About the film
- Directed by
- Robert Hird
- Released
- September 1, 1971
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Starring
- Lesley Roach, Gary Smith, Rachel Brennock, David Lodge, John Ash
More credits
- Language
- English
- Origin
- US, GB
- Studios
- Children's Film Foundation (CFF)
- Written by
- Peter Blackmore
- Produced by
- Hugh Stewart
- Cinematography
- A. E. Jeakins
- Music
- Muir Mathieson
- Also starring
- Nigel Chivers, David Richards, Bernard Horsfall, Jane Jordan Rogers, Freddie Jones
Ask around now and grown men will lower their voices about it. A children's film that colonized British nightmares.
He lives in a place called Rhododendron Mansion. He is six feet tall, dressed in a frock coat and top hat, and appears only if you close your eyes and perform a summoning ritual.
On paper this one is Harvey for kids, a gentle fantasy about an invisible rabbit and the girl who befriends him.
The costume, with its fixed stare and too-human bearing, lands somewhere between quaint and deeply wrong. Add a gamekeeper who threatens little Mary with a shotgun and you get a film that ran on Easter and Christmas television to haplessly unnerve a generation.
MR. HORATIO KNIBBLES (1971) came from the Children's Film Foundation, the publicly funded outfit that turned out wholesome hour-long pictures for Saturday matinees.
Those who grew up with Mr. Knibbles still carry the scars.
How to see Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971)
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Physical media
Part of Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box
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Clearly a demon lol
This film literally popped in my head the other day…. Forgot all about it until then
This is ripe for a creepypasta.
An inspiration, maybe?
I quite liked this when I saw it recently
Enjoyed it as a kid
They showed this in the US in the early 70s as part of the “Chiildren’s Film Festival.” Or so I hear. I’m not old or anything…
“jaffa cakes for proust” did a great podcast on this.
Dave Elsey I’d forgotten about this one 🙂
Oh I hadn’t. I can’t forget it. Ive tried… but in the darkness….. That rabbit face…
Used to see all of the CFF films as a kid, tbey were on every Sunday afternoon on Irish telly back in the late 80′ or early 90’s.
Was this the studio behind Apaches 😱😱🤓😱😱🤔
JayQuellin Burklin
Why the hell did england win so hard in the 70s? This looks like a fever dream and I want to watch it.
What movie is this from?
Mr Knibbles relocated to Summerisle, to help with the island’s crop failure.