Ben

A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.

• Director:Phil Karlson
• Genre:Horror
• Runtime:91 minutes

Cast

Lee Montgomery : David Garrison
Joseph Campanella: Cliff Kirtland
Arthur O’Connell: Bill Hatfield
Rosemary Murphy : Beth Garrison

Meredith Baxter : Eve Garrison

A lonely boy named Danny Garrison befriends the rat that leads the swarm of trained/telepathic rats found in Willard. This rat, whom the boy names Ben (after he hears about the leader of a flock of killer rats), becomes the boy’s best friend and keeps his spirits up in the face of bullying and his terrible illness.

However, the balance of power between Danny and Ben begins to shift, with Ben beginning to control the boy and the swarm becoming increasingly irrational and violent. Ben becomes violent when the town folks used pesticide and killed his partner. Eventually, the police destroy many members of the rat colony, while others are sent to testing labs. However, Ben survives. The film closes with Danny, determined not to lose his friend, tending to a badly injured Ben. Read more