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Night of the Lepus (also known as Rabbits) is a 1972 American science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A.C. Lyles.Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction novel The Year of the Angry Rabbit, the plot concerns an infestation of mutated rabbits.
The novel was also notable as being part of a small revival of Australian science fiction in the 1960s. Its comic-horror tone was well received and a movie version was released in 1972 titled Night of the Lepus – a straight-faced monster movie that dropped the humor of the book. [1] [2] [3]
Lyles continued to produce a variety of low-budget traditional Westerns for Paramount in the 1960s, as well as other movies in other genres, such as the detective drama Rogue's Gallery in 1968, and the science-fiction film Night of the Lepus, for MGM, that featured the American Southwest menaced by giant mutant rabbits. [5]
William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert.
Melanie Fullerton (born August 29, 1962) [1] is an actress in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She co-starred in Night of the Lepus (1972) with Stuart Whitman and in To Rome With Love (1969-1971) with John Forsythe, Vito Scotti, Joyce Menges, and Susan Neher.
The subplot, in which the giant guinea pigs attack a small town is a parody of Night of the Lepus. The guinea pig costumes were purchased online. According to the creator commentary, the guinea pigs used in filming refused to move when put into the costumes and it took hours of filming to get one usable shot for the episode. [4]
Rabbits is a 2002 series of eight short horror web films written and directed by David Lynch, although Lynch himself referred to it as a sitcom.It depicts three humanoid rabbits played by Scott Coffey, Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in a room.
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