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[[caption-width:200:[-[[NeverTrustATrailer This is nowhere near as scary]] as [[ComingAttractions this poster]] shows.-] ]]

-->"''Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!''"
-->-'''Officer Lopez'''

Another legendary bad movie. This is the story of how [[StarTrek Doctor [=McCoy=]]] (OK, OK, [=DeForest=] Kelley, but in a ''really'' orange turtleneck) helped Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh and Rory Calhoun save the world from a herd of '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''.

No, really. The idea is that experimental hormone injections intended to stop the rabbits breeding, as an environmentally friendly form of pest control, actually causes them to become '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''. One dosed-up bunny escapes into the wild and starts breeding with the local population. Suddenly there are hordes of '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' running around, and it's all very ironic. Or something.

In the interests of total fairness, wild rabbits can be surprisingly vicious when pushed to it (ask anyone who's ever read ''WatershipDown''). But trying to cast them as menacing, ''growling'' monsters with a lust for human flesh is...proof that when this idea was greenlit the studio execs had just emerged from a decade spent under a rock, being whacked with a stupid stick. The clearly miniscule SFX budget doesn't help.

Eventually, Our Heroes drive the 'shambling hordes' of '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' over some electrified train tracks, and the viewer is left to imagine them spending the rest of their lives trying to convince people of how brave they were, saving the world from Thumper.

Interestingly, this movie was famously ''not'' featured on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', despite the show having mentioned it a couple of times, indicating that its creators were aware of it. One can only assume they could not resolve the licensing issues (with a much more prominent studio than is usual among their targets)... or else they thought it would be just ''too'' easy. The Agony Booth, however, [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Night_of_the_Lepus_1972.aspx has no such difficulty]].
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Examples:
* AdaptationDecay: The source novel - no, seriously - ''The Year of the Angry Rabbit'', by Russell Braddon, is actually an Australian political satire.
* AdaptationDistillation: Albeit chances are you've [[AdaptationDisplacement never heard of the novel.]]
* BMovie: It's hard to believe a major studio (MGM) paid for this movie, let alone ponied up for a decent cast... but they did.
* CoversAlwaysLie
* CultClassic
* DisasterMovie: With '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Subverted. They kill.
* FilmOfTheBook
* GuiltyPleasure
* [[{{ptitlezbs18uz6sqww}} Hey, It's That Guy]]: [=DeForest=] Kelley.
* HollywoodScience
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* '''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Giant]] [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever Killer Bunny]] [[KillerRabbit Rabbits]]'''
* KillItWithFire
* {{Narm}}
** And how!
* NightmareRetardant: Given the whole 'took cute widdle nose-twitching pet bunnies and filmed them in extreme close-up' attitude to SFX on display here, it's really hard to take these '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' seriously even were you inclined to try. You're more likely to be scared of the [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.]]
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: Because they're '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''
* PeopleInRubberSuits: The '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' actually required to attack? Those are guys in bunny suits.
* TheProfessor
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ShoutOut: If you look carefully, you can see a few seconds of this movie on the TV when [[{{The Matrix}} Neo]] walks into the Oracle's apartment.
* SnarkBait: If you can't understand why, you're having trouble with the definition of 'snark' to begin with.
* SoBadItsGood: Really, you just ''can't'' hate this movie, simply because of its charming stupidity.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' are shown stomp...er, ''hopping'' around obviously fake miniature sets.
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