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Night of the Lepus (1972)

Starring: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh Director: William F. Claxton Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix
  • Directors: William F. Claxton
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: French (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (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
  • Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A0GOGE
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,579 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "Night of the Lepus" visit the Internet Movie Database (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?

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Rabbits on the Rampage, November 1, 2005
By Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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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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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, February 9, 2007
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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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic bad movie!, July 5, 2005
By Claudia McGill (Wyncote, PA) - See all my reviews
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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 Classic Horrible Horror Movie
A must if you like old school bad horror movies. The rabbit scenes are indescribalbe...classic is all I can say. Very much a need for anyone DVD collection.
Published 11 days ago by Daniel T. Woodske

3.0 out of 5 stars Night of the Lepus
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Published 1 month ago by Seth C. Howard

3.0 out of 5 stars Rabbit transit goes amuck
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3.0 out of 5 stars Rory Calhoun: Wabbit Killer
Without question, the best giant killer rabbit movie DeForest Kelley ever made. "Look at them, standing on their hind legs, like a bunch of Rory Calhouns! Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Combs

4.0 out of 5 stars These Rabbits Are Hopping Mad
Figured I'd might as well put in my two cents on the terrifying Night of the Lepus. The "Nature Strikes Back" subgenre of the 70s is one of the most entertaining in all of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Stanley Runk

4.0 out of 5 stars Bugs Bunny has gone insane. More like Bugs Bunny on crack
Just when I've thought that I have seen it all I come across Night of the Lepus, which features hordes of killer rabbits. Yes you read that correctly killer rabbits. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Dave. K

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Low Budget Film
OK maybe not so great. It is a funny movie if you like rabbits. Really sad at the end though. It is amusing how they did the camera work.
Published 18 months ago by B. Howe

4.0 out of 5 stars When Bunnies Attack
I watched this on a whim and honestly was laughing out loud for much of it. Its campy and corny and the dialog is REALLY bad. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Brittany I. Bellows

5.0 out of 5 stars night of the lepus
night of the lepus is as good asi remembered as a child. i like the old scary movies because it is not all blood and guts. the rabbits are big and realestic. Read more
Published on December 29, 2007 by Nancy S. Runions

5.0 out of 5 stars For Ravenous Killers They're Adorable!
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