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GUILLERMO DEL TORO PRESENTS "GRAVEYARD RATS"
EP. 108 by VINCENZO NATALI
BASED ON THE SHORT STORY by HENRY KUTTNER
PINK REVISIONS - January 8, 2022 - Digital - 52 Pages Masson is a grave robber in desperate need of funds. His attempts have been thwarted by terrifying rats, who rapidly swarm and remove any valuables held by recently buried corpses. When his financial situation becomes dire, he learns of a recently buried aristocrat and attempts to unearth him and his valuables. Masson finds the rats have already dug dragged the corpse underground. Crawling in after them, he encounters an enormous mother rat who chases him through their warren. He falls into a hole and lands in a subterranean temple filled with skeletons and riches. He steals a talisman from a corpse, which animates and chases after him demanding its return. Crawling back through the tunnels, he accidentally causes a cave-in that kills the mother rat and traps the corpse in debris. Climbing toward a light above that he believes to be the moon, he finds to his horror that it is the glint of a coffin lid's plaque. Trapped inside and buried alive, he is swarmed by rats. Later, other grave robbers unearth his corpse, adorned with the treasures he took from the shrine, and rats emerge from his body.

Cast : David Hewlett, Julian Richings, Nabeel El Khafif