Willard is a 2003 American horror film co-written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring. It is loosely based on the novel Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, as well as on the novel’s first film adaptation, Willard (1971), and its sequel, Ben (1972). It was not billed as a remake by the producers, who chose instead to present it as a reworking of the themes from the original, with a stronger focus on suspense. Also, Bruce Davison reprises his role as the original film’s Willard in portrait form, with Glover’s Willard Stiles character being the son of the earlier film’s Willard.
Willard (2003) Review
Glover is watchable in that what the hell is he going to do next kind of way.