Cottontails On the Rampage! NIGHT OF THE LEPUS at ‘Arkadin Cinema and Bar’ April 3rd at The Heavy Anchor in St. Louis

“Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!”

The Arkadin Cinema, a local independent theater scheduled to open soon, is hosting an outdoor film series that takes place in the back lot at The Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Ave in St. Louis). Janet Leigh in NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) plays Saturday April 3rd. Showtime is 8:00. Enter through the front of The Heavy Anchor. Admission is $9 and advance tickets can be purchased HERE. Bring your own chair. First come, first served. Seating is limited. Food and drinks and available there at The Heavy Anchor. This is a 21+ event, so leave the kids home. Masks are required for entry and must be worn when not eating or drinking.

Help Arkadin Cinema and Bar get in the Easter spirit with this notorious camp classic! Watch as a cast of aging Hollywood has-beens (Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley) face off against the most terrifying creatures known to man: GIANT KILLER RABBITS! The Easter Bunny ain’t got nothin’ on the fluffy mutated monsters in this film. Night of the Lepus’s comically unconvincing special effects were achieved with a mix of real rabbits stomping around miniature sets, obviously fake jumbo rabbit’s feet, and—most hilariously—stunt hands in fuzzy, long-eared bunny suits. The result is a delightfully inept would-be horror film that’s about as scary as a trip to your local petting zoo…but much, much funnier.