{"id":1753,"date":"2017-04-16T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2017-04-16T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T13:51:56","slug":"guest-post-bunny-movies-for-adults-after-dark-edition-no-kids-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2017\/04\/16\/guest-post-bunny-movies-for-adults-after-dark-edition-no-kids-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"GUEST POST:  Bunny Movies for Adults: After Dark Edition (No Kids Allowed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I got a strange e-mail offering me content. Not specifically for the Department of Tangents, or for anything. Just a piece of writing. I would have junked it, but it had evil bunnies. And funny bunnies. And evil funny bunnies. And of course, bunnies with nasty, pointy things. And it was about Easter movies for adults. And when I read the piece, I liked it. This piece, written by Jennifer L. Jacobson, has already been published over at AtmosFX. But I like it, and when I got in touch with Jacobson, she only asked that I give her credit and, if I could, <a href=\"https:\/\/atmosfx.com\/blogs\/community\/bunny-movies-for-adults-after-dark-edition-no-kids-allowed\" target=\"_blank\">link back to the original. Gladly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So in the spirit of Tangenting, happy Easter, and enjoy this wonderfully bizarre collection of adult-ish rabbitous films.<strong> &#8212; Nick<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Bunny Movies for Adults: After Dark Edition (No Kids Allowed)<\/h3>\n<p>By Jennifer L. Jacobson, for AtmosFX<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s springtime; time for egg hunts, pounds of chocolate, and adorable bunnies everywhere. But you\u2019re an adult now, and those childhood bunny-themed movies you loved as a kiddo aren\u2019t edgy enough.<\/p>\n<p>So, after the kiddos have gone to sleep, bust out some chocolate bunnies, and box of Peeps, and get caught up on some grown-up movies that just so happen to feature bunnies, rabbits, and disturbing characters.<\/p>\n<p>Note: These films are NOT for kids.<\/p>\n<h4>GOING FULL BUNNY<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1. <em>Donnie Darko<\/em> (R)<\/strong><br \/>\nLooking for a creepy movie with a giant man-sized horror rabbit? <em>Donnie Darko<\/em> has you covered. Fans of this movie have been known to \u201cgo deep\u201d into its timeline, so don\u2019t be surprised if you have to watch this film more than once. <em>Donnie Darko<\/em> is a 2001 film, about a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit (Frank) who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZyBaFYFySk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <em>Watership Down<\/em> (PG)<\/strong><br \/>\nThink bunnies have easy, care-free lives? Think again. Take one look at this film and tell me how it got a PG rating; clearly 1978 was a different time. In <em>Watership Down<\/em>, a group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home. Blood, death, violent attacks, and the struggle for survival abound.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ji-LqBskNyE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <em>Alice<\/em>, by Jan \u0160vankmajer<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat if the White rabbit were a taxidermy, come to life? Chews off the nails holding his feet in the Victorian glass box, busts his seams to shed his sawdust, and all in glorious stop-motion. That\u2019s exactly what happens in this gloriously imaginative, adorable, creepy, and even scary version of <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em> by Jan \u0160vankmajer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3MLafk3imk4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/em> (PG)<\/strong><br \/>\nTired of those black and white melodramatic gumshoe crime noir movies? Looking for something with more color, more wacky voices, more\u2026 Acme Portable Holes? In the (now classic) 1988 film, <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/em>, a toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit&#8217;s only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. If you liked Cool World, but want something with more of a budget, this is it. And, in case you\u2019re feeling nostalgic, here is your earworm\u2019s new best friend.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gpDaNqSXxp0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <em>Night of the Lepus<\/em> (PG)<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat unknown terror was born that night? What is forced perspective and giant murder rabbits! Big bunnies and the hydra heads have something in common; kill one and a thousand more take its place. In this classic B-movie, giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest, it\u2019s basically a documentary right? Fur, blood, and cheesy effects abound. Somehow this got a PG rating as well; again, the 1970\u2019s were a different time for ratings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_yww2x3bm9k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. <em>Meet the Feebles<\/em> (R)<\/strong><br \/>\nLast in the \u201cfull bunny\u201d category and possibly, most disturbing of all, there is <em>Meet the Feebles<\/em>. Yes, from Peter Jackson himself, the man who would go on to make Lord of the Rings, here is one of the first films you had no idea he had anything to do with. What is it about kid\u2019s shows and puppets that leads filmmakers into a downward spiral of death and debauchery? <em>Meet the Feebles<\/em> is a film about puppets and their filthy, addicted, adult lives. If you\u2019re looking for something darker and crass, look no further.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FON5KnEKReA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <em>Tormented<\/em> (Rabitto Hora 3D)<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the director of The Grudge, <em>Tormented<\/em> is a film about Daigo, who doesn&#8217;t go to school anymore. Kiriko, his sister, is worried and their father won\u2019t help. Now Daigo is in danger, and Kiriko will have to follow him into a world of nightmares to discover the truth.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TlZaJ5ZcOKI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. <em>Greg the Bunny<\/em> (TV-14) TV Show<\/strong><br \/>\nMeet Greg, the loveable bunny puppet, (fresh from IFC), and new star of the kid\u2019s show <em>Sweetknuckle Junction<\/em>. But behind the scenes, these kid\u2019s show characters live adult (very adult) lives. This hilarious adult comedy TV show stars Seth Green, Eugene Levy, Bob Gudo, and Sarah Silverman, it\u2019s a true shame Fox took this off the air after a total of ONE season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIuao-yRP4s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FAMOUS BUNNY CAMEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. <em>Monty Python and the Holy Grail <\/em>(the rabbit scene) (PG)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThere he is!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWhat? Behind the rabbit?