![]() ![]() Herbert stated in later interviews that he wrote the book primarily as a pastime: "It seemed like a good idea at the time, I was as naive as that." The manuscript was typed by Herbert's wife Eileen, who sent it off after nine months to nine different publishers. Linking the film to childhood memories he had of rats in London's East End. Herbert became inspired to write The Rats in early 1972, while watching Tod Browning's Dracula specifically, after seeing the scene in which Renfield describes his recurring nightmare about hordes of rats. All three books were sold as a trilogy and were very well received by the public and horror fans. ![]() ![]() The Rats was followed by three sequels, Lair (1979), Domain (1984) and The City (1993) (the last one was a graphic novel). A 1985 adventure game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum based on the book was published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd and produced by GXT (Five Ways Software). A film adaptation was made in 1982, called Deadly Eyes. This was Herbert's first novel and included graphic depictions of death and mutilation. The Rats (1974) is a horror novel by British writer James Herbert. ![]()
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