I’m not going to beat around the bush–Bunny the Killer Thing is exactly what you think it is: A group of friends heads to an isolated cabin in the woods for a weekend full of sex and booze before it all goes wrong. It feels like we’ve seen this scenario play out thousands of ways over the past 3 or 4 decades. In fact, one might think that there’s simply nothing that can be done to this formulaic approach that we haven’t seen before, but they’d be wrong. Turns out–injecting a murderous half man/half bunny with an enormous cock into the mix might be just what the doctor ordered for this ludicrous spin on the “cabin in the woods” story. But I’m sure you could have guessed that.

Turns out–injecting a murderous half man/half bunny with an enormous cock into the mix might be just what the doctor ordered.

While the “kids go on a trip that turns into a bloodbath” routine may seem a bit played at this point, Bunny the Killer Thing throws a few extra things at you to keep the story somewhat original, but it mainly just serves as fuel to an utterly chaotic flame. There’s a teenage stowaway obsessed with masterbating at the most inopportune of times, a trio of criminals with something ominous in their (non-functioning) car’s trunk, an oddly hilarious and fabulously homoerotic tale of budding romance, a set of top secret experiments being carried out by….someone, DIY weapon creation, and much… much more. It’s all nonsensical, and it’s all fantastic. This is exactly what you want from a movie like this. Bunny the Killer Thing is a LOT of things, but it’s certainly not to be taken seriously.

It’s all nonsensical, and it’s all fantastic.

If you’ve seen the trailer for the film then your expectations have been (mostly) well set. The gore and FX are all practical and simply ooze of passion for the genre. The kills are cheesy and over the top–just like they should be. Blood spews in completely irrational abundance as young adults are plucked off one by one; all of this mayhem coming to us by way of a murderous bunny that seeks to kill any and everything that reminds him of female genitalia. It’s the stupidest concept for a film, maybe ever, and I love it. But that’s not to say it’s a good film.

The dialog is in English for the most part, and that’s a strange decision seeing as most of the cast is not particularly fluent in the language. It often seems as if they’re speaking the correct lines, but have no idea what they’re saying. As if I was handed a series of lines in German (which I do not speak) and was asked to read them to the best of my ability. Yet somehow, even this decision ends up adding to the charm of the film. It’s yet another decision that makes zero sense that somehow compliments the experience. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. I’m almost certain that these filmmakers could have thrown ANYTHING into their picture, and the “safe space” that they have created for themselves would adjust and adapt with ease. As poor as most of the acting is, as over the top as all of the violence is, as much as the story trails off and becomes something else entirely… it simply doesn’t matter because it’s all so fucking stupid and fun. That’s a magical thing to capture, and these guys should be applauded.

I’ve never seen anything quite like it

Is Bunny the Killer Thing a good movie? C’mon–you know better than that. Is it a cinematic experience unlike anything you’ve witnessed before? Maybe, sure. It’s the perfect storm of everything bad movies are made of, but that’s what makes it successful. I’m not sure how they pull it off, but they do. It’s crude, funny, violent, and downright offensive at times, but isn’t that exactly what you’re looking for? If so, give this one a go at your earliest convenience. This is one for the Blu-Ray/DVD collectors out there. Throw this one on at the end of a long night of drinking with friends… and get ready for round 2 of the party to begin.

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