A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning. Easily one of the most infamous examples of this was night of the lepus, a notorious bomb back in 1972 that has remained somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine over the years. Oct 27, 2007 night of the lepus is one of those movies in which a fabulous premise is realized in exactly the wrong way. Warners dvd of night of the lepus must have made the schedule to show how seriously studio disc divisions regard the monster fan base that constantly asks for the gauche and the gory. Night of the lepus is ridiculous in its attempts to scare, generating nothing but laughs from start to finish. Star beast, the scar, tribal rights of the new saturday night. Night of the lepus also known as rabbits is a 1972 australianamerican science fiction horror thriller film based upon the science fiction novel the year of the angry rabbit 1964 by russell braddon. The rabbits are filmed up close in slowmotion and dripping with blood as they maul the locals, but they are only as cute as they are harmless.
Ive never had a pet, and i prefer to think of rabbits as food more than anything else. Claxton, stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun, horror, scifi, thriller october 28, 2015 cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with mongrel rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically sound control method. Shot in arizona, it follows a group of ranchers and scientists threatened by voracious mutant animals the size of pickup trucks attacking everyone in its path, leaving a trail of ravaged farm houses and. Night of the lepus 1972 the greatest killer bunny movie of all. Rent, buy or watch night of the lepus movie now family video javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. However it may be considered a cult classic movie in the trash genre. Claxtons night of the lepus gives it a very good run for its money.
A few blurry paw swipes come from somebody in a suit, but there are only a couple of weak split screens putting humans together with bunnies. Search, discover and share your favorite night of the lepus gifs. Night of the lepus boasts a heavy reliance on stock footage, yet lepus s creators couldnt even be bothered to make sure that the added scenes matched the rest of the film. Stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun deforest kelley cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with mongrel rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically sound control method. Sometimes, though, they use miniature models of settings throughout the town and let the bunnies hop through what essentially amounts to a diorama of a small. The film was shot early in 1972 and released theatrically on july 26th of that year. With stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun, deforest kelley. Download rare classic and selected films, request on classic movies. Mar 26, 2017 night of the lepus 1972 posted on 26 march 2017 by kevin lyons leave a comment in 1971, daniel manns willard kicked off a whole cycle of natureontherampage movies that saw dogs, cats, frogs, sharks, bees, snakes and various other fauna making mincemeat of blist actors across the states. Stuart whitman eaten alive, janet leigh psycho, rory calhoun motel hell and deforest kelley star trek are among the intrepid humans facing off. Night of the lepus is about giant mutant rabbits that terrorize the southwest, now if that doesnt sound like anything that will give you nightmares for weeks than i dont what will. The use of the cute animals as bloodthirsty flesh eater monsters never works.
Claxton on allmovie giant flesheating rabbits ravage american. Ganzer night of the lepus rabbits 1972 filmestream. The rabbits run rampant on miniaturized sets and it quickly switches to a guy in a rabbit suit for the actual kill. Night of the lepus 1972 1004 1972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing night of the lepus near you. Night of the lepus follows the ageold horror tradition of taking harmless animals see them. One need only mention the premise attack of the giant bunnies.
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest william f. Night of the lepus rabbits 1972 ganzer film deutsch. Night of the lepus 1972 the greatest killer bunny movie of all time g. Download night of the lepus stream free online 1972. Claxton on allmovie with obvious special effects that include. This is the notorious giant rabbit movie with stuart whitman, a stalwart of low budget 70s nonsense, and its not quite as engaging as its reputation might suggest. Night of the lepus 1972 approaching a movie like this can lead to all sorts of problems. Stuart whitman asked to help with the capture and quarantine of the large numbers being the lepus breed of rabbit, taken to an laboratory, given some injection, released or escapes then become more than average in height, bring and wrecking havoc to the local town at night.
