Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . and again during its animated short, HAIR-RAISING HARE, which packs more twists and turns into a running time of less than eight minutes than many of today's bloated two-hour-plus live-action features, such as THE REVENANT. Leonardo Di Caprio's REVENANT character cannot think outside his box like Bugs, or else he would have mollified his bosom buddy grizzly bear with a manicure, as Bugs does with the Red Wookie ("Gossamer" to some) about to eat him. Though the female rabbit in HAIR-RAISING HARE is just a robot, she seems more Real than the Women of REVENANT. When Bugs charges his monster as the train engineer piloting a sturdy jousting horse with a 40-foot lance, the action seems more exciting than Di Caprio and his screen nemesis (the Gay gangster from LEGEND) wrestling in the snow. THE REVENANT is virtually devoid of comic relief, unlike HARE, which is marked by Bugs' many impersonations of Groucho Marx. (Bugs stealing towels at Evil Scientist Hotel also is a real hoot.) It's hard to remember a minute of that Spanish Realism Fantasy flick THE REVENANT which rings true; the emotional ups and downs we experience in HARE are true-to-life in comparison.
slymusic
Directed by Chuck Jones, "Hare-Raising Hare" is a super Bugs Bunny cartoon appropriate for the Halloween season. The wascawwy wabbit gets lured into a haunted house where a mad scientist (a caricature of Peter Lorre) unleashes a hairy orange monster with tennis shoes (later named Gossamer). Bugs outwits the monster as nobody else can, all the while employing Groucho Marx's famous crouch-walk.My favorite sequences from "Hare-Raising Hare": The funniest scene in the whole short is that of Bugs adopting a beautician's accent while giving the hairy monster a manicure. When Bugs first spots the monster, he holds up a sign that reads "YIPE!" as he convulses. Bugs pauses from escaping the monster to ask if there's a doctor in the house; a man in the audience acknowledges himself as a doctor, and Bugs can only respond with a friendly, casual "Eh, what's up, Doc?" The monster's own mirror reflection screams in horror and runs away.I simply cannot conclude this commentary for "Hair-Raising Hare" without acknowledging the outstanding composing/arranging capabilities of Carl W. Stalling. If you're an old popular song buff like I am, you need only to listen to Stalling's cartoon scores in order to pick out familiar melodies. Among the songs I recognize in this cartoon are "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" as Bugs dances away in his lamp disguise; a distorted version of "Oh! You Beautiful Doll" for the mechanical female rabbit; "California, Here I Come" as Bugs stuffs a suitcase in preparing to depart the haunted house; and the Light Cavalry Overture as Bugs engineers a suit of armor on horseback like a locomotive.
ccthemovieman-1
"Peter Lorre" playing an "evil scientist" (that's what it says in neon lights on his hilltop castle!) who has invented a mechanical "rabbit lure" sets out the diabolical hare on Bugs Bunny. The mechanical lure - a beautiful female - quickly lures Bugs to the castle. Bugs grabs her, kisses her madly on the hand and arm, and the machine literally starts spinning and falls apart."That's the trouble with some dames," says Bugs. "Kiss them and they fly apart."Bugs attempts to leave but the scientist won't let him and wants to introduce him to his other "friend." Bugs tries to escape but can't, and then this big furry monster comes out and chases our hero all over the castle. They stop here and there as Bugs pretends to be a lampshade, pretends to be a manicurist (and does the monster's nails with a hilarious impression of a manicurist), pretends to be a painting on the wall and assorted other bizarre things....all making it a very entertaining cartoon.The ending of this was really clever with Bugs talking to the audience in the movie theater!
Lee Eisenberg
The current NSA scandal makes the beginning of "Hair-Raising Hare" all the more eye-opening. Holding up a candle and looking around the area outside his rabbit hole, Bugs Bunny poses the question "Did ya ever get the feeling you was bein' watched?". Then, we see that he is being watched. Not by the FBI, CIA, KGB, or anything like that, but by a Peter Lorre-resembling scientist (whose name is later revealed to be Evil Scientist). Evil Scientist promises his pet monster that dinner will be served shortly, after which he sends a female rabbit robot to attract Bugs. Once Bugs enters the castle, much of the cartoon consists of Bugs fleeing the monster (at one point even taking on a seemingly gay persona as a manicurist).Obviously, the coolest aspect of this cartoon is how it brings out Bugs's tricks while also poking fun at the monster movies from that era. There's a scene where the monster looks in the mirror and scares his own reflection; maybe that brings up the issue of how we interpret horror, or whether reality is better/worse than its flip side. But I still like how Bugs talks about being watched. It should be a stark reminder to us all, and such a comment could only come from one of these cartoons. Really good. And remember: don't go up there; it's dark! PS: this cartoon was semi-remade in 1952 as "Water Water Every Hare".
