Night of the lepus 1972 approaching a movie like this can lead to all sorts of problems. In night of the lepus, now on bluray thanks to the horror hooligans over at scream factory, these furry critters grow and grow and grow and then they attack. Night of the lepus 1973, an ecological horror film with scifi elements, operates from a premise so absurd that its doomed from the start. 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, also marketed as simply rabbits, is an american bmovie from 1972. But perhaps the best way if the least wellknown is to include the word lepus in it. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning.
One need only mention the premise attack of the giant bunnies. Night of the lepus 1972 stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun mgm duration. 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. 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. Journal of law and education 1972 2015 journal of economic education 19692015 books by language journal of materials engineering. 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. 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. Night of the lepus rabbits 1972 ganzer film deutsch. If you saw them, youd know them, but theres a reason youve never heard of. However it may be considered a cult classic movie in the trash genre.
With stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun, deforest kelley. Bennett immediately begins injecting rabbits with hormones and genetically mutated blood in an effort to develop a method of disrupting rabbit reproduction. The use of the cute animals as bloodthirsty flesh eater monsters never works. Oct 27, 2007 night of the lepus is one of those movies in which a fabulous premise is realized in exactly the wrong way. Out here, rugged men battle the elements to raise cattle, and any creature that gets in the way is an economic hardship. 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. A few major problems prevent us from having too much fun with this. Ganzer night of the lepus rabbits 1972 filmestream.
So i appreciate the unsentimental approach to animals that pervades the southwestern culture where night of the lepus is set. 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. Night of the lepus does have some funny moments, but its only solely for those who can tolerate bad movies for the comedy value. 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. 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.
A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into. In night of the lepus filmed on location in beautiful tucson, az and surrounding areas in the old pueblo. 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. Claxton on allmovie giant flesheating rabbits ravage american. 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. 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. In lepus, lettucemunching bunnies suddenly develop a taste for human flesh once they explode to. 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.
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. Night of the lepus 1972 when it came to killeranimal flicks, the 1970s were full of em. 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. 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. Jun 06, 2018 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. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the. Night of the lepus 1972 night of the lepus 1972 user. Ive never had a pet, and i prefer to think of rabbits as food more than anything else. Night of the lepus shares a trait common to vintage cheapies like giant gila monster actual humanmonster contact is very slight. 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. Rent, buy or watch night of the lepus movie now family video. 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.
Claxtons night of the lepus gives it a very good run for its money. 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. 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. Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest william f. 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. In addition, the dialogs and the situations are dumb and laughable. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing night of the lepus near you. Prom night 1980 paul lynch, leslie nielsen, jamie lee. Night of the lepus 1972 1004 1972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score.
Night of the lepus 1972 10041972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score. Ranchers, plagued by hungry rabbits and their livestockcrippling burrows, appeal to scientists to help them out. Nov 14, 2017 ganzer night of the lepus rabbits 1972 filmestream. 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. 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 also known as rabbits is a 1972 american science fiction horror thriller film based upon the science fiction novel the year of the angry. Star beast, the scar, tribal rights of the new saturday night. Night of the lepus is ridiculous in its attempts to scare, generating nothing but laughs from start to finish. 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. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. 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.
Cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with mongrel rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically sound control method. Jun 24, 2018 in night of the lepus, now on bluray thanks to the horror hooligans over at scream factory, these furry critters grow and grow and grow and then they attack. In 1999 film, the matrix, night of the lepus is shown in the background of one short sequence. Rent, buy or watch night of the lepus movie now family video javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesheating, 150pound monsters in night of the lepus. Night of the lepus 1972 the greatest killer bunny movie of all. During the climax, a group of men have hidden themselves in the foliage and are shooting at the ravaging rabbits. Claxton on allmovie with obvious special effects that include.
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. Night of the lepus is among the silliest and most ridiculous horror movies ever made. The rabbits run rampant on miniaturized sets and it quickly switches to a guy in a rabbit suit for the actual kill. Dogs, rats, sharks, ants, bees, pigs, snakes, the list goes on and on. 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. Download night of the lepus stream free online 1972.
Bennett immediately begins injecting rabbits with hormones and genetically mutated blood in an. Download rare classic and selected films, request on classic movies. 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. Night of the lepus follows the ageold horror tradition of taking harmless animals see them. 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 the air. For one, theres not one single instance of anyone saying, giant killer rabbits.
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. Night of the lepus 1972 the greatest killer bunny movie of all time g. Search, discover and share your favorite night of the lepus gifs. 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. As a favor to college benefactor hillman, college president elgin clark calls in zoologist roy bennett to help. So it goes in night of the lepus latin for rabbit, as characters frequently remind each other and the audience. 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. Sadly, the rest of the flick is nothing to be too concerned with. 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.
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