In Manhattan, strange and terrifying things are happening in the basement of Bart Hughes’s house. An unknown, ferocious creature, endowed with supernatural senses and strength, threatens the lives of Bart and others; it seeks to take complete possession of the abandoned house… This monster is a giant rat, and as we all know, nothing can stop hungry rats—not even a plague or a nuclear bomb. So Bart heads down to the basement to face this terrifying foe…