Ratboy is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring Sondra Locke.

The film's scenario is at times comic or serious, and one of its peculiarities is that there never is any explanation for Ratboy's origin and existence as a human-rat hybrid.

The Los Angeles Times shaved six years off Sondra Locke's age in an article to promote the film.

[5] Janet Maslin of The New York Times called the film 'disorganized', criticizing the script and directing choices of Locke.

[6] On the opposite end, Michael Wilmington of The Los Angeles Times was more positive, calling the film, 'Grimm Brothers-style, mixing wonder with rough edges, undertones of pain beneath the fantasy.