Easter Horror Finds

Today, I was feeling nostalgic for my childhood. You know, all the chocolate bunnies and marshmallow eggs (and the newly discovered chocolate covered Peep...heaven), egg hunts, and my little sister bawling her eyes out every time my mother tried to get her to sit on the Easter Bunny's knee for pictures. Honestly, who can blame her? A giant bunny is a scary thing...and why does he always have giant teeth? The two buck teeth may be cute, or the better to eat the children with...

Of course, I thought I couldn't be alone in finding some of the more secular Easter imagery more than a little creepy. As it turns out, there are several horror movies with the Easter season theme. Here are my picks:

1) The Critters movies



This movie series did for Easter what Gremlins did for Christmas. I love how the sequel openly attacks the bunny. Like I said, I can't be the only one who found the giant rabbit creepy...

2) Monty Python and the Holy Grail



Okay, this is not a horror movie nor is it explicitly Easter themed (except for the, you know, Holy Grail part), but this might explain where my fear of the Easter bunny came from.

3) Donnie Darko



Again, not exactly horror, but this scene still freaks me out. Scariest bunny I have ever seen in a movie, hands down!

4) The Wicker Man



This film (the 1973 original, not the Nicolas Cage remake) is still to this day one of my favorite horror movies. It actually lends itself very nicely to the pagan roots of Easter, especially the celebration of Spring. Creepy, creepy stuff.

5) The Night of the Lepus



I've never actually seen this film, but it is on my list to watch now. Come on, rabbits turned killers? I love movies where mother nature fights back. Makes me all teary eyed for the first time I saw that tree scene in The Evil Dead.  Ahh, memories...

Happy Easter egg hunting everyone!

Oh, and if you see me around, congratulate me on running my first 5K! Yay, me!!

John 3:16