Aug 23, 2010 and when you get right down to it, night of the lepus isnt really that much worse than the rest of them. 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 1972 part 8 of 10 the agony booth. 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. Night of the lepus, also marketed as simply rabbits, is an american bmovie from 1972. Sciencefiction horror film geregisseerd door william f. Stuart whitman makes for the least charismatic scientist hero in scifi movie history. Arizona rancher cole hillman rory calhoun, dealing with massive rabbit overpopulation on his land, calls on a local college president, elgin clark. 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. May 29, 2010 cafeteria dance fever night of the lepus duration. Claxton, mit stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun u. Horror scifi thriller 1972 88 minutes usa color cole hillmans arizona ranch is plagued with. The movie is supposed to be about giant bloodthirsty killer rabbits, but the effects are so bad that you just know these bunnies are of the cute and cuddly variety.
Claxton, night of the lepus was based on the australian 1964 science fiction novel the year of the angry rabbit by russell braddon. In lepus, lettucemunching bunnies suddenly develop a taste for human flesh once they explode to 100 times their normal size. He fails to get back in the truck while the getting is good, and is attacked by the. Capturing bats for use in experiments, janet leigh and stuart whitman portray a manand wife research team in this scene from the new mgm sciencefiction thriller, night of the lepus, which will open the first week in august at the national cinema. Met stuart whitman, janet leigh en deforest kelley. Local owner hop david, publisher of the copper newspaper, put up a mural of local landscape, people, animals and music riders in the sky on the front of the building. Night of the lepus is a 1972 american science fiction horror thriller film based on the 1964 science fiction novel the. Claxton on allmovie giant flesheating rabbits ravage american. Night of the lepus follows the ageold horror tradition of taking harmless animals see them. The blob 1972 or mars needs women 1967, night of the lepus takes itself seriously.
The night of the lepus giant rabbits attack horse duration. The cast play it straight, evidently laboring under the assumption that theyre in a real movie. In lepus, lettucemunching bunnies suddenly develop a taste for human flesh once they explode to. 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. A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning. Night of the lepus 1972 stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun mgm duration. In fact, the movie makes more sense in french assuming you dont actually speak the language. Night of the lepus attempts to be sociallyconscious ecohorror, concerning an arizona rancher, cole hillman rory calhoun, whose lands are overrun with rabbits. With stuart whitman, janet leigh, rory calhoun, deforest kelley.
Night of the lepus 1972 watch hot english movies free online. 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. An original, rolled, thirty by forty theatrical movie poster 30 x 40 from 1972 for the horror thriller night of the lepus. 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. When it comes to unintentional humor, bmovie fans can do no better than night of the lepus. Filmbankmedia licenses and distributes film and tv entertainment to many organisations and groups including schools, film societies, festivals, pubs, hotels, hospitals, trains and other out of home venues. Out here, rugged men battle the elements to raise cattle, and any creature that gets in the way is an economic hardship. It featured deforest kelleys last nonstar trek role in a feature film.
Phylogeny and genetic diversity of italian species of hares. Download night of the lepus stream free online 1972. Night of the lepus is ridiculous in its attempts to scare, generating nothing but laughs from start to finish. In 1999 film, the matrix, night of the lepus is shown in the background of one short sequence. Rather than putting out poison, which would disrupt the natural balance, hillman calls a friend at the local university deforest kelley who puts him touch with roy stuart whitman. Night of the lepus does have some funny moments, but its only solely for those who can tolerate bad movies for the comedy value. The reason to watch this is the premise, which is ludicrous, with giant rabbits attacking people and reproducing at an alarming rate in the american midwest, though i might not have checked out this crazy creature feature if not for the participation of janet leigh and deforest kelley, who are, lets be honest, too. Ajo, az is an amazing town that was designed by a copper mining company and has history. Mar 03, 2008 conigli assassini night of the lepus, 1972 ciro ascione. It was universally panned, but has since gained cult status for its campiness. In this case, viewers got an unflinching look at the mayhem unleashed when the dusty landscape of arizona is. 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.
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. Night of the lepus 1972 part 1 of 10 the agony booth. 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. It was inspired by the 1972 classic movie night of the lepus, staring deforest kelly. Few major studio films have been promoted more misleadingly than night of the lepus, an early installment in the nature run amok horror craze that more or less kicked off with willard and stampeded through such films as jaws, grizzly, food of the gods, and frogs, to name but a few. Read the night of the lepus movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Ranchers, plagued by hungry rabbits and their livestockcrippling burrows, appeal to scientists to help them out. 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. 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. Dogs, rats, sharks, ants, bees, pigs, snakes, the list goes on and on. Massive breeding rabbits run rampant in scream factorys new night of the lepus bluray, and to celebrate the new home media release of the cute creature feature, weve been provided with three highdef copies to give away to lucky daily dead readers. 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 also known as rabbits is a 1972 american science fiction horror thriller film based upon the science fiction novel the year of the angry.
And when you get right down to it, night of the lepus isnt really that much worse than the rest of them. Aug 23, 2010 night of the lepus 1972 part 8 of 10 by dr. 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. Dead alive film poster print dead alive, horror movie posters. We represent many hollywood and independent film studios and distributors licensing screenings outside the home or cinema. Its not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but in terms of plot, it doesnt attempt anything dumber than, say, kingdom of the spiders or piranha. This pattern was originally designed for the super sock scarefest group, and is now available to the general public.
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. In night of the lepus filmed on location in beautiful tucson, az and surrounding areas in the old pueblo. But what makes night of the lepus even more astonishing is that the dvd features dubbing in french, presumably for european viewers bored with their usual diet of truffaut and rohmer. Occasionally they run across the screen right to left in slow motion. 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. Night of the lepus 1972 approaching a movie like this can lead to all sorts of problems. Conigli assassini night of the lepus, 1972 ciro ascione. Ive never had a pet, and i prefer to think of rabbits as food more than anything else. Tender is the night 1962 trip with the teacher 1975 beast of the yellow night 1971 the wind 1987 dracula 1979 the lords of flatbush 1974 love thy neighbour 1973 demons of the mind 1972 naughty girls need love too 1983 mado 1976 double indemnity 1944 dead weight 1959 breaking the silence 2000 women at play 1985. So i appreciate the unsentimental approach to animals that pervades the southwestern culture where night of the lepus is set.
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