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- 1972
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 28 m
- 1972
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 28 m
Directed By: William F. Claxton
Written By: Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney, Russell Braddon
- 1972
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 28 m
- 1972
- PG
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 28 m
Night of the Lepus
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Directed By: William F. Claxton
Written By: Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney, Russell Braddon
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Some may call Night of the Lepus plain ridiculous, but I say any movie that features mutant bunnies being shot, blowtorched, and electrocuted makes for a hopping good time.
Impossible not to admire the total withholding of irony in Claxton's approach to this kamikaze project.
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William F. Claxton’s film is a radically dull riff on the nature-run-amok genre, utilizing what must’ve felt at the time like the only animal not yet exploited to scare audiences. But scares are exactly what the filmmakers didn’t get.
The film relies almost entirely on slow-motion shots of ordinary rabbits running through miniaturized settings or in front of scaled-down back projections. It is this technical laziness as much as the stupid story or the dumb direction that leaves the film in limbo and places it in neither one camp nor the other.
The mind marvels at the bravery of the person who walked into the producer's office to pitch this idea.
Production Company
A.C. Lyles Productions
Release Date Oct 4, 1972
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG
Tagline They were born that tragic moment when science made its great mistake... now from behind the shroud of night they come, a scuttling, shambling horde of creatures destroying all in their path.