Night of the Lepus [Blu-ray]

Overview

Giant Flesh-Eating Rabbits Ravage American Southwest After Scientist Slips Up! Such is the plot of this unintentionally campy horror outing. The trouble begins when a researcher's experiment to use hormone injections to control Arizona's burgeoning rabbit population goes terribly awry, causing the cuddly rodents to grow to enormous proportions. In order to facilitate their growth, the rabbits need extra protein, and what better source than the relatively slow-moving human population that surrounds their huge subterranean lairs?

Product Details

Release Date:	06/19/2018
UPC:	0826663187779
Original Release:	1972
Rating:	PG
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:28:00
Sales rank:	16,223

Special Features

New audio commentary by author Lee Gambin; New audio commentary by pop culture historian Russell Dyball; TV spot; Still gallery; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stuart Whitman	Roy Bennett
Janet Leigh	Gerry Bennett
Rory Calhoun	Cole Hillman
DeForest Kelley	Dr. Elgin Clark,Truck Driver
Paul Fix	Sheriff Cody
Melanie Fullerton	Amanda Bennett
Chris Morrell	Jackie Hillman
Chuck Hayward	Jud
Henry Wills	Frank
Francesca Jarvis	Mildred
Bill Elliott	Dr. Leopold
Robert Hardy	Prof. Dirkson
Richard Jacome	Deputy Jason
Inez Perez	Housekeeper
G. Leroy Gaintner	Walker
Evans Thornton	Major White
I. Stanford Jolley	Dispatcher
Robert Gooden	Leslie
Frank Kennedy	Doctor
Don Starr	Cutler
Peter O'Crotty	Arlen
Phillip Avenetti	Off.Lopez
Russell Morell	Priest
Donna Gelgur	Wife in Car
Steve DeFrance	Husband in Car
Sherry Hummer	Children in Car,Children in Car
Jerry Dunphy	TV Newscaster

Technical Credits

Don Holliday

Gene R. Kearney

William F. Claxton	Director
Don Holliday	Screenwriter
Gene R. Kearney	Screenwriter
A. Lyles	Producer
Jerry Jost	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

With obvious special effects that include everything from real rabbits stomping miniatures to splinters (filmed in slow motion) to attacks by men dressed in fuzzy long-eared suits, Night of the Lepus is all good, unintentionally campy fun. Sadly, the rest of the flick is nothing to be too concerned with. Stuart Whitman makes his usual '70s leading-man appearance, with his out-of-control hair and sideburns contrasting perfectly with his dangerously low-zippered shirt and old-man chest. Original scream queen Janet Leigh slums it up here as well with the help of uncomfortably tight jeans and some truly heinous dialogue. The real star is, of course, the killer rabbits, which one gets to see a lot of before the movie is done. Better taken in parts than as a whole, Night of the Lepus is silly to its core, even if it never seems to get the joke in any of its grueling 90 minutes.

All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler