I assure you, this movie is real.

In 1986 The rat boy, named Eugene, has big vague ears, all black eyes, mustache, claw claws, elongated muzzle and powerful, constantly growing incisors. The effects of makeup for Eugene were imagined by the master of the creature Rick Baker (Known for its work on "American Werewolves in London", ", Among many other films), while actor Sharon Baird and expressions from Gordon Anderson, Locke's husband, was physically physically played. The film follows Nicky's attempts to extract Eugene from his life expectancy and, as in the "man of elephants", in an ITEURAL society. Eugene is portrayed as lighter but sensitive, while the "rat's tone" is strange melancholy. The film was also starred by Robert Townsend, Gerit Graham, Louis Anderson, Johnon Witherspoon and Bill Maher.

Critics hated "Ratboy". Roger Ebert He gave the film two stars and was confused by the fact that Eugene's origin was never explained. Was he mutated by pollution? A man who was born that way? Space alien? Some kind of gnome kind? How much rat is in man? Ebert also disappointed that Ratboy had moved to a rotate thriller, with Nicki protecting Eugene from the bad guys at La Street, when the film really had to ask questions about how the rat would adapt to urban civilization. Locke was nominated for the worst actress in "Razi" that year.

As you can see, Rayboy is a strange movie. Of course, every movie this strange will also have a small contingent of passionate defenders. When interviewed by Soon comes In 2015

Eastwood, it should be noted, is only an executive producer of "Ratboy" because of the involvement of his production company, Malpaso Production and was not really involved in that outside of it. (Suffice it to say, you should not expect to find this movie Each ranking of the best films of Eastwood.) Not only that, but Locke and Eastwood actually socialized at the time it was done. However, before you go to shout "Scandal!", It was known, even then, Locke's husband, Gordon Anderson, is gay, so the couple enjoyed a mutually agreed situation to live/dating. As such, Locke dates from Eastwood from 1975 to about 1989, during which "Ratboy" was put into production.

As he explained soon, Locke did not want Eastwood to work on Ratboy. It also seems that Eastwood didn't want Locke to work on the film either. Directly to quote:

"Just to be fully open to it, from getting, it was never a condition for Warner Bros. that Clint's company continued as a producer. I begged Clint not to get involved because I only felt that personal relationships were such that somehow had a problem. And the directors and the producers were in the case, Believe me, that he really didn't want to direct him. "

Locke then said that she and Eastwood missed heads over the project, with Locke assuming that Eastwood's ego was going on the road. She intended that the latter wanted to be the only one in the relationship to be a director, so she directed "Ratboy", however, to partially do it. His production company was included, but no one asked him to have anything to do with the movie outside of it. Indeed, he was just as a man's "post" as an executive producer could have been. Indeed, Locke confirmed how much Interview in 1986 with the Los Angeles Timesemphasizing that "Ratboy" is everything her.

Locke noted elsewhere in the next interview that he did not want to watch his films after they were released, so he distanced himself from Ratboy a bit of his theater premiere. However, she remembers the process of making the film with Nessubov, and even remembered the genesis of her premise bizaro.

Locke explained that her film is a dark comedy, which at the time is her favorite genre. As he said:

"One of my favorite tones in the film is a dark comedy. I love a comedy that seems to be a little absurd. You know, it's a little surreal. It's either based on a parody or has this dark side towards it. So I saw this piece as a real, dark portrait of Hollywood.

That's how it's there. "Ratboy" is assumed to be a semi-irritated comedy film with elements of sadness. Case at the point: Locke admitted that her favorite scene is the one where Eugene escapes at a party and runs away in La, sad and alone. It may seem strange to modern eyes, but the mid-1980s allowed this kind of Weirdo project to advance. (This was when Tim Burton came to fame, after all.) Locke also reminded that her biggest fight for Ratboy directed and acted at the same time. It was so focused on production that she didn't really bother to explore Nicky as a character.

In a mentioned interview with the LA Times, Locke also noted that making "Ratboy" is her moment without a break. She will attract a lot of attention in Hollywood when she began to behave for 18 years, but was eventually ignored after "getting older". "Ratboy" allowed allowed to "take the bull beside the horns", as he said. This strange film was a sign of release.

You can rent "Ratboy" on the Premier Video and Apple TV. Check it out. It is very, very strange.