Night of the Lepus

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paul d @PaulieDi Aug 9 Dammit, Spock...They're Rabbits, not Klingons! See more Walter W @RT71869229 May 7 How many eyes does horror have? How many times will terror strike? To answer these and other questions from the promoters of “Night of the Lepus” (1972 PG) you have got to watch this B rated movie. To be 100% accurate a Lepus is a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba. It’s the most misleading film title in the history of movies. However in biology, it can also be the name for a Hare, a rodent like mammal with long ears. That makes way more sense. If you needed just one excuse to add Plex to your Smart TV it would probably be “Night of the Lepus”. A movie that aids my search for all that is trashy, but fun in cinema during my lifetime. To add gravitas to this crazy movie it opens with genuine 1950's newsreel footage of Australia's rabbit plagues anchored by legendary USA newscaster Jerry Dunphy then segues seamlessly into the film. Famous for his intro line in the LA market, "From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California, a good evening." This sci-fi horror movie is not bereft of star power. In the opening credits: Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelley (“Star Trek” looking like Ned Flanders) and more. Witness giant rabbits born from a tragic moment in a lab and released on the world thanks to a silly blonde girl. Science may have made a tragic mistake, but not as much as these stars for cashing in pay checks to work with director William F. Caxton (“Twilight Zone” 4 eps in the early 60’s and “Desire in the Dust” 1960). The glory days/use by date for these actors had passed and the upkeep in the Hollywood hills is not cheap. Watch on in awe as rabbits as big as cars for some unknown and unexplained mysterious reason only move from where they are “holed up” behind the shroud of night. Kind of like Vampire Hares. This movie may have inspired comedy troupe Month Python's Killer Rabbit scene in "Holy Grail". I especially loved the scuttling, shambling sound effects the horde of creatures make while destroying all in their path...hilarious teamed with the sci-fi space sfx. Watch out for: Glaringly obvious scale models including a toy train set from singer Rod Stewart’s attic. “Night of the Lepus” is so good, it’s bad. You read that right this not a typo. #Plex See more Red T @RT43513976 09/18/2023 The acting isn't good, mainly because you can tell the actors filmed their scenes without knowing what the bunny scenes would look like. It's very simliar to the Giant Claw only much worse overall. Janet Leigh is probably the best thing in this and shes just ok. Almost all the characters are one dimensional. The special effects are laughably bad and the ending especially. A seizure warning should be put on the ending. The music isn't good either especially the rabbit music. The worst part is the horrifically bad editing. The rabbit scenes feel like they are from an entirely different movie and don't match style wise at all. It's so jarring and they always are in slow motion also which really drags the scenes on top of that and messes with the pacing terribly because as the movie goes on there is more and more of the rabbits and there always in stupid slow motion. This feels like stock rabbit footage merged with a creature feature. The non rabbit scenes in the first half are ok enough and actually kind of works at points but the moment they show up it falls apart and never gets back up. This gets incredibly boring in the last 30 minutes or so because of the stock characters, the slow rabbit scenes, the fact you can't see anything in the end because of all the electric zapping, the laughable effects. The idea is just stupid to begin with and even with modern CGI it would'nt work. You just can't make rabbits scary. See more CodyZamboni @CodyZamboni 08/26/2023 Movie is silly and dumb, with tons of ridiculous shots of bunnies, slow motion hopping thru fake miniatures. Top notch cast, Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelly, cashing an easy check for appearing in this mess. Movie does get points for surprisingly bloody gore, and an inventive climax. See more 11/10/2021 Rabbits just aren't scary- outside of medieval England- and this movie's attempts to make them intimidating fail miserably. The one and a half star rating comes from a person who loves bad movies, so if you have no patience for that, don't bother. See more 09/23/2021 Night of the Lepus is a cheesy RABBIT monster film that some how is a horror-comedy that you well laughed and awwwww at the same time. See more Read all reviews

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