Rancher Rory Calhoun (who will be familiar to horror fans as Vincent Smith from Motel Hell) is being eaten out of house and ranch by an infestation of rabbits. So he goes to his buddy, university president DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy of Star Trek fame) for help. Kelly recommends the services of the crack husband and wife biologist duo Stuart Whitman and the great Janet Leigh (who either really needed money or had a good sense of humor).
Instead of using harmful cyanide to kill the rabbits, the duo decide the best option will be to inject a substance which causes contagious and unknown genetic defects into one of the bunnies. Of course, this rabbit is immediately released into the wild after the two biologists fail in a criminally negligent manner to observe basic quarantine rules - which is ironically timely here in 2020. Next thing you know, we've got a heard of giant rabbits killing hapless town folk and expendable hired hands and just generally destroying everything in their path in a most disgusting fashion. These rabbits simply seem invincible to everything except for Janet Leigh's inexhaustible road flare.
But not to worry. Our heroes, whose safety is treated as paramount compared to the defenseless plebes murdered by the monsters, ultimately save the day in arguably the best movie ending involving railroad tracks since Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Of course, it's the only other movie ending involving railroad tracks that I can think of but still. They also apparently avoid prison time and a massive civil lawsuit for their grossly negligent actions.
The movie is utterly ridiculous, of course, but it is watchable as a B-horror film from the era if you are fan of these types of movies.
Instead of using harmful cyanide to kill the rabbits, the duo decide the best option will be to inject a substance which causes contagious and unknown genetic defects into one of the bunnies. Of course, this rabbit is immediately released into the wild after the two biologists fail in a criminally negligent manner to observe basic quarantine rules - which is ironically timely here in 2020. Next thing you know, we've got a heard of giant rabbits killing hapless town folk and expendable hired hands and just generally destroying everything in their path in a most disgusting fashion. These rabbits simply seem invincible to everything except for Janet Leigh's inexhaustible road flare.
But not to worry. Our heroes, whose safety is treated as paramount compared to the defenseless plebes murdered by the monsters, ultimately save the day in arguably the best movie ending involving railroad tracks since Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Of course, it's the only other movie ending involving railroad tracks that I can think of but still. They also apparently avoid prison time and a massive civil lawsuit for their grossly negligent actions.
The movie is utterly ridiculous, of course, but it is watchable as a B-horror film from the era if you are fan of these types of movies.