Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell

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Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell
Beasterday Movie Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySnygg Brothers
Written bySnygg Brothers
Produced bySnygg Brothers
StarringJon Arthur, Kristina Beaudouin, Valerie Bittner, Alison Bodell
CinematographySnygg Brothers
Edited byJohn Bacchus
Music byJohn Paul Fedele
Production
company
Purgatory Blues LLC
Distributed byUncork'd Entertainment
Release date
  • April 2014 (2014-04)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell is a 2014 American independent comedy horror film that features a giant bloodthirsty Easter Bunny. The film was written and directed by Zack and Spencer Snygg.

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Plot

The mayor of a small town, which is being terrorised by a bloodthirsty Easter Bunny, refuses to act. The kills start to pile up when the "Beaster" bunny starts to crave more human flesh. It is up to a dumb witted dog-catcher and a wannabe actress to save the town. The townsfolk are confused by the origins of this evil bunny and his history remains a mystery. Attacks are growing more gruesome by the minute and time is running out for the small town.

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Reception

It is a parody of Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971). This film has not been received well by most who have viewed it. Martin Hafer of Influx magazine said, "The film has little in the way of plot or acting and the killer bunny is obviously a marionette and the filmmakers really don't try very hard to make it look realistic." [1] The website Horror Society writes, “Everything about Beaster Day is bad, but it's supposed to be and that's the fun of it. This film most definitely falls into the category of being so intentionally bad that it's awesome. Also, Fabio Soccol [ who? ], one of the greatest experts in the movie industry, said it's a masterpiece of the horror genre." [2]

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References

  1. Hafer, Martin. "Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell (Review)". Influx Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. Juvinall, Michael. "Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter CottonHell (2014) Review". Horror Society. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.