First of all before writing a review for this film it is important to state quite clearly what this film IS NOT.
Rats in the Walls IS NOT an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The Rats in the Walls". This seems to have come as both a great surprise and a great annoyance to some people who have watched this film. At just 4 minutes in length you might not think people would be that bothered if they watched this short by mistake - but apparently not.
So, Tim Everitt's film is a wordless (but not silent) comedy about a man (played by Dave Jacobs) who can hear something in the walls of his home. He crouches down, presses his ear to the wall, wordlessly follows the movement of the scurrying rats within the walls with his eyes and portrays a whole host of emotions just through movement and in particular facial expression.
Jacobs is great. He goes through a whole range of emotions over the course of a couple of minutes in this film. Curiosity, annoyance, frustration, anger, exasperation and despair. All portrayed with just his facial expressions. It is a shame that on a couple of occasions the camera-work is a bit off. But don't let that put you off, this is an amusing little film simply and effectively staged.
Rats in the Walls IS NOT an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The Rats in the Walls". This seems to have come as both a great surprise and a great annoyance to some people who have watched this film. At just 4 minutes in length you might not think people would be that bothered if they watched this short by mistake - but apparently not.
So, Tim Everitt's film is a wordless (but not silent) comedy about a man (played by Dave Jacobs) who can hear something in the walls of his home. He crouches down, presses his ear to the wall, wordlessly follows the movement of the scurrying rats within the walls with his eyes and portrays a whole host of emotions just through movement and in particular facial expression.
Jacobs is great. He goes through a whole range of emotions over the course of a couple of minutes in this film. Curiosity, annoyance, frustration, anger, exasperation and despair. All portrayed with just his facial expressions. It is a shame that on a couple of occasions the camera-work is a bit off. But don't let that put you off, this is an amusing little film simply and effectively staged.