I'll second this--a must-see.
It's not the worst sci fi film of all times, however. That distinction
belongs to The Monolith Monsters, killer piles of stones from outer space.
Mark
At 09:36 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
>Ann White wrote:
>
>>>>least) Male Rabbits Are Evil.
>>>>
>>>> The Stone Dormouse
>>Based on two totally separate and distinct cases, we can conclude that
>>(at
>>right! All the constants of objectivity are present. Therefore, we are
>>not stereotyping. This is Truth.
>>
>>Much-relieved Ann
>
>Ah, be afraid, be very afraid, and hie thee to a video rental place with
>a paper bag over your head so nobody will know it's you. Rent thee a
>1972 "horror" film called _Night of the Lepus_, about attack rabbits.
>If Lorca had been there he could have blocked the stars for the bunnies
>as well as the frogs. Here is the plot summary courtesy of IMDB:
>
>>Cole Hillman's Arizona ranch is plagued with 'mongrel' rabbits, and he
>>wants to employ an ecologically sound control method. As a favor to
>>college benefactor Hillman, college president Elgin Clark calls in
>>zoologist Roy Bennett to help. Bennett immediately begins injecting
>>rabbits with hormones and genetically mutated blood in an effort to
>>develop a method of disrupting rabbit reproduction. One of the test
>>subjects escapes, resulting in a race of bloodthirsty, wolf-sized,
>>man-, horse-, and cow-eating bunnies. Eventually the National Guard is
>>called in for a final showdown with the terrorizing rabbits.
>I saw about half this movie. Guilty with an explanation: I was
>channel-surfing and landed on the station where the film was being
>shown. It is a horror movie, yes, but this ain't no Tourneur _Curse of
>the Demon_. This is drek but very funny drek once you get past where
>one of the bunnies allegedly eats a child (I came in after that, I
>guess, and just as well). How the National Guard disposes of the herd
>of carnivorous rabbits is worthy of a page in a Jacques Pepin cookbook.
>
>The cast for this bunny-hop included Stuart Whitman, the most underrated
>bad actor in history, Janet Leigh (there is no shower scene), Rory
>Calhoun who I recall disemboweled himself with a chainsaw in some
>knockoff of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and DeForest Kelley, who went
>on to play Dr. McCoy in the original Star Trek series. Beam me up,
>Scotty, this movie sucks. None of the small-part players went on to
>achieve stardom later: no Steve Buscemi playing the bartender or
>anything like that.
>
>Never trust a rabbit.
>
>Ken
>
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