Night of the Lepus

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Before Jaws, before Grizzly, before Cujo, there was Night of the Lepus.

Something is rotten in the heart of Arizona. Rabbits are breeding out of control, and it’s up to science to come to the rescue. Several chemical injections later, what should have been a straightforward bit of rabbit culling turns into a bunny nightmare as the lovable, crop-munching pests grow to giant size!

Based on the now obscure Australian science fiction novel The Year of the Angry Rabbit, Night of the Lepus sees Hollywood stars Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelley and Stuart Whitman fighting for their lives, and their careers, in a film often considered one of the most ridiculous ever conceived.

• "EXTREMEly bad" - Dr Adrian Smith, The Cult Film Club
• "8%...the only thing more lifeless than the corpses in Night of the Lepus is the movie itself. But 'Here comes the 'eater' bunny!'" - Rotten Tomatoes

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About The Cult Film Club  EXTREME

The brainchild of film historian Dr Adrian Smith, The Cult Film Club was established in Eastbourne in 2018 following a screening of Evil Dead II at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre. A season of highly entertaining films followed, including such classics as The Warriors, The Man With Two Brains and Enter the Dragon before the club relocated to the Towner Cinema where fans gathered for The Thing, Labyrinth, Heathers and The Dead, before lockdown intervened.

This new EXTREME version of the club will see us bringing a mix of films to the Electric Palace that are shocking, controversial, or just extremely silly. With an emphasis on crowd-pleasing, a good time is guaranteed for all brave enough to join us.

About Dr Adrian Smith

Dr Adrian Smith is a film historian and lecturer at the University of Sussex. He co-hosts two film podcasts (Second Features and Wild, Wild Podcast), writes for Cinema Retro magazine, has provided essays and commentary tracks for a number of cult film blu ray releases, and is co-author on the recently published book Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror. He will talk endlessly about films to anyone who will listen.

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