Night of the Lepus.

I didn't ask for this.

No one asked for this.  I mean, who would've asked for a -giant killer rabbits- horror film?  

Yes, they decided this:

It's the god damn bunnys.

Would be a good horror movie monster.  I am still flabbergasted at this.  

Yes, a bunny themed horror movie could be a good horror-comedy movie, or even a satire or something, but nope, they played it -completely seriously-.  There is not a single joke or even a "You're kidding me, rabbits?" moment.  Everyone in the film is horrified and scared of this fluffy menace, not once finding this completely god damn ridiculous.  

Apparently this movie came about because of a script called Night of the Lepers was being reviewed by a director or producer, and he spilled wine on it, and to him, he thought it said Night of the Lepus.  While reading the script took away this illusion, he mentioned the idea of a Lepus themed horror movie to his daughter, and she loved the idea, and told him to make it.  

So he did.  Can you imagine what the original script writer of Night of the lepers felt like when or if he knew his script had been rejected for a -rabbit- horror script?  I imagine he's still bitter about that.  They had to hire a new script writer to edit the hell out of that original script.  I would like to have known his emotions and expressions while he worked on that script.

The films basic premise is that scientific testing on rabbits turns them into wolf sized killers.  Despite them saying they're as big as wolves, some times they're only man sized, sometimes car sized, and sometimes even bigger.  This is probably due to the fact that they use a rabbit suit sometimes, and the other times they simply put miniatures together and herd rabbits through the mini-sets.  One time you can even see, barely, someone herding the rabbits along.

The characters have little emotion in their voices, or anything to act on, really, and some of their actions are questionable, but there's only two worth mentioning.  I'll start with the least surprising first, also, mild to medium spoilers ahead, the little girl in the film, that is the scientists couples daughter, is a psychopath.  She releases a rabbit, one contaminated with the evil virus, into the wild, and lies about it, and hides the fact she does it, for no reason.  And no punishment happens to her either.

Second, that's Dr McCoy on the far left.  What the hell sort of contract did he sign that forced him to do this.

I'm a Doctor, not a rabbit wrangler!

 The effects are...almost non-existent, which I can't really blame them for, considering the time, but it involves many mini-sets with rabbits just casually laying about or strolling through them.  And one prevalent rabbit suit.

The rabbits also seem to vary in number from 'only a few dozen' to over a thousand in just a few hours.  I know rabbits are good at reproduction, but I don't think they have time to do It in just one night.  

The suspense is non-existent, the 'horrifying' rabbits are more adorable then anything else, and the actors seem to just want to get their paycheck and get out.  The resolution to the rabbit horde is equally dumb, which shouldn't have worked for at least three reasons, but, spoilers, if anyone cares about that in this movie.

But despite all this, I loved it, for all the wrong reasons.  It's silly, dumb, and extremely enjoyable with just how bad it is.  If you like bad moives, I suggest this one.