🎥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑)

🎥 Willard (2003) is a dark and unsettling psychological thriller that follows the lonely and socially awkward Willard Stiles, an IT worker living under the thumb of his tyrannical mother. Insulted and ostracized at work, he finds solace in his only true friends—rats.

When his only ally at work passes away, Willard inherits a large number of rats and ships them to his home. Seizing control, he trains them to do his bidding—and exact revenge on those who have hurt him. As Willard grows bolder, one rat in particular, Socrates, becomes the leader of his growing horde.

What starts as small pranks escalates to orchestrated terror. Willard’s urge for vengeance grows darker and more complex as the rats carry out increasingly sinister schemes. As he slips further away from reality, loyalty shifts, and power corrupts both man and beast.

Caught in this twisted alliance, Willard struggles to escape the shadow of his cruelty—even as everyone around him starts to suffer. Socrates becomes ruthless, embodying Willard’s darkest impulses and forcing him to confront the monster he has aided.

Willard is both horror and character study—exploring control, revenge, and the dissolution of empathy. With creepy rats, gradual descent into obsession, and a chilling atmosphere, the film asks: what happens when a broken man finds power in darkness—and loses himself along the way?