Like lots of young ladies their age, Marci (Vanessa Lengies) and Summer (Caroline Elliott) have boys on their feverish brains. But the closer the girls get to their school's Spring Fling dance, the further they seem from finding dates. A desperate search for dance partners doesn't turn up any leads until the duo finds a magic ring. Aided by their newfound powers, they transform two pet rats into teen dreamboats -- with nightmarish results.
Practical Effects
Rat-to-human transformation effects that aged like milk in a hot car.
Costume
Peak Y2K fashion crimes committed with staggering confidence.
Director
Thom Eberhardt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ratz premiered on Showtime Family Zone, representing that weird Venn overlap where premium cable channels made aggressively mediocre 'family' content to fill airtime.
Director Thom Eberhardt also made the cult classic Night of the Comet, meaning he bookended his career with apocalyptic scenarios—one with zombies, one with rat boyfriends.
US
CA
