Rat Fink

1965

Crime / Drama / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 196 196

rock 'n' roll singer teenage pregnancy

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Plot summary

A sadistic rock singer will do anything for fame, including seducing older women, stealing money, bedding his agent's wife, and harming a naive teen.

Director

James Landis Photo
James Landis

Top cast

Eve Brenner Photo
Eve Brenner as Mrs. Dunkirk
Hal Bokar Photo
Hal Bokar as Paul Finlay
Peter Wilkins Photo
Peter Wilkins as
Sirkka Ottonen Photo
Sirkka Ottonen as
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
737.19 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 2
1.34 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

The title is certainly an understatement. This ambitious

The title is certainly an understatement. This ambitious scoundrel sets fire to a teen idol, rapes his manager's wife--both fully clothed and in extreme close-up--and drowns a pregnant fan. The no-other-filmography lead actor Schulyer Hayden is good-looking, to be sure (yet with unsightly chest hair), and the wife, Warrene Ott, is gorgeous. The editing is clunky as is the often obvious and/or poorly delivered dialogue. The cinematography, by William (Vilmos) Zsigmond--who went on to much better projects, is crisp and interesting (probably the only worthwhile element in this deservedly forgotten B movie). As a time-capsule, the film may be worth your time since it captures some of the styles of the early '60s: beatniks, tab collars, bouffant hair, and a 1965 Thunderbird.
Reviewed by jobla 7 / 10

There just aren't many films about psychotic folk-rockers, but this long thought-lost 1965 psychodrama blazes that trail. Schuyler Hayden portrays a mentally disturbed young musician who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. The film is a low-budget affair, but director James "THE SADIST" Landis and the soon-to-be-famous cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond have crafted an edgy portrait of narcissism run rampant.Aside from the expressionistic B&W cinematography, Ronald Stein's pulsating rock 'n' roll score contributes nervous energy to the events on screen. The music is somewhat reminiscent of the great "orchestral rockabilly" score that accompanied the car chases in Robert Mitchum's THUNDER ROAD.Like 1960's PRIVATE PROPERTY (which also disappeared from the marketplace in the mid-1960's), RAT FINK has been unearthed more than 50 years after its final drive-in theater engagement. It's great to have these long-unseen films resurface on Blu-ray.
Reviewed by lburg-61115 9 / 10

I know this is not an easily found movie

I know this is a 'lost movie' and not easily found, but despite its exploitation roots it is about a million times more interesting than anything new out there. It is entertaining, gritty, filmed in a 'noir' style and features an 'abortion' sequence that is horrifying and insanely funny at the same time. Any fans of Harlan Ellison's Rockabilly/Spider Kiss out there? This is a very similar story and I suspect built on the same careers and rumors that holllywood insiders would have known at the time.The acting is good for a b flick, I came to see it because of the Arch Hall film this team made before this. The cinematography is well done, and there are some repeats of motifs in shots and lighting such as fractured mirror images and swinging/staccato light that reflect the brokenness of the character(s).Too cool for school and ahead of it's time.
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