Bunnyman

Some of the reviews for this movie (and so many others) really get on my nerves. You're reviewing a movie about a slasher who wears a bunny suit and then griping that "the acting is terrible" and the overall movie is horrible. When a blurb says that a film is supposed to be "the most hardcore" anything I can almost guarantee IT'S NOT. As a proclaimed B- movie aficionado, you should know better.

This isn't the worst low budget movie ever. This isn't even the worst low budget movie with a slasher in a weird costume I've ever seen. So, I ask of other reviewers: What exactly are you looking for in a low budget slasher flick with a dude in an Easter Bunny suit? Fellini?

Now then. I actually quite enjoyed the movie. Despite what other reviewers have claimed, the acting is surprisingly good. I've certainly seen much worse. Hell, I've seen worse in the last 24 hours. The action lagged in areas and the gore wasn't really explicit enough for me (I'm a total gore hound), but overall not too shabby.

Don't let the Negative Nellys above scare you off. Check it out!

I really thought this movie would be OK, at least by slasher, horror standards. I couldn't have been more wrong. This movie has no plot and makes no sense. It's starts off with old 8mm footage of a girl waking up in a bath tub and running for her life. They imply it's a camera laying on the ground even though it's moving and switching to other cameras. This scene has nothing to do with the movie you are about to waste your time with. Then it cuts to a girl climbing out of a refrigerator and running from the Bunnyman. She climbs into the back of an old truck and somehow Bunnyman is in it and he drives away. I don't even know if that made sense. I think we never see what happens to the girl but I can't be sure. Then it cuts to a group of people who are now the focus of the Bunnyman. Two different times they say that their car can't out run Bunnyman's large truck that is at a stand still. They clearly aren't very bright. There's no gore, they just splash lots of blood. There's also no nudity, just a fully clothed raped scene. I thought this was a major motion picture but it's clearly a low budget turd.

This movie is about as "fun" as a bunny making doo in your hand. Don't be conned by the gimmick. Killer in bunny suit. That's about as deep as that rabbit hole goes. The script attempts to expand the mythology of the killer and his crew but it fails miserably and leaves questions unanswered. The acting is terrible. The motives of the characters are insulting. The characters will actually make you loathe them almost immediately with their initial plan of action on first contact. It's hard to empathize or have any interest beyond that first encounter. So there's a sequel...how shocking...these guys love to take horror fans money because we're so loyal. If you watch it...make sure your pal is footing the bill and remember that you heard it was bad. Rub it in when your done...it's the only satisfaction you'll get watching this pile of poo.

After reading a blurb about this movie declaring it "the most hardcore horror film of the year", I set out to watch it for two reasons: I either had to know how awesome it would be or how wrong that blurb was. It was wrong. Dead wrong. In so, so many ways. Allow me to explain.

I can excuse a lot of things in low-ish budget horror movies. I understand you do what you can with what you have. I had to stop making excuses for this movie after about 20 minutes. The acting is among some of the worst I've seen in quite some time. It actually made me cheer on the ridiculous antagonist solely because I wanted all of these kids dead so I wouldn't have to put up with their unique brand of suck anymore. Then there's multiple levels of laziness. Putting the bad guy in a bunny costume? Are you kidding me? The only reason you do that is because you're too damn lazy to do the makeup. Same goes for all of the kill scenes. They're all implied, never shown aside from some blood spray. Yes, it saves money but it also makes you look lazy and incompetent if you use that style every single time.

I'm trying to think of something redeemable in this movie and I just can't. I was almost mad at myself for sitting through the entire 90 minutes without throwing something at my TV. Low budget horror movies are supposed to be fun...or at least an attempt to get away with something that wouldn't really go over well in a theater. But this...this is just a failure on so many levels that it's embarrassing.

I can come into this honestly, for I had never heard of this movie before, never seen any trailers or had any expectations of this film. I consider myself a horror buff, not an expert but as a viewer who has seen her fill and can enjoy an exquisite masterpiece just as much hopeless schlock. Both of us run the gambit of low-budget to blockbuster. Bunnyman, however commits a serious movie crime: its freaking boring.

I can appreciate moody, atmospheric, tense. Things hinted at, mysterious beings. This however, was boring. The first HOUR gave us the token girl being killed, and then, well, we have some road rage and walking. And some talking. And some bickering. And a pointlessly disgusting hillbilly. Then a little killing. Some torture porn.

All in all, it was pointless, sloppy and lazily written. The absence of splatter gore didn't bother me too much, it was absence of caring about any of these characters, trying to find a motivation for our victims (he sets down the chainsaw-?) and trying to I guess fill in the back story of our killers since the movie didn't help at all in that regard.

I saw another reviewer bring up "The Room"- like "Birdemic", all three of these movies suffer from being out of order, story lines that go nowhere and pointless characters. Find another movie for atmosphere, if thats what you're into. This is NOT "David Lynchian"- this is freaking boring. If you're looking for atmosphere, try "Surveillance" with Bill Pullman, directed by Jennifer Lynch. If you're looking for splatter gore, try "Wrong Turn"- I suspect thats what this movie was trying to rip off. If you're looking for low-budget splatter comedy, try "Monster Man" by Michael Davis. Those are some ones I can recommend, that actually ENTERTAIN.