The Raggy Dolls Episodes 1-3

The Raggy Dolls is a 1980s British cartoon series "designed to encourage children think positively abut disabilities."

This is already a troubling sign. Cartoons should be designed to entertain children, with lessons being a bonus.

Each episode is 10 minutes long, so I will do the first three.

The first one is called "The Flying Machine"

The theme song suggests that this show is about capitalism and how it marginalized people who are unable to turn a profit. It's clever because it implies that capitalism turns the proletariat into products, and any discreteness between them are undesirable.

The owner puts all the rejects into the reject bin. Clearly, the reject bin is a metaphor for unemployment. It's impossible for the dolls to climb out of the reject bin.

If your last name is "Grimes", maybe don't use it for your toy company name.

The show tells us that we should just say "I just don't care" if we have imperfections. So you are going to give away the lesson? Now I don't have to watch the episode.

Now, it is an admirable idea to make a show teaching kids to think positively about people with disabilities. You know what would be even more admirable? Putting effort into that show.

The gimmick with this show is that the narrator speaks throughout the entire episode as if it is an audio book. I'm going to assume that this is so blind children can watch it and isn't just a gimmick. The problem is that the narrator also does all the voices for the characters and it is really distracting.

The Raggy Dolls try to decide what to do.

They decide on Leapfrog and the narrator is a good idea because he tells us all of their names.

DOTTY

PRINCESS

HI-FI

CLAUDE

LUCY

SAD SACK

Claude asks what Leap Frog is and Sad Sack says it is a rotten game about jumping over each other.

He is sad because he can't jump over anyone else.

This brings up an interesting questions. We see all the dolls on the factory line at the beginning. They are making Princess dolls.

Are the names of the individual dolls also the name of their respective doll lines? Are all the dolls sentient, or only the rejects. What does that imply about society? Is Sad Sack sad because of the way he was marketed? What does that imply about determinism? Don't you think the first episode should explain the mechanisms of this universe before talking about leap frog?

Sad Sack really doesn't fit in with the other dolls aesthetically.

Lucy suggests playing cricket. They can all be fielders and Sad Sack can be at bat.

By "suggests", I mean Lucy doesn't give them any other options. This show has great tips on friendship for kids!

I take a break to look up the rules of cricket.

Dotty runs up and pitches the ball. It creates a cloud of dust. Sad Sack misses

Dotty claims Sad Sack is out. Sad Sack says he isn't out, but doesn't offer any reasons. Dotty repeats that Sad Sack isn't out, but doesn't offer any reasons. So this is a precursor to Internet debates.

The narrator claims Hi-Fi tries to reason with them, but doesn't actually show Hi-Fi trying to reason with them. Isn't an unreliable narrator a sophisticated concept for young children?

Claude calls the English crazy with stupid rules. Okay, one, that's two ableist slurs in one sentence in this show "designed to encourage children to think positively about people with disabilities" Two, that's an awful French accent and stereotype.


Princess says that it is a decision for the umpire. (Back-to-front) He is staring at the sky. 4 minutes into this 11 minute episode and we are finally getting to the title.

Hi-Fi explains that airplanes fly people all over the world.

Claude wonders whether they fly to France because being French is his only trait.

The twist is that there is a boy controlling the model plane. The episode shows us this, but the Raggy Dolls keep thinking that it is a real airplane. Isn't dramatic irony a sophisticated concept for young children?


The narrator claims that the boy is going to try his most "daring trick", called "the victory roll" but he is just flicking the joystick up and down.

The trick is corkscrewing downwards towards the dolls and crashing.

The point of this show is (allegedly) to show that everyone is different and that's okay despite their faults. Turning perceived negatives into positives is an admirable message.

Calling a dangerous move that  lands in a crash maybe isn't the way to express that message.

The Raggy Dolls look happier about the crash than the cricket game

Dotty says "Thank goodness nobody is hurt!" Without even looking in the airplane.

Even Sad Sack looks happy

Headcanon- Sad Sack is a spy from another toy line trying to sabotage the Raggy Dolls. That's why he is sad during happy times and happy during sad times.

The dolls decide to fix the plane and carry the pieces from the field to...another field.

