Product Description

An advertising executive battles a giant, intelligent rat that has invaded his townhouse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49446 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2003-08-05
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 88 minutes

From the Back Cover
When not mired in the corporate rat race, Wall Street executive Bart Hughes is king of his sleek Manhattan brownstone. Suddenly his castle is under siege. Bart takes a stand--with his survival and sanity at stake!

Peter Weller ("Robocop," "Odyssey 5") plays Bart in "Of Unknown Origin," an eerie and nerve-tingling suspense thriller directed by George P. Cosmatos ("Tombstone," "Cobra") and the winner of the Paris International Film Festival Awards (1983) for Best Picture and Actor. Cleverly and compellingly, the film draws us into yet another rat race, namely one with an intruder that is formidable, persistent and clever enough to draw Bart along an unwitting path to self-destruction. In the battle of man vs. beast, push has come to scream. END

Customer Reviews

Excellent must see underated horror film
This movie is one of the most underated horror films that I have ever seen. Beautiful use of the long take and voyeuristic photography. It's very "Roman Polanski esque". Weller is perfect as the upscale New Yorker who becomes obsessed with a rodent invading his beautiful apartment. If you ever lived in a large city, this movie is a must see.

Excellent movie!
This is a smart, classy little movie that is far better than you'd expect. The acting and script are top-notch for a horror film. It delivers some terrific shocks and suspense (and humour), as well as some very elegant photography that gives the film an almost European flavor.

Quirky Vintage Weller
An urban "Moby Dick"! Suspenseful yet humorous with some purposely overblown rat scenes. (ONE rat, not "hordes.") The film is not a scary rat flick, (though it has some fright moments)--it's a psychological thriller about a man being drawn into obsession.