The Bunny Game
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| Directed by | Adam Rehmeier |
| Starring | Rodleen Getsic |
| Cinematography | Adam Rehmeier |
| Edited by | Adam Rehmeier |
| Distributed by | Death Mountain Productions |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Bunny Game is a 2010 low budget exploitation horror film directed by Adam Rehmeier. Set in the desert, the film is about a prostitute who is abducted by a truck driver and subjected to extreme and abusive sex. The screenplay was co-written by Rehmeier and the film's lead female actress, Rodleen Getsic.
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. [1][2]
Plot
Drug addicted prostitute "Bunny" propositions a truck driver, who has a fetish for asphyxiation. He kidnaps her and subjects her to various brutal, humiliating and extreme forms of physical and sexual abuse.[3]
Cast
- Rodleen Getsic as Bunny
- Jeff Renfro as Hog
- Gregg Gilmore as Jonas
- Drettie Page as Martyr
Production
Filming took place on October 2008 over thirteen days. Shot in black and white, production costs totaled $13,000.[4][3][3]
Release
The film entered the 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival,[5] in which it won several awards including "Best Cinematography", "Best Editing" and "Best Overall Individual Performance in a Film" (to Rodleen Getsic).[6]
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 Refro, The Bunny Game is captivating, but ultimately not an experience worth having".[7] Horror News.net gave the film a positive review, praising Rodleen Getsic's performance, and the film's editing.[8]
The Bunny Game is listed at #37 in Complex Magazine's 50 Most Disturbing Films of All Time and was banned in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification due to its graphic scenes of sexual and physical abuse.[9][10]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Bunny Game Gets a Blu-ray/DVD Release Date and a New Poster". Dread Central. May 25, 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Michael Gingold (April 27, 2012). "New posters for "BUNNY GAME" and "CHERNOBYL DIARIES"". Fangoria. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 Piepenburg, Erik (2012) "Testing Horror’s Threshold for Pain", The New York Times, September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2015
- ↑ "Sick House interview". April 13, 2011.
- ↑ Josh Bell (October 13, 2011). "From sadism to kitsch: PollyGrind film fest wrap-up, Part 1". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Second Annual PollyGrind Film Festival Announces Winners". Dread Central. October 26, 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Harley, David. "[BD Review] ‘The Bunny Game’ Doesn’t Play Nice". Bloody Disgusting.com. David Harley. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "Film Reviews: The Bunny Game (2010)". Horror News.net. Horror News. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "The 50 Most DisturbingFilms of All Time". Complex.com. Complex Magazine. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rejected the sexually violent DVD The Bunny Game.=October 12, 2011". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
External links
- The Bunny Game at the Internet Movie Database
- The Bunny Game at AllMovie
- The Bunny Game at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Bunny Game at New York Times