The Bunnyman Massacre

Dir: Carl Lindbergh

2014

*

Carl Lindbergh's The Bunnyman Massacre, the second of his horrors to feature the chainsaw-wielding giant bunny, is basically every poor slasher film put together, with a tall man in a bunny suit. The editing is ridiculously bad, even for a low-budget horror film. To be honest, the clear direction and the great sound quality only highlight the film's basic flaws. There are moments within the film that make you think that it might just get better. So many clichés are thrown about early on, I thought the film was going to be one big double-bluff and that it was going to turn into something profoundly unique, but no. Some of the conversations were interesting and the interactions between the Bunnyman and Joe, and Joe and the Sheriff were quite intriguing and could have gone somewhere special but they never ended properly and it soon became clear that they were just poor attempts at Tarantinoism and trying to recreate the creepy family scenes that featured in the various Texas Chain Saw Massacre sequels. The Bunnyman Massacre makes the Texas Chain Saw Massacre sequels look like pure masterpieces of horror in comparison. The Bunnyman is basically Leatherface but with a bunny suit rather than a mask sewn from human skin. Seriously, there is no comparison. You'd think they'd get the gore right and would have been inventive in their slaying but no, it looks cheap and is uninteresting. Lindbergh forgets all the important elements that make a good horror. There is no dread, no terror, no character development, no apathy or sympathy. It's not funny, if that was the intention, so what you are left with is watching a series of people you don't care about killing each other for no real reason. There is nothing new for the film to offer the genre. The premise is great; Man dressed as a bunny kills people for his brother who sells the victims meat as beef jerky in his roadside convenience store. The possibilities are endless. Lindbergh has no creativity, no panache, no writing skills and no clue. A horror fan making a film without understanding what really makes a good horror. The bunny suit is a poor gimmick that gets tired quickly, especially as the characters real scary face is revealed very early on in the film. Every mistake is made and unnoticed. Poor show. If horror isn't art then it is something you should reject with disdain in my opinion, it does a disservice to the wonderful genre and insults all the films it rips off.