Welcome Scribbler Fans! I went against my better judgment out of boredom the other night but did it work out to my benefit? Perhaps you already know if you’ve seen…
Watch out the Bunnyman is coming to get you! Scared? Damn, oh well that’s really about as scary as it’s going to get. I’ll try not to be too harsh here as The Scribblers are still building connections so I hate to burn a bridge if there were ever to be one. Unfortunately I don’t find myself being able to be too awfully kind after sitting through Bunnyman. Yes, it’s my fault for watching in the first place but I consider myself thoroughly punished. Now I decided to watch this horri-B film because I saw that there was a Bunnyman 2 so before watching that I wanted to start from the beginning so I watched its predecessor first. Perhaps Bunnyman 2 was a vast improvement but I now will never know. So what was the problem?
I really can’t put this nicely so I’ll just say it, Bunnyman wasn’t just poorly directed it was poorly written. Many parts were so bad they actually offended me as a writer and that takes a lot folks. If Bunnyman had tried to add some schlock, since it is called Bunnyman after all, it would have been a much better film. Instead what Bunnyman attempts to be, failing miserably, is a gritty, scary slasher ala Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yes, Bunnyman doesn’t work alone, he has a family of warped miscreants with him hence the above reference to TCM. However, where films like Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses & The Devil’s Rejects (a couple of my favorites btw) blatantly borrow their idea from TCM but succeed, Bunnyman doesn’t failing badly to even be interesting.
Sexy Sheri Moon Zombie Bunnyman plays like a paint by numbers film though one made by a color blind child. We start with the pre-requisite woman running from an unseen killer, the scream as the killer catches up to her, the group of young victims, strangers who seem to be in cahoots with the killer, the “normal” member of the “family” (in this case an extremely poor imitation of Sheri Moon Zombie) and it just goes on and on. I should note that perhaps this is more of a poor & blatant ripoff of House of 1000 Corpses than TCM since even the fucking bunny suit idea is stolen from that film. Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit!
I could probably pick apart every scene in this film but rather than waste your time and mine any more than it already has been I’ll wrap this up. It shouldn’t be too hard for you to figure out if you’ve stayed with me that Bunnyman is one rather large turd in the punchbowl.
B Warned!!!
… and avoid this film at all costs.
… and avoid this film at all costs.
Any thoughts on this slasher trash Scribbler Fans? Feel free to let your thoughts flow in the comments below.
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