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Overview

User Rating:
3.8/10   1,212 votes
Director:
William F. Claxton
Writers:
Russell Braddon (novel)
Don Holliday (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 October 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
They were born that tragic moment when science made its great mistake... now from behind the shroud of night they come, a scuttling, shambling horde of creatures destroying all in their path. more
Plot:
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!! full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Just when you thought it was safe to back into the carrot patch! more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stuart Whitman ... Roy Bennett

Janet Leigh ... Gerry Bennett

Rory Calhoun ... Cole Hillman

DeForest Kelley ... Elgin Clark
Paul Fix ... Sheriff Cody
Melanie Fullerton ... Amanda Bennett
Chris Morrell ... Jackie Hillman
Chuck Hayward ... Jud
Henry Wills ... Frank
Francesca Jarvis ... Mildred
William Elliott ... Dr. Leopold
Bob Hardy ... Professor Dirkson (as Robert Hardy)
Richard Jacome ... Deputy Jason
Inez Perez ... Housekeeper
Roy Gaintner ... Walker (as G. Leroy Gaintner)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rabbits (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:G
Filming Locations:
Ajo, Arizona, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was DeForest Kelley's last non-"Star Trek" film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the climactic rabbit rampage, poor film processing makes some of the rabbits look transparent. more
Quotes:
Officer Lopez: Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help! more

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23 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Just when you thought it was safe to back into the carrot patch!, 26 February 2004
Author: Bruce Cook (brucemcook@windstream.net) from Fayetteville, GA

For all those film critics who claim that Hollywood is scared to try new ideas, here's proof that Hollywood will try anything. After making monster movies which feature every imaginable kind of vermon and pest, Hollywood got desperate and made one about monster rabbits.

(Monster RABBITS?)

That's right, the word "lepus" means rabbit. The story concerns a group of scientist who try to solve a rabbit over-population problem in the Midwest by injecting the bunnies with a hormone intended to decrease their breeding abilities. Instead, the hormone increases the rabbits' growth rate until they weight 150 pounds, stand four feet tall, and roar.

(ROARING rabbits?)

Right! That's part of what makes them MONSTER rabbits. The special effects involve a combination of real rabbits on miniature sets and actors in monster rabbit suits.

(Monster rabbit SUITS!?)

The National Guard is called in to battle this menace to mankind.

(The National Guard battles BIG BUNNIES!!?)

Yes, indeed. Producer A. C. Lyles and director William F. Claxton knew full-well that a distinguished cast was needed to lend credibility to this bold and risky venture, so they hired Stuart Whitman ("City Beneath the Sea"), Janet Leigh ("Psycho"), Deforest Kelly ("Star Trek"), Rory Calhoun ("The Texan"), and Paul Fix (numerous westerns).

These fine stars did their best, but alas it wasn't enough, and "Night of the Lepus" is considered a failed experiment. What the film needed was Morris Ankrum as an army general who uttered lines such as,

"Good Lord, if we don't stop these monsters, there won't be a single carrot left on the planet!"

Now that I would love to see.

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