A few major problems prevent us from having too much fun with this. Sep 20, 2011 a hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the lepus. Rent, buy or watch night of the lepus movie now family video. For one, theres not one single instance of anyone saying, giant killer rabbits. During the climax, a group of men have hidden themselves in the foliage and are shooting at the ravaging rabbits. Night of the lepus 1972 cast and crew arizona rancher cole hillman rory calhoun, dealing with massive rabbit overpopulation on his land, calls on a local college president, elgin clark. Cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with mongrel rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically sound control method. Night of the lepus is among the silliest and most ridiculous horror movies ever made. Night of the lepus 1972 movie clip rabbit war who would believe just rabbits could take over a whole region, paul dunphy as the newscaster explains about australia, in the opening to the farfetched mgm ecothriller night of the lepus, 1972, starring janet leigh and stuart whitman. Journal of law and education 1972 2015 journal of economic education 19692015 books by language journal of materials engineering. Night of the lepus 1972 10041972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score. In lepus, however, all of the effects are done with footage of actual rabbits, often just intercutting closeups of bunnies with a splash of blood or rabid foam around their mouths. Night of the lepus 1973, an ecological horror film with scifi elements, operates from a premise so absurd that its doomed from the start. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning arizona ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the lepus.
It is an unforgettable bloodbath, frightening many a teenager when it was originally released in 1972 and making a lot more laugh their asses off. In lepus, lettucemunching bunnies suddenly develop a taste for human flesh once they explode to. In 1999 film, the matrix, night of the lepus is shown in the background of one short sequence. Night of the lepus also known as rabbits is a 1972 american science fiction horror thriller film based upon the science fiction novel the year of the angry rabbit 1964 by russell braddon.
Night of the lepus 1972 night of the lepus 1972 user. Prom night 1980 paul lynch, leslie nielsen, jamie lee. Nov 14, 2017 ganzer night of the lepus rabbits 1972 filmestream. With obvious special effects that include everything from real rabbits stomping miniatures to splinters filmed in slow motion to attacks by men dressed in fuzzy longeared suits, night of the lepus is all good, unintentionally campy fun.
But perhaps the best way if the least wellknown is to include the word lepus in it. Dogs, rats, sharks, ants, bees, pigs, snakes, the list goes on and on. Easily one of the most infamous examples of this was night of the lepus, a notorious bomb back in 1972 that has remained somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine over the years, so i strangely felt compelled to revisit it for shits and giggles. Using an innovative technique known as replaying the same damn shot over and over again the makers of night of the lepus manage to create the eerily convincing sensation that you are watching normal sized rabbits run towards a camera in slow motion. The trick of night of the lepus is that while it deals with a supremely silly premise, it takes everything seriously, trying to examine the rabbit apocalypse with complete concentration on the animal world ecovengeance details of the uprising. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Claxton featuring stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun an experiment to control the population of rabbits goes awry when one of the test rabbits gets loose, and ends up producing a herd of giant rabbits intent on destruction and death. Night of the lepus 1972 arizona rancher cole hillman rory calhoun, dealing with massive rabbit overpopulation on his land, calls on a local college president, elgin clark deforest kelley, to. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the lepus.
The film takes place within a small arizona town where the local rabbit population has a change in its hormones and changes over to carnivorous dining. Shot in arizona, it follows a group of ranchers and scientists threatened by voracious mutant animals the size of pickup trucks attacking everyone in its path, leaving a trail of ravaged farm houses and corner grocery stores, its victims bloodied and. Night of the lepus does have some funny moments, but its only solely for those who can tolerate bad movies for the comedy value. Bennett immediately begins injecting rabbits with hormones and genetically mutated blood in an. If you saw them, youd know them, but theres a reason youve never heard of. In addition, the dialogs and the situations are dumb and laughable. Night of the lepus, also marketed as simply rabbits, is an american bmovie from 1972. Bennett immediately begins injecting rabbits with hormones and genetically mutated blood in an effort to develop a method of disrupting rabbit reproduction. When neo and morpheus travel into the matrix to visit the oracle, night of the lepus is playing in the background where several children are floating wooden blocks in.
Night of the lepus boasts a heavy reliance on stock footage, yet lepuss creators couldnt even be bothered to make sure that the added scenes matched the rest of the film. Sadly, the rest of the flick is nothing to be too concerned with. Ranchers, plagued by hungry rabbits and their livestockcrippling burrows, appeal to scientists to help them out. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into.
A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the. In a femme fatale performance as marion crane, janet leigh is such a compelling leading lady in alfred hitchcocks psycho, that its that much more shocking when you find out in bloody fashion that she, in fact, isnt the leading lady. Night of the lepus 1972 stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun mgm duration. So i appreciate the unsentimental approach to animals that pervades the southwestern culture where night of the lepus is set.
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