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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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76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Bunny Game is a 2010 low budget exploitation horror film directed by Adam Rehmeier and is loosely based upon the exploits of serial killer, Robert Ben Rhoades. 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.
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.
Filming took place on October 2008 over thirteen days. Shot in black and white, production costs totaled $13,000.
The film entered the 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival, in which it won several awards including "Best Cinematography", "Best Editing" and "Best Overall Individual Performance in a Film" (to Rodleen Getsic).
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".Horror News.net gave the film a positive review, praising Rodleen Getsic's performance, and the film's editing.
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.