![]() ![]() These remaining rats quickly vacate the London area, instead taking to the railway tunnels to emerge at the outskirts of Epping Forest. Upon the return of the shop’s owners, the rats are unwittingly released from the confines of the cellar after killing their unknowing captors. The cellar contained a wealth of food for the rats to consume until they were strong and fit adults. ![]() The rat soon gave birth to a litter, one of which was to become a new ‘mother rat’. However, there remained a single surviving rat who had been unable to follow the ultrasonic lure, and as such, remained trapped within the confines of a grocery store cellar. First published back in 1979, British horror author James Herbert’s hugely anticipated sequel to his classic debut novel ‘ The Rats’ (1974) was entitled ‘Lair’ and followed the same no-holds-barred approach to graphic depictions of bloodshed and gore - later to be dubbed as the ‘splatterpunk’ subgenre .Īfter the hordes of giant black rats were eradicated from the evacuated streets on London by the combined use of ultrasonic sound beams and gas, the citizens of London once again returned to their dwellings in and around the city. ![]()
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