Of Unknown Origin

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Farah R. @Farah Feb 15 It’s crazy how much suspense and drama this film manages to create from such a simple premise. Of Unknown Origin is far from scary, but it effectively gets under your skin. The lead actor carried the story with his convincing descent into madness, making this one entertaining watch. See more z k @Zk666 Jan 17 Absolute garbage movie by a good director. Now I will say I’ve seen this exact plot before but maybe this is the earliest version but I don’t think that’s right as it plays as a Poe story which I’m sure was the source material. But I mean it’s about a rat. Just a rat. That bill paxton movie with the homeless guy was essentially the exact same plot but way better and funnier. This movie has zero scares and old robocop is boring to watch. He doesn’t do much unravel as just fizzle out like a firecracker that doesn’t pop. His training montage is absolutely laughable. Avoid this snoozefest at all costs See more CodyZamboni Z @CodyZamboni 04/06/2025 Solid thriller that pushes all the right buttons. Brutal apartment battle between Peter Weller vs a scary super rat, Movie grows in intensity and shock as it goes on. Also Shannon Tweed is super hot, See more Elvis D @Elvis-Del-Valle 01/03/2025 Antes de que Peter Weller enfrentara el crimen bajo el traje de Robocop, su primer desafío ha sido enfrentarse a una rata de fuerza descomunal en esta película. Basada en la novela The Visitor, esta es una agradable película de los años 80 que ofrece una experiencia prometedora. Tiene tensión y algunos jump scares, pero desarrolla de manera prolija la enemistad entre Bart y la rata que lo atormenta. Pudieron convertir a una simple rata en un monstruo que no deja de provocar a Bart. Lo que al principio empieza como un simple problema de plaga se convierte en una pesadilla para Bart. La rata no deja de atormentar a Bart hasta llevarlo a la desesperación. Vemos cómo Bart va perdiendo la paciencia y la calma cuando esta rata no deja de arruinar su tiempo libre mientras su familia está de vacaciones. La rata sin duda le da bastante terror a la película y logra ser un buen equivalente entre un monstruo y un asesino acechador de películas slasher. Con pocos personajes secundarios y teniendo nada más a Peter Weller en el papel protagónico, Of Unknown Origin es una buena película de horror que vale la pena ver. Incluso el mismo Stephen King estuvo muy complacido con esta obra que ofrece más con menos. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 8/10. See more Jonathan O @RT41230270 09/18/2024 Of Unknown Origin is really creepy crawling horror comedy it well make your skin crawl and those who are really terrified of rats and writing and the mode and the humor of this movie it really feels like Stephen King's universe and good performance by Peter Weller and if you love Robocop and Willard and Ben you will be surprised in the climax. See more 07/11/2021 Based on The Visitor by Chauncey G. Parker III, this movie is totally worth watching just to see Peter Weller pretty much be in a movie by himself for long stretches, going absolutely ful nutzoid at the premise of having a rat in his walls. If you've said, "I want a movie where rats attack people while they're arrdvarking and children at birthday parties," Of Unknown Origin is your movie. I mean, there was one point where I had to stop this movie and just catch my breath and be amazed that it exists. George P. Cosmatos may be known today as the father of Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy director Panos Cosmatos, but he was a more than dependable director, turning out blockbuster fare like Rambo: First Blood Part II, Cobra, Leviathan and Tombstone. Bart Hughes (Weller) stays behind to work on the job that will get him a promotion while his wife (Shannon Tweed) and child go away on vacation. He just redid their brownstone, so this should be a great weekend for him, but no, a rat shows up and that's the story. Ninety minutes or so of a rat and Peter Weller descends into destructive dementia and screams stuff like, "Watch and weep, you furry f**ker" and "Keep it up. Just keep it up. I've got friends in Jersey." Bart Hughes (Weller) stays behind to work on the job that will get him a promotion while his wife (Shannon Tweed) and child go away on vacation. He just redid their brownstone, so this should be a great weekend for him, but no, a rat shows up and that's the story. Ninety minutes or so of a rat and Peter Weller descends into destructive dementia and screams stuff like, "Watch and weep, you furry f**ker" and "Keep it up. Just keep it up. I've got friends in Jersey." There's also a moment where he tells everyone at a dinner party that no one knows where rats come from — Of Unknown Origin — and no one corrects him and calls BS and explains that they come from Asia, but then again, no one had Wikipedia in 1983 and they had to figure out how to get the title into the movie. See more Read all reviews

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