‘Rats!’ – ‘The Final Girls’ Filmmaker Directing New York City Rat Infestation Horror Movie

Todd Strauss-Schulson, the director of 2015’s The Final Girls, is headed back into the horror genre with Rats!, an upcoming rat infestation horror movie for Lionsgate. Deadline reports tonight that Lionsgate is teaming with Paul Brooks (Pitch Perfect) on worldwide rights to the survival horror project, with Todd Strauss-Schulson directing. “Lionsgate is launching for sales […] The post ‘Rats!’ – ‘The Final Girls’ Filmmaker Directing New York City Rat Infestation Horror Movie appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

May 2, 2025 - 02:49
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‘Rats!’ – ‘The Final Girls’ Filmmaker Directing New York City Rat Infestation Horror Movie

Todd Strauss-Schulson, the director of 2015’s The Final Girls, is headed back into the horror genre with Rats!, an upcoming rat infestation horror movie for Lionsgate.

Deadline reports tonight that Lionsgate is teaming with Paul Brooks (Pitch Perfect) on worldwide rights to the survival horror project, with Todd Strauss-Schulson directing.

“Lionsgate is launching for sales at the upcoming Cannes market,” Deadline notes.

In Rats!, “New York City races against time to stop a killer rat infestation unlike anything the world has ever seen.”

Paul Sado (Leo) and Todd Strauss-Schulson wrote the film’s screenplay.

Jason Fuchs (“Welcome to Derry”) is on board to produce the project.

Other horror films that fall under the rat umbrella include Ben (1972), Willard (2003), Mulberry Street (2006), Rats: Night of Terror (1984), and TV movie The Rats (2002).

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