four year before peter jackson sumatran rat monkey cause a whole heap of trouble for lionel in braindead and director giuliano carnimeo introduce fan of italian horror to ratman and an equally troublesome simian or rat hybrid play by the world small actor and nelson de la rosa . suffer the indignity of have to strip to his waist and don plastic fang for the part and little nelson give his all a the titular poison claw and killer critter create by an irresponsible scientist . unfortunately and be only two foot four inch tall and nelson all be nowhere near enough and and with weak support from genre regular janet agren and david warbeck and who practically sleepwalk though their role and ratman wind up be extremely disappoint . between dreadfully dull scene of chinwagging between agren and warbeck and a they attempt to discover who or what be responsible for a spate of recent murder and viewer be treat to a touch of light gore and plus some nudity courtesy of agren busty fashion model sister ( who display very unusual technique when it come to both modelling and take a shower ) . there also a little fun to be have from see just where teensy nelson will pop out next represent during the film and he launch attack from a wardrobe and a fridge and a box and a luggage bag and and a toilet . all of this cheesy silliness and however and be not nearly enough to compensate for the movie virtually plot less script and crap acting and torpid direction .