The Bunnyman Massacre (2014)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

How sad is this?

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I feel you. B-movie horror films and the creature feature sub-genre as a whole have more than run their respective courses. We are all pretty much at the point where we start a movie, realize it's yet another creature feature, and I immediately roll my eyes. Yet, every now and again one comes across that grabs me. The Bunnyman Massacre did just that.It's no secret that I love monster movies. They're the chicken soup for our collective souls. So give me one with a creative passion; and you immediately have my attention. From the jump we're introduced to bizarre surreal scene of a giant killer Bunnyman killing kids on a school bus. Now, I have seen countless horror films including every permitation of a zombie, vampire, monster possible. However, I have not see a giant Bunnyman in a film before, and certainly not one with a dark scene of humor killing kids on a school bus.

First off, let me get this out of way... the whole Bunny costume thing is stupid. It's not scary, or creepy, or inventive. I can see the writer working this one out for the first movie... "let's see... a clown? No, too cliché. Hockey or Shatner mask? No, obviously. I know, a bunny! That'll be outrageous." If only. While it's true that the mask serves a purpose, it's a preposterous choice that is neither clever nor frightening.I never saw the first movie, so for me the immediate question with the Bunny thing is, "should I take this seriously? Is this a comedy? A dark comedy? A slasher flick?" It's not funny enough to be a comedy, it's not dark enough to take seriously, and it fails at nostalgia for good slasher flicks. Someone mentioned that this movie hearkens back to the 80's classics, but I am a child of the Halloween/Friday the 13th days, and this doesn't recall any of the good things from those days. I've even seen someone pull the "indie" card while defending this, but that's no excuse for a blah movie.There's also some chatter about how "controversial" the opening bus scene is. It's all hype. It's very short, and it (thankfully) has the sense to not show much of anything apart from the bus driver being shot and some poorly done blood-splatter.This really feels like Texas Chainsaw meets Deliverance... but it's not a tenth as good as either. The movie looks good... kudos to the camera folks. But beyond that, the effects are pretty amateur... you can see some blood from wounds is painfully digital, and some of the assaults are very poorly done (the sleeping bag is so fake you'll roll your eyes, the barrel is obviously empty, etc). Some of the acting is fine, but the main redneck Joe hams it up at an alarming rate... it's distracting. The story is weak and very derivative. Basically, excluding the laughably bad Bunny, it's just a subpar, forgettable movie that attempts to be controversial and vulgar, and only succeeds at the second... and not in a good way.

A great nostalgic throwback to classic horror of the 80's.As we know, nearly every film owes something to a film that came before it. Often indie horror filmmakers will tip their hat to movies in a similar vein, signaling to the audience that they are aware of what they're paying tribute to. It's a inspired move to frame an entire film within a style of filmmaking that came before it. which is exactly what the filmmakers behind Bunyman have done. They prove that an entire film can be shot to look like a film from another decade, while still creating a fresh horror film for the new generation. This stands in start contrast to the populist grainy found footage aesthetics or stylistic remnants of torture porn that pervades current trends in the horror genre. Bunnyman owes a debt to the look and storytelling style of the late '70s and early '80s. The popularity of this style can be traced back to the emergence of collecting VHS through horror fan culture who's waning interest in the more mainstream offerings of horror, consisting of the torture porn and found footage type of films. To all you horror fans in your late 20s and early 30s, who have loved the genre since their childhood, and want to return to the visceral, shocking fear that led them to becoming horror fans in the first place, then I suggest you check out Bunnyman 2 !

The beginning of this film is absolutely depraved and sick. A crazed killer, dressed in a filthy bunny suit, boards a school bus and proceeds to walk down the isle with a chainsaw. Blood splatters "creatively" on the camera lens as the helpless children scramble out the back window but it is clear some have not escaped, as evidenced by the blood splattering and tiny bloody hand prints inside the bus. Nothing graphic, mind you. Just the horrific murder of little kids without any dismembered bodies shown. Lots of screaming and stark raving fear mixed with abundant blood. One has to ask if someone in their right mind actually thought this was okay? It appears the director, writer, and producer may not comprehend why decent human beings might be outraged by this depiction of innocents slaughtered. Isn't there enough of that in real life? Perhaps they don't know the difference between right or wrong or simply don't care. They can't be so stupid as to believe this is entertainment or art. The word sociopaths come to mind. Maybe that child killer in the bunny outfit is their idea of humor. That is truly sick. Anyone who thinks this has any redeeming value should seriously question their humanity. If they have any.