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Night of the Lepus (1972)

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Giant Flesh-Eating Rabbits Ravage American Southwest After Scientist Slips Up! Such is the plot of this unintentionally campy horror outing. The trouble begins when a researcher's experiment to use hormone injections to control Arizona's burgeoning rabbit population goes terribly awry, causing the cuddly rodents to grow to enormous proportions. In order to facilitate their growth, the rabbits need extra protein, and what better source than the relatively slow-moving human population that

Oct 4, 2005

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It is this technical laziness as much as the stupid story or the dumb direction that leaves the film in limbo and places it in neither one camp nor the other - neither with Attack of the 50-Foot Woman nor with Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.

May 10, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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The mind marvels at the bravery of the person who walked into the producer's office to pitch this idea.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Well worth watching for those enamored by bad films that are unintentionally funny.

September 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Impossible not to admire the total withholding of irony in Claxton's approach to this kamikaze project.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Might be the only '70s film featuring the Army that isn't even worth unpacking for political subtext.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Rabbits produce two things in obscene quanities: other rabbits and rabbit pellets.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

one of the worst films ever made

October 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

...not so much a horror movie as it is a horror of a movie.

October 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

The only thing more lifeless than the corpses in Night of the Lepus is the movie itself.

October 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Here comes the 'eater' bunny!

January 4, 2005 Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | Comment
StaciWilson.com

A failure on every level

November 24, 2003 Full Review | Comment
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I can't believe I only just heard about this movie. Needless to say, once I heard the plot I wanted to watch it immediately. Giant Killer Bunnies! And not some kind of mutated freaks, they are just large bunnies. The beauty of the film is how serious it all is. Here is a film that has complete faith in its premise. I

April 23, 2011
kiriyamakazou

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Bad acting, special effects, and story, but it's funny and amusing. It's so outrageous, the giant rabbits, it made me laugh.

March 12, 2011
ajv2688

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