Fear of mice Fear of mice Fear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias. It is sometimes referred to as musophobia (from Greek "μῦς" "mouse") or murophobia (a coinage from the taxonomic adjective "murine" for the family Muridae that encompasses mice and rats), or as suriphobia, from French "souris", "mouse". The phobia, as an unreasonable and disproportionate fear, is distinct from reasonable concern about rats and mice contaminating food supplies, which may potentially be universal to all times, places, and cultures where stored grain attracts rodents, which then consume or contaminate the food supply. In many cases a
Fear Is the Key (film) Fear Is the Key (film) Fear Is the Key is a 1972 film directed by Michael Tuchner and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean. The protagonist, Talbot, was played by Barry Newman, and the millionaire's daughter Sarah Ruthven by Suzy Kendall. The film features a soundtrack by Roy Budd plus an early film appearance by Ben Kingsley. John Talbot is talking on radio to a girl and another man who are flying a plane. He hears them being machine gunned to death by another plane. Some time later, Talbot appears in a small town