When a suburban home is overrun by intelligent, swarming rats, a desperate father must outthink the infestation and destroy his own house before the creatures spread beyond control.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
90pp
Genre:
Horror, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details

In the quiet coastal town of Marrow Bay, the Harris family’s ordinary night turns into a waking nightmare when strange noises beneath their home reveal a growing infestation of rats—ones that don’t behave like any pest ever seen.

At first, it’s scratching in the walls. A missing pet. A few traps triggered. But when the family realizes the rats are not only multiplying but coordinating—learning—they find themselves trapped inside their own home as the infestation erupts into a full-scale siege.

Attempts to escape fail. The outside world offers no refuge. A horrifying discovery at a neighbor’s house confirms their worst fear: the infestation isn’t isolated—it’s spreading.

As the house itself becomes a living structure of teeth and movement, and with one of them seriously injured, the family is forced into a desperate final plan—to flood their home with gas and ignite it, risking everything to stop the swarm before it consumes the entire town.

But even as the flames rise and the house collapses, one terrifying truth remains:

The rats didn’t come from nowhere.
They were already here.

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The Writer: Gary Rose

I’m an multi-optioned screenwriter who, in a previous life, served as a police detective, mastering the delicate art of negotiating hostage situations. Retirement led me down a different path—teaching and writing—a journey that began with my first non-fiction book, which became an Amazon best-seller. That success ignited my passion for storytelling and introduced the world to my indomitable protagonist, FBI agent Jeannie Loomis. Believing that the ends justify the means, Jeannie has become the heart of a gripping 18-novel thriller series. My historical fiction script The Beautiful Beast was selected as a quarter-finalist in the 2025 PAGE competition. The Phantom Train script was selected in… Go to bio
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