I'm not questioning the logic of Raggy Dolls, but why is this new field inherently superior to plane-fixing than the other field?

The boy looks for his plane in the first field. How far away did the dolls carry it? He doesn't see them?

When the show cuts back to the dolls, the plane is fixed. That was easy. Remember kids, if your complex toy breaks and you don't know how to fix it, don't ask an adult. Just try to fix it yourself and it will work out!

Even though the plane looks completely fixed, the dolls continue working on it.

By "working", I mean "repeating the same few frame of animation."

Like, what is Sad Sack even accomplishing?

Good thing Lucy has the exact same shade of red paint as the plane.

The melody of the theme song plays.

The airplane is  looking as good as new". If you say so, narrator. Not sure what the bandages around the two front supports are doing.

THERE ARE DOLLS ON THE WING

Sad Sack whirls the propeller.

The engine roars. If you say so, narrator.

Hi-Fi decides to try some aerobatics. PSA: Don't try this at home, kids.

Man, the company who made this toy airplane sure went for a niche market when they decided to make working controls on the airplane.

Sad Sack thinks the airplane could be cheering him up.

Hi-Fi notices that the airplane is running out of fuel. I love toy airplanes that run on fuel and have fuel meters!

Kids, don't try to land an airplane without a runway.

The boy finds his airplane right in front of him looking as good as new. Somehow, he didn't notice the Raggy Dolls landing beside him, and getting off while talking.

Sad Sack wants to be an airplane pilot. Dotty reminds him of the cricket game.

Sad Sack and Dotty argue about who ruined the cricket game.

At the end of the episode the Raggy Dolls climb back into the reject bin. Ending on a good message for the kids.

The show was  "designed to encourage children think positively abut disabilities" I made a list of the positive messages about disability from the first episode.

On to Episode 2: The Big Top

So these were originally children's books

The  Raggy Dolls are in a field. This show is already recycling ideas and it's only the second episode,

Lucy and Princess are looking at the wildflowers. Dotty is painting.The male characters are doing nothing in particular. So glad this show is reinforcing gender stereotypes

Princess marvels at the different shapes and colors of the wildflowers. Just look at all these different white flowers with four or five petals!

Lucy and Princess want to make necklaces, bracelets, and crowns. Remember kids, inclusiveness is great, and also there are strict roles for BOTH genders.

Dotty yells at Sad Sack to keep still. Sad Sack is the punching bag of the group. Aesthetically.

Sad Sac says he is sitting on a thistle or something.

"Well, thistle make it harder to paint you" Dotty doesn't say.

Sad Sack finds a sharp stone underneath him.

Claude is upset that a "posh, French doll like himself" isn't doing anything in particular. So glad this show is reinforcing cultural stereotypes!

A loud noise starts the plot. It's a circus!

An elephant runs towards them. Claude asks what the elephant is.

The joke here is that elephants aren't native to France. But they are in the UK?

The dolls run, but the circus performers surround them.


Dotty picks up the edge of a tarp lying on the ground and tells the Raggy Dolls to hide underneath it. She is unaware they they will all float down there.

Note that there was clearly no pole in the center of the tarp before the dolls went underneath, but now men are pulling it up a pole with ropes. When did they rig this up, and how did they not see the dolls?

The canvas shoots upwards, then unfurls. The Raggy Dolls are stuck at the top. This would be horrifying to a young viewer.

Why would the clowns be making pies inside the tent? Where is the oven? Why wouldn't they make the pies beforehand

Back-to-Front carries Lucy, Princess, and Dotty to safety. So glad this show is reinforcing gender stereotypes.

Hi-Fi and Sad Sack decide not to wait for Back-to-Front to return and go on the trapeze.

Even though the trapeze clearly swings towards the viewer, while the tightropes go on either side, Hi-Fi and Sad Sack SOMEHOW collide with Back-to-Front, Lucy, Princess, and Dotty.

Princess holds her skirt down because the question "Are the Raggy Dolls anatomically correct?" is beyond the scope of this show.

(Someone might call me out on that. My defense is that a 1986 British cartoon toy manufacturer would view cis as normal.)

Sad Sack Lands on a seal.

Back-to-front lands on a horse.

