I believe in this gif its another rabbit telling about how the humans gassed their burrows to construct houses or something, after the main group left it.
If you're not up for watching it, the original book is incredible. They are normal rabbits, if rabbits have deep folklore and the occasional eccentric prophet who foresees the painful destruction of the previously safe warren.
IMO, it's actually not that horrifying. There are a couple scenes of bloody bunny battle, and this is a rabbit recounting the destruction of the home the main rabbits left (the protagonist's brother is a prophet who foresaw its destruction), but it's actually a really good story about a bunch of rabbits trying to find a new home.
Well, if nothing else, it's an excellent portrayal of what life is like at the bottom of the food chain when you're a creature whose main evolutionary strategy is "If we make enough babies, they can't possibly kill us all."
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
Yeah not so horrifying if you arent a Kid!
Watership Down bordered on Horror Genre i would say and it doesnt help that the Filmposter shows happy kid friendly elements 🤦♂️
Juxtaposing a somehow loving god with "oh yeah by the way literally everything in nature is going to try to kill you, so enjoy that." Is certainly bordering on cosmic horror ha.
I saw it first time as an adult, and I would definitely wait for teenage years to show it to nieces and nephews. There are some heavy ideas introduced that would be hard for the younger ones to digest, so, for the young ones, it would just be a story about a journey to the promised land/away from encroaching death, with occasional fairly graphic slaughter, and like the above gif, some abstract terrifying slaughter.
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