Burial of The Rats (1995)
Animal Action
Animal action in this film and utilizes rats and horses. This film was made in Russia and both live and mechanical rats were used. There are several scenes where rats are seen walking over their victims bodies and apparently eating them. The scenes were shot in cuts and the rats were never seen actually biting the actors. They first appear to be crawling on the people and later seen crawling over the skeleton. In one scene the Queen of Vermin is displeased with one rat who does not dance well to her flute. We see her place the rat in a small guillotine and sever the rat’s head. This scene was shot in cuts and it was a mechanical rat that actually lost its head. There are several scenes in which horses are used. In the opening sequence the carriage carrying Bram and his father is drawn by two horses. The women are on horseback when the carriage is attacked. Later the women and Bram ride horses into the town when they go off on one of their raids. The horses were supplied by Russian wranglers and the riding is mild.