We have an annual "Killer Bunny Fright Night" every Friday before Easter. It's goes some small way to blunting the super-sweet commercial aspect of the holiday, and also helps keep the religious wing nuts somewhat at bay. I do always try to poke a bit of fun at the religious portion of the holiday--I mean the word "Easter" is actually derived from the name of various Goddesses. So, here we start the day off with a movie that is supposed to be about religion in ancient Damascus, Syria, versus the pre-Christian Hebrew way of like contemporaneous the time of return of the Jews from their Babylonian captivity; but the narrator tells us plainly that the story itself is taken from the Book of Luke--a Greek and NEW TESTAMENT document. So, clearly the point of the story is meant to be a message to Christians--afterall it was released in 1955....what else did this country have the 50's?? Oh, McCarthyism!
Anyhoo, this has become a solid Camp Cult favorite. In fact it comes as part of a series that I wholly enjoy: Warner Bros. Cult Camp Classics. This is from Vol 4: (so called) Historical Epics. I mean how historical can it really be, with the likes of pearly white Lana Turner as a Syrian High Priestess??? It is filmed in the way over the top 2:55:1 aspect ratio in garish CinemaScope (which Warner thinks it's cute to rebrand "Sinemascope." Oh, and there is a "bunny moment" in a pageant play!
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| My God I would Love one there for my backyard! |
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