Easter Bloody Easter is set in the small Texas town of Walburg where a series of violent bloody murders has set the locals on edge just in time for the town’s big “Easter-palooza” celebration.
Despite the risks, Mayor Lou (Adam Slemon) refuses to cancel festivities. Jeanie (director Diane Foster) has awakened to discover her husband Lance (D’Andre Noire) missing with only his fur-covered wrecked car to be found. Sam (Zachary Kanner), the conspiracy theorist every small town knows and loves, leans toward the town’s historic Jackalope massacre from 150 years ago to explain things much to the horror of Jeanie and her BFF Carol (Kelly Grant).
Toss in a professional bunny slayer (Zuri Starks) and festival chair Marylou (Allison Lobel) and you have the makings for an occasionally inspired, occasionally frustrating, and always unique cinematic experience complete with bunnies, horror, more bunnies, more horror, a few laughs, songs, really songs, and a film that may not completely satisfy but seldom is ever boring.
Easter Bloody Easter is certainly not The Birds (1963), although the antlered rabbits herein are similarly hell-bent on homicide. Still, this tale of a small-town southern gal who goes to war with an army of red-eyed demon lagomorphs is worth its weight—if not quite in gold, then certainly in boiled eggs.
Easter Bloody Easter is an unusual beast of a film, a mishmash of sorts that in its best moments brings to mind the campy wonder of Rocky Horror Picture Show with killer bunnies. While I can’t honestly say the film actually worked for me, I have to acknowledge that Rocky Horror needed more bunnies.
Allison Lobel, in particular, is a joy to watch here. Lobel, who wrote the screenplay, is a full-on work of art here as a faithful church lady you love to hate. Foster, largely the lead here, has real moments to shine as does Kelly Grant. The music itself is inspired and may very well be a good reason to watch the film twice.
Easter Bloody Easter is an American horror film directed by Diane Foster and starring Diane Foster, Kelly Grant, Allison Lobel, Zuri Starks, D’Andre Noiré, Zach Kanner, Gavin K. Lee, Miles Cooper, Jamie B. Cline, Adam Slemon, Caitlin Oden and Faye Viviana. The screenplay was written by Allison Lobel. The film was released on March 26, 2024 in the United States by Gravitas Ventures.
Easter Bloody Easter (2024)
Directed by: Diane Foster
Starring: Diane Foster, Kelly Grant, Allison Lobel, Zuri Starks, D’Andre Noiré, Zach Kanner, Gavin K. Lee, Miles Cooper, Jamie B. Cline, Adam Slemon, Caitlin Oden, Faye Viviana
Screenplay by: Allison Lobel
Production Design by: Haily Coleman Poggi
Cinematography by: Alexa Cha
Film Editing by: Nancy Foster
Costume Design by: Caroline Allander
Art Direction by: Hoa Diep
Music by: Mark Vogel
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Gravitas Ventures (United States)
Release Date: March 26, 2024 (United States)
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