Hi-fi lands on a drum

Lucy lands in a pie.

DottY and Princess land in a lion cage,

This would make sense, as Hi-fi and Sad Sack collide with the others at an angle, which should scatter everyone. It WOULD, except the shot of them falling depicts all the dolls clustered together

Dotty picks up the lion whip and hits the lions, which stops them from eating the dolls.

Kids, if you are ever in a lion's cage, pick up the whip and hit them. Lion trainers have no special training and anyone can do it.

Claude is all alone at the top. Back-to-front decides to use a trampoline as a safety net. Claude jumps down, and the narrator claims it was a soft landing

Kids, this doesn't actually work.

The circus animals all clap because they liked the circus act. It's a clever reversal, because the circus performers are now the audiences. I have no idea why the lions are happy.

The Raggy dDlls wave goodbye. A long line of people are outside. Claude says "They must be crazy [ableist slur] to go in there."

Sad Sack says yes, especially since they missed the best act; the Raggy Dolls'.

Then he laughs and exclaims "I made a joke!" Hey, a funny line.

Seriously, the reject bin at the end kind of ruins the mood.

Episode three: The pigeon race

This one breaks the trend and starts with the Raggy Dolls climbing out of the reject bin in the morning.

This just occurred to me: wouldn't it make more sense for the Raggy Dolls to come alive at night?

Hi-Fi and Back-to-Front notice that Sad Sack is sad.

Sad Sack is sad because he is fat. Not because of his name.

Back-to-Front suggests that Sad Sack go walking with him and Hi-Fi to help him lose weight. Sad Sack declines, because he is too fat too walk

Hey, this is a good message about how what is healthy for one person might not be for another person because we are all different, especially for disabled people. Can double as a body acceptance message.

How long until they throw this opportunity into the reject bin?

Not to mention that dolls being able to lose weight through exercise is...confusing.

Hi-Gi and Back-to-Front go on a walk without Sad Sack. They find four men carrying a large basket.

One of the men pulls out a stopwatch. another man opens up the basket and a flock of pigeons flies up. One pigeon is far ahead of the others, so he turns his head back to look.

Hi-Fi exclaims that the pigeon is looking in one direction and flying in the other.

 In case kids miss the point, Back-to-Front says "It's not that difficult."

In case kids miss the point again, Back-to-Front says "I do it all day long"

The men pick up the basket and walk away. Hi-Fi and Back-to-Front continue their walk.

The rules of this universe are already confusing. And it's a 10 minute children's cartoon! Let's make it more confusing. Hi-Fi and Back-to-Front walk past a scarecrow. The scarecrow says good morning to them. Its name is Pumpernickel.

So...how many inanimate objects are animate in this world?

Hi-Fi and Back-to-Front rest by a telephone poles. They hear a "help" from above. The pigeon who was leading the race is tangled in the wire.

Another instance of confusing continuity in this show. The previous episode established that lions, seals, and horses can't talk. But pigeons can? What is the hierarchy of sentience?

The pigeons can't fly down because he hurt his wing.

A character is stuck on a wire strung between two poles and has to get down. If this show is going to
recycle plots, can they at least not have them in consecutive episodes?

Hi-Fi takes off his headphones and yells into the earpiece: "R-raggy dolls to the rescue"

The Raggy Dolls appear "as if by magic," the narrator claims.

I'm not one to nitpick a kid's show, but none of the other Raggy Dolls have earpieces.

The Raggy Dolls don't know how to help. Then Sad Sack comes running up, late. It's funny because he is fat. (?)

Back-to-Front says that Sad Sack being fat makes him the only one who can help.

Wow, they are actually going with the body positivity message!

It would be better if they did the body positivity message well.

Kids, it's okay to be fat. Society needs fat people, in case a pigeon is stuck on a telephone wire and needs to jump on your stomach for safety.

Kids, you only have value if you can help others.

The pigeon jumps off and lands on Sad Sack's stomach safely. Dolls don't feel pain! The bird thanks Sad Sack.

Lucy takes Claude's neck scarf to make a sling for the bird's wing.

Kids, it's okay to take your friend's property off their body.

The pigeon rests and dreams of his owner winning pigeon medals.

