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 - neither with Attack of the 50-Foot Woman nor with Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.
Night of the Lepus
How many eyes does horror have?
1972 · 1h 28m · PG
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
William F. Claxton
Overview
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorise the town.
Director and cast
- William F. Claxton Director
- Stuart Whitman as Roy Bennett
- Janet Leigh as Gerry Bennett
- Rory Calhoun as Cole Hillman
- DeForest Kelley as Elgin Clark
- Paul Fix as Sheriff Cody
- Melanie Fullerton as Amanda Bennett
- Chris Morrell as Jackie Hillman
- Chuck Hayward as Jud
- Henry Willis as Frank
- Francesca Jarvis as Mildred
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Impossible not to admire the total withholding of irony in Claxton's approach to this kamikaze project.
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