Of Unknown Origin
"Two forces have claimed the house. Only one will survive."
Horror
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
🎬 DirectorGeorge P. Cosmatos
📅 Release1983-11-23
🌍 CountryCanada, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioCanadian Film Development Corporation, Les Productions Mutuelles Ltée, Famous Players
🗳 Votes112
🔥 Popularity1
💰 Budget$4,000,000
🎭 Cast
Peter Weller
Bart Hughes
Jennifer Dale
Lorrie Wells
Lawrence Dane
Eliot Riverton
Kenneth Welsh
James Hall
Louis Del Grande
Clete
Shannon Tweed
Meg Hughes
Keith Knight
Hardware Salesman
Maury Chaykin
Dan Errol
Leif Anderson
Peter Hughes
Jimmy Tapp
Meg's Father
Gayle Garfinkle
Janis Wycoff
Earl Pennington
Mr. Thompson
Jacklin Webb
Newspaper Vendor
Bronwen Mantel
Florence Riverton
Aimée Castle
Birthday Party Child
🎥 Crew
Director
George P. Cosmatos
Novel
Chauncey G. Parker III
Screenplay
Brian Taggert
Executive Producer
Pierre David
Producer
Claude Héroux
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Wannberg
Director of Photography
René Verzier
Editor
Roberto Silvi
Production Design
Anne Pritchard
Production Assistant
David Bailey
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citybased on novel or bookpoisonanimal attackhouserampageratcanuxploitationanimals gone wildgiant ratmousetrap
💬 Reviews
_**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 …
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