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Night of the Lepus (1972)

Stuart Whitman , Janet Leigh , William F. Claxton  |  PG |  DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix
  • Directors: William F. Claxton
  • Writers: Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney, Russell Braddon
  • Producers: A.C. Lyles
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A0GOGE
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,635 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Night of the Lepus" on IMDb

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Editorial Reviews

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Whoever persuaded MGM to make a movie about giant, bloodthirsty bunnies must have been some kind of mad genius. Night of the Lepus features Stuart Whitman (star of such classics as Omega Cop and Demonoid, Messenger of Death) and Janet Leigh (whose career had taken a downturn from Psycho) as a pair of scientists who say things like "I wish I knew what the effects of this serum would be--let's hope it works" as they inject test rabbits with hormones that turn them into slavering, carnivorous giant bunnies. That's the plot; the rest of the movie is scenes of giant bunnies attacking horses, giant bunnies jumping through windows to attack people, giant bunnies running in herds down the freeway...lots and lots of giant bunnies, sometimes with blood smeared across their ferocious jaws as they rear up to attack. The special effects are breathtakingly cheap; the bloody corpses are actors with red syrup splashed over them. 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. In fact, the movie makes more sense in French (assuming you don't actually speak the language); you can pretend it was created by an inspired Surrealist, and that Janet Leigh says things like "My bicycle has wheels of cheese" or "Beauty kisses my savage earlobe," instead of "Rabbits aren't exactly Roy's bag." Also starring Rory Calhoun (Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force) and DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on the original Star Trek), who wears several colorful turtlenecks. A camp classic. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Okay, movie fans. 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 monstrous moths, we quote this film: "Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way!" A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesh-eating, 150-pound monsters in Night of the Lepus. Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun and DeForest Kelley are among the intrepid humans facing the behemoth bunnies. They use guns, flames and dynamite to subtract them. But the rampaging rabbits know how to multiply. Can anything stop these hare-y scary monsters?

Customer Reviews

His scenes are actually played straight and make the movie so much fun. Dave. K  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
He and a guy in a rabbit suit crash through the window. Patrick Michael  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Rabbits on the Rampage November 1, 2005
Format:DVD
Rabbits are destroying a rancher's land. He doesn't want to have to resort to poison so a friend (DeForrest Kelley) brings in a researcher who decides to try hormones. He gets a hold of a "serum" but does not know what the effects will be. Add a little daughter who loves one of the test rabbits and a few unlikely occurrences and a test rabbit winds up in the general population.

All too quickly rabbits the size of wolves (that's what they keep saying in the movie but they are quite a bit larger) begin to overrun the area. The researcher comes up with a way to stem the tide of fur but not before many people die.

I originally saw this many, many years ago on late night TV. This DVD was gorier than I remember and really quite well done even if the writing was weak. One really gets the sense that they rabbits are huge and deadly. Some of the plot weaknesses are worse than others but my personal favorite is that the researcher who created the beasts is not held responsible and is treated as a hero. One of the best giant animal films in terms of the animals really looking like giants. Check it out.
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30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed February 9, 2007
Format:DVD
I am very disappointed in this release. They deleted the best WORST parts of the movie. For instance, there was a scene when the rancher was being attacked. He and a guy in a rabbit suit crash through the window. They wrestle around on the floor and bed, basically fist-fighting each other. Then, the large rabbit is back outside next to the toy models again. It was one of the many reasons I couldn't wait to see this movie again on DVD! I can't believe MGM said, "Wait! Before we release this, let's clean up the really bad parts first!" Very disappointed, indeed. Otherwise, it's a 5 star C movie from the 70s. Did I mention, I was very dissapointed???
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic bad movie! July 5, 2005
Format:DVD
I first saw this movie at a drive-in in the 1970's, as a teenager. It's really not a five star movie in the sense of being a great movie artistically (far from it--), but it's just the thing for its genre - the drive-in movie. If you were seeing it at $5 a carload, even better. You'll enjoy it for its sheer audacity. I can only imagine what the giant rabbits would be like in today's technology - but the unsophisticated effects are part of this movie's appeal - at least for me. Entertaining.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
Brings back memories of the old B Horror Movies. You'll spend more time laughing that being "scared". Worth the money
Published 29 days ago by Steven R Weidner
5.0 out of 5 stars So bad, it's good
Giant killer rabbits, horrible acting, low budget, crappy special effects... what more can you ask for? It may bore some people to death, but I laughed all the way through it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Joseph Cummings
5.0 out of 5 stars Night of the Lepus
This was a favorite of mine when I was a teen. I was so excited when I found that you had it and just loved it when I watched it.
Published 1 month ago by Grimelken
4.0 out of 5 stars Deliriously fun 70s cheese classic!
Only in the 70s (ok, maybe the 50s too) could you have a horror movie about giant carnivorous rabbits. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MonsterZeroNJ
5.0 out of 5 stars great deal
love this movie when I was a kid had to added to my files the price was great and it arrive right on time
Published 3 months ago by SOULBRO4
2.0 out of 5 stars Night of the Lepus
Three years before JAWS attacked audiences world-wide, another diabolical beast was unleashed from the bowels of hell... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Carl Manes
5.0 out of 5 stars RABBITS
I LOVED WATCHING THE MOVIE AGAIN. IT BROUGHT BACK FUN MEMORYS. WATCHED IT WITH MY PARENTS. GOT LOTS OF HUGS THAT NIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH A GOOD OLD MOVIE. THIS IS A GREAT ONE.
Published 4 months ago by barbara brown
5.0 out of 5 stars night of the lepus
this is the worst movie that actually made some effort to be good I've seen. I love it! Buy the DVD used today.
Published 4 months ago by James
4.0 out of 5 stars Husband loved it
I got it for my husband and he loved it. He had the VHS tape but he wore it out.
Published 4 months ago by Melinda Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
I was pleased with the speed that the product was gotten to me. I was only unhappy with how the movie had been edited, but there is nothing that the seller could have done about... Read more
Published 7 months ago by hlwilliams
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