The plot of "Deadly Eyes" centers on a hunky high school teacher and the romantic adventures he experiences in the big city. Paul Harris (Sam Groom) has to resist the temptation of sleeping with one of his most gorgeous students not just a student but the head-cheerleader, mind you and then finds true love when he meets a female health inspector whilst playing in the park with his son. Will our hero be able to explain his new girlfriend what the scarcely dressed teenage beauty is doing in the bedroom of his apartment??? Oh, then there's also an unimportant sub plot about gigantically mutated rats invading the city through the sewage system and bloodily devouring dozens of people. Nothing special, in other words...
"Deadly Eyes" is a fairly entertaining early 80's creature feature that'll satisfy undemanding horror buffs, but you obviously shouldn't expect high-quality suspense or even a tad bit of logic. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by the celebrated writer James Herbert, yet the movie is so cheesy & trashy that the skillful writings of the master aren't detectable anywhere. The rats are actually small dogs decorated with over-sized teeth and they always appear to move in slow motion, which doesn't really make them petrifying. The reason for these rodents' aggressive behavior and mutation into giant proportions also remains pretty vague. It has something do with the burning of a big cargo of rotten corn, but don't ask for detailed information. When they attack (especially during the second half of the film), this results in a couple of adorably gross and hectic sequences, for example in a movie theater or in the newly finished subway tunnel. There's also the infamous and highly memorable moment near the beginning where a handful of rats eat a cute toddler! You think this'll be what starts the mayhem, yet neither the child nor her babysitter is mentioned afterwards. Apparently nobody missed them. The acting performances are all pretty mediocre apart from a glorious appearance by the legendary Scatman Crothers. Harmless and fun little horror flick, especially recommended for when you invite a group of friends over on a lazy Saturday evening.
"Deadly Eyes" is a fairly entertaining early 80's creature feature that'll satisfy undemanding horror buffs, but you obviously shouldn't expect high-quality suspense or even a tad bit of logic. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by the celebrated writer James Herbert, yet the movie is so cheesy & trashy that the skillful writings of the master aren't detectable anywhere. The rats are actually small dogs decorated with over-sized teeth and they always appear to move in slow motion, which doesn't really make them petrifying. The reason for these rodents' aggressive behavior and mutation into giant proportions also remains pretty vague. It has something do with the burning of a big cargo of rotten corn, but don't ask for detailed information. When they attack (especially during the second half of the film), this results in a couple of adorably gross and hectic sequences, for example in a movie theater or in the newly finished subway tunnel. There's also the infamous and highly memorable moment near the beginning where a handful of rats eat a cute toddler! You think this'll be what starts the mayhem, yet neither the child nor her babysitter is mentioned afterwards. Apparently nobody missed them. The acting performances are all pretty mediocre apart from a glorious appearance by the legendary Scatman Crothers. Harmless and fun little horror flick, especially recommended for when you invite a group of friends over on a lazy Saturday evening.