This could well be the worst movie ever associated with MGM. Zoologists are enlisted to help an Arizona rancher curtail the rabbit population explosion on his land, but a serum injected into one nasty bunny creates a race of leaping monsters. Not only are these giant jackrabbits angry and on the attack, they're seemingly out for human blood. As a low-budget entry in the mutant animal genre, one can expect the obvious--but nothing in the script, adapted from Russell Braddon's novel "The Year of the Angry Rabbit", prepares us for homicidal cottontails. The sound effects of the marauding enemy underground are well-accomplished, but the visual effects are laughable, the color processing atrocious, and the cast (good actors including Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh and Rory Calhoun) looks fatigued. NO STARS from ****

Infamous "Bad Movie" that Attracts Folks Because of its Premise. Giant, Mutated, Killer Rabbits. So They Go Into This Thing with a High Giggle Factor and it Does Prompt Laughter, At Least At First. But Honestly, After the Movie Starts Unreeling it's Not a Laughing Matter. So the Snickering Just Might be That of the Nervous Type.The Opening Scenes, a Docu-Style Real Life Plague in Australia Where Hundreds and Thousands of Rabbits are Shown (this is real footage) being Stomped, Shot, Clubbed, and Trooped to Their Death with Living Creatures Being Netted, Slaughtered and Brutally Killed. That's Just the Beginning. In Short Order there is the Shooting of a Horse, Closeups of Bunnies with Bloody Faces, Flashing Their Teeth and Growling. Then there are Numerous Scenes of the Rabbits Feasting on Bodies and More Close Ups, This Time of Mutilated Humans with Dismembered Limbs and Buckets of Blood Flowing All Over the Place. There's More to Come, Like Electrocutions, and Gunplay with Squibs Splattering and Other Very Gory and Violent Scenes. If You Think this is All Campy Fun, Think Again. This is Horrifying a Lot of the Time. Sure, the Slow Motion Gets Old and Less Effective Every Time it's Used and it's Used Quite Often.The Rabbits Waver from Very Scary (the close ups) to Not So Scary (those migration slow motion scenes). The Drive In Scene is Probably the Silliest in the Movie and Dosen't Contain Any Rabbits. There is Some Dialog that is Unintentionally Funny. But, If this Movie is Such a Hoot, Show it to a Group of Tween Girls (it is Rated PG) and Witness the Reaction. Guaranteed, Few of Them will be Laughing and They Might Attack You. Just Not in Slow Motion.Note…Just kidding, Sam Peckinpah did not Direct this Movie.

Just re-watched Night of the Lepus - It is a love hate thing. Favorite movie of a Deforest Kelley fan, that's my excuse. This didn't seem like the same movie I watched. It's an excellent example of the art of miniature and a camera effects even if the makeup effects are pretty lacking. I have Mr. Kelley's script so I'm pretty biased to be fond of this one but really it is ... special. The story skips huge gaps like the reason that the mutant bunny spread's it's toxic genes is all because the little girl like it. Really ? and Mommy and Daddy didn't even ASK her what happened to her pet bunny. It's short but you might need something to drink. Huge parts filmed on blue screen. Not as engaging as Valley of Gwangi but certainly wins points in miniatures and bunnies.. tons of bunnies.

This one is for the books! If thought of killer rabbits (No, not the ones from Monty Python's "Holy Grail") scare you, then this is your movie. Apparently, these babies go ape s*** and decide to attack people that are dumb enough to stand there and scream, while trying to keep a straight face. I don't want to ruin the ground breaking plot (yeah, right) to you, just sit back, watch and be prepared to laugh yourself off the couch. I gave this 10 out of 10 because your not sure whether to laugh, have a shocked look on your face that you are watching this mess, or are feeling sorry for the top name actors appearing in this. Trust me, a howling good/bad time!