The Raggy Dolls sans Sad Sack come back with food for the pigeon

Hi-Fi has beef burgers
Princess has a bowl of strawberry ice cream
Back-to-Front has a banana milkshake
Dotty has chocolate mousse
Claude has French onion soup

The pigeon says that pigeons don't eat any of the food the dolls brought. The Raggy Dolls are all understanding, except Claude, who is offended because French stereotypes are funny.

Sad Sack comes with a big cob of corn. He went back to the scarecrow and asked what pigeons eat.

Man, that Chekov's gun sure fired in this ten minute cartoon.

So, the lesson is that fat people have value because they have big stomachs and know about food. Great message.

Lucy tells the pigeon to do some wing exercise. She flaps her arms to demonstrate

Kids, if you meet someone with an injury or medical condition about which are are ignorant, just make something up. It will totally help them.

The pigeon takes off. The Raggy Dolls have a feast.

Claude starts eating beef burgers instead of the soup. That might be an attempt at humor.

The narrator tells us what everyone is eating, but leaves out the french onion soup.

I suppose this is a good show, but it completely fails to teach kid's lessons about disabilities. Which was the point of the show. All I've learned are French Stereotypes, rigid gender roles, and pigeons eat corn.

Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!

Trigger Warnings: pedophilia, attempted sexual assault, child abuse, ableist slurs...

This is the entry where I have to stop pretending that this blog has any social commentary value...

Children and teenagers with disabilities are 3 to 4 times more likely to be bullied than children without disabilities.

I don't have a study to back that up, but if you try to challenge that statistic, I can accuse you of ableism and minimizing the effects of bullying.

 How do we solve this epidemic of bullying?

One could argue that the best way to reduce bullying of children and teenagers with disabilities is to address the structural imbalances in education, wealth, and social interactions that lead to systemic oppression.

Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! argues that we should just put on an Easter Bunny mask, a variety of tools, and kill the oppressor.

I'm glad I'm covering movies that discuss real-world problems. I'm also glad that there is a movie in this genre that deals with disability.

Easter Bunny slasher is basically a genre now.

So, not a minute into this movie and a man in an Easter Bunny man robs a store. He begins to leave, but turns back and shoves the gun into the cashiers face. Rude. He did everything the Easter Bunny says.

The Easter Bunny forces the man to put the gun in his mouth. Why was this toned down in Salem's Lot but not here? Blood splatters everywhere and titles scene.

Sometimes there is a POV shout out of the mask.

There is clever juxtaposition of the TAEM HSERF sign and the dead body. It is implying that the dead body is also taem hserf.

The killer picks up a chocolate bunny and some wine.

On Easter Eve.....

 A boy named Nicholas is dying eggs with his mother. He is a tormented child with an intellectual disability.

I am not saying that his performance is better than Cuba Gooding Jr in Radio, but Radio didn't include a killer Easter Bunny.

Nicholas wants the Easter Bunny to see the eggs.  Nicholas' mom is going to date Mr. Remington.

Mr Remington comes in the Easter Bunny mask and Nicholas opens the door. Three minutes into the movie and already we have two clever moments!

Nicholas is excited that the Easter Bunny has come until he removes his mask. But a chocolate bunny (which was also set up) makes him happy again.

Nicholas' mom apologizes for not telling Mr Remington that her son is "special". (her word)

Mr. Remington never told Nicholas' mom that he robbed and killed a cashier, so fair's fair.

Nicholas' mom says that she thinks the mask looks sexy. I can't even make a snide remark about that one.

Nicholas complains to Mr Remington that the chocolate bunny has blood on it. I don't think you should complain about a gift.

Mr Remington explains the blood with "the easter bunny took it away from a very naughty boy." So this is basically a Peanuts holiday special with more killings. In the story, the boy ripped off the Easter bunny's ears. Nicholas runs away crying and Mr Remington bites into the chocolate bunny's ears. Parallel.

Nicholas cries that Mr. Remington said that the Easter Bunny got hurt. His mom says that the Easter Bunny can never get hurt. Is that part of the mythology?

Telling a story about the hurt Easter Bunny wasn't a deal breaker, so his mother tells Nicholas to try to get along with Mr. Remington.

