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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]
Night of the Lepus: William F. Claxton: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun: United States [64] The Night Stalker: John Llewellyn Moxey: Darren McGavin, Barry Atwater, Carol Lynley: United States Television film [65] La noche de los mil gatos (Night of 1000 Cats) René Cardona Jr. Hugo Stiglitz, Anjanette Comer: Mexico aka Blood Feast ...
Young Jesse James is a 1960 American Western film directed by William F. Claxton and written by Orville H. Hampton and Jerry Sackheim. The film stars Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, Emile Meyer and Jacklyn O'Donnell.
The movie was not very successful and received a Golden Turkey Award for Worst Rodent Movie of All Time, "beating" such competitors as The Killer Shrews (1959), The Mole People (1956), The Nasty Rabbit (1965) and Night of the Lepus (1972). In 1989, Gnaw: Food of the Gods, Part 2 was released, written by Richard Bennett and directed by Damian ...
The Dictionary of Film Studies defines the horror film as representing “disturbing and dark subject matter, seeking to elicit responses of fear, terror, disgust, shock, suspense, and, of course, horror from their viewers.” [2] In the chapter The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s from Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan (2002), film critic Robin Wood declared that the commonality between ...
This is a list of monster movies, about such creatures as extraterrestrial aliens, giant animals, Kaiju (the Japanese counterpart of giant animals, but they can also be machines and plants), mutants, supernatural creatures, or creatures from folklore, such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.
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]