Review of Night of the Lepus (1972) by Richard D — 26 Jul 2016
Rancher Rory Calhoun (standing and walking as he's known to do) has an infestation of rabbits. He turns to DeForest Kelley who recruits scientist team Stuart Whitman and Janet Leigh to help control the rabbits without killing everything else on his land.
Through a series of mishaps, they create a strain of giant, ferocious rabbits that rampage across the American Southwest killing people left and right. So, this is not a good movie. The dialogue is terrible.
The plot is ridiculously convoluted. The old pros do a decent job, but most of the supporting cast are awful. All this might be forgivable if not for the simple fact that nobody is afraid of rabbits. The film uses real, normal rabbits and tries a bunch of effects and visual tricks to make you believe they are giant, killer beasts.
They are bunnies.
This review of Night of the Lepus (1972) was written by Richard D on 26 Jul 2016.
Night of the Lepus has generally received negative reviews.
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