Nicholas gets upset in a scene with far too serious music for Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!. Then he brings the garbage out and wishes that the Easter Bunny would hurt bad people.

Right on cue, a homeless man comes by and asks if he has any spare cans or bottles.

The homeless man says he is going to give the Easter Bunny to a good little boy. He is in a cage. This is Easter Eve. How is the Easter Bunny going to deliver all the eggs?

I have to give credit to Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! for misdirecting. I thought the killer would be the guy in the bunny mask who killed the cashier before the opening credits.

Nicholas says that this will be the greatest Easter ever. It's funny because people will die.

The homeless guy asks who owns the car. Nicholas says it is his mother's jerk boyfriend. He adds that said boyfriend told him that a boy hurt the Easter Bunny. The homeless man says the Easter Bunny wouldn't let that happen.

This turns into E.T. as the boy decides to hide the Easter Bunny. Again, how is the Easter Bunny going to deliver all the eggs in time?

Cut to the Easter Bunny mask on backwards. Mr. Remington and Nicholas' mother are making out. This is the most horrifying image in the movie so far.

Nicholas wishes that Mr. Remington "never comes here again." It's funny because Mr. Remington is going to die.

Nicholas's mom comes in and asks if he saw what she and Mr. Remington were doing.

Nicholas calls his mom a slut because she and Mr. Remington were fucking. His mom is most shocked that her 16 year old son knows these words.

Nicholas says that dad would come back and beat her. His mom is more Jorge.

 In the oddest moment of the movie so far (which is saying a lot) two people come  out from behind the curtain and mumble. I think they are supposed to represent Nicholas' thoughts. This movie is confusing.

Nicholas apologizes to his bunny and says he is waiting for his dad to come back. He also says that he is the best Easter Bunny in the world. So there are multiple Easter Bunnies?

Mindy (Nicholas' mother) talks to Remington about Nicholas waiting for his father to return home. She reveals that he died on Easter ten years ago.

Look, I have nothing against Jesus allegories in Easter movies. I just don't think it is appropriate in a movie titled Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!

 Mr Remington asks how retarded Nicholas is. Because he isn't unlikable enough.

Mindy says that Nicholas was born with Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

I mean Mental Retardation Cerebral Palsy. (MRCP)

Google gave me the cholangiophancreatography first. And Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! taught me a term about my own disability. It's an outdated term, but still.

Mr Remington says that he and Mindy should start living together. I thought this was about a killer Easter Bunny?

Mr Remington is sleeping when he hears a noise. He gets up and knocks over the wine. In case you don't get that the symbolism, the camera lingers on the spill.

See, Nicholas's father died on Easter and Nicholas believes he will come back. Who else died on Easter and is supposed to come back? Jesus. And wine is symbolic of Jesus's blood, which spilled on Easter.

Either that or it is a Chekov's gun.

Mr Remington walks down the hall with disproportionately suspenseful music for Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!

He opens the door to Nicholas's room and think he is masturbating under a blanket. But of course, it is the bunny.

Bunny is symbolic of the repressed sexuality of people with disabilities. Or it isn't,

Mr remington blackmails Nicholas into not telling Mindy anything bad about him. Otherwise he will kill the rabbit. I think he is the villain.

 See, it was Easter eve. Then they fell asleep. The next day it is Easter. Thanks, subtitle.

An appropriately titled FAKE NEWS station reports on the opening scene

Nicholas is eating cereal and watching the FAKE NEWS. Mr. Remington tells him to watch something educational and shuts off the TV.

In any other movie, this would be funny commentary. But not in Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!

The scene in which the two people come out from behind the curtain? They are the hired help. And Mexican stereotypes. Mindy says she doesn't want them cursing around her son.

Mr. Remington helps. He mocks them in Spanish, and then fires them. He tells them to"go back to Mexico where they belong"

I can't make two Trump jokes so close together.

Speaking of "jokes":

Mindy: How did you learn Spanish?
Mr. Remington: Baby, in L.A., English is a second language.

This Easter Bunny slasher is culturally relevant.

Mindy asks Mr. Remington to look after Nicholas because she has to work double-shift at a hospital.

I like Chekov^tm drills as well.


Nicholas doesn't take the news well. He tries to say that he "doesn't give a crap about sick people".

