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