Willard (2003)
Directed by Glen Morgan
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
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Así, psycho-killers tan célebres como el Norman Bates de Psicosis (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) o la chica con telequinesia de Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) encontraron una excusa para su enfado contra el mundo en la educación castradora recibida de unas madres de sexualidad frustrada y refugiadas en la religión, mientras que otros como May (Lucky McKee, 2002) o Willard (Glen Morgan, 2003) se construían su propio mundo de amigos imaginarios –rodeados por muñecas y ratas, respectivamente–, en respuesta al rechazo que sufrían desde pequeños por ser diferentes.
Right from the opening credits (which features a darkly amusing animated segment set to Shirley Walker's Danny Elfman-esque score), it's obvious that Morgan's going for a gothic vibe - the sort of look that Burton used to excel at (before he started making movies like Planet of the Apes ).
Mice come in the form of Mickey Mouse, Jerry from "Tom and Jerry," Stuart Little or little prison friends such as in "The Green Mile" and "Escape From Alcatraz."