Mindy slaps him and asks "What Would Jesus Do."

Answer: Go to the hospital, heal all the sick people.

Mr. Remington offers to throw Nicholas an Easter party, but Nicholas claims that the Easter Bunny doesn't like Mr. Remington and runs away.

Mr. Remington offers to take care of Nicholas and ominously asks when Mindy will be back. She replies "not until 5 AM."

After Mindy leaves, Mr. Remington calls someone. He asks whether it is "Ray". Ray replies "No, it's Judy Garland."

Easter Bunny Kill! Kill! is culturally relevant

The twist here is that Mr. Remington is a criminal and part of a gang. The subtle clue at the beginning was when he robbed a clerk at gunpoint.

Ray asks if he can come over and "play" with Nicholas. This Easter Bunny slasher went in a direction I didn't want it to go.

Get it? Ironic juxtaposition

Mr. Remington invites the gang members over to the "Easter Party"

Nicholas talks to the Easter Bunny about how much he hates Mr. Remington.

Nicholas shows the Easter bunny his dad's pictures and plays his dad's favorite song.

This song somehow awakens the Easter Bunny? Like how the radio awakened the blind dead?

Mr Remington yells at Nicholas to come out. Nicholas tells the bunny not to go out.

Mr. Remington threatens to perform questionable acts on the rabbit unless he goes out. Nicholas does so.

The following 2 minutes and 46 seconds of physical and emotional abuse is kind of hard to describe and keep with the tone of the blog. This is what Mr Remington ends up saying:

1. I like Mindy and the place, but not you
2. Why does she treat you like a two year old?
3. Shut up, do what I say, and don't tell your father
4. Your daddy is dead
5. I'm going to throw you an Easter Party

Okay, so Mr. Remington is going to invite some people over to abuse Nicholas. Did we need over a third of this Easter Bunny Slasher developing his character?

Ray comes over. He uses two forearm crutches. You can't see the brand name, but I am almost positive they are Walk Easy crutches.

I don't know why Walk Easy wouldn't want the brand name visible when a pedophile gang member in an Easter Bunny slasher film uses their products.

Mr. Remington sings about the party. The lyrics are pretty impressive.

Hookers

Hookers and Cocaine

Hookers

Hookers

I'll be feeling no pain

Hookers

Hookers

Oh yeah

Hookers

Hookers and Cocaine

Hookers

This is an awful lamp placement.

Nicholas listens as Mr. Remington and Ray talk. Their transparent faces overlay the scene in a far too artistic shot for Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!

In the next scene, Ray says what he is planning to do to Nicholas and I will skip describing it. Remington leaves to get some girls.

Ray calls out for Nicholas and walks to his room. Nichoas pets the bunny. I have a feeing that the movie thinks that this situation is way more suspenseful than it actually is. Ray is coughing

As ray enters the room, the record starts playing. you see the bunny run under the bed. Ray looks under the bed and sees a man in a bunny mask.

It's obviously Nicholas, right? They were trying to imply that the bunny turned into the man in the bunny mask, but it is Nicholas. Please don't make that the twist. I'll just refer to the killers as "the masked bunny"

The masked bunny sticks a knife into Ray. Then he gets out from under the bed, grabs Chekov's drill, and lobotomizes Ray.

Yay! First kill from bunny and it is only halfway through the movie.

The masked bunny drills through Ray and into the floor. You shouldn't do that- it will damage the floor.

Ray picks up some hookers.  Their names are Brooke and Candy. Of course they are.

Ray tells them his name. Brooke cleverly replies "Like that old TV show"

Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is culturally relevant.

It took half the movie for the first bunny kill. So the next logical thing is for the girls to take off their tops. This is called narrative progression.

Ray licks coke off of Candy's breast while Brooke reaches over and takes the wheel. They don't crash.

Don't lick coke off a prostitute's breast and drive, kids.

The two hired helps didn't go back to Mexico, as they go back to Nicholas's house.

Jorge talks to a random guy outside Nicholas's house. There is a lot of relevant social commentary about the value of Mexican immigrants adapting English

Jorge: How come you don't speak Spanish?
Guy: My parents wanted me to be American
Jorge: That's kind of stupid.
Guy: You know, speaking Spanish in America, that's stupid.

