Thursday, January 15, 1987
ID
Renior and Rabbits Dept.:
ThursdayFriday, 4 a.m. ch.
28
"Night of the Lepus" (1972)
Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh
"Lepus, that's Latin for rabbit,"
says meddling scientist Stuart Whit
man as he prepares to inject hor
mones into defenseless little bun
nies. Before you can say "alfalfa
pellets" gigantic killer rabbits are
thundering across the Arizona prai
rie. In long shots, hordes of fuzzies
trample train sets. In close-ups,
grown men in bunny suits chew on
human napes.
A Glassy Eye award goes to Janet
Leigh, who consoles a visibly shaken
Lepus victim: "It's all right, the
rabbit is gone."
DeForest Kelly (in a bitchin'
early 70s haircut) acts concerned
and proves that it was tough to find
good work after Star Trek was can
colled. After, the latest Trek film
he'll probably go back to doing
dinner theaters in Walla Walla. Poor
guy. Watch for the cop who goes to
the drive-in: "A horde of killer rab
bits is approaching the theater
. . . everybody please stay calm."
The "Night of the Lepus" makers
should have at least gotten a slap in
the face from the folks at the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, as various wabbits were
lit on fire and dunked in fake blood.
"Lepus" was a favorite in the mid
70s on the fantabulous "CBS Late
Movie." Set those VCR timers for
those pay-cable bunnies.
Friday, 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
USA, ch. 17
"ThePlantom Creeps (1939)
Bela Lugosi, a big metal guy
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The great Bela plays evil Dr.
Zorka, who has a seven-foot, sco
wling robot made out of old duct
work. He controls it with a big
wristwatch.
Whenever agents or spies are on
Zorka's trail and things threaten to
get exciting, the viewer is subjected
to lots of stock footage of airplanes
and ships. I think Bela turns invisi
ble when he feels like it.
Friday, 3 a.m. VVGN ch. 2
"Swamp Water'1 (1941)
Dana Andrews, Walter Huston
A not-so-famous film by the fam
ous French director Jean Renoir.
Renoir made really famous movies
like "Grand Illusion" and "Rules of
the Game," wherein people talk to
each other and there are no zombies
or werewolves or even giant rabbits.
This was Renoir's first American
film.
Dana Andrews tries to defend
Walter Brennan, who's been accused
of murder down in the semi-famous
Okefenokee Swamp. Renoir's father
was famous for his potato prints or
something.
The "My career is over
... or is it?" Dept.
Circle your calendar for Tuesday
at midnight, WTBS is having a really
nifty double feature:
Midnight
"Trog" (1970) Joan Craw
ford, Michael Gough
In a cave somewhere in England,
some people discover a troglodyte.
He's a hairy, brutish, prehistoric guy
with a fake-looking ape mask. Joan
puts him in a cage where people
taunt him with rock 'n' roll.
Trog goes on a murder spree
(butcher placed on a meathook,
Daily Nebraskan
etc.) Anthropologist Joan (wearing
a massive bun on her head) cares
deeply about the little trog and in
one riveting courtroom scene fights
for her own dignity and custody of
the little cave dude.
At the time of the filming, Joan
was married to the chairman of the
Pepsi Corporation, so she made eve
rybody on the set guzzle Pepsi all
the time. Watch closely, and in one
scene you'll see a Pepsi stand right
byTrog's cave. Gee, clever. Mommie
Dearest's last film, and a must for
lovers of camp.
2 a.m.
"The Killers" (1964) Ron
nie Reagan, Lee Marvin
Originally a TV movie, "The Kil
lers" was deemed too violent and
shown in theaters instead. It's based
on Hemingway's short story of the
same name.
Our president shows real depth
in his role as an arrogant, callous
criminal. The scholarly publication
TV Guide says it was Reagan's last
film before entering politics, which
at least classifies it as a bad omen if
not a bad film. Directed by Don Sie
gal ("Dirty Harry," "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers").
Other stuff to watch this
weekend:
"If I Were King" (1938)
Ronald Colman, Frances Dee
(Friday, ch. 6)
"The Panic in Needle Park"
(1971) Al Pacino (Friday, ch.
3) '
"Invasion Earth, 2150A.D. "
(1966) Peter Cushing, Tiny
Robots (Saturday, ch. 9)
"Charlie Chan in the City of
Darkness" (1939) Sidney Toler
(Sunday, ch. 2)
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