About this episode

The episode discusses the film Willard (2003) and its themes of social anxiety and the use of rats.

Move over mouse movies, it's time for rat films as animal attack august continues with Willard (2003), starring Crispin Glover as a nepo baby who needs an army of rats to help him get over his social anxiety. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Piranha (1978)

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily Fleming, Jordan Morris

Topics covered

• rat films
• social anxiety
• animal attack
• comedy
• film analysis

Keywords

• Willard
• Crispin Glover
• rat films
• social anxiety
• animal attack

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Willard, Piranha

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