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Title: Night of the Lepus (2005) |
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Review of Night of the Lepus
- Okay movie fans. To all of you who like nothing better than to nuke some corn dim the lights and settle in with cinematic mutations like gargantuan 'gators fearsome frogs awesome ants and monstrous moths we quote this film: "Ladies and gentlemen attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way!" A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesh-eating 150-pound monsters in Night of the Lepus. Stuart Whitman Janet Leigh Rory Calhoun and DeForest Kelley are among the intrepid humans facing the behemoth bunnies. They use guns flames and dynamite to subtract them. But the rampaging rabbits know how to multiply. Can anything stop these hare-y scary monsters?Running Time: 88 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 012569675971
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- Whoever persuaded MGM to make a movie about giant, bloodthirsty bunnies must have been some kind of mad genius. Night of the Lepus features Stuart Whitman (star of such classics as Omega Cop and Demonoid, Messenger of Death) and Janet Leigh (whose career had taken a downturn from Psycho) as a pair of scientists who say things like "I wish I knew what the effects of this serum would be--let's hope it works" as they inject test rabbits with hormones that turn them into slavering, carnivorous giant bunnies. That's the plot; the rest of the movie is scenes of giant bunnies attacking horses, giant bunnies jumping through windows to attack people, giant bunnies running in herds down the freeway...lots and lots of giant bunnies, sometimes with blood smeared across their ferocious jaws as they rear up to attack. The special effects are breathtakingly cheap; the bloody corpses are actors with red syrup splashed over them. But what makes Night of the Lepus even more astonishing is that the dvd features dubbing in French, presumably for European viewers bored with their usual diet of Truffaut and Rohmer. In fact, the movie makes more sense in French (assuming you don't actually speak the language); you can pretend it was created by an inspired Surrealist, and that Janet Leigh says things like "My bicycle has wheels of cheese" or "Beauty kisses my savage earlobe," instead of "Rabbits aren't exactly Roy's bag." Also starring Rory Calhoun (Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force) and DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on the original Star Trek), who wears several colorful turtlenecks. A camp classic. --Bret Fetzer
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- Posted on 2008-06-18
Great Low Budget Film
OK maybe not so great. It is a funny movie if you like rabbits. Really sad at the end though. It is amusing how they did the camera work.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-04-03
When Bunnies Attack
I watched this on a whim and honestly was laughing out loud for much of it. Its campy and corny and the dialog is REALLY bad. All these together make this a really great movie. Watch it if you enjoy classic camp.
One note, Lepus is the Latin genus for Hares NOT common domestic (European) rabbits like shown in the move. I guess Night of the Leporidae would have been an equally ridiculous title, but would have been more fitting.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2007-12-29
night of the lepus
night of the lepus is as good asi remembered as a child. i like the old scary movies because it is not all blood and guts. the rabbits are big and realestic. im really glad they put it on a dvd
Score: 5
- Posted on 2007-12-19
For Ravenous Killers They're Adorable!
Imagine a pet bunny. Now think of him the size of a bus. Then imagine that he is carnivorous with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Add on serveral dozen of his friends. That is Night of the Lepus.
You will not have any sleepless nights after watching this film. It is very cheesy by today's standards. The special effects mostly involve using mirrors to make it seem that there are more bunnies than there actually are.
For ravanous killers, they sure are adorable, though. This is one movie that will make you cheer for the bad guy. How the bunnies run and grunt is so cute!!!!! Buy this one and enjoy. I can honestly say that there is not and never will be another movie like it.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2007-10-31
Killer Bunnies!
Everything in this movie that some would complain about actually makes it so much fun. Giant killer bunnies, Janet Leigh trying to pose as a young wife and mother...all of the absurdities join together for one fun film. What makes it even more fun is the idea that the film makers set out to tell a serious story.
While it is not gory or graphic in the sense that modern films are, use discretion when watching with kids. Since I was told that it was "not scary" at all, I let the kids watch it with me after we received it. My daughter cried and my son curled up in a ball and I finally had to shut it off. My kids may be oversensitive - but just know that it's no Disney movie and younger, sensitive kids may very well be scared by it. Even my eleven year old was a little spooked by it.
Score: 5