Jorge and the other guy knock on the door. Jorge claims he left his tools. It's funny because one of the tools just killed someone.

Mr.Remington complains that he is stressed and is looking forward to "relaxing inside" of the prostitutes. No comments.

Candy says she doesn't kiss, but Brook does. This time, Candy reaches over and saves the car from crashing.

Don't kiss and drive, kids.

Candy doesn't kiss, but she does perform oral sex in vehicles. I've seen this part before- she's only doing it to convince Mr. Remington to set up the bucket of pig's blood at the prom.

The movie becomes a mix of split-second cuts at dutch angles with poor lighting because that's the only way to make sexual activity in a car look exciting and not painfully inefficient. At some point, Candy's shirt comes off.

Don't edit and drive, kids.

(My original joke was "Don't strip and drive, kids.")

Tips for Filming Sex Scene in Cars:

1. Don't

Jorge and the other guy give up on the door and try the window. Then the other guy accidentally backs up into the door and opens it.

Jorge's accent is incredibly racist

Jorge. decides to use the bathroom. In a slasher film. Hasn't he seen Psycho?

The other guy walks around in the shadows with a menacing score too serious for Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! He finds the pet bunny.

So they aren't going for the "magic bunny turned into the slasher" red herring. Good. I'm glad Easter Bunny Kill! Kill! has some respect for its audience.

He calls the bunny a rabbit. I believe that this is why the slasher kills him with a hammer.

Meanwhile, Jorge listens to music with headphones. He only hears when the other guy is almost dead.

The most suspenseful shot in the movie so far. Jorge noticing there is not enough toilet paper. This is the contrived excuse the movie uses to explain why Jorge can't help.

Jorge grabs some prescription bottles from the medicine cabinet. To emphasize that this is immoral,the movie shows a close-up of a picture of Jesus.

Or it is to connect it Easter. Can't tell.

30 minutes left and only two Easter Bunny kills.

Jorge finds a toolbox with some obvious weapons in it. The Easter bunny passes behind him. The female hired help calls Jorge telling him to hurry up.

Remember the homeless guy who gave Nicholas the Easter Bunny? I didn't. but he comes and asks the female hired help for some change.

Jorge takes the tool box,and walks, shining a flashlight around until he sees the body of the other guy.

I was all for this movie being about Nicholas taking revenge on Mr. Remington and the child molester, but now he is just killing random people!

The Easter Bunny comes at Jorge with a buzz saw. As with the amazing car sex scene, quick cutting and dutch angles make it difficult to discern what is actually happening.

The point is, the Easter Bunny kills Jorge..

Immediately after this scene, upbeat music plays. Tonal shift! Mr Remington and the hookers pull up into the driveway.When they enter the house, Mr. Remington calls out to Nicholas and Ray ,asking why they turned off all the lights. Because that's the top priority.

Mr Remington tells the hookers about Nicholas and Ray.

Candy...uh...expresses her disdain for engaging in sexual activity with people with developmental disabilities. In more vulgar terms.

Brooke asks to use the bathroom. Bad idea.She also says the whole "kid with a developmental disability that they aren't allowed to see" is giving her bad vibes. Her exact words are "He has a retard chained up somewhere"

That would be a great idea for a horror movie!

Brooke goes to the bathroom. Meanwhile, Candy waits gets violently choked by the east bunny outside.

The Easter Bunny opens the bathroom door and grabs Brooke. Cut before you can see anything.

I wish the kills in this movie were more creative.

I lied about Candy. It was the other guy (who came in with Jorge) who choked her.

Mr Remington opens the door to find said guy choking her. He grabs and kills him with a flash light .

Kill Count

Mr Remington: 2

Easter Bunny: 3

Candy asks who the guy was and Mr Remington snaps. "I don't know!" I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble with character names.

Turns out Brooke is still alive.

Kill Count

Mr. Remington: 2

Easter Bunny: 3 2

The Easter Bunny better step up to justify the title of this movie.

Candy tries to call the police, but Mr. Remington says no. I think the whole "getting someone to molest his underage potential step-son" thing discourages him.Also, the dead guy

The bunny runs by and breaks some glass. The camera lingers on the shards.

