Xtro 3: Watch the Skies. Harry Bromley Davenport, 1995.
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Edition screened: Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray #308, released 2020. English language. Runtime approximately 97 minutes.
Summary: Repeated staging of a dying or dead rabbit.
Details:
1) A slightly bloody white rabbit is found 22:16-11:18, assessed as dying and euthanized offscreen by a gunshot.
2) A slightly bloody white rabbit is found in an alien web, 58:27-58:50.
3) A slightly bloody white rabbit can be seen in the background after an explosion, 1:19:18-1:19:25.
A seemingly deserted island has many friendly white rabbits hopping around. This is “explained” by telling of an experimentation lab that operated there forty years earlier. The production crew seems to have had one white rabbit body (real, fake, who knows) that was recycled for these three scenes. In the first two encounters, the rabbit’s slight movement is accomplished by tugging on a leg with monofilament. These are not graphic or gruesome scenes.
Xtro 3 is not a quality film, but for one second it did provide the giggly sensation of having just been hit on the back of the head with a 2x4.
The female in our rag-tag squad of military misfits is intended to be somewhat sexy, but her slightly weird facial features are her most distinctive feature. The first time Corporal Banta was on camera I thought "Huh. She looks like Tonya Harding."
Maybe five minutes later, standing on the deck of a military boat in full uniform and on their way to Mission Deadly, the commanding officer asks, "So, Banta, how did you end up in the military?"
"Well I used to be an ice skater. And there was this other bitch who was an ice skater, and I hated her. So I hired someone to break her fucking legs. The judge said I could have a year behind bars or three years in the military." Then they resume discussing the mission.