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.
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Time Out
Time Out
Impossible not to admire the total withholding of irony in Claxton's approach to this kamikaze project.
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Slant MagazineEric Henderson
Slant MagazineEric Henderson
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.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
The mind marvels at the bravery of the person who walked into the producer's office to pitch this idea.