They're just too well organized and too damn smart, states Brooklyn based exterminator Ed Sheehan in the film. 'I spent 48 years trying to exterminate them (rats.) You don't know what you're up against. Some think that rats and humans might not be that different. RATS features interviews with scientists, city officials, and citizens who shed light on a species that many are horrified by, but in reality may not fear enough.

The film also ventures to streets in India paroled by the revered Night Rat Killers, the English countryside where packs of terriers kill rats daily, and uncovers a temple in India where these animals are worshipped. From the deep and dark corners of New York City's parks, subway tunnels, and sewers to scientific labs of New Orleans, and onto the rice fields in Cambodia and restaurants of Vietnam, Spurlock takes viewers on a thrilling ride uncovering the various places rats call home. RATS, a horrormentary, premieres October 22 at 9PM on Discovery Channel and October 30 at 9PM on Animal Planet.Īn official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and a recent Broadcast Film Critics Award nominee, RATS takes audiences to places never before captured on film highlighting animal and human behavior demonstrating how real life is often scarier than fiction. Inspired by Robert Sullivan's New York Times bestselling book Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants, Oscar(R) nominated director Morgan Spurlock unveils a new form of documentary horror storytelling, journeying around the world to bring viewers face to face with rats while delving into our complicated relationship with these creepy creatures. Their existence flourishes around the globe - from the fractures in Manhattan's sidewalks to the dark streets of Mumbai, these disease-carrying animals are near impossible to exterminate. Lurking in unseen corners and crevices all over the world, rats thrive as one of the most elusive creatures. The film was an official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and a recent Broadcast Film Critics Award nominee.ĭISCOVERY CHANNEL GOES DEEP UNDERGROUND AND AROUND THE WORLD WITH MORGAN SPURLOCK'S 'HORRORMENTARY FILM' RATS DETAILING HOW REAL LIFE IS OFTEN SCARIER THAN FICTIONĭiscovery Channel Special Premieres on October 22 at 9PMĪnimal Planet Special Presentation October 30 at 9PM Discovery Channel Goes Deep Underground and Around the World with Morgan Spurlock's 'Horrormentary Film' Rats Detailing How Real Life Is Often Scarier Than Fiction

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