Bunny Killer

When I stumbled upon this 2025 horror movie, I have to admit that the movie's cover was interesting enough to draw my attention. Yet, I have to admit that I wasn't exactly harboring the biggest of expectations, as it just didn't seem like a horror movie that had all that much to offer. Regardless, I still opted to watch it, solely because I am a fan of all things horror, and I do believe in giving all movies a fair chance.

First of all, I have to say that I do have an aversion towards movies that happen to be written by, directed by and starring the one and the same person. And yeah, "Bad Bunny" (aka "Bunny Killer") is one such movie, as Chuck Morrongiello does fill out those three roles. So that spoke against the movie in my opinion.

Writer Chuck Morrongiello put together a rather bland and boring script here. And the killer bunny and its constant grunting just grew very tiring, very fast. The movie didn't exactly have any plot; as it was just watching Sara trying to not get killed by the bunny killer. And that was essentially all there was to it. So you could, in fact, just watch the beginning of the movie and the end, as everything in between was just repetitive material of Sara trying not to get killed.

Needless to say that I was not familiar with a the cast ensemble in the movie. However, I will say that the acting performances were adequate. I mean, you're not in for anything grand or memorable here, but it wasn't exactly bad acting performances on the screen.

Now, the bunny costume in the movie was actually fair enough, but it hardly could do much of anything to make up for all the shortcomings of the movie.

It should be noted that the movie's cover was actually the best thing about the ordeal, and it over-sold the movie by a landslide.

Would I recommend you to sit down and waste 86 minutes on "Bad Bunny"? Nope. Save yourself the agony and steer well clear of this swing and a miss of a horror movie. And it most certainly is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.

My rating of writer and director Chuck Morrongiello's 2025 horror movie "Bad Bunny" lands on a very, very generous two out of ten stars.

Bad acting, bad plot, bad camera work, bad character design, bad setting, bad writing, bad makeup and props. Cliched tropes and scenes. Just an all round terrible movie. Just a rinse and repeat of the same thing throughout the whole movie. Characters were stupid and all died the same way. Why would anyone make this?

After her husband's death, a woman tries to recuperate at a remote cabin in the woods and tries to heal, but when she finds herself being stalked by a half-man, half-rabbit creature, she must escape into the woods to get away from the relentless creature pursuing her.

Overall, this was a serviceable and rather fun cheesy creature feature. One of the better features within this one is the way it generates a bit more intrigue and suspense than expected with the type of presentation given here. The main starting point of this one is working with the kind of backstory on her relationship with her husband before his death, which makes her trip out to the cabin a necessary step in the recovery process. This sets this up rather nicely, as we get some sympathy for her while also getting a worthwhile enough starting point for the situation. These initial scenes of her trying to get a sense of normality in her life before getting interrupted by the appearance of the giant killer rabbit-person and what happens to her over the course of the film as everything that takes place from the initial encounter through the chases in the woods carry an emotional impact due to the connection we've gotten from her in this first half. That sets about the series of fun and genuinely cheesy encounters with the killer rabbit, which are generally well-handled and far better than expected. The first big encounter, where it attacks her friend on the road coming up to visit, starts off with some impressive visuals as the creature standing in the road blocking her is a chilling enough sight before the ambush in the car and eventual stalking as she tries to get away. A later scene involving the creature attacking her in the woods while walking the dog is quite chilling, while a later disrupted escape attempt is a great protracted sequence, much like the chase through the house that ends up with her in the woods as part of her escape. With this, setting up a strong final half where her escape into the woods, trying to get away, brings about some solid survival horror aspects, in addition to the chilling stalking that takes place, adds quite a lot to the film with a more serious approach than expected, as all of these factors combine for some enjoyable elements. There are some minor issues with this one that hold it back. Among its biggest drawbacks is a series of frustrating mismatches in intelligence that are designed more to keep the film going than anything else. The inherent stupidity of the random strangers that are designed more to allow the grunting, screeching killer rabbit to sneak up on people in surprise ambushes flies in the face of how it treats her in their encounters. When she gets attacked, the means of ensuring the battle will continue get quite aggravating when she gets the upperhand only to try running away, especially when it keeps happening as the quantity of attacks is a lot more than expected for what's been presented as a vicious, unyielding killer. As well, there's also the egregiously obvious low-budget origins on display, which, in the right mindset, do make for someone to be turned off by the cheesiness of the situation and the cheap gore and effects, but otherwise, these are really all that hold this down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and Brief Nudity.