The Bunny Game

The Bunny Game is a 2010 American low-budget avant-garde horror film co-created and co-written by Rodleen Getsic (who also stars in the film) and Adam Rehmeier.[1] Set in the desert, the film is about a prostitute who is abducted by a truck driver and subjected to extreme "games" of torture.

The Bunny Game
Directed byAdam Rehmeier
Written byRodleen Getsic
Adam Rehmeier
StarringRodleen Getsic
CinematographyAdam Rehmeier
Edited byAdam Rehmeier
Distributed byDeath Mountain Productions
Release date
  • October 2011 (2011-10) (PollyGrind Film Festival)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13,000

In the United States, the film had a limited theatrical release; it was later released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 31, 2012 by Autonomy Pictures.[2][3]

In the United Kingdom the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) deemed the film 'unsuitable for classification' as doing so "would be inconsistent with the Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public."[4]

Plot

Drug-addicted prostitute "Bunny" propositions a truck driver (who in flashbacks appears to be a serial killer). He kidnaps her and subjects her to extreme torture,[5] inflicting brutal and extreme forms of physical and sexual abuse.[6]

Cast
  • Rodleen Getsic as Bunny
  • Jeff Renfro as Hog
  • Gregg Gilmore as Jonas
  • Drettie Page as Martyr

Production

Filming took place in October 2008 over 13 days. Shot in black and white, production costs totaled $13,000. Rehmeier has stated that the disturbing, visceral experience of watching the film was also related to Getsic’s personal experiences, as she “wanted to use the production as this cathartic process, to really purge some of the traumas she’s had.”[6][7]

Release

The film entered the 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival,[8] in which it won several awards including "Best Cinematography", "Best Editing" and "Best Overall Individual Performance in a Film" (to Rodleen Getsic).[9]

Reception

Critical reception for the film was mixed. Bloody Disgusting awarded the film a score of 2 / 4 stating, "The Bunny Game is a well shot and expertly edited work, but it's not a film in the conventional sense. It's more of a vicious visceral experience. Because of the style and the wholesale devotion of Getsic and Renfro, The Bunny Game is captivating, but ultimately not an experience worth having".[10] Horror News.net gave the film a positive review, praising Rodleen Getsic's performance, and the film's editing.[11]

The Bunny Game is listed at #37 in Complex magazine's 50 Most Disturbing Films of All Time and was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Classification due to its graphic scenes of sexual and physical abuse.[12][13] Lead actress Rodleen Getsic has claimed that The Muppet Movie influenced the film.[5]

See also

References
  1. Mendik, Xavier (August 2013). "THE BUNNY GAME (2010)". Cine-Excess. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. "The Bunny Game Gets a Blu-ray/DVD Release Date and a New Poster". Dread Central. May 25, 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. Gingold, Michael (April 27, 2012). "New posters for "BUNNY GAME" and "CHERNOBYL DIARIES"". Fangoria. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. "The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rejected the sexually violent DVD The Bunny Game". The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. Getsic, Rodleen (August 2013). "My Monsterpiece: An Art Film". Cine-Excess. ISSUE 1 | SUBVERTING THE SENSES: THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF EXCESS. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. Piepenburg, Erik (September 14, 2012). "Testing Horror's Threshold for Pain". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  7. Piepenburg, Erik (September 14, 2012). "Testing Horror's Threshold for Pain". The New York Times.
  8. Bell, Josh (October 13, 2011). "From sadism to kitsch: PollyGrind film fest wrap-up, Part 1". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  9. "Exclusive: Second Annual PollyGrind Film Festival Announces Winners". Dread Central. October 26, 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  10. Harley, David (August 3, 2012). "[BD Review] 'The Bunny Game' Doesn't Play Nice". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  11. "Film Reviews: The Bunny Game (2010)". Horror News.net. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  12. "The 50 Most Disturbing Films of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 31 July 2005.
  13. "The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rejected the sexually violent DVD The Bunny Game". British Board of Film Classification. October 12, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
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