EASTER BLOODY EASTER (2024)

New On Demand from Gravitas Ventures!
Directed by Diane Foster.
Written by Allison Lobel.
Starring Diane Foster, Allison Lobel, Kelly Grant, Zuri Starks, D’Andre Noiré, Zach Kanner, Miles Cooper, Gavin K. Lee, Jamie B. Cline, Adam Slemon
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Housewife Jeanie (played by director Diane Foster) becomes entangled in a mystery when her husband goes missing as a monstrous Jackalope rampages through the quiet Texas suburb just before Easter Sunday as Easterpalooza is about to begin. With its horde of evil bunnies, the Jackalope’s wrath continues, bodies start falling and it’s up to a few brave housewives to weapon up and take the monsters out.

EASTER BLOODY EASTER is a lighthearted comedy that is undeniably likable. Reminiscent of GREENER GRASS and DONNIE DARKO, with its cynical take on suburban life, Diane Foster with her writer Allison Lobel produce a wonky horror comedy you can’t help but guffaw at. While the humor is broad, it is especially biting, especially when depicting the vindictive relationships between the women who make up this small suburban town that presents itself as a prim and prober burb, but underneath summers with disdain, jealousy, and petty squabbles. It’s fun seeing these ladies bear their teeth to one another surrounded by polite smiles.

While low fi in nature, the effects are surprisingly fun using puppets and furry suits to depict the Jackalope and its bunny minions. This allows the gore to be a plenty without being gross, offering up an low key tone to the over the top carnage. EASTER BLOODY EASTER never tries to make these bunnies look real, but it is the way these little puppets are used that adds to the appeal.

Peppered throughout EASTER BLOODY EASTER are a few musical numbers. I wouldn’t call this a musical itself, but the overly saccharinated music again covers up insidious undertones of the politics of suburban life. The songs are quite catchy and add to the offbeat nature of it all. Diane Foster seems to have made her way around the low budget world for a while and shows her versatility in front of and behind the screen in this harmless, yet bloody little suburban nightmare. It all makes for a sort of sitcom experience. If you’re a fan of humor found in the likes of shows like ROSEANNE or THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES, with lots of gore and a giant killer horned bunny of course, you’re the type of viewer this film will appeal to.