How did janet leigh get from a hitchcock film to a movie about killer rabbits. There are few genre fans who dont at least know about it and film makers like oliver stone and the wachowski brothers liked it enough to use footage from it in their own films natural born killers 1994 and the matrix respectively. Savages 20 album silence yourself starts with sampled dialogue from the film. Night of the lepus 1972 approaching a movie like this can lead to all sorts of problems. 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.
Rabbits rampage in hidef as scream factory details their night of the lepus bluray details. 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. But perhaps the best way if the least wellknown is to include the word lepus in it. Dec 27, 2014 bizarre scifi horror film based on the 1964 science fiction novel the year of the angry rabbit. 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. May 17, 2018 rabbits rampage in hidef as scream factory details their night of the lepus bluray details. Even the film s depiction of the military is a throwback. 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. The hold steadys 2008 album stay positive makes various allusions to the film. So it goes in night of the lepus latin for rabbit, as characters frequently remind each other and the audience. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
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. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. 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. 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 1972 1004 1972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score. He fails to get back in the truck while the getting is good, and is attacked by the rabbits. Apr 05, 2015 theres a very strange inner conflict at work in the drivein schlock classic night of the lepus. During the climax, a group of men have hidden themselves in the foliage and are shooting at the ravaging rabbits. To all of you who like nothing better than to nuke some corn, dim the lights and settle in with cinematic mutations like gargantuan gators, fearsome frogs, awesome ants and.
Night of the lepus 1972, directed by william f claxton film. 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 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. Considering that she would go on to film the train wreck quasigiallo identikitthe drivers seat and the turgid fantasy the blue bird in the three years that followed the release of night watch, its hard to imagine why night watch should still be the leastknown and leastrespected of her movies. Considering that she would go on to film the train wreck quasigiallo identikit the drivers seat and the turgid fantasy the blue bird in the three years that followed the release of night watch, its hard to imagine why night watch should still be the leastknown and leastrespected of her movies. Night of the lepus follows the ageold horror tradition of taking harmless animals see them.
Horror scifi thriller 1972 88 minutes usa color cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with mongrel rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically. The only thing more lifeless than the corpses in night of the lepus is the movie itself. Night of the lepus 1972 stream and watch online moviefone. Rabbits rampage in hidef as scream factory details their. Night of the lepus 1972 10041972 us horror, science fiction 1h 28m user score. Night of the lepus has clearly made an impact on those who have seen it over the years. Night of the lepus 1973, an ecological horror film with scifi elements, operates from a premise so absurd that its doomed from the start. Released 1972, night of the lepus stars stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun, deforest kelley the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. What makes things even more absurd is just how serious the film takes itself. Theres a very strange inner conflict at work in the drivein schlock classic night of the lepus. A jawdroppingly stupid idea giant carnivorous bunny rabbits on a rampage makes for a surprisingly fun, entertaining movie. To all of you who like nothing better than to nuke some corn, dim the lights and settle in with cinematic mutations like.
Even the films depiction of the military is a throwback. Night of the lepus has to be one of the most ridiculously inspired films ive seen in some time. Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest show more. Based on the novel endless night by agatha christie, the plot follows a newlywed couple who. Though to her credit, she does set a giant killer rabbit on fire. Endless night 1972 film from wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Based on the novel endless night by agatha christie, the plot follows a newlywed couple who feel threatened after building their dream home on cursed land. The film was shot early in 1972 and released theatrically on july 26th of that year. Bizarre scifi horror film based on the 1964 science fiction novel the year of the angry rabbit. This notoriously awful film about giant killer rabbits terrorizing arizona comes to bluray courtesy of. The countryside is being terrorised by packs of giant maneating well, rabbits actually.
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. Ranchers, plagued by hungry rabbits and their livestockcrippling burrows, appeal to scientists to help them out. 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. When rabbits overrun a farmers land, he turns to a local scientist for a cure rather than poison them. Deforest kelley, janet leigh, melanie fullerton, paul fix, rory calhoun, stuart whitman.
A description of tropes appearing in night of the lepus. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Journey to the end of the night is a 2006 independent crime thriller film directed by eric eason starring brendan fraser, mos def, scott glenn, alice braga and catalina sandino moreno. 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. 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. Night of the lepus 1972 letterboxd your life in film. At night, a driver with a refrigerated truck stops to check his truck, and hears the thunder of paws and heavy breathing nearby, but its too dark to see whats going 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. Night of the lepus, also marketed as simply rabbits, is an american bmovie from 1972. In night of the lepus filmed on location in beautiful tucson, az and surrounding areas in the old pueblo. 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. The effects are reasonably convincing, its briskly paced, with a blast of an ending. Endless night is a 1972 british horror and crime film directed by sidney gilliat and starring hayley mills, britt ekland, per oscarsson, hywel bennett and george sanders.
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