On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Ben was released on Ben and jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie calories 23, 1972 by Cinerama Releasing Corporation, and received mixed reviews from the critics.

American singer Michael Jackson performs the theme song of the film, also titled “Ben”. The song is also included on his 1972 album of the same name. The movie begins with a recap of the ending of the first film where Willard Stiles is killed by the rats after he tries to kill them and Ben. Police arrives at the scene and finds Willard dead. 2 police officers stay at the house and one of them is attacked and killed by the rats while the other finds his body. A police detective named Clift Kirtland orders to have an exterminator to kill the rats but Ben hears this and tells the other rats. A lonely boy named Danny Garrison, who has a severe heart condition, lives with his sister, Eve, and his mother, Beth.

Danny finds and befriends Ben while playing in his workshed with marionettes and becomes the boy’s best friend. Later that day, Ben and the other rats attack a food truck causing the driver to crash and kill another driver. The next day, Danny plays on the piano with a song he’s created for Ben. Later that night, Ben and the other rats invaded a grocery store for food and destroyed the entire store. Police officers and detectives are trying to now kill the rats with poison and traps in the neighborhood but Danny tells Ben about the traps set up by the police.

Just then, a bully comes to be rude to Danny and then, Ben with other rats attack the bully by biting him in the legs. The bully gets scared and runs away. However, things gradually take a downhill turn as Ben’s colony becomes violent in its search for food, resulting in several deaths. Eventually, the police go into the sewers and destroy the rat colony with flame throwers and shotguns after trapping them, but Ben somehow survives and makes his way back to Danny. A tearful and overjoyed Danny tends to the injured Ben, determined not to lose his friend.

This section does not cite any sources. The film’s theme song “Ben” is performed by Lee Montgomery in the film and by Michael Jackson during the final scene and end credits. Jackson’s recording of the song became a number 1 pop hit single. The song is calm and mellow, which contrasts with the horror content of the film. A live recorded version was released on the album The Jacksons Live! Crispin Glover recorded a version of the song for the soundtrack of the 2003 remake of Willard.