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHe is the rabbit! \u2026 Look at the bones!\u201d<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve been warned. You may think it\u2019s just a harmless little bunny, but you\u2019d be wrong. Keep your Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch handy, lest ye be torn, limb from limb!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnOdAT6H94s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <em>Fatal Attraction<\/em> (boiled bunny scene) (R)<\/strong><br \/>\nA married man&#8217;s one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. And this can only mean one thing for his wife\u2019s pet bunny.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ecWhXP2jM28\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>11. <em>Twilight Zone: The Movie<\/em> (Rabbit scenes)<\/strong><br \/>\nWanna watch a rabbit get pulled out of a hat like you\u2019ve never seen before? This is your chance!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wie8q-CdY5k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>12. <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> (when Lizzie murders the bunnies) (TV-MA)<\/strong><br \/>\nWe get it; the zombie apocalypse is no place for children. So it\u2019s not totally unexpected when one of the show\u2019s child characters, Lizzie, starts acting odd. By odd, we mean flat-out stabbing cute fuzzy bunnies and feeling no remorse about it. 28 seconds into this video, you\u2019ll see what we\u2019re talking about. This moment sets up what Lizzy goes on to do later, and her\u2026 um\u2026 fate. (Spoilers).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQKzAN4PAs4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE AWESOME BUNNIES WE COULD NOT IGNORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Skittles Commercial<\/strong><br \/>\nFace it; we all want fluffy albion opera singing rabbits, but at what price? Would we go so far as to trade a precious bag of Skittles for one? You be the judge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HEF49nMsM8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>OFF-THE-RADAR BUNNY MOVIES<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom wacky to weird, some of these movies are an experience. Some are so bad, they\u2019re almost good. If you\u2019ve seen all the other bunny movies, and you want to see how far the rabbit hole goes, consider watching these at your own risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. <em>Rabbits Experience<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBnyhOMVlZk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>15. <em>Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!<\/em> (2.5 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-c-MUD66gQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>16. <em>Kottentail <\/em>(2 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_w2v3BNMHIE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>17. <em>Bunnyman Massacre<\/em> (1.5 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kHChFeABTGg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>18. <em>Peter Rottentail<\/em> (3 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LnzBbIDxNBk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>19. <em>Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell<\/em> (4.1 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Px4fQ4xGkAQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>20. <em>Belenggu<\/em> (6 stars)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7BidJSveAE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>21. Coming Soon: <em>Rottentail<\/em> (Coming in October 2017)<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2017\/04\/16\/guest-post-bunny-movies-for-adults-after-dark-edition-no-kids-allowed\/last_rabbit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"last_rabbit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit-300x119.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit.png\" src=\"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit.png\" alt=\"last_rabbit\" width=\"800\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit.png 800w, https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/last_rabbit-768x304.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/2017\/02\/on-the-set-of-rottentail-with-actor-gianni-capaldi\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Behind the scenes&#8221; on <em>Rottential<\/em> with Flickering Myth. <\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MlNtG0udZAE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atmosfx.com\/blogs\/community\/bunny-movies-for-adults-after-dark-edition-no-kids-allowed\" target=\"_blank\">This article was written by Jennifer L. Jacobson, for AtmosFX.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About the Author<br \/>\nJennifer L. Jacobson is AtmosFX\u2019s certified film-school\/media guru and a documentary filmmaker who loves amusement parks, character design, storytelling, and music. She is the founder of Jacobson Communication, the writer of 42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business, and a promoter of consumer technologies. She speaks nerd fluently and wrote her master\u2019s thesis on Puppets in Primetime.<\/p>\n<p>About AtmosFX<br \/>\nAtmosFX is a digital decorating company that helps people customize their homes for holidays and celebrations with fun and entertaining animated characters and stories. From a crafty, yet clumsy witch, to Santa himself, zombies, a winter wonderland, and more, AtmosFX offers a variety of beautifully animated, amusement-park-quality scenes and characters that can be viewed on any TV or monitor, and projected on flat surfaces \u2014 even windows. For more information about AtmosFX, visit www.atmosfx.com<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I got a strange e-mail offering me content. Not specifically for the Department of Tangents, or for anything. Just a piece&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,5,1],"tags":[1264,1285,1286,1273,1283,1262,1261,1280,1274,1277,1271,1265,1281,1282,1268,1276,1267,1272,1284,1279,1270,1287,1230,1275,434,1269,1278,1263,1266],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedy","category-horror","category-uncategorized","tag-alice","tag-beaster-day-here-comes-peter-cottonhell","tag-belenggu","tag-bob-gudo","tag-bunnyman-massacre","tag-donnie-darko","tag-easter","tag-easter-bunny","tag-eugene-levy","tag-fatal-attraction","tag-greg-the-bunny","tag-jan-svankmajer","tag-kill-kill","tag-kottentail","tag-meet-the-feebles","tag-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail","tag-night-of-the-lepus","tag-peter-jackson","tag-peter-rottentail","tag-rabbits-experience","tag-rabitto-hora-3d","tag-rottentail","tag-sarah-silverman","tag-seth-green","tag-the-walking-dead","tag-tormented","tag-twilight-zone-the-movie","tag-watership-down","tag-who-framed-roger-rabbit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/AdultBunnyMovies_BlogPreview.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lGwW-sh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}