Mr Remington leaves, letting the Easter Bunny jump through the door and jam the stick end of a broom down Candy's throat.

One could say that she is now Sore Throat Candy.

I just noticed that the Easter Bunny is wearing white gloves. Maybe if they shows that the hands were black, it would give away that Nicholas is the killer.

1. Are they even trying to keep that a twist?
2. That's not racist, it's logical

The Easter Bunny picks up a shard of glass because the lingering shot wasn't obvious enough

Kids, don't pick up shards of glass, even if you are wearing gloves. Also, don't kill people.

Mr. Remington give Brooke a glass of water. Nice contrast between the broom and the water.I think.

Mr Remington goes to Nicholas' room and tries to get him to come out using the following proposal: "open this door and I won't hurt you"

When this doesn't work, he decides to break it down in one of the most iconic scenes in any horror movie.

Wait, wrong movie.

Brooke decides that the best course of action is to pet the rabbit.

This isn't the best course of action, because the rabbit scratches her. Then Nicholas gags her with a sheet of plastic and stabs her with the glass. The music is inappropriately upbeat.

Mr. Remington breaks down the door and finds Rays body. He decides that it is "time to go girls."

In a neat reversal of a previous shot, Mr Remington now sees Nicholas with the bunny mask on backwards.

He grabs the bunny's shoulders, spins him around and...

IT'S HIS MOTHER.

Wait, I mean...

10/10 for actually having a good twist in an Easter Bunny slasher. This also answers the question of why the Easter Bunny killed Jorge.

0/10 for disempowering people with disabilities. People with CP can go on their OWN murderous rampages of revenge.

Nicholas' mother slashes Mr. Remington's throat. She tells him "The monsters we see walk among us show their true faces"

This could be really poetic if Mr. Remington didn't have so many red flags.

She calls for Nicholas to come down and see how much she loves him. Nicholas excitedly watches Mr. Remington bleed to death and the dialogue exchange to which the entire movie has been building up

Nicholas' Mom: Nicholas, what have I taught you?
Nicholas: What would Jesus do?

What that worth the entire movie?


Nicholas gets bored of the gushing blood and asks about the white rabbit. His mom says he is under the sofa

In another twist, we learn that Nicholas' first father was also abusive, so his mother killed him. She tells Mr. Remington that she kills people who show "just one ounce of malice towards my son"



She also says that she hid and heard everything Mr. Remington said to Nicholas.

Flashback to his father!

His father basically says that Nicholas will never be normal and he wants to but him away. He shoves Mindy and she kills him with fire .Happy Easter!

Mindy say that Mr. Remington was worse than Nicholas' father because at least Nicholas' father didn't lie.

I'm no expert, but I don't think Mr Remington can stay alive long enough to hear Mindy with his throat slashed. We do get this hilarious dying line.

Mindy: You and your evil friends will be judged by a higher power
Mr. Remington: If that's true,I'm fucked.

Nicholas names the white rabbit "Easter Bunny" Mindy asks him to clean up the bodies. Nicholas asks whether he HAS to. That's not very polite.

The doorbell rings. One final twist. I had no idea Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! was so complex

Turns out the homeless man is Nicholas' father (Donald). Mindy thought she had killed him..

I've been resisting making a Sweeney Todd reference for the past half hour of this movie and it is getting more and more difficult

Donald apologizes and shows Mindy what is in the bag. (The head of Opay, his old wife)

Mindy: That's so sweet of you!

So Nicholas, Donald, and Mindy all forgive each other and learn the power of family. Pan down to the Easter Bunny and one of the greatest ending dialogues of all time

Donald: What do you say we clean up these dead bodies and start a family, huh?

What's a better message for kids and young teenagers with disabilities?

A) The magical animal isn't really magical and it takes the love of family to support you and stand up to bullies

B) The love of family isn't really enough and it takes a magical animal to stand up to bullies and cure you.


If you answered A), then you should skip Nico the Unicorn and give 9-14 year-old people with disabilities Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! to watch instead. It has far better morals than Nico the Unicorn as well as more topless women and gore.

P.S. Don't actually show your kids Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!. Or Nico the Unicorn.