Night of the Lepus (1972) on Netflix
PG19721h 28mHorrorSci-FiThriller
Rabbits overrun Cole Hillman's Arizona ranch after the coyotes that hunted them are gone. College president Elgin Clark brings in zoologist Roy Bennett, who tries hormones to halt the breeding.
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Plot summary
Rancher Cole Hillman wants to clear the rabbits from his Arizona land without using cyanide. College president Elgin Clark asks the researchers Roy and Gerry Bennett to help. Roy proposes hormones to interrupt the rabbits' breeding. He takes some of the animals to study and injects one with a serum meant to cause birth defects. Their daughter Amanda prefers that rabbit, so she exchanges it for one from the control group and keeps it as a pet. The animal gets out.
Cast
- Chris Morrellas Jackie Hillman
- Henry Willisas Frank
- Bob Hardyas Professor Dirkson (as Robert Hardy)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Night of the Lepus (1972)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- For some scenes the rabbits were filmed in close-up stomping on miniature structures in slow motion, and for attack scenes they had ketchup smeared on their faces; other shots used human actors wearing rabbit costumes.
- Originally titled Rabbits, the film was renamed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which kept rabbits out of most promotional materials to try to keep the mutant creatures a secret, only to break the secret itself with rabbit's foot-themed promotional materials before release.
